Category: Finance/Monies

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A Penny Auction Online

When is the last time you heard the term Penny Auction? I’d be very hard put to think of something that you could still buy for a mere one cent. I was checking out a few online auctions and found an interesting one that is advertising 100% of the finale sales price to various charities, such as The United Way, The Salvation Army, Feed The Children, The American Cancer Society and many more very worth while non profit businesses. I like that concept so I took a good look around to see what all they had to offer. It’s easy enough to maneuver around in.

This Penny Auction site is still relatively new, but the bargains are there for the taking and the prices are amazingly cheap. Free shipping is also offered, so that is a plus. There are all types of products being auctioned off, I found a nice looking Cannon Camera, that the bid is up to 2 cents at this point. This Canon PowerShot SD1100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom regularly goes for $179.99, it will be good to see what the final bid goes for. Imagine getting a camera like this for only 2 cents, and no shipping charges!

 

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Life Insurance, a Necessity

After dealing with my parents deaths last year and seeing first hand the importance of having a decent life insurance policy, I have decided to start shopping around online for life insurance quotes. I’m not married, nor do I have children to worry about leaving behind, but I do want a decent burial service and my final expenses taken care of with no burdens placed on anyone in the family.

The Internet makes the task of getting these necessary quotes so much easier, less stressful and hassle free, so it comes into play once again in daily life on the farm.

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Internet Access Issues

At the moment I have Comcast cable and Comcast broadband Internet service at the house. It works well most of the time, but it does seem that about once or twice every quarter the service goes off for no apparent reason and stays off for several hours. A call to tech support only gets a standardized response that there are temporary outages in our area.Now, if I can’t get online and do my Internet stuff from home on my schedule, I want to know that there is a big problem somewhere – I want blood and guts kind of issues. A small plane crashed into the relay station or whatever they have (of course, the pilot walks away unhurt b the damage to the equipment is a terrible thing for them to have to rush around and replace). Just a mealy mouthed “temporary outage” is not satisfying.

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The Best Seafood with Atmosphere

My youngest sister just sent me a post card from Orlando Florida, where she has been for the last week visiting with her in-laws and having fun with the kids with all that Orlando has to offer for family fun. They have been planning this trip for such a long time, saving up what little cash they could stick away for the past few years and are now in the land of sun shine having the time of their lives.

Her in-laws took the whole family out to dinner at one of the best restaurants Orlando has to offer in the private dinning sector, which is modeled as a sleek 1930’s ocean liner and is the perfect setting to enjoy fresh seafood, which they have flown in daily from around the world for their guests.

I’ve myself dinned at this popular restaurant while in Texas and I’m glad that she and the kids are experiencing this wonderful culinary delight, much as I did when I was in Houston Texas. They have the best seafood, with the perfect atmosphere to go along with the food. As far as I’m concerned it was and hopefully still is the best of Houston restaurants that specialized in seafood and was glad to hear that there is more than just the one that I had the pleasure of dinning at so many years ago.

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Sin City

Picked up the DVD called “Sin City” from WalMart’s $5 bargain rack. I really only got it because it has Bruce Willis in it, and most of his movies are pretty good. I’m a big fan of the Die Hard series – those movies are good to watch over and over.So last night there was nothing worth a hoot on the tube and I decided to watch Sin City.

OMG! What a stupid movie. I can’t believe I watched the whole thing. It was so boringly stupid. I guess you have to be the kind of person who reads comic books to appreciate the story line, the bizarre characters and the special effects. I’ve never been much of a comic book reader after the 3rd grade, so all that was wasted on me and my $5 was wasted in return. Not to mention the 2 hours of my life that I will never get back.

Thumbs down on Sin City.

