Month: February 2010

Month: February 2010
General Thoughts and Fun Topics

Gold Medal Frenzy And The Olympic Conclusion

Well, Canada won the gold medal today in Hockey and you can bet that it is busy and packed on the streets here. Virtually every street vendors are making a ton of profit simply selling items that are patriotic like a flag. This is one of those days too where it is so great to

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Business

Remarketing Old Products

Only one more day left of the Olympics here. One interesting thing I noticed about merchandises today was how some companies have re-branded old merchandise in order to sell it to the Olympic crowd. For example, some companies have an excess of pins that simply have things like hockey play figures and the words Vancouver

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General Thoughts and Fun Topics

A Good Deal Based On Market Demand

Today I was talking to a person who said that her friend was so excited to get such a great deal for a pair of tickets to the Olympic gold medal hockey game. The price? $15,000. Yes, we are talking five figures here. Apparently she thought it was such a good deal as people are

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Business General Thoughts and Fun Topics

Early Olympics Clearance Sales

Now that the Olympics is almost over virtually every store that sells Olympic related merchandise is trying to clear its inventory it seems. Everything from 80% off offers to some buy one get one free sort of deals. This is just like shopping after some kind of special occasion like Christmas or Halloween as everyone

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General Thoughts and Fun Topics

Buying Collectible Coins

It seems like everyday there is like a five hour line up for people to collect these Olympic oriented coins. Basically, they cost about $30 for a pack which is worth only about $2. The funny thing is too that it isn’t even a limited edition or anything as the coins have been in circulation

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Financial Management

Eagerly Awaiting For The Bill

I know. Most people would be the complete opposite where they dread having to get the bills in the mail to have to pay off. As you all know I recently decided to get the second credit card and now I have two card bills to take care of. I just want to pay it

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