When the price is Right…

Have you ever had one of those trips to the store where you’ve painstakingly budgeted, but wind up spending twice as much as you planned? We all have. Most often times the culprit is the enemy of all things saving money, the impulse buy.
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The Art of Negotiating a HookUP

The first step in negotiating Hookups is knowing what you want. Preparation is key, and when you know what you intend to get, the outcome is likely to end up in your favour. Whether it’s a Free ride around the Bmx track, an extra sushi roll, or free comedy tickets, being prepared will help you state your negotiation clearly. If you want to negotiate discounts on things you want, we’ve pulled out some of the major boundaries for you, because every negotiation should always be a win-win for both parties involved.
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Keeping a low overhead, vol. 2

Let’s face it. We’ve all got to eat, no exceptions…but there’s no reason we should have to shell out top dollar to do it. Read the rest of this entry »

The year the Media Died

Imagine you’re watching television. It’s 8pm on a Tuesday night and you’re enjoying your favorite show. The show stops for a break and your television starts talking to you. Yes, that’s right you. Your television starts to tell you everything you possibly want to hear about yourself and has just the solution for you. You become so entranced that the urge to grab your car keys and haul off the store to purchase what the television told you to becomes so overwhelming that you completely forget the bomb was about to go off (Yes, I am a 24 fan ).
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Keeping a low overhead, vol. 1

Have you found yourself cutting back a little too much lately?

That’s one thing that most of us have in common lately. If you’ve been fortunate enough to not be hurt by the economic crisis, you’re certainly more aware. But this has been a great learning experience in keeping the unavoidable costs of living down, and still getting by with style.
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Raising morale.

It’s time. If you check out the news from Wall Street, you’ll see that we may just well be slowly heading out of these dark economic times, with all the stocks that matter climbing and climbing, peaking out at nearly 70% of their former glory. Companies nationwide are beginning to hire again, and maybe, just maybe we should start to feel secure once more. I, personally, am stoked…and you should be, too. Even stoked enough to get out there and spend some dough.
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Hook You Up, Fly for Free Semi Finalists!

Two weeks ago we announced that we would be giving away a Free round trip ticket to one of our fans to visit someone they haven’t seen. The rules were simple, both parties have to be a fan of our facebook page. The flight has to be in the continental US. And stories were to be told in 100 words or less.

We’ve received a very good response and have narrowed it down to 5 semi-finalists…. We’ll share their stories and will leave it up to you to vote!.

Now without further ado….*drum roll please*
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Thank you for your patronage.

I’ve had a single sentence from a previous post rolling around in my head, and I wanted to elaborate on it.

“Do you remember when businesses were simply grateful for your business?” Read the rest of this entry »