Archive for the ‘Product Review’ Category
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Safeway Home Delivery Service Reviewed
As part of the Safeway gift card giveaway that I wrote about Friday, I agreed to review Safeway’s Home Delivery Service. Before I get to the review, let me remind you to go to that post and get some free groceries! To get started I went to Safeway’s home page and signed in just as [...]
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Money Magazine July 2008 Highlights
When I was going through my mail last week, I noticed something interesting. It seemed like I got a flier that was thicker than usual. Wait, it was this month’s Money Magazine. It feels like the slimmest edition of Money Magazine I’ve seen… yet, I happen to have the July 2007 copy handy and they [...]
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iiProperty Tracks your Rental Properties
Occasionally readers will write me about a product or service that I might not have found otherwise. I review all of these products and try to figure out if and how they fit into the Lazy Man and Money theme. A large percentage of the ones that don’t seem to fit very well are pre-alpha [...]
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Save On Razors? Let’s Find Out…
The kind folks at Save On Razors were nice enough to send me a sample of their product. I assume it was because for a time my post on using Ebay to buy razors was the #1 Google search term for “Save on Razors.” The product that Save on Razors is selling is the RazorMate. [...]
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Great Portfolio Tool – Morningstar’s Instant X-Ray
As I was planning my 401k, I happened across Morningstar’s Instant X-Ray. You enter the ticker symbols (mutual funds, ETFs, and stocks are all good here) and it will tell you how your portfolio is weighted. It took me about an hour to get my portfolio weighed right, but it was really time well spent. [...]
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Best Western, Marriott, and Motel 6
On my trip across country, I stayed in quite a few hotels. For the most part we went with the big chains. Military discounts allowed us to get $200 and $300 rooms at Marriotts for about 65-70% off. While it was a great deal you’d think that the $300 room in Chicago would come with [...]
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Google Trends
Google unleashed a new service called Google Trends yesterday. This makes it very easy to compare what people are searching for on the Internet. If that doesn’t excite you and get the creative juices, I think you are beyond my help. Seriously, there’s got be about 100 ways to monetize this. I spent some time [...]
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Baseball Mogul – what’s that have to do with money?
I play a game called Baseball Mogul. You play the general manager of a baseball club. Your responsibilities are drafting players, trading players, and managing the financials. Provide your team with the right resources and you’ll be winning World Championships. However, make bad trades, and overpay free agents and you’ll make Tampa Bay look good. [...]
