Archive for December, 2006

Check Out the Latest Carnival of Personal Finance

Posted by Sun on December 26, 2006 (0) Comment

Carnival of Personal Finance #81 is now up at My Personal Finance Blog. Among the articles submitted to the Carnival, I like

Are you on track? How do you stack up? By Queercents
What Can A Postage Stamp Teach Us? By The Money Tortoise
Truth About Interest Rates By Becoming & Staying Debt Free
My Wealth Builder – Goal [...]

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Deal: Make $14 with Norton Ghost 10 at Buy.com

Posted by Sun on December 26, 2006 (2) Comment

If you have purchased the Norton AntiVirus 2007 early this month fro Buy.com (I did), now you can use that purchase to make a little more money, $13.85 to be exact. 
Buy.com now has Norton Ghost 10.0 [Buy.com affiliate link] for $66.15. There are two mail-in-rebates with this product: $40 Visa Debit Card (with original UPC [...]

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Deal: Restaurant.com $25 Dining Certificates for $3

Posted by Sun on December 26, 2006 (0) Comment

According to Dealsea.com, Restaurant.com currently has $25 dining certificates for $10. Use an additional 70% off coupon code CHEERS to get a certificate for your favorite restaurant (you can use their online search to find restaurants in your area and get the exact terms & conditions on how to redeem the certificate) for only $2. 

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My Last Paycheck

Posted by Sun on December 26, 2006 (9) Comment

Last Friday, I received my last paycheck of 2006. The statement shows that for 2006, I have

Contributed $12,600.12 in the 401(k) plan
Paid $14,128.85 of federal taxes
Paid $7,363.68 of Social Security taxes
Paid $2,570.03 of NJ state taxes

In addition, my employer has matched $1,930.77 in my 401(k) plan (the free money). 2006 is the first full year [...]

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Last Day to Use Google Checkout Coupon: Buy a 4GB Flash Drive for $29.95

Posted by Sun on December 26, 2006 (0) Comment

Today is the last day to use $20 off $50 Google Checkout coupon at Buy.com (yeah, it finally comes to an end) and the item I bought is a Kingston 4GB Data Traveler USB 2.0 Flash Drive [Buy.com affiliate link] for $29.95 after the Google Checkout discount and a $14 mail-in-rebate (expires December 30th). I [...]

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