Comments on: Links: Comcast Outage and NFL Draft Edition http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/links-comcast-outage-and-nfl-draft-edition/ Saving, Earning, and Investing Money Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:22:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: irina http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/links-comcast-outage-and-nfl-draft-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-83289 irina Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:04:28 +0000 http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/links-comcast-outage-and-nfl-draft-edition/#comment-83289 LM: RE: Comcast, I have that one too. We had a major email problem two days ago in Florida. The email would not go out, period. I called customer support 4 times and only late at night (Thank you, God!) someone finally told me to change settings in my Outlook! You see, the previous settings got overtaken by Spammers. Comcast just went ahead and switched to some other outgoing e-mail settings. But nobody at Comcast support would know that until the day was over! RE COUPONS: I am a coupon addict. I am able to save as much as 50%-70% at any time I go to a store. I buy coupons in bulk (20-50) on eBay for items that we do purchase all the time. I combine coupons with sales. I have been buying for years at no cost or a few pennies per item such items as breakfast cereal, toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant, soap, bread, many other food items.. etc, etc... But I often question my coupon efforts. Yes, it does take time and energy to monitor coupons, clip them and match them with sales. In my case it might take me a 30 min of *coupon activities* to produce a $100 in savings and I am a pro. But I know for sure that if I use that 30 min for relationship development instead, the return will be thousands of dollars and maybe hundred of thousands of dollars. For example, I am an event entertainer. If I spend 30 min to send 10 e-mails to my past clients, I am sure I will get a least one booking as a result. It means at least $400-600 in my pocket which I didn't have before. Plus, each new booking leads to others that I wouldn't have before. It's like a planting a money tree. As with coupons, once you cash them, you are done and you need to look for a new opportunity. I am trying to convince myself that I need to gradually drop the coupon game... but as with any addition it is hard..... LOL LM: RE: Comcast, I have that one too. We had a major email problem two days ago in Florida. The email would not go out, period. I called customer support 4 times and only late at night (Thank you, God!) someone finally told me to change settings in my Outlook! You see, the previous settings got overtaken by Spammers. Comcast just went ahead and switched to some other outgoing e-mail settings. But nobody at Comcast support would know that until the day was over!

RE COUPONS: I am a coupon addict. I am able to save as much as 50%-70% at any time I go to a store. I buy coupons in bulk (20-50) on eBay for items that we do purchase all the time. I combine coupons with sales. I have been buying for years at no cost or a few pennies per item such items as breakfast cereal, toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant, soap, bread, many other food items.. etc, etc…

But I often question my coupon efforts. Yes, it does take time and energy to monitor coupons, clip them and match them with sales.

In my case it might take me a 30 min of *coupon activities* to produce a $100 in savings and I am a pro.

But I know for sure that if I use that 30 min for relationship development instead, the return will be thousands of dollars and maybe hundred of thousands of dollars.

For example, I am an event entertainer. If I spend 30 min to send 10 e-mails to my past clients, I am sure I will get a least one booking as a result. It means at least $400-600 in my pocket which I didn’t have before. Plus, each new booking leads to others that I wouldn’t have before. It’s like a planting a money tree.

As with coupons, once you cash them, you are done and you need to look for a new opportunity.

I am trying to convince myself that I need to gradually drop the coupon game… but as with any addition it is hard….. LOL

]]> By: Eric http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/links-comcast-outage-and-nfl-draft-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-83271 Eric Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:16:33 +0000 http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/links-comcast-outage-and-nfl-draft-edition/#comment-83271 Get rid of cable and go with DirecTV or your satellite provider of choice. I switched over back 5-6 years ago and never looked back. Cheaper too. Internet is much tougher call, depending on where you live. Interesting - a Solar ETF - I love those ETF thingies... Get rid of cable and go with DirecTV or your satellite provider of choice. I switched over back 5-6 years ago and never looked back. Cheaper too. Internet is much tougher call, depending on where you live.

Interesting – a Solar ETF – I love those ETF thingies…

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