Archives for Turning Spenders into Savers
BeFrugal vs Ebates
If you like to save money when you shop online there are some great websites that make saving money easy. and both offer cash back rebates but each website offers…
Are You a Schizophrenic Consumer?
Visit for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy This morning's "Today Show" featured a segment about "schizophrenic consumers." With tough economic times and high unemployment, many people…
Turning Spenders Into Savers: Personal Savings Rates
What's your personal savings rate? As a spender trying to turn myself into a saver, my own savings rate has fluctuated pretty wildly. I'm proud to report that it is…
Turning Spenders Into Savers: Understanding Sales Pitches
Just because the biggest shopping season of the year is behind us doesn't mean us shoppers don't have to deal with temptation. In fact, the abundance of 'œsuper sales' this…
Turning Spenders Into Savers: Needs vs. Wants
In the midst of this holiday season, we spenders have to face quite a bit of temptation out there. While I do believe it is possible to turn a spender…
Turning Spenders into Savers: The Benefits to Paying in Cash
Have you seen the new Visa Check Card commercial? It features a lunch room cafeteria in full swing, with dozens of people ordering, cooking, walking and paying '“ all perfectly…
Turning Spenders into Savers: Delaying Tactics
Sometimes all I need to dissuade myself from making a particularly impulsive purchase is a little bit of time. Conversely, I've definitely also experienced the shopper's "walk of shame"- getting…
Turning Spenders into Savers: Give Yourself Credit Card
I wasn't surprised to see this recent article from the New York Times shoot its way up the most e-mailed articles list. After all, the NYT Most Emailed List a…
Turning Spenders into Savers: Why We Buy
There are many theories that aim to label people's relationship to money (almost as many as those that label relationships to other people- as we all know!), and I'm sure…