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Skype: Free Telephone Calls

by Luke Landes

I just received this message from Skype: Calls to friends and family on Skype have always been free. Now we’ve made calls within the US and Canada to all phones totally free till the end of the year. Starting from today it doesn’t matter if it’s a Skype-to-Skype call or a call to landline or ... Continue reading this article…

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Happy Mother’s Day With Alternative Gift Options

by Luke Landes

Happy Mother’s Day to everyone who deserves this particular holiday greeting. While I’m not a big fan of this Hallmark™ holiday — an excuse for companies to sell stuff including cards, flowers, and jewelry — I still take time to consider all that my mother has done for me. Thanks, Mom! Check those links above ... Continue reading this article…

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Latest ShareBuilder Promotion

by Luke Landes

Updated June 24, 2010. I’ve had good experiences with ShareBuilder so far. A while ago, I took advantage of their $50 bonus to receive $46 in a free ETF ($50 minus a $4 transaction fee). There is a new promotion code that will provide you with $25 after your first trade. Visit ShareBuilder through this ... Continue reading this article…

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Some Online Reviews Are Fake

by Luke Landes

Shocked? Before I make a large purchasing decision, like determining which notebook computer or other technology equipment to buy and where to get it for the right price, I check various websites to find reviews written by owners. For a company like Best Buy or Amazon.com, allowing users to create product reviews is a great ... Continue reading this article…

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PlayStation 3 Plus Or Minus $596: My Generation Just Sighed

by Luke Landes

My video-game-playing friends must be hoping this is a hoax or a tease. The new Sony PlayStation 3 will reportedly cost $499 or $599, depending on the size of the included hard drive. It certainly comes packed with features: The PlayStation 3 is powered by the “Cell” processor, which Sony boasts makes the machine 35 ... Continue reading this article…

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Good News: Get Your Degree In Two Weeks

by Luke Landes

I can’t believe I’ve spending so much time working towards my second degree. I could have made the process much simpler. What I can only assume is a reader sent me the following advice: Subject: no more money problems, get a degree in 2 weeks Obtain a prosperous future, money-earning power and the prestige that ... Continue reading this article…

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Brave New World

by Luke Landes

My vision of the future is almost like an alternative universe, a bizarro world if you will. Here’s what I see: Cartoon characters peddling cell phones as they walk around amusement parks, Macs that run Windows XP, Google staying above $400 a share and people getting psyched about ethanol. It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad ... Continue reading this article…

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Tips For Picking Out a Suit

by Luke Landes

Fortune Magazine presents tips for picking out a suit. It’s not exactly advice for those of us on a budget, but I’ve heard that everyone should have at least one great suit. I’ve also heard that one should dress for how your see yourself in the future, not how you see yourself now. Personally, I’m ... Continue reading this article…

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Microsoft’s Strategy: Screw The Customer

by Luke Landes

I saw this quickie in Reuters today: Microsoft Corp. said Friday it will complete work on the new version of its Microsoft Office software package this October, and make it available to business customers at that time. But the company said the 2007 Microsoft Office system will not be available to retail and computer-builder customers ... Continue reading this article…

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Comments: Rebate Scams

by Luke Landes

I received this email from Adam last night, in reference to my article about rebate “scams.” I’ve reprinted the email with permission: I really enjoyed your Rebate Scams article. Five to six years ago, I used to buy items with rebates all the time. I never had a problem. It seems like it’s a recent ... Continue reading this article…

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Mattress and Box Spring Purchase: Follow-Up

by Luke Landes

Last year, I purchased a mattress and box spring and soon after I wrote about the entire process. Today, Slate published a commentary about cutting through the marketing gimmicks and making a smart mattress purchase. After reading the article, I still feel confident I made the right decision. After four months with the new mattress, ... Continue reading this article…

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Bank Robbers Steal Worthless £50m

by Luke Landes

You’ve probably heard about the Great Tornbridge Robbery, in which £50 million (about US$85 million) was heisted from a bank in the United Kingdom last Tuesday. That’s a large sum of cash to have around; in fact, it’s so large, it might as well be Monopoly money. While the story has sparked discussions of what ... Continue reading this article…

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Comcast Neglected To Mention

by Luke Landes

I decided to take advantage of Comcast’s offer for a free upgrade from 6 Mbps to 8 Mbps internet service more than a week ago. (Wow, what a long way we’ve come since I was running a dial-in bulletin board system on an 8088 IBM clone at 1200 bps.) When I called originally, they said ... Continue reading this article…

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Stupid Investment of the Week: Teach Me To Trade

by Luke Landes

The snow keeps piling up on the ground, and I’m going to have to face the music and dig my car out at some point. In the mean time, Chuck Jaffe presents his stupid investment of the week: The Teach Me To Trade seminar. I like when Chuck takes on these seminars in the “Stupid ... Continue reading this article…

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Holiday Spending, February Edition, Part 2

by Luke Landes

Now that we’ve looked at increasing Valentine’s Day expenses, we can determine if it’s all worth it. Allen Wastler tackles the marriage rate of return in his latest opinion column. Marriage is the end result of the courting that involves singles gushing and spending for Valentine’s Day. If marriage pays off financially, then the average ... Continue reading this article…

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Holiday Spending, February Edition

by Luke Landes

Men, get ready to open your wallet (if you haven’t already) for Valentine’s Day. The National Retail Federation conducted a survey about the Hallmark™ Holiday and found good news for their industry. 60.9 percent of consumerism will celebrate Valentine’s Day, with the average man spending $135.67, about double of the average woman. The big gift ... Continue reading this article…

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First Look: Ev’reward

by Luke Landes

If you like shopping and love saving while you shop, you might find useful ev’reward. I tried it out quickly — no results for Express Men (that store’s too expensive anyway), 4 percent rebate for JC Penney, 2.7 percent for Circuit City and “0 stores matching Amazon.” A search for Holiday Inn resulted in a 5 percent cash ... Continue reading this article…

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Snowy Weekend Ahead

by Luke Landes

There is a major snowstorm headed its way to my area this weekend. I have enough food in my apartment to last me through the weekend, but I need to pick up some groceries for the week before the storm hits. That means I might have to go out tonight. Usually I’m so exhausted at ... Continue reading this article…

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The Super Bowl Commercials

by Luke Landes

If you’re coming to this website looking for the commercials aired during the Super Bowl, I’m not quite sure how you ended up here, but here are all the commercials. I haven’t seen anything particularly special, except an exciting GoDaddy sale for domains at $1.99 and 10 percent off with the code SB2006. GoDaddy also has ... Continue reading this article…

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McDonald’s Corporate Responsibility

by Luke Landes

McDonald’s has begun publishing a “Corporate Responsibility” blog. This should be interesting to follow, but something about it seems disingenuine.

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