Category Archives: saving money

Pay As You Go Phones

saving money
My boss has a cell phone, but she doesn't use it very often. She told me she uses less than 30 minutes a month. She's paying almost $50/month for the service. I'm trying to talk her into a pay as you go phone [Disclaimer: T-mobile has not paid me to make this post], as it can be a much more economical option.  AJ used a T-mobile pay as you go phone for about a year before upgrading to the plan… Read the rest

My “New” Bedding

saving money
The Accountability Family recently went to one of the small towns near where we live. Mr. A has a client that just bought a fixer-upper home for $40,000.  I went along with my camera to take photos of the place. We needed to kill a little bit of time, so we stopped at Savers just to have a look around.  Their prices are high at this particular one, I prefer to shop the Savers in the big city since they… Read the rest

American Express Costco $25 Rebate

saving money
So back in September, I signed up for the TrueEarnings Card from Costco and American Express.  I found the offer from Madison at My Dollar Plan. I was supposed to get a $25 statement credit soon after.  On February 11th, I called to find out why I never got my $25 statement credit, and was told it takes up to 12 weeks to see this offer, and it should show up anytime. I called again on March 3rd and was… Read the rest

T-Mobile Made Me An Offer I Couldn’t Refuse

Free Is Good, saving money
Well, it was time for my two year contract extension, and time to choose a new phone since the flip part had broken to the point where I was having to carefully cradle both parts in my hand in order to even talk on the thing. I started out by doing some research at T-mobile.com to see what kinds of phones were available to me at a reasonable (hopefully free) price. When I logged in, T-mobile displayed a page with… Read the rest