Just wanted to be hip and cool and use “f’ing” for once in the headline.

  • Six Things More Expensive Because of Marketing -  From Blueprint for Financial Prosperity. Headline is pretty self explanatory, from black pearls, bottled water to diamonds, marketing has been injecting pseudo-value into various products since the dawn of the consumer era.
  • Amazon Prime Review: 5 Reasons to Try it Out if you Shop Online – SVB from The Digerati Life takes a look at Amazon Prime and list some reasons why it may be worthwhile.  Personally, like SVB, I’m willing to wait. I don’t think I’ve ever spent the extra beyond standard shipping for anything I’ve bought online.
  • Avoiding shopping temptation – Plonkee writes about the slippery slope of heading to the store for a particular item, only to spend more than intended. My solution? Never leave the house.
  • Money Matters for All Ages (PDF eBook, 581 KB) – Can’t recall if I’ve ever linked to this eBook, but a very complete guide on personal finance from 16 personal finance bloggers.

P.S. My mom says I’m totally cool.