Showing posts with label Retail Ramblings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Retail Ramblings. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Target Moves

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Early I  posted about  a recent Phishing email I received at work.  As I previously mentioned, I shopped at Target during the time of the da...
Monday, June 24, 2013

No to Zip Code

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I am one of those consumers that says no to most questions at the end of the transaction.  No to rewards card.  No to email receipt.  No to ...
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

When is a Sale Not a Sale?

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Earlier,  I wrote about the psychological impact of shopping without actually buying the product you are shopping for. Now comes news on s...
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Diamonds and Dollars - Update

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Back in August of 2012,  I wrote about a claim we had submitted in the DeBeers diamond price fixing case. Well, yesterday Mr. Sam received...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Drinking and Shopping Don't Mix

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I enjoyed this fun  Atlantic Wire post on shopping under the influence .  I have been to enough Palm Beach charity events over the years t...
Friday, May 3, 2013

ProFlower's Scummy Scam

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At one point I used to regularly use  ProFlowers  as my go to company to send flowers across the miles.  It was so easy as I had all my info...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Budget Busters - Cell Phones?

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Are cell phones now number two on the household budget? Upon reading this article I decided to review our AT&T bill which includes one...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

Executing on the Holiday Plan

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Earlier, I posted about our holiday plan and budget and since its Cyber Monday it is time for me to start executing on our plan. As I pr...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Cooking Baby Steps - Part IV

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Tuesday night, before Thanksgiving, is NOT the time for grocery shopping especially for someone, like me, who hates grocery shopping. Yest...
Monday, November 19, 2012

Cooking Baby Steps - Part III

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Since its Thanksgiving week and since I will be doing some cooking for Thanksgiving dinner I was checking out the Publix web site to figure...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

I Hate Grocery Shopping

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I have never ever enjoyed grocery shopping.  In fact, grocery shopping is my least favorite chore.  As a result, I generally refuse to groce...
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Diamonds and Dollars

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Have you ever received mail alerting you to the fact that you are a presumptive member of some class action lawsuit?  If yes, what did you d...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

eBay Errors

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So, like many brides, when Mr. Sam and I got married, we registered for fine china.  I registered for a brand and pattern of china that ha...
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Thursday, June 14, 2012

June is Wedding Month

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Interesting to learn that money causes the most arguments between couples.  And since June is the most popular month for Weddings, it seems...
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Can I Afford It?

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I just returned from another fabulous, annual Memorial Day weekend girls trip.  The trip was expensive, nice hotel, pricey flight, fabulous ...
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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Carlos ???

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We have lived in our house since 2004 and we are one of the few people these days that still has a home telephone.  The telephone number ass...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

The Hazards of Debit Cards

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We use our debit cards for 90% of our day to day transactions. We like debit cards because we can keep track of our spending, we avoid debt...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Ouch!

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Got gas this morning on my way to work.  $4 a gallon for regular and $60+ to fill up my tank.  Ouch! Check out this handy  county by count...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Above and Beyond

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Recently, I gave Nordstrom (and I really want to add an extra S on the end of its name) a hard time for  stalking me   on the interwebs offe...
Friday, March 23, 2012

You Are Doing it Wrong - Nordstrom Spying Addition

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I am a fan of the  Nordstrom stores.  Good quality products, friendly and helpful service and an unbeatable return policy.   As a result, i...