LivingSocial: 5,200 Calories from McDonald’s for $13

Posted on December 1, 2011 // 5 Comments

LivingSocial.com and McDonald's are selling a coupon booklet good for 5 Big Macs and 5 Large Fries for $13 - that's $2.60 for each burger/fry combo. Over 200,000 sold already. Supposedly they want to sell a million vouchers like they did earlier … [Read the rest]

American Express Gift Chain: Free Gifts Each Time You Spend $25+ on AmEx

Posted on November 30, 2011 // 42 Comments

American Express really wants you to use your AmEx for shopping this season! They have thought up another creative promotion called the Gift Chain where if you register your AmEx first, then every time you spend $25 or more at a participating … [Read the rest]

Jemstep Review: Customized Mutual Fund and ETF Rankings

Posted on November 30, 2011 // 15 Comments

Jemstep is a new website that lets you track your investment portfolio along with providing advice on improving your mutual fund and ETFs holdings. In terms of existing products, you could call it a combination of the all-in-one view of of Mint.com … [Read the rest]

Overstock.com $20 for $10 at Eversave

Posted on November 29, 2011 // Leave a Comment

Groupon-like site Eversave has $20 to spend at Overstock.com for $10. If you are a new user, you'll also get $3 credit instantly when signing up, but you can't use it on this offer. Overstock.com has free shipping as well until 12/25/2011. Limit … [Read the rest]

Mobility vs. Geography: Percent Born In State of Residence Map (2010)

Posted on November 29, 2011 // 9 Comments

I can't stop posting map infographics! They're just so pretty. :) Richard Florida of The Atlantic shared the map above, which shows the percentage of residents of each state that were born in that state. He then goes one step further and concludes … [Read the rest]

Never Pay Full Price When Buying Gift Cards

Posted on November 28, 2011 // 8 Comments

Gift cards. Even though they are far from perfect - let's face it, there's a reason they have become so popular. They are convenient to buy, require minimal decision-making, and you get to spend exactly what you budgeted. While you may fall back upon … [Read the rest]

Prosper Holiday Offers: Free iPads & iPods for Lenders and Borrowers

Posted on November 23, 2011 // 16 Comments

Person-to-person lending site Prosper.com is running a few holiday promotions for both borrowers and lenders. If you have great credit, check out how your loan fees could be much less than the value of the iPod you get! Free iPod Nano with … [Read the rest]

Vente-Privee $20 Credit With First Purchase Using American Express

Posted on November 23, 2011 // 5 Comments

Vente Privee is kind of a fancy Groupon-like deal site that sells designer things in 72-hour sales. That doesn't sound like something I'd normally be interested in at all, but they are offering a $20 statement credit with your first purchase with … [Read the rest]

List of Free MP3 Songs From Google Music

Posted on November 20, 2011 // 9 Comments

Google Music was opened to the public recently, and I finally got a chance to poke around. I'm not an especially active user of all these services where you save all your music in the cloud, as I'm pretty happy with my iPod Touch. I buy a few … [Read the rest]

Borrowing Library e-Books On Kindle Using Overdrive

Posted on November 19, 2011 // 18 Comments

I'm a pretty regular user of my local library, usually with 3-4 books out each month (with only 1-2 completely read + a few bucks in late fees). I bought a Kindle a few months ago* and was happy to hear that I can now borrow e-books from my … [Read the rest]

Mastercard $20 Gift Card For $200 Purchase

Posted on November 16, 2011 // 27 Comments

Mastercard has a holiday offer going where if you register your Mastercard credit card number and spend $200 online with it, you'll get a $20 gift card. Valid for first 80,000 - this promo started yesterday and I have no idea how long that'll last, … [Read the rest]

Spending and Saving Money Is All About Trade Offs

Posted on November 16, 2011 // 9 Comments

Author and professor Dan Ariely has gained fame from being able to make his behavioral economics research accessible to the general public. We all want to understand better why we do what we do. His newest book is The Upside of Irrationality. … [Read the rest]

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