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If you’re excited about “Black Friday”, you certainly aren’t alone.
Soon after the Thanksgiving turkey has been devoured and the dishes are all washed up, people all across the country will make a beeline to their favorite store to take advantage of this year’s “Deal of a Lifetime”!
While it’s true that this annual “save big” shopping day can help stretch your Christmas shopping dollars, if you aren’t careful it can also end up costing you, in one of two ways: [Read more…]
When you go grocery shopping do you automatically select items in the larger “family-size” packages in order to pay less per unit (i.e. per ounce or per serving)?
I actually did that until recently because… well, everyone knows you save money when you buy in bulk, right?
Well, I found out by accident that’s not always the case.
Have you ever touched a doorknob, a car door or some other metal object and ended up getting zapped by a static discharge?
I have too, and it’s no fun!
A typical static discharge can transfer 20,000 volts or more from your body to a metal object, resulting in a visible spark and a very painful zap.
That’s literally like getting struck by a miniature lightning bolt!
Luckily, there are several things you can do to prevent the build-up of a dangerous static charge: [Read more…]
Do you often find yourself needing to make a quick stop at the market to pick up a few grocery items when you’re in a hurry to get to someplace else?
If so, you probably always try to snag the empty parking space that closest to the entrance.
And that’s certainly understandable since the closer you park, the quicker you can get inside and start shopping for the items you need.
But truth be told, you’ll almost always get back on the road quicker if you skip the closest parking space and park near the closest shopping cart return corral instead! Here’s why…
Have you ever called a customer service or tech support line and ended up having to talk to a rep you couldn’t understand?
Well, me too, and to say it’s a very frustrating experience would be the understatement of the year.
Many large companies now outsource their call center operations to third-party companies located in foreign countries.
And as you well know, that can create quite a language barrier if you happen to get a rep who doesn’t speak English all that well.
But as luck would have it, there’s often a very simple solution to this problem… [Read more…]