The popular blog, Dumb Little Man, has a great post titled '10 Smartest Ways to Live Beneath Your Means. Some great common sense ideas. Be sure to check it out. Read my comments on this post on the Dumb Little Man site also.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Another JC Penney Coupon 15% off $75 Expires 4/30/08
JC Penney has another coupon code to get 15% off a $75 order.
Enter code MGP79.
Expires 4/30/08.
Friday, October 26, 2007
27 Free Travel Games For Kids
Sorry this post isn't coming at the beginning of the summer. Here's a pretty good list from Travelhacker of free games to entertain kids within on roadtrips.
27 Free Games to Keep Your Kids Entertained on a Roadtrip by Travelhacker
Great Deal on a Refurbished PC at Buy.com $349.99 Free Shipping
Buy.com has a great deal on a refurbished HP Slimline PC
Dual Core 4000 2.1GHz
320GB Drive
1GB Memory
DVD Burner w/Lightscribe
NVidia GeForce 6150
15 in 1 Card Reader
Vista Home Premium
Small (Very Small) Footprint (case)
Free Shipping
$349.99 no rebates
HP Slimline s3123w Desktop PC, Dual-Core Processor 4000+ 2.1 GHz
Get Free eBooks in Installments with DailyLit.com
I'm a big fan of eBooks (especially free ones). Rick Broida at BNet came across this site. Most of the books are free.
Have eBooks delivered to your email or via RSS in installments (customizable).
Interesting alternative to my previously mentioned Wowio.
Check out DailyLit.com
Coupons on your Cell Phone with Cellfire
The folks at Lifehacker found an application for your cell phone which is right up my alley. Get discounts on your cell phone with Cellfire. Look at the writeup on Lifehackers website.
Lowes "Kick off the Fall" With a $10 off $25 Purchase Card (Expires 12/29/07)
Lowes is offering a printable certificate for $10 off of a $25 purchase (expires 12/29/07). You have to signup at Lowes Winners (probably get some promotional emails so give them an email you don't care about...your certificate will be emailed to the address you give, though).
JC Penney $10 off $50 or $15 off $75 Savings This Weekend (Expires 10/29/07
JC Penney has a weekend sale this weekend. Enter code WP39BMSM (as they note on their home page) or I received an email offering the same discounts with code DOLLAR.
Staples.com Friday Sale - Every Friday
Staples.com has it's weekly Friday sale going on. Click the banner below to see their specials this Friday. They've been known to have a really good deal once in a while.
Amazon.com Friday Sale - Every Friday
Amazon.com always has a bunch of products in a wide variety of categories on special on Fridays. Once in a while there is a great deal here. Click the banner below to go to their home page. Then scroll down until you see the header 'Bargains' in the left column. You'll see 'Friday Sale' listed under there.
Handango Free App Friday - Free Mobile Application Today
I don't know if this is going to be a recurring giveaway, but those of you with handheld devices (Palm, etc.) can get a free application today from Handango. Today's application is an Atkins Carb Counter.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Check Circuit City Outlet for Great Deals
Circuit City often has some great deals in their Outlet store (especially on software/video games). Worthwhile to check once in a while. Click banner below to go to the Outlet:
Linens 'N Things has 25% Off Coupon Code, Expires 11/28/07
On-line enter code FFOCT07 into your shopping cart for 25% off at Linens 'N Things.
Expires 11/28/07.
Pet Smart $10 off $60 Promotion (expiration ?)
Pet Smart has a promotion for $10 off a $60 order. They didn't state an expiration. Click through the following link to place your order and activate the coupon:
Visit GiveawayOfTheDay.com for Daily Free Software Giveaway
Everyday a free software package is available for download at giveawayoftheday.com. You have to download, activate and install the software during that day in order for it to work. Reformat your hard drive, you lose the software. Have some decent programs once in a while.
JustDeals.com Deals Just Got Better with Deal of the Day
JustDeals.com has been known for some fairly decent prices; specializing in liquidations and closeouts. They now have a Deal of the Day on their home page. Worth checking out.
Magazines.com $5 off Promotion
Magazines.com has a promotion to receive $5 off their magazine subscription price.
Music Downloads at Walmart.com as low as 48 Cents
Why download illegal. Walmart.com has select music titles for only 48 cents; the rest are 88 cents.
Click the banner below to begin downloading (requires internet explorer):
Overstock.com $20 off $200 Promotion (expriation ?)
Overstock.com has a $20 off $200 promotion. Don't see anything about an expiration. Worth a try clicking through the banner below if you are making a large purchase.
Free eBooks at Wowio.com
I'm really liking this website. They have a wide variety of books in all genre's. You won't find Steven King or Dean Koontz here; but you will find some interesting reads.
