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    Monday, July 14, 2008 Traveling Tidbit #3 (6 clicks)
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July 14, 2008 at 12:38 pm ET In big crowded cities people not only have to worry about pickpockets and purse snatchers but cell phone snatchers too. Motorbikes are common throughout southeast asia and anyone unsuspecting chatting on the phone near the curb or crossing the street is vulnerable to getting their phone snatched by a passing motorist.
I actually witnessed this happening [...] ... (more) Sunday, July 13, 2008 Traveling Tidbit #2 (1 click)
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July 13, 2008 at 2:46 pm ET A lot of places in Indonesia and Vietnam charge 3% for taking Visa/Mastercard and 5% for taking American Express. One of the owners of a business in Indonesia I was talking to explained that it is against the merchant terms and agreements like it is in the US but everyone seems to do it regardless [...] ... (more) Saturday, July 12, 2008 Traveling Tidbit #1 (12 clicks)
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July 12, 2008 at 7:27 am ET When you land in Jakarta, Indonesia and purchase a visa on arrival, don’t use your credit card. The payment counter does take visa/mastercard but they code the purchase as a cash advance. The clock on interest ticking starts the date the amount hits your account. It’s not much on a $50 transaction (two 30-day visas) [...] ... (more) Wednesday, June 18, 2008 On vacation. (9 clicks)
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June 18, 2008 at 12:51 am ET I don’t post much these days regardless of whether I’m on hiatus or not. However I am in southeast Asia and unless something really interesting comes up there won’t be any posts for the next 3 weeks. ... (more) Tuesday, June 10, 2008 From Endless Gibberish - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 10, 2008 at 1:43 pm ET One of my friends who works at one of Target’s pharmacies informed me that when people go up to the pharmacy counter with general merchandise and ask if they can check them out they aren’t allowed to refuse them.
So if the regular checkout counters is jam packed and the pharmacy counter is still open. Skip [...] ... (more) Monday, June 9, 2008 From Endless Gibberish - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 9, 2008 at 6:42 pm ET As many of my regulars know I’m a big fan of Kiva.org. Ending world poverty is a near impossible task but it isn’t hard to loan capital to those that wish to lift themselves out of poverty.
So why am I funding $4,000+ worth of loans? Simply put, it’s all the money I have excluding my [...] ... (more) Tuesday, June 3, 2008 An interesting short read (1 click)
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June 3, 2008 at 9:06 am ET I came accross this piece titled “My Name is Dennis Gartman and I’m a trader…” on InvestorVillage. It’s an interesting short read. ... (more) Monday, June 2, 2008 PayPal Tip (10 clicks)
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June 2, 2008 at 11:31 am ET If you use PayPal frequently for purchases you might notice that sometimes PayPal refuses to give you the option to charge a purchase to your credit card if you have a sufficient PayPal balance to cover it. The reasoning is basically they profit more by not having to pay credit card processing fees.
So why do [...] ... (more) Friday, May 23, 2008 PowerSeller status (2 clicks)
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May 23, 2008 at 1:45 pm ET eBay finally grants me PowerSeller status! It doesn’t mean much besides the fact I get the little icon next to my name and I get a 5-15% discount on final value fees. Considering I paid roughly $90 in final value fees on my last invoice I’ll probably save roughly $4.5 (5%) or $13.50 (15%).
Getting PowerStatus [...] ... (more) Tuesday, May 20, 2008 From Endless Gibberish - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 20, 2008 at 5:52 pm ET Discovery Channel’s ad campaign featuring the slogan “The world is just awesome” is genius and spot-on.
It accomplishes several key things:
It gives me a newfound respect for the world.
The commerical showcases the Discovery Channel’s programs.
It’s extremely catchy. Which is probably why I’m blogging about it. ... (more) Monday, May 19, 2008 More expensive gas is good for America. (11 clicks)
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May 19, 2008 at 12:22 pm ET As everyone has probably noticed, the price of oil has skyrocketed to new highs recently. The main causes have been increasing demand and a weakening dollar. One of the big problems is a lot of people drive like idiots and get poor mileage in their oversized cars. The same guy you see on the news [...] ... (more) Friday, May 16, 2008 I got stimulated. (9 clicks)
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May 16, 2008 at 5:19 pm ET I awoke this morning to find that the us government added $300 to my net worth. The reason I get $300 instead of $600 is I paid no taxes for 2007 (all federal taxes paid were refunded).
I’m not particularly short on cash these days as I still have money form my birthday last month in [...] ... (more) Tuesday, May 13, 2008 From Endless Gibberish - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 13, 2008 at 8:53 am ET I finally got around to upping my emergency fund contribution to $35/week. Upon checking my account balance it turns out my weekly contributions of $30/week have added another $1,000 to my emergency fund balance since Sept 07 when my emergency fund hit the $1,500 mark.
