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Don’t Fall for These Retailer Tricks – Or It’ll Cost You

Allen Francis / August 24th, 2019 / No Comments

Every time I leave a supermarket, convenience store, or pharmacy, I buy a candy bar. I did that for many years, and I paid for it in lost money and gained weight. Impulse buys. Those items are placed by the register to tempt your impulsive tendencies. In fact, the average consumer spends over $5,400 every year on random impulse purchases. What could you do with an extra $5,400? Resist these retailer...

Posted in: Education, Food and Grocery, Life Hacks, Money, Personal Finance, Saving Money

51% of Americans Use Public Pools as a Bathing Substitute

Allen Francis / June 13th, 2019 / No Comments

Do you believe in the, “cleaner behind than thou,” theory? That is the chance you take every time you jump into a public pool. I have never liked visiting public pools or water parks. Ever since I was a child, I just found them to be creepily unhygienic places to visit. For one thing, I have never enjoyed unclothing in front of scores of strangers to change into a bathing suit. There may be curtains...

Posted in: Family, Fitness and Exercise, Health, Life Hacks

Make $2,000 Fast Renting Your Home and Properties

Allen Francis / May 29th, 2019 / No Comments

The average, annual expenditure for most American household needs is about $60,000. Yet, the average American makes about $47,000 annually. Even in a household with two working adults, that means that every single dollar gets stretched as far as possible. The standard of living is very high in the United States. I have been studying how to make appreciable passive income with my home, car, and various...

Posted in: Career and Work, Life Hacks, Money

Need Credit? Try the Shopping Cart Trick

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Tamila McDonald / April 2nd, 2018 / No Comments

If you have a less than stellar credit history, getting additional credit can be hard, if not downright impossible. Luckily, there is a technique, known as the Shopping Cart Trick, that can help you obtain credit. The approach avoids a hard pull against your credit report, increasing the odds of approval. Plus, it works with a lot of retailers, allowing you to get a store card at places you usually...

Posted in: Life Hacks, Saving Money Tagged with: online shopping, Shopping Cart Trick