2010 One Week

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Beetle or Cooper

This week we have heard reports about gas prices are going up. After hitting a low of close to $3 per gallon for most of January, we are expecting gas prices to start climbing again. With gas prices climbing, the cost of driving our vehicles one mile has started to increase. For those of you who commute any distant to and from work, it will be a big impact on your budget. Like through out mo...

Wonderful World of Trade Shows

Las Vegas is a great place to go for a getaway vacation. It is also know as one of the most popular places to hold a trade show. If you look at the Las Vegas Convention Convention Center there is back to back trade shows. Still for someone like me, who happens to love trade shows, it is not practical for me to spend so much time in Vegas. In fact there is another location where I can go to a tr...

Do I Need Fancy Cleaners?

It is SuperBowl Sunday! There are going to be a lot of living rooms filled with football fans enjoying the big game. There is going to be some emotional highs and lows through out the game. Drinks and food is going to get spilled. Afterwards there will be some cleaning that need to be done. Depending on wild the party gets will depend on how much cleaning will need to be done. In preparation fo...

Gas Mileage Lies

On morning news there was a sniped about a lady who sued Honda for misrepresentation of their gas mileage. It was in small claims court, but still won $10,000. Interesting! It has become pretty much accepted, by all of us, what the sticker gas mileage would be under ideal condition. I am glad someone has stepped up to say, "We are not going to take it anymore!" When I look at different makes...

Touch Screen Desktop Computers

I first saw touch screens computers in the food processing industry back in the late 90's. Since then the technology and the price has been slowly been dropping. As a result we now see more cell phones with touch screens than without. The overall adoption of a touch screen desktop computer has been slow mostly because of the cost. We are seeing the price going under the $1,000 mark. This makes ...

Social Responsible Buying

Last week the name Foxconn and Apple were in all the headlines. It was not about great profits, or some new electronic gadget. It was about the inhumane treatment of the workers in China. What is interesting to note is that Foxconn does not just manufacture electronics for Apple. Foxconn manufacture over 50% of the electronics sold in the United States. Mistreatment of works or labors misbeh...

Secrets of Shopping Wal Mart

Midday on any Saturday or Sunday, at Wal Mart, finds families and couples getting their weekly shopping done. We are at the end of January. People are starting to recover from the Christmas shopping madness. Walking we were greeted by a your 60 oriental lady. I think it is great that Wal Mart seek to find jobs for elderly on fixed incomes. After a quick stop by the cosmetic section for some...

Search for a Practical Usable Tablet

Since before Thanksgiving I have been slowing giving into the idea of getting a tablet. I have looked at all the major brands of tablets and eReaders. I have been trying to imagine how often I would use it. I watch how other people would use their tablets. While attending a local trade show I noticed a large majority of the vendors were using iPads. There were only a few who had other tablets....

Cruise or Not to Cruise

Here we are at the end of January 2012. Texas is getting heavy rains. Snow and Cold is covering most all of the northern hemisphere. I close my eyes and think of a hot summer day with the sun beating down on may face. Then in an instant, I jump into a nice cool swimming pool. Yes, what better time to plan a summer vacation than when the chilling cold is biting your bones, and the sky is all gloomy...

When Not to File an Insurance Claim

Have you been in an auto accident or had water damage from the washing machine over flowing? Then got on the phone calling your insurance company for a claim that was only for a few hundred dollars. Did you know you do not have to file an insurance claim every time you are eligible to file. If you read your insurance policy carefully, you will find you will be penalized if you file ...

2010 One Week

Posted By: The Shopping Nazi on January 8, 2010 in Bargin Places, Food, Home - Comments: 5 Comments »

We are one week into 2010. The experts are saying our economy is in slow recovery. Money is still tight. Prices of most things are rising. Let us take a look at some interesting price increases.

Milk is $2.48 per gallon unless you go to Walgreens then it is $1.99. Gatorade that was 88 cents is now a $1.08 for a 32 ounce bottle. My favorite canned Iced Mocha has stayed the same at the convenience store, but gone up 30 at Winco.

Most stores did not stock to heavy for Christmas, but on the items that did not sell well. It is those item that you can get great deals. The 32″ LCD televisions with built in DVD player are under $400 at Best Buy. Most of the other items like video game consoles and cloths are holding at pre-Christmas prices. Games, DVD player and prepackaged gift sets are where the deals are at.

Nintendo Wii Fit Plus is hotter than any pre Christmas toy. I visited 3 big box stores that were sold out. The sales staff told me it would be a week to unknown for when they would be getting any in the stores. I met 10 people looking to buy the Nintendo Wii Fit. If you can’t wait you still can get it online at Amazon.com, but you have to pay about $20 for shipping

US News is reporting that January may just be a good time to buy a car. Since last year was such a disastrous year for the automotive industry, it is definitely a buyers market.

Seattle Times had an article about how January is the time of year where the least number of people fly. It has been known the best deals to hot vacation spots has been in the winter months. That is why some friends took their kids out of school for a week to vacation in Hawaii.

Tags: Gatorade, Milk, Seattle Times, US News, Walgreens, Wii Fit

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