Since I’ve been gone so much the last few months, the junk mail has really piled up in the basket next to my desk. We toss the miscellaneous stuff in there with the expectation we’ll look through it on the weekends in case there’s something of interest in the myriad advertisements. Yesterday, I skimmed the [...]
Tags: consumerism, eyeglasses, fashion glasses
Private number plates in the UK are so popular that auctions are held each year where excited bidders can find the combo of numbers they want. In the past year, an auction for the coveted 1000 number plate saw the winning bidder pay 80,000 pounds for that number plate.
Private number plates or personalized plates, as [...]
Tags: business, consumerism, personal license plates
One of the things I like best about TheCarConnection.com is that they give you reviews that you can understand even if you have zero knowledge about things automotive. For instance, say you’re interested in a Subaru Forester. With a click of the mouse, you can find out what their auto reviewers have to say about [...]
Tags: business, car reviews, cars, consumerism, richard dean anderson, stargate sg1
Since I have kids who are “technically” adults, I’ve realized that a lot of young people don’t know much about insurance. They don’t know how to tell whether the term life insurance quotes they get are acceptable or even if the policy being quoted covers them sufficiently. Our kids usually come ask our advice, but [...]
Tags: consumerism, life insurance
Sure, they call them address labels, but these cute little sticky labels have uses beyond the upper left corner of envelopes, proclaiming your Return Address.
123Print.com Standards I enjoy visiting 123Print.com and seeing what’s new on the site as well as what’s still the same. Still the same is their quality printing and affordable prices. Still [...]
Tags: address labels, consumerism, printing
Posted by Joan Reeves on Oct 16, 2009 in
Consumer Smarts,
My Literary License,
Technology
People know that writers write, and they take for granted that we consume quantities of office supplies in the process. What most don’t realize is that writing is a small business that also needs printed materials just like other businesses. Therefore, we writers, and businesses everywhere, are always looking for good printers for our business [...]
Tags: consumerism, office supplies, printing, writers
Does it seem to you that prices just keep going up, up, up? No wonder everyone is looking for ways to cut expenses from their television or cell phone provider to their car insurance, but it always seems to take so much time to hunt down those bargains we Americans love. Here’s an exclusive tip [...]
Tags: auto, business, consumerism, insurance