I’ll cut straight to the point. Cars are a pretty lousy investment. Most of us do actually need one though, so we buy one. We’ve got kids to lug around, or golf to go play, or work to go to. Maybe you just enjoy driving around on the weekends, picking up hitchhikers and killing them…
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The typical Canadian has over half a dozen rewards cards in their wallet at any given time. It seems like every retailer (large or small) has their own rewards card and loyalty program, along with incentives to save money if you join. So how do you know if you’re truly maximizing rewards and saving money?…
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With the technological revolution happening around us, you don’t want to be left behind. You need to have smart gadgets to facilitate your life in a society characterized by high technology. So before you get broke when shopping for techy gadgets, here’s 10 simple ways to save money when buying gadgets: 1. Quality is the…
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My wife and I went on a bit of a drive. We have some friends that live in a bordering province, so when we had some time off work we decided to go and visit them. We had always hesitated because it is a bit of a drive (8-9 hours), and with fuel prices being…
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Sometimes things cost more than you expected. Sometimes, you know that things are going to cost more, you’re just not sure where and how it is going to hit you. We moved over this last weekend, and we ran across a couple of unexpected moving expenses. Thankfully, they were only unexpected in the sense that…
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Earlier this week, Valve (a major gaming company), confirmed a major trend in online gaming by releasing one of their most popular games, Team Fortress 2, for free. TF2 was never a particularly expensive game, and could often be found on Valve’s Steam service for 5 or 10 dollars. It also isn’t a very new…
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One of my earliest video game memories is being at my friend’s house when we were much younger. He had just gotten a new computer game and wanted to show it to me. He played while I watched, and it was still marvellous fun. It was called “WarCraft”. A number of years later, my family…
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