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I am going through my emails today and catching up on some of the great links readers have sent me. I haven’t been able to personally go through all of them (one is a seminar), but I trust that these readers sent over good information. They are regular tipsters and I can’t thank them enough!
Chris sent me a link to Motley Fool’s How to Get out of Debt Seminar. It’s completely online and self-paced, so you can go through it at your convenience. They have the action steps listed, and it looks like you will go through getting ready to pay off your debt all the way to dealing with setbacks. I didn’t get a chance to go through it, but it looks like a great place to start learning how to deal with your debt. Thanks, Chris!
Beverly sent me a link to an interesting concept. There is a site out there called ShortCuts that will link more coupons to your store cards. From their store list, this is compatible with Kroger, Ralphs, Gerbes and more. I am unable to test this, because I don’t have any of those stores in my area. Are any of you using it? Thanks, Beverly for the link!
Lastly, here’s a contest I thought I would spread the word on. Intuit is giving away a free year of Quicken Online (and $350) every week until June 23. To enter, you need to add them as a friend on Facebook. I don’t have a Facebook account, but I may sign up to try to win 
Click here for more information.
I loved searching for things using Blingo.com. I’ve won prizes two times so far and I shared the site with all of you.
I have to say…I was not happy with what I saw while searching for the spelling of a word. Blingo has switched from using Google for the search results to using Yahoo, Live and Ask.com.
How does that affect the results?
When I searched for blogging away debt on Blingo, every other result within the first 10 hits were ads (see image). Written to the right in gray are the words, “Found on Ads by Yahoo!”
In comparison, when you do a Google search for blogging away debt, you get a list of search results on the left side and there are ads on the right side (or sometimes I see them on top too). The ads are clearly on their own. The same goes with a regular Yahoo search. The ads are on the top and to the side.
With Blingo, I’m not pleased with how ads are intermingled in with the other results. It can be very misleading and now you have to sort through what is a true search result versus an ad.
I know this is a bit off-topic, but a few of you have signed up for Blingo using my link and are my friends on there. I introduced Blingo as a great way to search and win prizes. By doing that I recommended using the site. Unless something changes, I will not be using Blingo anymore and I no longer recommend using it. I really wish they didn’t make this change.
I am hoping that things will go back to the way they were and this is just a very bad glitch. I haven’t been able to find any news as to why they changed things. Hopefully there will be an announcement soon.
For the past two years, I have been using H&R’s TaxCut Online to do our taxes. I find the interface very easy to use and so far I’ve been pleased with the results. We qualify for the FreeFile program so we use the online version.
If you are interested in trying out TaxCut, you can get a free download of their 2007 basic program from download.com.
On a related note, I see that my state refund deposit is pending in my checking account. Yay! One down…one to go.
I received a nice surprise email today. One of you who signed up for Blingo.com and named me as their friend won today. As a result…I won too! We both won a movie ticket or a $5 gift certificate to Amazon.com. Thank you!!!!
If you haven’t heard of Blingo yet, it is a search engine powered by Google that gives out random prizes. One time, they even had a car up for grabs. I use Blingo all the time for searching for things on the internet and I even use it to see if I am spelling a word correctly. It doesn’t cost anything to use and join. I previously won a $5 gift certificate, so this is my second win with Blingo.
If you are interested in signing up for Blingo and would like to be my friend, here is the link to follow: Join Blingo. Or, you can visit Blingo.com and click on Register to sign up without using my friend link.
A big thank you to my Blingo friends!
I’ve mentioned Freecycle on here before, but I haven’t mentioned it in a while. It really is a great website that tries to match up unwanted items with people who want them. It keeps stuff from getting thrown away and it’s great for getting rid of clutter.
I’ve given away broken items that other people wanted because they had the skills to repair them. I’ve also given away various other odds ‘n ends from around the house. In fact, I gave away three bags full of stuff just the other day to a non-profit agency that replied to my email.
You can’t make any money, because the premise of Freecycle is that everything is free. What you can get is a sincere thank you from the person you giving something to. That can be much nicer than getting a few dollars for something.
If you are looking for a way to find free items or if you want to give things away for free, Freecycle is an awesome site to check out. From the main site, you can drill down to find a Freecycle group where you live.
Thank you to everyone who left a comment on my book review of Larry Winget’s It’s Called Work for a Reason. Good ole Random.org selected number 12.
Fianna, that’s you!
I’ve emailed her and hopefully will hear back soon. If not, I’ll select another comment number.
Thanks again everyone!
UPDATE: Oprah has removed the free download from her site.
Good. I got your attention. It’s not everyday that you can download an entire book by a well known author. And it’s free!
Oprah has on her site right now a free download of Suze Orman’s “Women and Money”. I don’t know too much about Suze, but it’s a free book and it’s about finance. Even if you only pick up a few tidbits that are helpful - it’s free!
Click on this link to open up the .pdf = http://flv.oprah.com/suze_orman_eng.pdf. Remember that you have to save it to your computer or a flash drive.
You’ll have to do it soon, though. The offer only lasts until 7PM CST on February 14, 2008.
Thanks Beverly for the head’s up!
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