http://theshoppingnazi.com Saving Money One Product at a Time Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:00:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://theshoppingnazi.com/flooring-painting-remodeling-planning/ http://theshoppingnazi.com/flooring-painting-remodeling-planning/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:00:56 +0000 The Shopping Nazi http://theshoppingnazi.com/?p=5860 Any Do-It-Yourself project is made or broke in the planning stage. Like an old friend once repeated over and over again, “Proper Planning Prevented Poor Performance”. Just in planning can be expensive. Going to the library looking through dozens of magazines for the perfect bathroom design. Then going from one hardware store to the next to find [...]]]> http://theshoppingnazi.com/flooring-painting-remodeling-planning/feed/ 0 http://theshoppingnazi.com/refurbished-and-certified-are-they-a-good-buy/ http://theshoppingnazi.com/refurbished-and-certified-are-they-a-good-buy/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 12:00:12 +0000 The Shopping Nazi http://theshoppingnazi.com/?p=5449 On television there is this commercial where a well dress lady comes on and talks about certified pre-owned cars. Her whole pitch is that they are so like new you are getting new most people cannot tell the difference. Her closing line is, “Why pay the difference when you can’t tell the difference.” About 4 blocks [...]]]> http://theshoppingnazi.com/refurbished-and-certified-are-they-a-good-buy/feed/ 0 http://theshoppingnazi.com/pots-and-pans/ http://theshoppingnazi.com/pots-and-pans/#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 14:00:21 +0000 The Shopping Nazi http://theshoppingnazi.com/?p=981 Call them pots and pans, or cookware both terms mean the same thing. Either way buying new cookware is not something you do every month or even every year. The last set of cookware we bought has lasted us about 15 years. I still have the old cast iron set of cookware my mother brought [...]]]> http://theshoppingnazi.com/pots-and-pans/feed/ 0 http://theshoppingnazi.com/shopping-for-a-kitchen-blender/ http://theshoppingnazi.com/shopping-for-a-kitchen-blender/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:00:43 +0000 The Shopping Nazi http://theshoppingnazi.com/?p=4069 Blenders are usually something you get as a wedding present. It last five to ten years. Then you go down to K mart or Wal Mart and get another. Buying a kitchen blender, to many people, sounds like a rather simple task. However, the required functions of a blender can make a big difference as to what type [...]]]> http://theshoppingnazi.com/shopping-for-a-kitchen-blender/feed/ 0 http://theshoppingnazi.com/shopping-for-a-microwave-ovens/ http://theshoppingnazi.com/shopping-for-a-microwave-ovens/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:00:25 +0000 The Shopping Nazi http://theshoppingnazi.com/?p=3667 Like anything else, I want the best price for the best possible quality. This is especially true when it comes to a household appliance that I am going to use everyday. That is our microwave oven. We got our current counter top model about 4 years ago. It has been faithful. We have had to clean it [...]]]> http://theshoppingnazi.com/shopping-for-a-microwave-ovens/feed/ 1 http://theshoppingnazi.com/paper-shredder-recon/ http://theshoppingnazi.com/paper-shredder-recon/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:00:51 +0000 The Shopping Nazi http://theshoppingnazi.com/?p=3355 I remember a time as a teenager we go through the neighbors trash just to see what we could find. This was at the local dump outside a small town, in northern California. People saw us and thought we were looking for old aluminium and copper to sell at our version of the recycling center, in 1968. [...]]]> http://theshoppingnazi.com/paper-shredder-recon/feed/ 1 http://theshoppingnazi.com/dvd-player-recon-sonys-dvp-sr200p/ http://theshoppingnazi.com/dvd-player-recon-sonys-dvp-sr200p/#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 15:08:09 +0000 TSN Boise http://theshoppingnazi.com/?p=2904 Last week when I walked into the place where I get my haircut, I was greeted by the owner. In her hand was a plastic shopping bag that containing a DVD player. As she raised the bag to my chest level she said, “It doesn’t work, I need you to fix it.” I took the [...]]]> http://theshoppingnazi.com/dvd-player-recon-sonys-dvp-sr200p/feed/ 10 http://theshoppingnazi.com/microwave-recon-the-basics/ http://theshoppingnazi.com/microwave-recon-the-basics/#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:00:12 +0000 TSN Boise http://theshoppingnazi.com/?p=2554 The microwave ovens has been around for only a very short time. At first they were big heavy and expensive. At one time if you had a microwave oven, you were living on the cutting edge of technology. Today, you are behind the times if you do not have a one. Most people I talk to [...]]]> http://theshoppingnazi.com/microwave-recon-the-basics/feed/ 0 http://theshoppingnazi.com/lawn-mower-recon-gas-powered-push/ http://theshoppingnazi.com/lawn-mower-recon-gas-powered-push/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:00:06 +0000 TSN Boise http://theshoppingnazi.com/?p=2497 It has been quite a few years since I had to buy a lawn mower. After reading an article in Consumers Digest, I started thinking about my old Briggs and Straton 1.5 hp mower. I can not remember when I had purchased it. It has been through 2 19″ blades and 3 spark plugs. I [...]]]> http://theshoppingnazi.com/lawn-mower-recon-gas-powered-push/feed/ 0 http://theshoppingnazi.com/slow-cook-your-way-into-savings/ http://theshoppingnazi.com/slow-cook-your-way-into-savings/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:00:50 +0000 TSN Boise http://theshoppingnazi.com/?p=2439 The leading reason for people spending more money than they should on food is lack of energy. The family cook comes home in a tired from a long day at work. It is easier to make a quick run to Burger King or KFC, just because no one wants to cook dinner. There are a [...]]]> http://theshoppingnazi.com/slow-cook-your-way-into-savings/feed/ 0