Bing Chase Back is closing.

By eric on June 7, 2010

This had the best cash back of the sites that I know of. How sad.

Dear valued cashback customer:

 We are writing to notify you that the Bing cashback program will be discontinued, and the last day to earn cash back on your Bing Shopping purchases will be July 30, 2010.

 Until July 30, 2010 9:00 pm PST, it’s business as usual so continue to take advantage of great offers from your favorite merchants. You can redeem all of your earned cashback savings consistent with the cashback terms and conditions and access the Bing cashback customer support system through July 30, 2011. We encourage you to redeem your cashback savings and to further support redemption, we are waiving the $5 minimum payout effective July 31, 2010. To assist with prompt delivery of your cashback earnings, please visit http://cashbackaccount.bing.com to ensure your account information is current. For more details and answers to your questions, please visit our frequently asked questions page.

 Thank you very much for being a loyal cashback user.  We remain committed to delivering great value to our customers, and we are currently working on an exciting new program which you will hear more about from us later this summer.

 Sincerely,

 Bing cashback team

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Ignore Expiration Dates

By eric on February 19, 2010

“Best by,” “Sell by,” and all those other labels mean very little.

By Nadia ArumugamUpdated Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, at 10:18 AM ET

There’s a filet mignon in my fridge that expired four days ago, but it seems OK to me. I take a hesitant whiff and detect no putrid odor of rotting flesh, no oozing, fetid cow juice—just the full-bodied aroma of well-aged meat. A feast for one; I retrieve my frying pan. This is not an isolated experiment or a sad symptom of my radical frugality. With a spirit of teenage rebellion, I disavow any regard for expiration dates.

www.slate.com/id/2244249/

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Best Buy Optimization Is A Big Stupid Annoying Waste Of Money

By eric on January 4, 2010

By: Meg Marco on January 4, 2010 8:28 AM

This “warning” appears on a Geek Squad sales info folder. Over the past year, a number of you have been telling us that, due to “pre-optimization” of computers, it’s difficult — sometimes impossible — to walk into a Best Buy and leave with the advertised deal (in effect, you would be paying a $39.99 surcharge over the computer’s advertised price). We decided to look into your complaints. We sent the Consumer Reports secret shoppers to 18 different Best Buys in 11 states, and one of our shoppers was denied the price advertised for a specific model because only pre-optimized computers were available. When the Consumer Reports engineers compared three “optimized” computers to ones with default factory settings, there was no performance improvement. In one case, an optimized laptop actually performed 32% worse than the factory model.

http://consumerist.com/2010/01/consumerist-investigation-best-buy-optimization-is-a-big-stupid-annoying-waste-of-money.html

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Why You Shouldn’t Buy From Ikea

By eric on July 23, 2009

“Face it, when your $20 bookshelf broke you just threw it out and went back for another one, right? And why not, they’re so cheap!! (And there’s a bus! And where else can you eat lingonberries?!……) But our demand for highly disposable wood furniture has made Ikea the third-largest wood consumer in the world. Not to mention that the average consumer drives 50 miles round trip to get that $20 bookshelf.”
http://consumerist.com/5321404/why-you-shouldnt-buy-from-ikea

So basically, what this is saying is… Your buying crappy stuff, that then fills landfills cause it does not last, you waste tons of gas to get there and you end up hurting the environment and could have bought a $50 bookshelves that would have lasted you longer…

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Quest for jean shorts that fit me and look good.

By eric on June 20, 2009

I decided to give JCPenny’s another try after not liking the little jean shorts they had 1-2 years ago. Well, I was not happy with what they had. They at least had them on sale for reasonable prices this time for $20. I decided to give up till I had time to go to other stores. I went out with a friend today and we saw a Salvation Army store in Warren, Michigan. We decided to go in and look around. I found a few music CD’s and decided to try my luck at their jeans. I did find one similar to JCPenny’s and another pair that are a lighter color in my size for $4.99 each. The lighter ones were a little worn in front, but not too bad. Not only did I get 2 jean’s for half the cost of one at JCPenny’s. I supported a non-profit that helps others.

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