Archive for October, 2006

40% of Consumers Admit to Impulse Buying

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

In a recent poll conducted on Saving Without A Budget, nearly 4 out of every 10 people admitted to being impulse buyers - which may explain America's growing credit card debt problem. Think about it: how many times have you been in a store and seen something that you thought you just ...

Save on Auto Insurance

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

Auto insurance doesn't have to be as expensive as most people complain it is - and the best part is you probably have a big say in how much you're going to pay for your auto insurance policy. There are a myriad of factors that go in to figuring out how ...

Do You Need Pet Insurance?

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

I enjoy reading Liz Pulliam Weston, money guru for MSN Money, and if you don't read her columns, you should probably look into it as she has a lot of helpful, money saving tips. Today I came across one of her older columns about pet insurance, and whether or not it ...

Use Open Source Software

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

Let's say you just got a new computer and you need some sort of word processing software.  Which of the following two scenarios seems like the most appealing to you: Drop $400 on the latest Microsoft Office suite Download some free Open Source software that works just as well as Microsoft Office, ...

Pay As You Drive Car Insurance

Monday, October 9th, 2006

The other day I was reading an interesting article regarding pay-as-you-drive car insurance, which has recently started over in Europe and will certainly find its way across the pond to the United States. The concept of this type of auto insurance is pretty interesting: a GPS system tracks your mileage, what time ...