It's only a few days into October, but I still think I'm allowed to highlight what I think were my best posts from last month. This is the second installment of the "Best Posts" and you can see August's Best Posts here. August was a record month … [Read more...] about Best Posts from September, 2007
A month ago, I told you we canceled Blockbuster in favor of trying out Redbox. We didn't rent anything right away because, well, we were tired of movies. But about 2 weeks ago, we decided to rent a movie. Here's how it went: We walked up to the … [Read more...] about Redbox Test One: Success!
Hey, I actually participated in 3 carnivals/festivals this week! That's after a no-show for all of last week. The third one after the Carnival of Personal Finance and Carnival of Debt Reduction is the Festival of Frugality, hosted by No Credit … [Read more...] about Best Frugality Articles from the Festival of Frugality #92
Redbox! Yep, we have canceled our Blockbuster Online subscription, but not because we were overly unhappy with it. Rather, we had other reasons. Basically, Redbox costs $1 per night to rent. If we only want to see 5 movies per month, it costs us $5. … [Read more...] about Cancelled Blockbuster Online in favor of….
Back in early March, I posted about how our free digital cable was worthless as we only got a few extra channels (mostly PBS). To refresh your memory, Comcast offered us 12 months of free digital cable just for being basic cable subscribers. We … [Read more...] about Ok, the free digital cable isn’t totally worthless
This past week, I hosted my first finance carnival. It was small, but the 4th Carnival of Credit Report Stories included some excellent articles with explanations of credit, credit reports and personal stories about credit. On Monday, I finished … [Read more...] about Clever Dude’s Week in Review March 24 – April 1, 2007
We're loyal Blockbuster Online (formerly Netflix) subscribers. However, even though we have about 100 movies in our queue, there's really nothing we're excited to see. Eragon was a bore, we sent back Seven Years in Tibet without watching it, so right … [Read more...] about Tired of Blockbuster / Netflix Selections? Cancel for a month
I was informed a couple weeks ago about Comcast's deal for basic cable subscribers: Free Digital Cable for 12 months for Basic Cable Subscribers. Also, you get all HBO and Starz channels for 6 months free. Basic cable is the cheapest plan you can … [Read more...] about Deal with the devil: I got Comcast Digital Cable … FOR FREE
