Shopping
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10 Tips and Tricks for Saving at Kohl’s
With school starting and the seasons changing, now is the time to start turning over your closet and getting the house ready for fall. This needn’t be a costly endeavor, especially if you patronize the regular frugal haunts. The following…
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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…
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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…
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T-Shirt Test: Old Navy vs. Target vs. Walmart vs. JC Penney vs. Gap
The basic T-shirt is as much a wardrobe essential as a good pair of jeans. Whether dressed up with work clothes or dressed down for yard work, a go-to tee should be comfy and well-fitting, as well as durable and…
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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…
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Are Walmart’s Back-to-School Sales Worth an Early Shopping Trip?
August is back-to-school month for students across the country, but is it really time to shop for lunchboxes and laptops already? Walmart is catering to college students with sales starting Aug. 1. The retailer’s now-annual “Back-to-School Cyber Monday” event on…
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Where to Buy Razor Blades for Less
Shaving is a vital part of a man’s life. Whether beards are in vogue or out, every man owns at least one manual or electric shaver for those days when…
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Save With Price Code Secrets for 16 Retailers
Retailer Discounted Clearance Comments and Other Markings American Eagle .99 or .00 A separate price sticker attached; last digits don’t matter. Watch out because prices ending in .95 are actually…
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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,…
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4 Best Picnic Baskets Under $65
A picnic is a seemingly effortless summer activity, one that should be easy to throw together at minimal cost. We were shocked to find some picnic baskets, even those empty…
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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…
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Why Now Is the Time to Sign Up for Amazon Prime
Amazon is upping the cost of a yearly Prime membership to $99 from $79, a 25 percent increase, and raising the Amazon Prime price for students to $49 from $39.…
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Best Cheap Replacements for Ousted 60-Watt Light Bulbs
For those who haven’t heard, the classic incandescent light bulb — a staple for more than a century — has officially been phased out. It fails to meet new efficiency…
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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…
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Best Cheap Mouthwash
Why do you buy cheap mouthwash? To combat gingivitis, periodontitis, calculus, xerostomia? Or perhaps, like most of us, the primary motivation is straightforward: to get rid of bad breath. At…
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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…
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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…
