Published September 30th, 2008
in Money Saving Tips.
The most popular kind of deal we get on Buxr is Media and Storage and the most popular type of storage is 8GB USB Flash Drive.
Today I went to the site and ran some stats on the deals submitted this month under Media and Storage category. Below is the summary which can be useful as a quick reference if you need to check if you are overpaying for that SD card or a flash drive.
There is some variation in prices based on the brand but overall these products are pretty much standardized and this is truly comparing apples to apples. All prices include shipping and some deals require a mail-in rebate. Enjoy!
Published September 26th, 2008
in Shopping Promotion.
Don’t forget that tomorrow is the Museum Day and tomorrow only you can enjoy a free general admission to participating museums around the US.
To take advantage of this offer go to this page, fill out the form, print the Admission Card, and take it with you to the museum.
As usual there is some fine print attached
- The card can be used just one time.
- It must be presented at the museum and will be collected upon entry.
- General admission only. Does not include entry to special exhibits.
- Good for you plus one guest. One card per household.
- Not for use with any other offer.
Source: Museum Day : Free General Admission Nationwide 9/27/08 at Buxr.com
Published September 17th, 2008
in Popular Sites Series.
This is August 2008 revision of the Popular Coupon sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here.
The change in rating shows the difference compared to July results. This list currently has 27 sites which is the same number as last month.
There is not much going on with the list. The only notable change is couponbug.com picking up a nice PR upgrade going up from PR4 to PR7 which is the highest of all sites currently in the list.
There are 24 more coupon sites hiding in my database that didn’t meet the Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement. Please, enjoy the list of those that made it below.
Published September 14th, 2008
in Interesting / Other.
The car I use for my daily commute is nothing like the shiny new crossover SUI we have for the family trips. It is a 10 year old 6 cylinder Honda Accord ‘98 with nearly 150,000 miles on it.
The Accord is nothing unique and hardly individual but its dependability is why I bought it and overall I am quite happy. This however is very subjective and I figured I will ask your judgment. I will list all the repairs I had over the 6 years I have owned the car and will ask your opinion - did I get a good deal when I paid 15K for it in 2001?
- Today, had PO401 check engine code and got diagnosed clogged EGR intake ports. The diagnosis and repairs will cost $353.35 plus tax at the local FireStone.
- Replaced all break pads and one set of rotors at 125K miles - $398.20 plus tax at Midas
- Replaced alternator at 110K miles - $432.25 plus tax at local Honda dealership
- Replaced canister vent shut valve after an OBD code came out at 100K miles - $220 plus tax at the Honda dealership
- Changed tires at 100K miles - $318 plus tax at Discount Tire
- Replaced water pump and timing belt at 95K miles which wasn’t cheap either but all the ‘experts’ don’t recommend skimping on this
- Replaced all break pads and rotors at 80K - $558.22 plus tax at Midas
- Replaced complete drivers seat after the base got loose at 54K miles - free (due to recall) at the Honda dealership
- Regular oil changes every 5K miles and tire rotations every other oil change (every 10K miles) plus changed the transmission oil a couple times.
I was a bit upset by todays expenses but after a bit of research found out that EGR valve is a usual problem with this year model and would be a warranty repair if I had it before 80K miles. A much greater concern is the transmission problems which other owners have reported. So far, no problems yet but I hear this can end up being a $3000 expense.
Also, since almost all my miles are on the highway with very few street lights, I am getting around 25 miles per gallon consistently. This is acceptable mileage at the current gas price but when the plug-in hybrids go mainstream I may well trade my Accord for one
Published September 11th, 2008
in Popular Sites Series.
This is August 2008 revision of the Popular Price Comparison web sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here.
The change in rating shows the difference compared to July results. The list has a total of 34 web sites and there are 17 more sites in my database that don’t meet Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement. 34 is one less than last month - salescircular.com seems to be missing.
The best gainer this month is shopwiki.com (26.12%) which has been doing very nicely this year, up to #23 from #31 in December, 2007. The worst performer is dealtime.com (-32.2%) which managed to pass JellyFish in its fall down. I wonder what is going on.
(*) Note: traffic stats for these sites is an aggregate of all traffic to the top domain (e.g. Yahoo.com or Google.com) and thus cannot be used to judge how popular this particular price comparison service is.
(**) Note: the web site is a portal with price comparison engine being one of the offered web services. Alexa rank cannot be used to judge how popular this price comparison engine is.
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