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* NPR: "Are College Degrees a Waste of Money?" - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Stretching Your Economic Stimulus Check - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/6f4f50bc00c5b26b?hl=en
* Home shower drip repair (how do I get the Delta faucet apart)? - 1 messages,
1 author
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* IRS stimulus checks - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Discount Prada Stripes Bag Prada Bow Bags Prada Fairy Leather Bag Prada
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Kelly Leather bags Chloe Prada Louis vuitton handbags - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Free Rental Applications - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: NPR: "Are College Degrees a Waste of Money?"
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/71a744248056857f?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, May 15 2008 9:02 pm
From: Cheapo Groovo
In article <904e116d-669f-4279-906c-5f1e484a9863
@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, lenona321@yahoo.com says...
>
> Here's the article:
> http://chronicle.com/free/v54/i34/34b01701.htm
>
> And here are the responses:
>
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/05/dont_go_to_college.html
>
> My response was at this point (more than 1/2 down):
>
> 1:43 AM ET | 05-13-2008
>
> Aside from how much money you want to make and class snobbery, I think
> one problem is, we Americans focus so much on the bottom line that
> it's become OK to forget everything we learn each year so long as we
> get A's. I.e., we should be telling kids "no, you may not keep video
> games/TV/computers in your bedroom, because learning to love reading
> for hours at a time is more important than anything else. Even if you
> don't plan to go to college."
>
> Example: In a Feb. 2005 TIME cover article, it said:
>
> Kohn knows a college counselor hired by parents to help "package"
> their child, who had perfect board scores and a wonderful grade-point
> average. When it was time to work on the college essay, the counselor
> said, "Let's start with a book you read outside of school that really
> made a difference in your life." There was a moment of silence. Then
> the child responded, "Why would I read a book if I didn't have to?"
>
> (Not to mention that zero love of reading often means zero interest in
> serious news stories - or the general world. That's hardly good for
> this country's future.)
>
> (End of response.)
>
> Lenona.
>
No one wnats the truth!
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TOPIC: Stretching Your Economic Stimulus Check
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/6f4f50bc00c5b26b?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, May 15 2008 9:03 pm
From: Cheapo Groovo
In article <482ca6f4$0$25061$607ed4bc@cv.net>, eleeper@optonline.net
says...
> Shop-Rite (in NJ) is offering to give you a $330 gift card for each $300
> of your rebate check you apply (and cash for the remainder). So if you
> get a $1200 check, you can get (for example) $660 in gift cards and $600
> in cash.
>
> I would not be surprised to see other stores doing the same, but with
> grocery stores, you *know* you'll have no problem spending the gift cards!
>
>
Common now, put it away in an 11% return rate.
http//www.cheapogroovo.com
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, May 15 2008 9:44 pm
From: "Evelyn C. Leeper"
Seerialmom wrote:
> On May 15, 5:25 pm, "Evelyn C. Leeper" <elee...@optonline.net> wrote:
>> Seerialmom wrote:
>>> On May 15, 2:12 pm, "Evelyn C. Leeper" <elee...@optonline.net> wrote:
>>>> Shop-Rite (in NJ) is offering to give you a $330 gift card for each $300
>>>> of your rebate check you apply (and cash for the remainder). So if you
>>>> get a $1200 check, you can get (for example) $660 in gift cards and $600
>>>> in cash.
>>>> I would not be surprised to see other stores doing the same, but with
>>>> grocery stores, you *know* you'll have no problem spending the gift cards!
>>>> --
>>>> Evelyn C. Leeper
>>>> Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test
>>>> a man's character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln
>>> They're doing that at one of our grocery stores here as well. The
>>> main problem is this: "most" people had direct deposit so these "get
>>> 10% more with your stimulus checks" is a moot point for them. I like
>>> the theory, but the reality isn't great. Unless they'll take a print
>>> out show you got the deposit and let you write a check for the
>>> amount :)
>> Actually, Shop-Rite does has a provision for doing that.
>>
>> --
>> Evelyn C. Leeper
>> Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test
>> a man's character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Darn...too bad there's no Shop-Rite in northern California though ;)
Albertson's and Fry's are doing the same thing.
--
Evelyn C. Leeper
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test
a man's character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln
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TOPIC: Home shower drip repair (how do I get the Delta faucet apart)?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/f83d2dad31884b3b?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, May 15 2008 9:21 pm
From: Donna
On Thu, 15 May 2008 22:55:45 -0500, Cheapo Groovo wrote:
> stand up to the bullies
Hi Cheapo Groovo,
I do appreciate your support but, really, how can I possibly stand up to
them?
They can always impugn my reputation in a single post and shout me down
were I to even try. That's easy and inexpensive on their part.
The actual hard part is taking the pictures, saving them, shrinking them,
cropping them, annotating each and every one, uploading them, making a
slide show out of them, calling the faucet company and asking intelligent
questions, doing the initial web searches, following up on all the
suggested links, buying the correct parts, buying the right tools, and then
doing the actual repair work and writing it all up for others to benefit.
Given I've done all that, I don't really have the time nor the energy to
"stand up to the bullies". In fact, I'd rather spend my appreciable time on
my next home repair project (which is to fix the wiring in the bathroom
that I screwed up installing automatic on/off lights supposedly to save
money). Sigh.
Thanks,
Donna
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TOPIC: IRS stimulus checks
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/browse_thread/thread/7007a6d9f38b2bd9?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, May 15 2008 9:34 pm
From: Gene S. Berkowitz
In article <Xns9A9E5A9B989CEinvalidcom@130.133.1.4>, invalid@invalid.com
says...
> Is there any up-to-date info on line concerning these checks? SS# range of
> checks sent so far? I read somewhere, a month or so ago, before payments
> started, that my number was to be in the first group mailed. The IRS site
> discussing stimulus check info was last updated March 10.
>
> Guess what? I haven't received my check.<g> My 2007 income tax return was
> filed early in April.
>
> TIA
>
> Ken
From IRS.gov:
DIRECT DEPOSIT
Last two SSN digits: Payments will be transmitted no later than
(and received by the end of the day of):
00 through 20 May 2
21 through 75 May 9
76 through 99 May 16
PAPER CHECK
Last two SSN digits: Payments will be mailed no later than (and
received a few days after):
00 through 09 May 16
10 through 18 May 23
19 through 25 May 30
26 through 38 June 6
39 through 51 June 13
52 through 63 June 20
64 through 75 June 27
76 through 87 July 4
88 through 99 July 11
--Gene
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TOPIC: Free Rental Applications
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Date: Thurs, May 15 2008 11:20 pm
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