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nixki/shutterstock Is It Too Late to Sell Your Old iPhone?
For iPhone owners who plan to upgrade to the latest edition after Apple’s Sept. 9 media event, time is running out to start looking at where and how to sell their current phones. Experts familiar with the resale market warn…
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Costco by Anderson Depp (CC BY-NC) 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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How to Eat Fresh for Less This Fall
Eating fresh produce doesn’t have to cost a fortune. With a little planning and research, you can eat relatively cheap, unprocessed foods even through the cold months. From stocking up on summer produce to careful comparison shopping, our list of…
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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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Is Free Money Worth It?
You’ve no doubt received a flyer in the mail or seen the billboards: Open a new checking account with us and receive $100 cash! Sounds like a deal, to be sure, and perhaps you’ve been considering switching banks anyway. But…
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How to Buy a Futon on a Tight Budget
Few pieces of furniture lay claim to the flexible utility of a futon. Futons are a sofa or loveseat that convert into a bed by pulling the frame into a…
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Back-to-School Shopping: Comparing 7 Stores for Kids’ Clothes
Back-to-school clothes shopping is currently high on many families’ agendas, so we set out to identify sources for high quality, yet cheap kids’ clothes. This year the National Retail Federation…
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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…
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What to Buy at a Bargain While Traveling Abroad
Traveling abroad for vacation is a surefire way to de-stress and unwind. It’s also the perfect time to score deals on products and services that are normally more expensive in…
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Which Chains Charge Most for Water, and How to Hydrate for Free
Whether you’re at the mall, the gym, or in a new city, you won’t go far without spotting a bottle of Poland Spring, Deer Park, or Dasani in someone’s hand…
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Is It Cheaper to Raise Boys or Girls?
Kids are expensive, no two ways about it. They must be fed, clothed, educated, cared for, entertained — the list is endless. In 2013, the average price of raising a…
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How to Stop Spending $350 a Year on Your Yard
Americans are obsessed with their lawns. That verdant expanse of green serves as play space for kids and a pleasing surface for adult lounging. Some homeowners’ associations and even municipalities…
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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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How to Save Hundreds on Your Wedding Cake
Anyone who has gotten married lately, or plans to do so soon, knows that weddings are expensive affairs. Media reports peg the average cost at close to $30,000. And the…
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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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Taking Your Pet Abroad? Read This First
Considering bringing a furry travel buddy on your next overseas trip? Prepare adequately and prepare early — the process is longer and more complicated than you might think. Airline rules…
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Best Cheap Organic Food Store: Walmart, Whole Foods, Kroger, Costco or the Farmers Market?
The words organic and frugal rarely are used in the same sentence. But with the weather warming up and fresh produce beginning to ripen, we set out to find the…
