Online Shoppers Blog - Become's Pocket Change

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a shopping carnival. This won't be a story of a fateful trip, but instead some of the best blog entries to come out of the world of shopping. The first is one that started from Creditcardlowdown.com, and makes sure someone doesn't steal your identity and take off to this tropic port, or that one either.

Aboard with us today is Phil For Humanity, who gives this wonderful article on how improvements in technology are making for tiny prices. Pretty soon you'll be able to buy a rocket ship for the change you find in your pocket.

The next entry comes from Money and Such. The mate over there was thinking of a mighty good advice on investing. Even if you're a sailing man you know how important investments are, and any advice you can get is always a good thing. The article talks about investing in emerging markets and The skipper over at M&S says that you better be very brave to take that risk And sure you may make some money, but you may lose more than five passengers air fare to China. Money and such also brings us some warnings on wasting money on personal care products.

Now we'll set sail to the wonderful land of IKEA. Mighty Bargain Hunter had a bad experience at the massive furniture superstore. It seems on that day they discovered that IKEA charges for plastic bags. The typical complaint about IKEA is that when you go into a store you are going For a three hour tour, and even then a three hour tour may not get you out with the item you came in for. It seems that they do not like the way the weather is turning over at IKEA, and started getting a little rough on the new policy. While 5 cents may not seem much, the tiny cost to make and ship the plastic bags was tossed out as an example of how IKEA stands to make quite a bit of money in trying to save the environment.

If not for the courage of the fearless Frugalist we would have a carnival without any humor. But thankfully their crew has brought us 21 humorous mistakes of a cheap person (versus someone who is just being frugal). I think we are all guilty of some of them.

I have named my car "The Minnow" because it is small and doesn't use a lot of gas. I fear that if i had a larger car all would be lost. Yes, the Minnow would be lost. Wenchypoo has some very quality suggestions on how to make the best out of rising price of gas.

If your car has broken down you can sometimes feel like the ship's aground. On these sad times the best thing to do is try to shore up a good deal on new car. Uncle Leo has some ideas on how to make your car shopping experience the best it can be, without too much haggling. It looks as though this advice comes from experience, of this we can be sure. Everyone who has tried to buy a new car knows that it can sometimes feel like the salesman is trying to sell you an uncharted desert isle.

With Gilligan you would never have to worry about finding good men's jeans. He, and the Skipper too, wore those awesome white sailing pants all the time. The thought wouldn't occur to a millionaire like Bill Gates either, and he could have his wife pick up a nice pair without any worry about their cost. If you're not so lucky, the folks at Omiru have provided us with a nice guide on what jeans will keep you looking like a movie star, without needing to spend like one.

The professor I had once in college used to say that as email grows in popularity it will become more and more expensive to send standard mail. The recent price increase has attracted the attention of Fire Finance, who lets us know of the increase as well as some great new customization options that come on the heels of the new price. I have a great picture of me and my friend Mary Ann (and the rest of my friends) that would look great on a stamp.

Here at Pocket Change we love great ideas when it comes to managing your money. Fitbuff.com came up with an interesting one on paying your utility bills. No one wants to be interrupted from a Gilligan's Island marathon, so it's important that you have that Cable Bill paid. They inform us of an offer by many banks that makes sure the cash is one hand when those bills come.

We'll that's it for this issue of the Blog Carnival. If you saw a hidden message you are just seeing things.

Kris