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Amazon.ca is very limited

sassymonkey — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:30:34 -0600

It's pretty much books, movies, cds and software. No MP3s or Kindle store. A few electronics. I saw something a few months ago about some electronics on Amazon.com being available for international purchase but I (personally) think it's too complicated to try to figure out whick ones qualify for that.

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Thanks

Virginia DeBolt — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:20:27 -0600

I'm a hopeless early adopter, so stay tuned.

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I can never decide

Virginia DeBolt — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:18:33 -0600

if the Canadians are lucky or mistreated to not have the full array of Amazonian ways to spend money. :)

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I personally wouldn't use

sassymonkey — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:42:54 -0600

And just because it doesn't seem to be available in Canada (like so many things, sigh). I generally don't even set up one-click payments. It's too easy to impulse buy and it's something I try really hard to avoid. But I can see this being very useful for parents. Just set your teen up with an allowance and a password and let them pick out and order their own stuff.

If it was available in Canada (which it's not, alas) I'd be tempted by the mobile purchasing, at least for ebooks.

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Great info!

jpapakalos — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:29:05 -0600

This is great info! I love learning about new technologies and look forward to future posts.

Jenna Papakalos

What's a Woman to Do?

ManyMoneySavers — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:20:43 -0500

This holds true with dry cleaning as well. Men's button down dress shirts are a mere $1.50 each, while my button down dress shirt (no frills, just a suit shirt) costs me $3.75. What gives? What's a girl to do?

As far as the deodorant, I have found that my local Dollar Tree (everything is $1 or less) sells lady speed stick for a buck. Descent brand at a great price.

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That is soo cool!

tjsmith — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:11:02 -0500

I love how you have learned to make the most of your life. You inspire me. You and your husband must be great friends.

TJ Smith

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I always pack a lunch for

mnmrabbit — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:17:58 -0500

I always pack a lunch for work. Mostly becuz 1/2 hour doesn't give me much time to get somewhere to order then eat it and get back. Sandwiches or leftovers do well.

We rarely eat out but for Subway a couple times a week cuz it's good food and not expensive. Some people think that's crazy but I guess we'd make good advertising for them cuz we frequent them alot due to their wide selection of veggies and meats and freshly made bread.

It's hard to manage money in this hard economy right now. Since I had to get another car, our payment is $90 more than my other car payment and insurance $20 more. Ouch in paycheck status. But money in envelopes work as I collect $60 total from paychecks to help out on week I make my car payments. Money in envelopes $20 a paycheck for later use, when $ gets tight, use for out of town trips. It helps. We've not used credit cards lately. Got a new card with lower interest rate and no yearly fee. One credit card will get paid off by new card and closed. 13.99% vs 9.99% a good deal!

We live how we are comfortable, less entertainment than most. Wait til movie you want to see comes out on a dvd. Make really good food at home. I love my Everyday with Rachael Ray magazine. My husband loves the really good dinners I've been making. After 32 years of cooking, I've learned how to make better sauces becuz of Rach. I know some people don't like her but she's an inspiration to me!!! I make enough in my meals that there are leftovers for lunches and a dinner for my husband who works a late shift. We got cable tv this year becuz we have a digital tv and don't have many choices of channels where we live without it. So my husband can find alot to watch. He loves the Myth Busters and we like Stargate and StarTrek (old), some things on Animal Planet. So we can find good older movies on there sometimes as well.

We live within our means and don't worry about what other people think. It's our pocketbook, not theirs. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! :0)

Becky Lowmaster http://grandmabeckyl.blogspot.com

We use Quicken too.

SpendWiselyTexas@gmail.com — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:13:26 -0500

My husband and I have used Quicken since we moved in together. It made saving fun and we were able to clearly see what we needed to do to meet our goals. Once you see the hard, cold numbers you never want them to go down.

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Someone with a little more

Leighbra — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:59:16 -0500

Someone with a little more time than I have atm (Arg, homeschooling +soccer +new job +wrapping up the garden for the year/canning +a new an exciting political issue I'm fighting...) needs to do some poking around online to see if they can find info on a discrimination case awhile back related to how much men and women pay for the same hair cut/trim.

Can't tell you where it was, or even when it was, but it was very interesting to me that women in some city were paying quadruple what men were paying for the same time in the chair with the same quality of cut.

No, I can't be any more vague! lol

This does not surpise me in the slightest, but I sure wish we had had this conversation right before BlogHer 09, when we had those reps in the palm of our hands lol Look also at the price of hair products (gel, etc) that men and women use.

Coffee...

tjsmith — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:44:48 -0500

In truth, this was one of the worst things. Like your friend, I did this each each work day and before I began paying attention, I spent 60+ dollars a month. Now, for 3 months, I have lowered it to about 45 dollars (hey, I did say I slip up sometimes)

As for the grocery list, I have found it helps if I make the list based on a meal plan for the week and coupons that go with the plan and things I am out of. Where I go wrong, is I seem to be a bit of a hoarder when it comes to supplies. I tend to buy more than I need.

TJ Smith

www.downturnliving.com

It's hard

sassymonkey — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:50:18 -0500

I don't know of many people who know what it's really like to live within their means. (Myself included.) For some reason it's really hard to be realistic about what we spend money on and how much we spend on it.

One of my former roommates used to buy a coffee and a bagel for breakfast every morning even though she was on a really tight budget. She used to justify by saying, "It only costs a few dollars." I made her add that up over the course of a week. Then a month. Then a year. She started making her coffee and bagel at home after she realized she was spending about $70 a month on her coffee and bagel, or more than $500 over the course of a full academic year.

If you ever figure out a way to make a grocery list and stick to it you must let me know. I've never managed to do it.

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I think I'm having an emotional moment....

tjsmith — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:08:51 -0500

Great post. I am certainly passing it on! I wonder how many other products are priced this way, really. I like buying oversized long sleeved button down shirt for working out in the sun with the horses. If you try to find them in the women's section of the department store, they will be $30.00 and up. I have been getting them from the mens department for as low as 9.99 for a couple of years.

TJ Smith

www.downturnliving.com

It happened after I left

LMAshton — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:50:10 -0500

It happened after I left Canada, and Always doesn't exist here, so I didn't see it myself. But I saw the backlash all over the Internet.

The general conclusion is that the marketing department had to be all male. :)

Laurie in Sri Lanka

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Nickeled and dimed

Suzanne Reisman — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:51:40 -0500

Let us know what you find! I'm very curious. If you also find price discrimination and get upset, hopefully you will have on a product that helps your body in such "emotional moments." Heh.

Suzanne Reisman, Contributing Editor - Feminism & Gender Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Oth