When you’re looking online for flights or car rentals, consider trying the country-specific versions of popular travel websites, suggests the New York Times. In at least some cases, the price difference can be more than 50%.
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15 Ways Stores Try To Trick You Into Buying Too Much Stuff
By 4.6.07
1. Don’t use a shopping cart unless you need it. A shopping cart, most of the time, is just a place to put stuff you don’t need. If you’re carrying it, you’re a lot more likely to consider whether or not it’s a worthwhile purchase.
Get Comcast Internet Without $50 Activation Fee
By 3.19.07
Blueprint For Financial Prosperity tells us how to get Comcast internet installed without paying a $50 activation fee.
10 Things We've Learned From 'Confessions of A Wireless Sales Rep'
By 3.12.07
Over the past week, it’s been quite a learning experience here at The Consumerist. Former and current reps from all of the major wireless companies have written in, sharing their tips and tricks and confessing their sins. It’s been a fascinating look inside the daily life of a sales rep, but what have we learned?
HOW TO: Give Your TV "Ambilight" Using Cheap Lights From IKEA
By 2.26.07
I love those Philips Amiblight HDTVs – you know, the ones with the rear backlight that projects colours onto the wall behind the TV? Not only does it look pretty, but if you’re gaming or watching a film in low-light conditions then the backlight reduces eye strain.
How To Open A Jar
By 2.12.07
The video features several different methods for opening stubborn jars, complete with scary zombie-like infomercial-style clapping as each jar falls.
10 Shopping Tricks That Stores Hate
By 1.30.07
Stores are always trying to get you to do what they want. But what if you refuse? What if you do what benefits you and not the store? Aside from outright fraud, what are the things that you can do to come out ahead? We’ve put together 10 tips that will help you save money, but probably won’t help the store. That’s why they hate them. And you.
Controlling Shoppers Through Architecture
By 9.14.06
A short A-Z compendium of design tricks stores use to get you to spend more. We like T, for Tiles:
Ten Things Your Supermarket Won’t Tell You
By 6.29.06
A little alarmist, but still fun, Get Rich Slowly has a great summary of the top ten tricks supermarkets like to play on you. Of particular interest are the claims that:
Never Sneak into a Movie Again
By 3.23.06
Enter your zip code and Doublefeaturefinder finds movies near you scheduled to play back-to-back.
