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  • Should You Sign Up for Store-Branded Credit Cards?

    Store-branded credit cards come with tempting offers like reward points and exclusive access to coupons and sales events. With the high-spending holiday season closing in, shoppers no doubt are looking for any opportunity to keep money in their pockets while…

  • Does Walmart’s Savings Catcher Deliver?

    The premise behind Walmart’s new Savings Catcher seems straightforward enough: Use the app to scan your receipt from an in-store purchase, or go online and enter the TC number at the bottom, and Walmart will automatically check the prices you…

  • 50 Cheap Health & Beauty Tips to Try

    Whether getting ready in the morning takes you two hours a day or a no-fuss routine gets you out the door in 15 minutes, we all have some sort of beauty regimen. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could face…

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    Is Shopping at Costco Worth the Membership Fee?

    Nowadays there are an endless number of ways to shop at a discount — coupons, e-commerce, clearance racks, bargain stores, and membership clubs, just to name a few. Costco is one of the most popular warehouse clubs nationwide, but how does…

  • Doctors and Chefs Buy Generic; Should You?

    Could knowing when to buy generic save American consumers billions of dollars a year? That’s the estimate of a recent study by economists at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Tilburg University in the Netherlands. The researchers…

  • How to Save on a Replacement Battery — and Avoid Counterfeits

    From phones to watches, laptops to adult toys, finding a replacement specialty battery can be an expensive hassle. Vibrations, beeps, constant email forwarding and game playing quickly drain the life of our favorite electronics. And all too soon it seems…

  • Why Walmart? The Store Consumers Hate to Love

    Consumers complain on blogs, on shopper forums, in conversation, and even on the company website that Walmart is disorganized and crowded, sells low-quality products and bad produce, attracts questionable clientele,…

  • Save an Easy $100 by Unplugging These Devices

    Just because the TV is turned off doesn’t mean it isn’t consuming energy. Millions and millions of watts of “phantom energy” are used every day by unsuspecting electric customers. When…

  • How to Dress Like a Hipster on the Cheap

    The hipster image arose when the latest generation of cool kids cultivated a style outside the mainstream. Now that style has, ironically, gone mainstream. Trappings that used to be alternative…

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    Best Cheap Diet Plans

    The weight-loss industry is big business in the U.S. Among the millions of people searching for a fast and easy way to drop extra pounds, many are also intent on…

  • Which Is The Best Flash Sale Site?

    In the expanding world of online shopping, flash-sale websites are all the rage. These sites offer a variety of merchandise at heavily discounted prices. The catch? Sales usually last just…

  • Do These Online Retailers Charge Sales Tax in Your State?

    The Internet has made it so easy to sit home and shop. You can click on hundreds of online stores, browse categories, read gift guides, and find coupon codes. Some…

  • Best Coupon Practices According to an Extreme Couponer

    Extreme couponing has hurt the average coupon clipper. Although finding coupons is a snap in the Internet age, new limitations prevent shoppers from replicating the savings showcased on programs like…

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    Petco vs. PetSmart: Which is Cheaper?

    In This Article: Loyalty Programs Pet Stores Review: Websites & Online Shopping Extra Services Petco vs PetSmart Price Comparison Table Petco Review PetSmart Review Pet Store Prices and Loyalty Programs…

  • How to Save on Your Fall Wardrobe

    The fall season can be financially stressful, what with back-to-school spending and the upcoming holidays. No doubt you and the family need some new clothing, including pricey duds like coats…

  • What’s the MPG of Your Fridge?

    Saving money on energy costs and/or reducing a household’s environmental footprint are important to many consumers. We identified several ways to achieve these ends. The first is with Enervee, a…

  • How to Score a Free/Cheap Haircut, Teeth Cleaning, and Massage

    There are certain necessities in life that we pay others to take care of for us — think teeth cleanings and haircuts. Then there are the luxuries in life, like…

  • How a Dent or Scratch Can Get You a Discount on Amazon

    Have you ever walked into an outlet store and found a deal you couldn’t refuse? Perhaps it was deeply discounted cookware with an imperceptible scratch or a laptop bag that…