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Mar

No Bargain

By Barb, on March 17th, 2011%

Sometimes that old adage," you get what you pay for" is so true. We thought we could get a bargain on a store-brand whole chicken. We're we wrong. Continue reading No Bargain

Feb

Today I took my wife to one of our local supermarket. When we arrived I noticed in the parking lot a small building with people cueing up to face this building. Fueling my curiosity I took a closer look to see what these people were doing. To my amazement they were putting cans, plastic bottles and glass bottles in a hole in the wall. Continue reading Income from recycling.

Feb

Dishwashing Remedies from P&G

By Bob, on February 4th, 2011%

I recently called Proctor & Gamble to complain about their Cascade dishwashing detergent. Due to a change in formula, all my black hard plastic ladles and spatulas were turning blotchy white. Additionally, all my aluminum measuring spoons and a garlic press were turning black.

Continue reading Dishwashing Remedies from P&G

Jan

It Pays to Complain…Sometimes

By Bob, on January 28th, 2011%

It's like the old saying goes, if you don't ask you don't get. I recently had called Proctor and Gamble to complain about one of their products. I began to notice that some of the items in my dishwasher we're changing color. My aluminum measuring spoons and garlic press were turning black. My hard plastic ladles and spatulas were getting white splotches on them. I've had these items for several years and have been dropping them in the dishwasher from the very beginning and everything was fine. Continue reading It Pays to Complain…Sometimes

Jan

Shopping Surveys

By Bob, on January 26th, 2011%

Yesterday while shopping in one of my favorite stores, a man with a clipboard came up to me and asked if I would mind taking a short survey. I had a choice, a brief 2 minute survey or a 5 minute one that pays me an instant $5 cash incentive.

Now $5 is not . . . → Read More: Shopping Surveys

Jan

Foodsaver V2240 arrived.

By Bob, on January 22nd, 2011%

The vacuum Foodsaver V2240 finally arrived and we were eager to try the unit to check if it worked OK. From a lot of reviews either these machine worked or they have problem. This particular machine had good reviews so we had our fingers crossed.

As I stated before on our Freezer post . . . → Read More: Foodsaver V2240 arrived.

Jan

Our latest retirement project is a small Freezer

By Bob, on January 16th, 2011%

After seeing great sales on chicken and frozen pizza and not having a place to store it we decided on buying a small freezer. We looked a thrift stores and the price comparison with a new one with at least a year warranty and a used one with unknown origin was no brainier. A . . . → Read More: Our latest retirement project is a small Freezer

Jan

AT&T our rampage.

By Bob, on January 12th, 2011%

A few months back we get a e-mail from AT&T about going paperless billing. Sign up and get $10 rebate, which turns out to be a debit card for $10. So trying to be green I thought why not and signed up. Never heard back or got the rebate. At the time I decided . . . → Read More: AT&T our rampage.

Dec

Coffee savings

By Bob, on December 31st, 2010%

While on a trip to England we got into drinking strong hot coffee during those cold and rainy days.

We found a coffee shop called Costa coffee very similar to Starbucks but we thought was better. They served their coffee in china cups and saucers, although you could get coffee “to go” (“take out” . . . → Read More: Coffee savings

Dec

Park your phone

By Bob, on December 9th, 2010%

Since ATT put up their rates in our area we decided we did not need the second phone line, but wanted to keep the phone number for future use. We found a company called family-phone.com that offers a service that parks your phone number with an answering machine. So if any one calls that number . . . → Read More: Park your phone

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