Bookmarked: Carnivals and Links – Nov 20
Only one more week until (American) Thanksgiving! I’m looking forward to returning home and enjoying time with family — and most importantly, taking time to take a break and relax a bit. Much overdo.
Site Issues
If you tried to visit Student Scrooge on Tuesday or Wednesday this week, you may have noticed the site was either down or returning errors — unfortunately my web host was experiencing problems with their database server, which knocked my site offline intermittently for the past forty-eight hours. I’m hopeful that things have been resolved, but I’m not entirely positive of that. Nevertheless, I appreciate your patience!
Around The Blogosphere
- Do the labels “sell by,” “use by,” “expiration date,” and the like confuse you as much as they confused me? Karen over at the MSN Smart Spending Blog has a very helpful overview of what the various labeling dates mean. Definitely a good thing to know.
- Looking for extra cash in college? Broke Grad Student gives a great list of five things college students can do to make extra cash. Great thing is that the list isn’t just for college students! Looking at the list, I know I have done at least four of them. What about you?
- While I don’t think I’ll ever be a full-time blogger–I enjoy this as a pure hobby–I really enjoyed reading J.D. over at Get Rich Slowly describe his experiences during his first 8 months as a professional blogger. Very impressive.
- Finally, Cap over at Stop Buying Crap has further fed my tendency for procrastination by providing seven websites for fast, easy, and free entertainment. Pandora, despite the fact that it brings my computer to a crawl sometimes, is almost constantly up, and I almost always take time out of my day to watch The Daily Show on Hulu. Amazing what is out there legally now.
Recent Carnivals
Bargain Briana presented the 114th Festival of Frugality — Election Day Edition, and I was honored to have my gift card expiration “crisis” chosen as an editor’s choice! Awesome.
The Sun’s Financial Diary hosted the 177th Carnival of Personal Finance, which included my post on tipping for take-out food.
MoneyNing hosted the 179th Carnival of Personal Finance – Smile Edition, which should perhaps be described as the happiest carnival in a while. My post “6 situations where I still need cash” was included.
Finally, Financial Wellness Project put together the Festival of Frugality #152 – Affected By Recession Edition, which included my list of great websites for scoring cheap airfare.
Thanks to all the hosts for putting in the time!
Bookmarked: Looking Back and Looking Forward
It is hard to believe that September has already come to an end! Looking back at the traffic stats for Student Scrooge, it has been fun to see the organic growth that has been occurring. Hopefully it keeps heading in the right direction!
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Carnivals…
I participated in the 171st Carnival of Personal Finance – The Celebrate Fall Edition over at Sound Money Matters. Included in the carnival was my post on cash discounts appearing at gas stations.
I also participated in the 172nd Carnival of Personal Finance – The Meltdown Edition over at Debt Kid, which included my post on whether it is OK to lie in the name of frugality. (I was also excited to see the great Political Calculations blog consider it their “Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!” among the last week’s money and business related carnivals. Cool!).
Finally, my post on quick tips for textbook shopping was included in the 145th Festival of Frugality – The Gratitude Edition, hosted by Value For Your Life.
Thanks to all three hosts!
Around the Blogosphere…
The round-up this week has a very “college” student theme:
- Jim over at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity had an interesting post with 40 Money Tips for College Students. He is dead on with his two most important rules: first, to graduate with no debt (something far too many college students don’t understand), and second to have fun (which is something that you can easily lose sight of).
- Frugal Dad has a great list of six secrets to save money when you are young. These are very “big picture” suggestions (as opposed to Jim’s above), but are all so important — I wish every young person would at least give consideration to these suggestions.
- Just as a lot of college students begin to think about the next step, Trent over at The Simple Dollar has some great suggestions on how to find and utilize a mentor — something that really can be useful at all levels of life.
- Finally, of course, not every moment of the day needs to be productive. Broke Grad Student gives us 8 sites to help every college student procrastinate.
Tuesday: “Synchroblog” Project
This coming Tuesday, I will be participating in a joint blogging project with ten other bloggers on the subject of what the next (United States presidential) administration can do to improve the economic health of the U.S. middle class. All ten bloggers will post their own thoughts on Tuesday morning — timed to coincide with the day of the second presidential debate — and then provide links to all of the other entries. Some major personal finance bloggers are participating (I feel a bit out of my league!), so it should be fun!
