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Free 2-day shipping with Amazon Prime
One of the biggest frustrations with consumers shopping online is hidden shipping costs. Just when you think you've found a great deal online, you add the item to your shopping cart only to checkout and discover it will cost $14 to ship the item to you. Not much of a savings after all. Amazon.com improved this several years ago when they introduced free super saver shipping for purchases totaling $25 or more. While this was a big step toward eliminating consumer's perception of getting deceived by low prices and high shipping charges, it still had its limitations. For starters, the… Continue reading...
PrimoPDF lets your print without a printer
Coffee shops with free wi-fi are great but what do you do when you find yourself sitting in one needing to print a document or web page on your laptop? And let’s pretend for the sake of argument that it is ultra-uncool to carry around your own inkjet printer and paper. For most the answer is that they are out of luck and will have to wait until they get back home where they can re-connect their printer to their laptop. That strategy, although not ideal, may work unless the document you want to print is an order confirmation or… Continue reading...
How to call long distance for just pennies per minute
How much do you pay to make a long distance call from your home phone? If it is anything more than a handful of Abraham Lincolns per minute, read on. Dozens of cost-saving alternatives exist to cut down your long distance bill but one of the easiest has to be using a pre-paid phone card. You can find a wide selection of pre-paid phone cards at big name stores like Sam’s Club, Costco, Wal-Mart and Target. To get your hands on one, just visit one of these stores, grab a pre-paid card off the shelf and head to the checkout.… Continue reading...
Upgrading Your PC vs. Buying a New One
So your PC is on the fritz… again. You’re probably waging that nagging question - whether to upgrade or buy a brand new computer. Noobie believes in the four-year rule: If a computer is four years old or younger, it may be worth fixing and/or upgrading. If it is more than four years old, the cost to fix or upgrade the unit can start to outweigh the cost of buying a brand new computer. An accurate cost analysis should factor in the benefits of what a new computer can provide, including faster, better memory and a more current operating system.… Continue reading...