03 July 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Win $50 from SmartyPig Towards Your Savings Goals

After a great interview with Mike and the folks at SmartyPig, they were kind enough to send me a $50 gift card for SmartyPig. As a user of SmartyPig, that would be a great little bonus into my own account and to be put towards my savings goal. However, I thought it would be more [...]

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01 July 2008 ~ 3 Comments

Interview with Mike Ferrari, Co-Founder of SmartyPig

While I was doing some research for my article “Frugality for College Students – 13 Ways To Save Money While In College” I asked my Twitter friends for some suggestions. One of the replies that popped up was from Mike Ferrari at SmartyPig.com suggesting his website as a way for students to save towards a [...]

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24 June 2008 ~ 3 Comments

Start Your Own Tip Jar!

About a week or so ago I sold a climbing rope on eBay. The item sold for about $100. The winning bidder sent a money order to me as payment. This is good for a couple reasons, but the main reason that I like receiving money orders for large amounts as opposed to PayPal, is [...]

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