Bookmarked – Getting Back In The Groove Edition
Photo by psdHappy Fall, everybody!
With the start of the fall semester, I just want to take a moment and thank those of you who have been visiting my blog over the past few months — I truly appreciate every visitor. And if you’re just stopping by for the first time, I encourage you to look around. If you like what you see, consider subscribing to Student Scrooge via RSS Feed or via Email.
My apologies for the relative lack of posts lately — I have been pretty busy over the last week or two with the start of the fall term; I had a couple of posts that I had meant to finish, and you’ll be seeing those appear over the next few days. Hopefully things will be back to normal soon!
Carnivals
Broke Grad Student hosted the 167th Carnival of Personal Finance – Highlights from the Beijing 2008 Olympics edition, which included my post on whether or not interest rate is all that matters when choosing a bank. I was surprised and honored to be picked as an Editor’s Choice (or, in keeping with the Beijing theme, receive a Gold Medal). Very cool!
That One Caveman over at One Caveman’s Financial Journey hosted the 168th Carnival of Personal Finance – Fire Up The Grill, It’s Labor Day! edition, which included my post on those sketchy looking ATMs.
Frugal Babe hosted the 142nd Festival of Frugality last week, which included my post on travel discounts for college students.
Thanks to the hosts of these carnivals — it really is a lot of work, and each did a great job.
Of Note…
- Broke Grad Student offers some great financial tips for college students heading back to campus. Most of them are pretty basic but fundamental suggestions, but definitely a good reminder given how easy it is to get yourself into financial trouble in college.
- Similarly, Patrick over at Cash Money Life presents his own money tips for college students on how to have a successful financial philosophy in college. Its all about getting in the proper mindset with regards to money, and training yourself early can huge benefits.
- Steven Levitt over at the Freakonomics blog at the New York Times has a guest post that does a very good job of explaining what exactly has been happening on Wall Street the last few days, and what the implications are for us as taxpayers and as consumers.
Bookmarked: Carnivals and More – August 24
Carnival
Kevin over at No Debt Plan hosted the 165th Carnival of Personal Finance: College Football Edition, which included my post on beginning my own financial check-up. Thanks for hosting!
Bookmarked
These are some of the articles that I particularly enjoyed around the personal finance blog world lately:
- Daniel over at Young and Frugal continues his series on how to get a job, focusing most recently on honing your networking skills. I have always found networking as a general concept to be a bit intimidating, so this was a helpful list of tips for me.
- Ron at The Wisdom Journal has a very timely post on housing contracts for college students. He is absolutely right that housing contracts are serious business, and provides some great things that college students (and parents!) should keep in mind.
- Trent at The Simple Dollar came up with an impressive fifty ways you can have fun by yourself. Friends are all well and good, but sometimes you just want to be by yourself.
- MoneyUnder30 has ideas for breaking the expensive habit of eating out. I have to admit that my habit is probably more social than anything else — still trying to break it though!
As always, have a good weekend everybody!
Festival of Frugality #136 – Summer School Edition
Welcome to the 136th Festival of Frugality – The Summer School Edition, hosted here at Student Scrooge!
If this is your first time visiting Student Scrooge, please take a moment to look around. This blog has been my venue over the past few months for sharing my own experiences and discoveries as I work to continue to put myself on the right path financially and to learn how to best put limited resources to use. While I certainly write from a college student’s perspective, I think much of what I write is applicable to a broader audience. If you like what you see, please consider subscribing via RSS or subscribing via email!
Now to the good stuff — this week we have over sixty entries from frugal bloggers around the internet filled with tips and reflections on making the most of your resources, financial and otherwise. A lot of these entries this week take us “back to school” to relearn the basics — saving at home, on food, and more — and as such, I present this summer-school themed edition.
Enjoy!
The Honor Roll
- Almost Frugal presents a clever compilation of the ABCs of Frugality: 26 Key Frugal Concepts — including catnip, (the) Joanses, soap, and zzzzs, and more.
- Gather Little by Little talks about how to get 100+ MPG. Sound impossible? There’s a catch, of course — that is 100+ MPG on a Scooter.
- Monroe on a Budget tackles the rapidly-approaching back-to-school peer-pressure issue, offering some very helpful tips on how to moderate the financial damage without disappointing your kids.
- Saving Advice reminds us why all those daily habits are worth it – the benefit from activities like brushing teeth, exercising, sleeping may not be apparent, but they can certainly add up to significant cost savings in the long run. Use this as motivation to keep at these healthy habits!
