Archive for December, 2006

Last Minute Gift Ideas: Creative 1 GB MP3 Player for $19.99

Posted by Sun on December 22, 2006 (0) Comment

If you are still looking for a last minute gift that won't cost you a lot of money, here's one you may want to take a look.
Buy.com currently has Creative Muvo V100 1 GB MP3 Player [Buy.com affiliate link] for $39.99 after $20 mail-in-rebate. Use Google Checkout to get another $20 discount, and the [...]

Popularity: 27% [?]

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Deal: P4400 Kill-A-Watt Electricity Detector & Monitor for $19

Posted by Sun on December 21, 2006 (0) Comment

According to Dealsea.com, SuperMediaStore now has P4400 Kill-A-Watt Electricity Detector for $23.99. Use coupon code silverbells to get a $5 discount of the listed price and the shipping is free. According to the production description:
The Electricity Detector and Electricity Monitor can reduce your monthly electric bill and help you save a lot of money. Electricity [...]

Popularity: 12% [?]

Categories : Deals, Frugal living Tags: No Tags

How to Keep More — The Tax Factor in Your Asset Allocation

Posted by Sun on December 21, 2006 (2) Comment

Thinking about asset allocation, what comes to my mind is the distribution of different asset classes in my portfolio: large-cap, small-cap, mid-cap, bonds, real estate, commodity, international, ect. There's hardly any doubt about the importance of asset allocation in investing. However, there's one more factor that we may have omitted so far: the taxes.
When [...]

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Deal: Get a Personal Firewall Protector for Your Notebook for Free

Posted by Sun on December 21, 2006 (0) Comment

Buy.com has Kensington Personal Firewall For Notebooks [Buy.com affiliate link] on sale for a listed price of $30. The product has a $20 mail-in-rebate which is valid till Friday (December 22nd) and use Google Checkout to get another $10 discount, making the final price at $0 with free shipping. According to the product description, 

Detects and [...]

Popularity: 4% [?]

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Amazon Sale Quick Update and Why I Choose Amazon over EBay

Posted by Sun on December 21, 2006 (8) Comment

Since most of the cheap stuff I bought in the past two months were from Buy.com and some items are still on sale over there, I initially wanted to wait a while before listing them on Amazon.com. Well, since Amazon offers free listing (which is one feature I like), I didn't really wait too much [...]

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