Love abounds in February, but before you get all caught up in romance, make sure that you check out small consumer electronics, like MP3 players and televisions. Don't miss winter markdowns on computers and linens as well as treadmills and indoor furniture for the best deals. While these may not be the sexiest items on your wish list (or anyone's), if you buy them now you could have hundreds of dollars. Hey...maybe it's just us, but saving that much money is a total turn-on.
If bargains don't light your fire, stick with tradition. After all, 'tis the season. Indulge yourself or someone you love and take advantage of the Valentine's Day sales on lingerie.
Let's face it. Most of us are short on cash these days, and things aren't terribly likely to improve any time soon. In the CHEAPIOSITY spirit, we think it worthwhile to share with our loyal readership this very helpful little list of 100 money saving tips compiled by Bankrate.com.
http://www.bankrate.com/nltrack/news/financialforecast/20081229-100-tips-for-2009-a1.asp?caret=3b
and here's another list of tips:
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/02/06/little-steps-100-great-tips-for-saving-money-for-those-just-getting-started/
We've all been through this....you paid for tech support, you wait on hold FOREVER only to be told that it's a software issue and you paid only for hardware issues. Or you paid for software issues and it's a hardware issue. Or your warranty just expired last week. BUT for only $29.95 or $49.95 or $99.95 you can get help for just that one issue and then you speak to someone in a foreign country who repeats everything you say like a parrot and you can't understand them. YIKES! Now you know why most experts don't recommend buying an extended warranty.
At Team CHEAPIOSITY, we feel your pain and want to let you in on some online resources that will help you out. The first thing to look at is site volume. The more people using the site, the more chances you'll get a quick answer. For example, a site like http://www.answerbag.com/ has about 3/4 million members....there's a good chance you'll get the info you want.
For PCs, check out http://www.fixya.com/ and http://www.techimo.com/. Also, PC World (tinyurl.com/3q7xm5) and CNet (tinyurl.com/43be5q) have good discussion forums.
For Mac, Apple has a good discussion forum on their support site (www.apple.com/support) at http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=731; also take a look at CNET's http://www.macfixit.com/ as well as http://www.everymac.com/.
For Smartphones, for your Blackberry, take a look at the forums on http://crackberry.com/. For Iphones http://www.theiphoneblog.com/iphone-help-and-how-to-guides/.
CNet’s video tutorials (cnettv.cnet.com/2001-1_53-28619.html) are great on a variety of subjects, so check it out to see if your problem is covered there.
Still can't find your answer? If you willing to (gasp) pay for help, one good choice would be Experts Exchange (secure.experts-exchange.com/). We haven't tried them personally (Team CHEAPIOSITY pay????) but we hear good things. (Our preferred method: young people. They know this stuff. And they work cheap. A little food and a can of soda and they'll hook you up. Tell 'em Team CHEAPIOSITY sent you.)
You can't be serious.....you didn't do enough shopping? You still have strength even after all those After Christmas Sales? You still have money left? We're impressed with your stamina.
If you're up for it, Team CHEAPIOSITY is right here to help. (Like Superman, only without the tights and the cape and the highly dubious origins.)
January is the perfect time to find amazing deals on BEDDING, COOKWARE and TOYS. Also, as always, before the SuperBowl there will be big sales on TV's.
Go crazy. Shop in good health. Happy New Year to All. And remember your resolution: Never pay full price for anything. Ever. There is, dear consumer, simply no need. Not with us around.
Team CHEAPIOSITY is taking the week off to ring in the New Year. We wish all our readers all the best in 2009. The way we figure, things can't get too much worse than 2008. We live in interesting and volatile times, folks. No matter what happens, trust that CHEAPIOSITY will be here for you with weekly posts to help you make it through. We'll help you get the most bang for whatever bucks you've still got. Meanwhile...Party smart and stay positive. Happy New Year!
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