First Period: Philosophy (of Frugality!)
- Art of the Coupon reflects on spending and purchasing items that are not absolutely necessary, and a strategy for trying to control the impact of such purchases.
- Budgets are Sexy asks what your smartest advice about money has been, and presents, ahem, an interesting anecdote as one response.
- The Digerati Life looks at the benefits, both ethical and financial, of downsizing your life.
- The Happy Rock considers the moral implications of the possibility that credit card rewards are funded by the irresponsible, and asks whether that should influence those who use them responsibly.
- Mrs. Nespy’s Frugal World reflects back on how to find the time to get more done, with some sobering suggestions to limit how much you — and your children and family — tackle in order to make time to enjoy life.
- The Shark Investor relays observations and financial wisdom from a recent trip to India, including wisdom on eating, living, and getting around.
Second Period: Home-Ec and Cooking
- Cheap Healthy Good argues against taking frugality too far, arguing for ten foods that you should splurge on. All of them are tasty, but I particularly agree with splurging on cheese.
- Distilled Rose has a great lunch suggestion that costs less than a dollar a day to make — a tasty looking English Muffin.
- The Family Wallet provides ten great tips for reducing cost at the grocery store, including going generic, reducing portions, making the most of what the grocery store offers, and more.
- Green Panda Treehouse has several suggestions for how to save money when eating out. Finding local spots is definitely good advice.
- Home Ec 101 describes how to go about planning for meals and gradually expanding your “menu offerings.” I particularly like the suggestions about listening to feedback and being willing to make mistakes!
- Little House in the Suburbs talks about how to make your own vanilla extract. Definitely frugal, and I didn’t even know this was possible! (Note: Little House in the Suburbs is changing hosts and may be unreachable for 24-48 hours; be sure to check them out when they’re live again!)
- Living Almost Large asks whether it is possible to feed a family of four on less than a $100 a week. I’ll admit that I don’t think I could make it under $100/week.
- Not Made of Money helps with the balance between inexpensive food and healthy food. I’ve always found this difficult, and there are some excellent tips here on how to find affordable healthy food. Cheap and good!
- The Sojourner describes how to make your own frugal and delicious homemade bagels. I eat a lot of bagels, and so this is probably something I should look into — and the directions and pictures here will come in handy.
- Think Your Way to Wealth has an entry on the benefits of BBQing several nights worth of food at the beginning of the week to save on time, money, and effort. I have to admit that this seems like a great idea, but the foresight will be the hardest part for me!
Third Period: Environmental Science (Living Green)
- Blueprint for Financial Success suggests air drying clothes rather than using an electric dryer as a means of saving money and energy. The best part is that, assuming you are not in a rush, it is such a simple and idiot-proof (important for me!) way of drying clothes.
- Early Retirement Extreme praises the freecycle program, and tells of how to make the most of the system while also building and engaging in satisfying and gratifying exchanges. Freecycle has always intrigued me, and ERE’s great story makes me want to try it myself.
- EnviroHumanImpact argues that people should give up the printed newspaper in favor of more technological forms. Not only can this save money, but it can reduce the environmental impact of the daily production of newspapers.
- Frugal Fu has some great tips on creating a waste-free lunch. It’s a pretty major issue, and looking back on my own childhood lunch bags, it is painful to think of how wasteful they were.
- Nature Mom has a great post on how to save money and go green, looking not only at buying “green” and healthy foods and reducing energy use, but also at embracing the concept of “being green.”
- The Q Family Adventure has a list of thirteen ways to be green and save money at the same time. Great tips on saving money around the household — I continue to be amazed that, despite there being several “green” articles this week, they all seem to provide some unique insight.
- To Be Debt Free presents a great list of twenty four ways to save energy, and therefore money, around the house. It is amazing how many ways there are to make your house more “green”, more “efficient”, and more “frugal”!
Fourth Period: Geography (and Travel!)
- All About Orlando discusses how to experience Orlando, and Disney World, on the cheap – something I most definitely did not succeed at last time I visited.
- The FindAirlineCards Travel Blog offers suggestions on how to score an upgrade to first class on vacation for free. Being nice helps!
- Free Money Finance shows how small cities are better at growing your net worth. If only it were easy for me to move now, as I would definitely take this into consideration these days.