They download as pdf's. The site adds a page to the book with their website and a sponsor (sometimes Verizon). Other than that, the books are well formatted and convert easily using the Adobe Reader for Palm OS so I can read them on my Palm PDA.
The site requires an email address from a registered domain; you won't be able to use hotmail or yahoo mail. Once your account is created you can set up a download queue of all the books you ultimately want to download. There is a download limit of 3 books per day.
One shortfall of the queue they use...when a book is in your download queue and you come across that book while browsing the site, it will say, "In Queue" and gray out the "Add To Download Queue" button. Fine. Once you download the book, it leaves your queue; should you come across that book again, it won't tell you that you had already downloaded it. It will let you put it in your queue again to re-download. Other than that...can't really complain for the price.
Click on the banner below to go to their site:
Free Music: iTunes Free Single Download of the Week
Get a free song or two every week courtesy of iTunes. Usually it's a new or little know artist. I have downloaded several which turned out to be hits shortly thereafter. For Example, Daniel Powter - Bad Day.
Click on the banner below to set up an account and start downloading:
Woot has WootOff Today
Woot.com has what they call a WootOff for today. New deals throughout the day, one sells out, then a new one starts.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Free CRM Package---SplendidCRM
In business for yourself? Do sales? SplendidCRM has a free trial of their web hosted customer resource management (CRM) software. It's not really a trial. You can use it as long as you wish; they just don't guarantee it. It has a very nice tabbed layout. Couldn't really find any documentation (it's an open source product based on SugarCRM).
Go to the SplendidCRM website and click the Free Trial button (don't make the mistake I did and download the software...you want the free web-hosted version). On the next screen, click "Create private hosted trial...". Enter your information into the form. They'll send you an activation email and you're on your way.
Office Depot $20 off $100 (expires 11/3/07)
Office Depot has an on-line coupon code for $20 off a $100 purchase.
Click on link below and enter the following code in your cart
Enter Code: 14079682
Expires 11/3/07
Staples $20 off $150 Coupon (expires 11/2/07)
Staples has an on-line coupon code for $20 off a $150 purchase.
Click on link below and enter the following code in your cart
Enter Code: 7553041066844937
Expires 11/2/07
APC GM6 Surge Protector and Video Game Organizer $15.99 Free Shipping
Buy.com has a very good deal on this organizer for your PS2/XBox. It looks like a safe and decent way to carry games, memory cards, controllers and it has a 6 outlet surge protector built in. I can't find it cheaper than this anywhere on the net with free shipping to boot.
APC GM6 Surge Protector and Video Game Organizer
The manual is on APC's website here: APC GM6 Manual.
RapidTyping: Freeware Typing Tutor
Looks like a decent typing program (folks over at Lifehacker.com get credit for finding this one). This is a freeware typing tutor.
Probably one of the most useful classes I took back in high school was my typing class. This is a skill that is a necessity now-a-days. Every incoming college student should consider improving their typing skills to save time later. Of course all of us working in an office setting need the skill.
Here is the link: RapidTyping Tutor.
KMart Has Coupon for a Free Bag Of Halloween Candy
Print out a coupon (expiring 10/31/07) for a free bag of candy at KMart (regularly $2.79). It's the good stuff too...Hersheys, Mounds, KitKat, Reeses, etc. There is a limit of 1.
Heres the link: KMart Free Bag of Candy.
Visit StartSampling.com for Free Samples, Free Magazines and More
A good site to sign up for is StartSampling.com. The site offers many sponsored giveaways. You'll see offers for samples (pain relievers, cereal, etc.), coupons, magazines (often full year subscriptions).
I always recommend before signing up for anything like this on the internet (ad supported) is to sign up for an email account that you don't really care if it gets spammed. I've been using a Hotmail account for years now and I actually don't get to much spam in it; I think Microsoft has some good junk mail filtering for Hotmail.
Yugster has YugDown Today
Yugster.com has what they call a YugDown for today. New deals throughout the day, one sells out, then a new one starts.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Buy.com Deal of the Day (check this daily for tech deals)
Buy.com often has some great deals (especially after rebate). Check their Deal of the Day page daily for their specials. Here is the link:
Buy.com Deal of the Day
Welcome to Thrifty Living!
Well, it was inevitable. Everybody that knows me shouldn't be surprised that I started a blog such as this. Deals, freeware, rebates, coupons, sites with giveaways...if there is a deal or a free alternative out there I go out of my way to find it. Obviously, there is too much available on the internet, so I have to pare it down to what interests me (and the readers of this blog...if any;-)). I'm certainly looking for new items of interest, so please comment with your finds.
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