Financial Management

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Blockbuster Closing Sale Store Visit

Today is the first day of the clearance/liquidation sales of the remaining Blockbuster stores here in Canada and as mentioned in a previous post I thought it would be interesting to pay a visit to a store that was nearby and see what it would be like. As expected, there were signs plastered everywhere telling

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Financial Management

Taking Turns Having Sales

I noticed something funny while doing some grocery shopping today. For three weeks here there were two local supermarkets that seemed to just take turns in saving sales when it came to certain items. For example, in the first week one place would have grapes on sale for ninety seven cents a pound and then

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Business Financial Management

Employees Getting Sales Before Customers

So as mention in my previous post Blockbuster is officially closing its doors in Canada and a lot of people are anticipating for a liquidation sale. According to press releases such as here at http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2011/07/c9209.html it seems like the sales are scheduled to start on September 09, 2011 and will go on till about the

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Financial Management

Penny Auction Sites

Today I got spammed in my e-mail about these penny auction sites where the starting price for products are literally one penny which increases as more people bid. The catch is that in order to bid you have to purchase bid credits of sort which can cost about fifty to seventy five cents a bid.

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Financial Management

If You Had Fifty Dollars For The Whole Month On Food

Today I was given a scenario where if you were only given fifty dollars for the remainder of this month would you be able to maintain a livable diet? Breaking it down it would seem crazy. With about twenty five days left in the month that would mean your budget per day would be about

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Financial Management

No Financing For Basic Items

I was watching this show today that revolved around a couple that was in debt and it was amazing as so many of their possessions were acquired through some kind of credit financing plan. Even items like a vacuum cleaner and couch were acquired through financing. Not surprisingly they were in a lot of debt.

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