- Uncommon Cents suggests that, while you’re on that flight, you be wary of the prices in the SkyMall magazine. Given the airline industry, that doesn’t really surprise me.
- Value For Your Life describes how to visit London on a budget. With the dollar the way it is, every penny saved helps, and these are some excellent tips on having a great, but frugal, trip adventure in London.
- We like Money recounts the steps they took to save money on the planning of their vacation, including booking the hotel and flight as well as taking care of the cats.
Fifth Period: Economics (and Personal Finance)
- Bankaholic warns of three signs that your bank may be in trouble. In these uncertain banking times, it never hurts to be on the lookout for warning signs.
- Bible Money Matters describes how to buy insurance for your family — something that has always confused me some, so I appreciated the post.
- Cash Money Life continues his project of telling us how to become millionaires, this time focusing on spending less than you earn. Tips include analyzing your financial habits, making a budget, finding places to cut back, and more.
- Debt Smackdown looks at several bankruptcy-related questions you should ask should you find yourself considering entering bankruptcy protection.
- The Hustler Money Blog recaps the best 0% APR balance transfer cards out there and has a nice overview of how balance transfers work.
- Not the Jet Set describes their cash envelope system, a pretty effective way to control and monitor where their spending goes each month. This post inspired me to try something similar on a lot of my regular cash expenditures.
- The Personal Financier tackles the age-old question of whether it is better to buy or rent. In addition to a succinct break-down of the benefits and costs on each side, there is also a nice link to a New York Times tool on the subject.
- Slow Down Fast Today! points out the connection between debt and happiness, suggesting such steps for happiness as changing spending habits, eliminating credit cards, forcing yourself to save, and more.
Sixth Period: Auto / Shop
- The Green Motorist asks “When will a hybrid car actually save money?” and comes up with some surprising results on just how far you have to drive to realize savings.
- The Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning looks at how a frugal minded person should approach car expenses, including when to purchase, what to buy, how to finance it, and how to handle maintenance.
- $aving to Invest highlights a rather interesting alternative to the car. While they do say what’s old can be new again, I think I might have to pass on this particular form of transportation.
- Trees Full of Money provides information on how to sell a vehicle with negative equity. Unfortunately, it seems like more and more people are finding themselves in this situation, so these tips could be useful.
Seventh Period: Child Care Education
- Becoming Debt Free questions whether we are doing a good enough job teaching kids financial responsibility, and suggests some ways for doing a better job. Added bonus of individual suggestions for different age groups.
- The Mortgage Blog looks at how to save money raising children when it comes to such issues as impulse buying, pocket money, and more.
After School Chores: Managing the Frugal House
- Chief Family Officer makes the most of her products, taking the frugal step of even cutting open the moisturizer bottle open — which speaks to the frugal lifestyle. Simple but effective, right?
- Fiscal Liberty gives ten ways to survive the rising cost of living by saving money on everyday activities. Some interesting tips covering gas, food, electric, and more.
- Harvesting Dollars presents some interesting gadgets for do-it-yourself laundry out there today. I actually looked at some of these a while ago, and they certainly seem like a fun idea.
- Help My Cash Grow has a guest post with some wonderful tips on decorating on a budget — frugal decorating. Crates, picture frames, mirrors — all wonderful ideas, and I need all the help I can get when it comes to decorating.
- HowToMe makes creating your own custom area rug from carpet remnants sound easy. I’m not normally adventurous when it comes to things like this, but I might have to give this a try.
- No Debt Plan just saved 66% on Shampoo and Conditioner at the drugstore. I particularly liked how this went beyond just the drugstore game to include distance considerations as well.
- PennyJobs.com emphasizes the value of cleaning your house regularly. Maybe this will be the prodding I need to get back on top of this (maybe…)
- Personal Finance Analyst has fun with the fact that (perhaps Future First Lady) Michelle Obama shops at Target, and provides some savings at Target to go along with the story. Something tells me, though, that if Obama gets elected, her days of Target shopping may be over for a while…
- Rather be Shopping tells of the retention offer that Dish Network gave to stay with the cable company — a quick way to lower your cable bill! You’d be surprised what a quick phone call can get you, and its not just limited to cable companies.
- Simply Saving provides an exhaustive list of fifty tips for frugal living. Some are straightforward, but some I hadn’t thought of before. Worth a look!
Extra Credit
- Awesome Forex Alerts has three forex trading strategies to maximize your returns under different situations.
