I can’t believe that I missed this.  Well I just had to post it because it was so random and we were laughing about it too much.
BioArts is auctioning off 5 spots to clone your pets.  The starting bid is $100k.  WOW.  I can’t believe people are going to do it.  And one spot will be [...]

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Okay I’m trying out buying groceries online.  Not at a supermarket, although I plan on trying that soon as well, but non-perishable Asian food.  Unfortunately where I live, sucks on buying Asian groceries.  Usually it’s poor quality and it can be difficult to find what I want, and it’s overpriced to boot!
So I’m trying this [...]

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Okay so if you are mycokerewards person and input codes, tomorrow 6/25 is double points day!  So put in your codes tomorrow for double points.  24 for 12 pack cases, 3 pts for bottles.
Second, get ready to pay more for groceries.  Use your coupons now because store are changing their coupon doubling policy.  Here is [...]

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As we all know, driving cautiously without much breaking and accelerating much saves a ton on gas.  People right now are trying to conserve gas as much as possible with it costing $4/gallon+.  However a new reason has occurred to stop speeding when you drive.
An article from MSN states that in GA, a new fee [...]

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Okay get ready students, July 1st, 2008 is approaching.  And the time is now to consolidate student loans!  Liz Weston just published an article about this. This is your chance to lock in rates of 3.6%.
Here’s the deal, if you had student loans taken out before July 1, 2006, then you are eligible for consolidation.  All [...]

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We’re all feeling the pinch at the pump and with rising food prices.  But the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that inflation is only up 4.2% for the year. But the BLS says it is because while gas and prices have risen dramatically, the price of other goods are dropping.
But the goods which are dropping, [...]

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Interesting article by money claiming that people who use plastic spend more.  I wonder is that a cause of credit card debt or an artifact of the credit card usage?
 First off, if you notice many PF bloggers use CC extensively and none worry about late fees or 25% interest.  Some like Nickel have automatic debit [...]

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Money Magazine interviewed Suze Orman in an article.  Very neat.  One thing is Suze is switching out of Index funds into Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), which are basically the same thing except they trade like stocks and have more diversity.  DH and I personally own a bunch of ETFs because you can tailor it better [...]

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Have you ever thought how’d you broach the topic of money, wills, and death with your parents?  How does one even bring it up?  And is there an age when you should start talking about it?
I was contemplating this because one of my grandmother’s sisters, has recently downsized and moved into a condo near to [...]

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This week again I participated in many different carnivals.  The first is #157th Carnival of Personal Finance and 3rd Anniversary @ Consumer Commentary.  Included was my post “$1M Retirement Question.”  Asking the same question is My Wealth Builder “$1M enough?”
The Carnival of Twenty Something Finances @ Poorer than You, which included my post “Compromosing a [...]

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