I’m setting a definite target amount for my emergency fund. The [...] ... (more) Monday, May 12, 2008 Happy Marvel shareholder. (6 clicks)
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May 12, 2008 at 11:36 am ET Back at the end of December I decided to open up a position in Marvel (MVL). Immediately afterwards the stock took a small plunge (which happens a lot with investments in retrospect). With the recent Iron Man success the stock is hitting new highs and I’m a happy shareholder. It’s pointless to be happy as [...] ... (more) Saturday, May 10, 2008 Happy Hours, Happy Days (7 clicks)
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May 10, 2008 at 9:44 am ET Recently I turned 21 and discovered the whole “happy hour” experience. Those unfamiliar with “happy hour” concept can check wikipedia. When a establishment like the Olive Branch can offer $1 mugs and $0.50 pizza slices weekdays 4-7pm… you know i’m there.
There needs to be a collective source for information for all the happy hours that [...] ... (more) Friday, May 9, 2008 Comment Spam (5 clicks)
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May 9, 2008 at 9:44 am ET If you posted a comment in the past week it might take a bit to get past moderation as my spam filter is doing a bad job of catching spam comments these days.
Each day I wake up to a hundred comments awaiting moderation, 99% of which are spam. Argh. ... (more) Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Keyherb.com spams my blog! (4 clicks)
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April 30, 2008 at 11:32 am ET Awhile back I posted about how keyherb.com doesn’t know simple business sense. I guess the people over at keyherb.com found my blog post and decided to spam my blog with 3 comments. The first attacks the customer they wronged the other two are “tesimonials” to how great Keyherb.com is.
These comments were submitted April 27th. Check [...] ... (more) Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Recent changes at EG (4 clicks)
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April 29, 2008 at 1:58 pm ET Upgraded Wordpress to 2.5.1. Wordpress should implement an auto-update feature since new versions are coming out of frequently.
Changed the theme yet again just because i felt like it. The last one wasn’t quite doing it for me. I still need to get the contact form back online. The last one was resulting in me receiving [...] ... (more) Saturday, April 26, 2008 From Endless Gibberish - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 26, 2008 at 11:56 am ET Once in a while I browse cnn.com for news stories and I’ve noticed that the quality and sophistication of CNN has degraded slowly over the years. Apparently a gas station that charges $5.40 for gas is considered newsworthy and front page material. This location is along a particular stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway in [...] ... (more) Thursday, April 24, 2008 Even I have my weaknesses. (6 clicks)
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April 24, 2008 at 12:55 pm ET Rockstar Games is releasing Grand Theft Auto IV on April 29th and I already pre-ordered it through Amazon. I swore that I’d never buy games again for $60 and that’s partly the reasons why I joined Gamefly (and canceled Netflix).
However I have a soft spot for the GTA games ever since I fell in [...] ... (more) Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Having trouble purchasing a $10,000+ item? (10 clicks)
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April 23, 2008 at 11:25 am ET I was browsing through FlyerTalk and came upon this thread in which the original poster is essentially purchasing a round-the-world ticket for $17,000 for her mom but doesn’t know how to pay for it since none of her credit card limits go that high.
I like the beginning part of the post: “OK, I know some [...] ... (more) Monday, April 21, 2008 Bye bye Netflix, hello Gamefly. (2 clicks)
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April 21, 2008 at 8:08 am ET Yes, we all know I’m a huge fan of Netflix and a current subscriber. So why am I unsubscribing? No, Blockbuster didn’t win me over so keep your pants on.
I recently subscribed to GameFLY because I swore never to buy games again. $60 is just insanely too much for a game that you’ll play for [...] ... (more) Saturday, April 19, 2008 Learn to vote with your wallet. (9 clicks)
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April 19, 2008 at 8:50 am ET If you’re a regular reader you know I’m a big fan of the Consumerist blog.
However I’m always reading stories where a customer gets abused, mistreated, etc. and they still choose to do business with the merchant regardless. A typical story will be like “oh I got kicked in the face and the manager called my [...] ... (more) Friday, April 18, 2008 From Endless Gibberish - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 18, 2008 at 8:44 am ET After skimming through my backlog of hundreds of e-mails I spotted one from e-rewards which stated:
Effective June 11, 2008, e-Rewards will no longer be a participant in the AAdvantage® program. The final date to redeem the eligible portion of your e-Rewards Currency for AAdvantage miles is June 11, 2008. Visit www.e-Rewards.com/rewards.do to find out details [...] ... (more) Thursday, April 17, 2008 Another free month of Blockbuster online? (11 clicks)
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April 17, 2008 at 8:44 am ET Just when you thought Blockbuster was ceding the online dvd rental market to Netflix they start mass mailing offers of a free 1 month trial to everyone. The offer I got was a one month trial of their 1 at a time plan which includes 2 in-store movie exchanges.
Are they kidding themselves? What exactly do [...] ... (more) Items 1 - 25 of 67
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