- Beauty and Personal Grooming shows how to use leaves as a beauty aid. This is certainly not my area of expertise, and I was amazed at what could be done with leaves.
- Christian Finance Blog talks about how to make money with Cash Crate. I have heard this mentioned quite a bit lately, and so it was nice to see a succinct overview.
- Counting My Pennies writes about alternate sources of making money, including blogging, secret shopping, and online surveys. I certainly agree that these mini-alternate income streams can be nice supplements to other sources of income.
- JobMob has a series of suggestions on where NOT to spend your job search budget. Job searches can be pretty stressful, and so maximizing your resources can help effectively land a job.
- KCLau’s Money Tips reviews a book on how to manage your money.
- MyDollarPlan poses a series of questions on how much to tip in certain “sticky” situations. Tipping is always a difficult subject, and these cases don’t really seem to have clear cut answers.
- Nickel presents twelve great resources for buying smart, which contains several sites that I use regularly as well as some I had not expected. He’s absolutely right that the internet has changed shopping for the better.
- Save and Conquer talks about the nice surprise on their doorstep recently. It never hurts to be friendly to the neighbors.
- The Simple Wealth retells a recent successful coupon mission at Wal-Mart, with an impressive savings to show for it. It is amazing what can be done with coupons.
And this completes the 136th Festival of Frugality. Next week’s host will be Frugal Homemaker Plus on the 5th of August, and you can learn more about how to submit on the Festival of Furgality home page. Thanks for visiting!
Bookmarked: Carnivals and More – July 26
Carnivals
Emily over at Taking Charge hosted the 162nd Carnival of Personal Finance: Baseball edition, which included my post on the value of online savings accounts.
I also participated in the Festival of Frugality #135 – The Frugal All Over Edition at Antishay Ventenne, which included my post on the Best Buy Reward Zone program.
Thanks to both for hosting!
Bookmarked
- Somehow, Squawkfox came up with 50 Reasons to Go Green with Reusable Shopping Bags, the most obvious and important reasons having to do with the environmental impact. I have been thinking about doing this for some time, and I may just now do it.
- Over at Cheap Healthy Good, I enjoyed “The Booze of Summer: A Quick and Dirty Guide to Lighter, Cheaper Drinks.” I have found myself out at social functions with bars more often lately, and so this is a nice guide to try to stay cheap (and semi-healthy).
- Upgrade: Travel Better recently looked at the potential fall-out of American Airlines’ recent decision to pull its results from the Kayak search engine. Is comparison shopping about to die? I hope not, but this is certainly an ominous sign.
- And in honor of my friend who can’t stand it when I turn our air conditioner on, The Personal Financier takes a look at ten ways to more efficiently and economically use the air conditioner. All very timely reminders!
Have a good weekend everybody!
Bookmarked – Carnivals and Links – July 18
Carnivals
I participated in two carnivals this week:
- The Budgeting Babe hosted the 161st Carnival of Personal Finance – the “Feeling Renewed” Edition, which included my recent article on saving airline miles from expiration.
- On Financial Success was the host this week for the 134th Festival of Frugality, which included my recent article on maximizing cash back for airfare purchases.
Thanks to both for hosting this week!
From The Blogs
Here is just a small sample of the articles I “starred” in my Google Reader feed list this week:
- Stephanie over at Poorer Than You wrote on whether college students can handle credit. This is a subject I have thought about quite a bit lately, especially as I have had several friends recently ask for my advice. Given the statistics, this area always makes me a bit nervous, but I’ll have more to say on this soon!
- Trent over at The Simple Dollar has Five Tactics for People Who’d Rather Do ANYTHING Than Manage Their Money, which are all excellent tips that almost anyone can take to improve their position without getting too overwhelmed.
- AskMrCreditCard has an excellent list of seven easy steps to improve your credit store. I definitely agree that it is important to get into these habits in order to maintain the best possible credit score.
- And, finally, I include this article from the Consumerist simply because the title literally made me laugh out loud: “Bear Breaks Into Circuit City, Has As Much Luck Locating An Employee As You Do“.
Have a nice weekend!
Bookmarked: Carnivals and Links – June 26
Festival of Frugality #131
This week I participated in the Festival of Frugality #131 – Summer Savings Edition hosted by the Broke Grad Student. Included was my post on Why i Hate Open-Loop Gift Cards. There were some great entries, so check out the rest of the festival when you get a chance.
