wabmester
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2003
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Ever since retirement, I have to keep telling myself "a bargain you don't need is no bargain."
My big indulgence these days is buying a bunch of books online. I use a Chase StockBack card (gives 1% back in SP500 shares) to go shopping at Overstock (about 18% cheaper than amazon for books) via a link from the stockback.com site (which gives me another 4% kickback).
I also find good book deals sometimes at bn.com, use a discover card for the 1% kickback, and go through the discovercard.com shopping site for another 7% back.
I too did the home cinema projector setup a couple years ago, but found that the fan was annoying. I got a good deal on a Plasma as a replacement, but have been pretty disappointed with the color depth. And amazingly, Plasma's have fan noise problems as well (they tend to run hot, and the bigger they are, the hotter they run).
Got rid of my Tivo and cable, and switched to Dish (echostar) satellite with a PVR receiver. Just like Tivo, but no extra charge for programming info.
Also, check out walmart.com for a cheaper version of netflix.
My big indulgence these days is buying a bunch of books online. I use a Chase StockBack card (gives 1% back in SP500 shares) to go shopping at Overstock (about 18% cheaper than amazon for books) via a link from the stockback.com site (which gives me another 4% kickback).
I also find good book deals sometimes at bn.com, use a discover card for the 1% kickback, and go through the discovercard.com shopping site for another 7% back.
I too did the home cinema projector setup a couple years ago, but found that the fan was annoying. I got a good deal on a Plasma as a replacement, but have been pretty disappointed with the color depth. And amazingly, Plasma's have fan noise problems as well (they tend to run hot, and the bigger they are, the hotter they run).
Got rid of my Tivo and cable, and switched to Dish (echostar) satellite with a PVR receiver. Just like Tivo, but no extra charge for programming info.
Also, check out walmart.com for a cheaper version of netflix.