Published January 19th, 2009
in Shopping Promotion.
We had plenty of free stuff on the election day, promotions are more scarce for the president’s inauguration (that is tomorrow folks! ;-) ) but there are some. One of them comes from Krispy Kreme in a form of a free donut. From the company public release:
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) is honoring American’s sense of pride and freedom of choice on Inauguration Day, by offering a free doughnut of choice to every customer on this historic day, Jan. 20. By doing so, participating Krispy Kreme stores nationwide are making an oath to tasty goodies — just another reminder of how oh-so-sweet “free” can be.
Source: Krispy Kreme Celebrates the Freedom of Choice (via Buxr)
Published January 19th, 2009
in Popular Sites Series.
This is December 2008 revision of the Popular Coupon sites list. You can find the previous revision of the list here.
The change in rating shows the difference compared to November results. This list currently has 30 sites - one less than in November. It is a big day for retailmenot.com who for the first time takes position #1 (it moved from #3 to #2 exactly 12 months back).
The best performer is couponwinner.com (15.12%), who also moves up by 2 positions, and the worst result comes again from coupons.smartsource.com (-12.76%). Enjoy the complete list below!
Published January 14th, 2009
in Shopping Promotion.
If you purchased certain brand name cosmetics products at certain department stores from May 29, 1994 through July 16, 2003 you may be entitled to obtain a free product valued up to $25 under an approved class action settlement.
Products will be distributed on a first come first serve basis starting (and most likely ending early the same day ;-) ) January 20, 2009 by the following retailers:
- Bergdorf Goodman
- Bergner’s
- Bloomingdale’s
- Boston Store
- Carson Pirie Scott
- Dillard’s
- Gottschalks
- Herberger’s
- Macy’s
- Neiman Marcus
- Nordstrom
- Parisian
- Saks Fifth Avenue
- Younkers
No rain checks and only while supplies last. A total of $175 million worth of free cosmetics products will be distributed nation-wide. Among the brands are such famous names as Chanel, Christian Dior, and L’Oréal. Go to the official settlement website at cosmeticssettlement.com for a list of defendants and a list of products being distributed.
Thanks to Vinh Danh for the tip (via Buxr discussion forums)
Published January 12th, 2009
in Popular Sites Series.
This is December 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 November results. The list has a total of 35 web sites which is the same number as the last month. There are 18 more sites in my database that don’t meet Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement.
The best performer this month is ebates.com with a gain of (19.14%) followed by shoplocal.com (15.03%). Last month these same two sites shared the two top spots only ebates was second and shoplocal was first
The worst performer this month is the same strange website which I didn’t dump from the list due to my own procrastination. It will be gone next month for sure, promise! ;-)
Published January 9th, 2009
in Money Saving Tips.
This is really a reminder to myself and anyone else who happened to miss a payment on a credit card. The typical fee is around $40 and many banks will readily remove it unless you are a repeat offender. This just happened to me last week with my Chase Freedom Plus and I was able to reverse the fee in one short phone call.
Steps to take if you missed a payment
1. Pay off the overdue balance as soon as possible
2. Wait for a few days till your payment is through
3. Call the service center and explain your situation
4. The officer will usually reverse the fee unless your are repeat offender
Now, since I always pay my balance in full I was also hit with an unusual for me finance charge (the interest on the balance). So far I have not been lucky to reverse that one… :-(
Did you have a recent late fee charge on your credit card? Did you try to remove it? Please share your experience in the comments!
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