Woops – Festival of Frugality #126
I also somehow forgot to mention that in May, I was pleased to be included in the Festival of Frugality – #126, The If i Had A Car Edition kindly hosted by The Financial Blogger. Included in the Festival was my recent post on The Microsoft Office Burden. My apologies for forgetting the mention until now.
Links
Outside of the great entries in the Festival of Frugality, here are some of the posts that have caught my eye in the last week or so:
- Trent over at The Simple Dollar posted on Ten Tips to Maximize the Value of a Doctor’s Visit. I was actually thinking about this subject the other day — doctors visits are difficult enough once; you might as well get as most out of a visit as you can.
- Frugal Dad has a great post on Cherry-Picking Coupons to Maximize Savings. For some reason it had never occurred to me to turn to eBay for grocery coupons. Thanks to this post, I just won a whole bunch of coupons for Tropicana Orange Juice.
- Five Cent Nickel posted on The Hidden Costs of Renting a Car. It really is amazing how quickly the costs add up, which is why I usually opt to try public transportation whenever possible when traveling. Sometimes that just not possible, but FCN’s post provides helpful knowledge to be armed with.
Bookmarked: Carnivals and Links – May 18
It has been an incredibly busy few days, with quite a bit of traveling, but I have been able to keep up somewhat with other personal finance blogs and carnivals. From the last week:
Carnivals
This week I participated in the Festival of Frugality #125 – Save Some Money If You Are Rich Edition hosted by Mike over at Quest For Four Pillars. Included was my post on The Outrageous Cost of Movie Tickets.
Links
From the #125 Festival of Frugality, I particularly enjoyed:
- Over at Money Smart Life, an excellent post on Money Tips for New College Graduates – Spending, Saving, & Budgeting Advice. Those first few months are crucial — the financial choices you make (or don’t make) can have a significant impact on your financial security down the line. Get started on the right foot!
- Over at Five Cent Nickel, Nickel tells us about Saving Money with CFLs, which can both save money and save energy. I’ve been using CFLs for a while, and I’ve been quite happy. Pretty much a win-win situation.
- At brip blap, Steve takes a closer look at whether American kids are stupid about personal finance -I’ll be honest, I have always registered the news headlines regarding these surveys of high school students, but had never bothered to actually look a the questions carefully. Definitely an interesting read.
Bookmarked: Carnivals, Links, and More – May 07
It has been a very busy week for me, but I did find time to participate in my first two carnivals ever, as well as continue to enjoy reading other blogger’s posts and contributions.
Carnival of Personal Finance
Kimberly Palmer over at US News & World Report’s Alpha Consumer blog hosted the 151st Carnival of Personal Finance this Monday, and I was lucky enough to have my post “Keeping Track of Rebates and Promotions (Remember the Milk)” included in the list. Thanks to Kimberly for hosting this week!
Festival of Frugality
Dawn over at Frugal for Life hosted the 124th Festival of Frugality (”The Name Edition”), and I was honored to have one of my posts included — “Avoiding Airline Fees“. Again, thanks to Dawn for taking the time to host the festival this week!
What I Have Been Reading
I have been considering doing a mini-road trip at some point this summer, and with talk of “How Gas Prices Will Ruin Your Summer” (ABC News), the issue of gas prices has been on my mind quite a bit lately. Naturally, this subject has been getting quite a bit of discussion lately, and I found two blog posts in particular interesting: Ron over at The Wisdom Journal’s entry on “10 Simple Behavioral Changes That Save Gas” and DR over at The Dough Roller’s entry on “25 Ways to Save Money on Gas“. Both posts offer some very useful tips that I plan to keep in mind.
On the subject of protecting yourself when making large purchases, Money Blue Book has a useful post on how to “Get A Free Extended Warranty By Purchasing with a Credit Card” — extended warranty protection is something that I always knew some credit cards had, but had never really bothered to investigate. Turns out that among my cards, the Citi mtvU card has the Visa extended warranty protection, which means that I can continue to use the card for the effective 5% back at Amazon and receive extended warranty protection.
Of course, even with extended warranty protection, sometimes you just want to get rid of the thing, which is why I enjoyed learning more about what happens when Buying and Returning Heavy, Expensive Products on Amazon over at Clever Dude. His experience makes me more comfortable purchasing large items online at Amazon.
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