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Credit Cards & All Their Offerings

Credit Card Offers really need to be checked out thoroughly before signing on the dotted line in today’s world. A good place to find information on different credit card offers and companies is provided on line at CardHub.com. I have found it to be a valuable tool in my search for a credit card, one that I can use specifically for gasoline purchases. One that will provide me with some type of reward each time I use it, and with as many trips as I take to the gas stations these days, I should be able to rack up some nice cash back or rebates if I take my time and educate myself with the numerous credit card companies that are just begging for my business. Once I clicked on & selected each category option preference that was provided me on this site, it narrowed the search down to 7 different types of cards being offered for me to check out and review.

It was a pretty easy process, for someone who knows what they are looking for, such as myself. Visa, Discover, Master Card, American Express, all have offers right now, and I finally decided on going with the Capitol One, Orbitz Visa Platinum  that offers a variety of rewards, that will make me a happy consumer each time I use the card at gas stations, restaurants, rental cars, and gift cards, as well.

So, with that said, if you are interested in finding good credit cards with the best offer, this really is a nice, user friendly set up website, and be sure you check out the Editor’s Picks while you are at it. Please note that CardHub.com has worked hard to put all this information together for your convenience, but they do not guarantee the accuracy of the information listed, and that they urge you to go to the individual credit card companies website and double check on the information before applying.

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A Skin Brightener Offer

I’ve known a few people in my life that have had to deal with severe skin issues, such as scarring, melasma, age spots, liver spots and the like. So it was interesting reading at skinbright.com to see that they have products to help these types of issues. They are now offering a skin brightener that will help reduce the appearance of scars and discoloration at a discounted price. They even ship the package very discreetly for privacy concerns, and are currently running a promotion where you buy one and get two for free, that is a great value, an offer that you don’t get to see often enough.

This interesting product is made in America, it is a 100% natural product and they not use animals to do their testings on, which I would like to see more companies doing. As well as giving you, the buyer, a 30 day, risk free guarantee, you may return the bottle for a complete refund, even if the bottle is completely empty.

When you purchase from Skin Bright you are ordering directly from the manufacturer, there for cutting out the cost of the middleman, which in turn saves you and the company valuable time and money. An interesting product to check out and see if it can help with your skin brightening issues.

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Vacation Time at The Bahamas

My oldest sister wants to take her husband and her son on Vacation to the Bahama’s and needs a little more extra cash to be able to do it on the date they would like to go. I told her to get onto the Internet and go to Vacationloan.com and check out their wonderful options for Vacation Loans. Our youngest sister has already been approved a year ago for a vacation loan, they have a 99% Approval rate up to $1,000 cash with no credit check at all.

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Unemployment Issues

My sister’s husband was laid off of his job a few weeks ago and at the time he thought that it wasn’t too big of a deal, thinking that he could find something by the end of that week. Well surprise, surprise, things are rough all over and they are by no means in this boat all by themselves.I hope that they get their unemployment check soon, because with kids you never know when you will need to haul them off to the doctor or the E.R. and those bills can add up quick and who needs that extra added worry? Mothers and dads have enough to worry about these days with the price of gas and food and everything else for that matter.

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Small Businesses

Something that I recently discovered that I wasn’t even aware of was the opportunity for a business to take out a business/merchant cash advance and then have the ability to pay the loaned amount back by the taking of the funds from their future credit card transactions a little at a time, just as easy as that. What a good opportunity for today’s small businesses that are looking for a way to get their hands on some extra cash for what ever reason or need, with no credit check and a secure on line application process. With today’s tough economy every one is looking for a way to help with their financial situations and issues.With minimal paper work required and a 7% payback over a 12 month period, with flexible funding options, Onlinecheck.com is America’s Small Business Funding Experts, and can be a valuable tool for any type of business looking for assistance.

I have a friend that has just recently opened his own business and is all ready looking for ways to expand and that takes money, just like anything else. I was just talking with him the other week about his thoughts on taking out a loan, this type of loan wasn’t mentioned and I think that I will pass this web-site on to him to see if he thinks it would be something that he would be interested in. I think that it is something to definitely check into, you won’t know unless you try.