Comments on: Consumer Spending Successes or Excesses? http://toughmoneylove.com/2010/03/01/consumer-spending-successes-or-excesses/ The Hard Truth about Money and Personal Finance Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:37:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TMN http://toughmoneylove.com/2010/03/01/consumer-spending-successes-or-excesses/comment-page-1/#comment-7500 TMN Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:24:16 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=5362#comment-7500 I would avoid Bing like the plague, especially CashBack. Several different examples are already out there of how they jack up the "base" price when you use the service, so you end up paying more WITH the discount than you would without. Even better, some sites detect when you have Bing cookies set in your browser, so even if you go to their site directly you still get shown the inflated price. It's not all retailers, and with some tech savvy you can guarantee that it's not happening, but I wouldn't take the risk, personally. I would avoid Bing like the plague, especially CashBack. Several different examples are already out there of how they jack up the “base” price when you use the service, so you end up paying more WITH the discount than you would without. Even better, some sites detect when you have Bing cookies set in your browser, so even if you go to their site directly you still get shown the inflated price.

It’s not all retailers, and with some tech savvy you can guarantee that it’s not happening, but I wouldn’t take the risk, personally.

]]> By: Mr. ToughMoneyLove http://toughmoneylove.com/2010/03/01/consumer-spending-successes-or-excesses/comment-page-1/#comment-7487 Mr. ToughMoneyLove Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:49:33 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=5362#comment-7487 MasterPo- We are at the lake most holidays, almost every weekend during the spring and summer, with longer visits scattered throughout the year. Our time there will increase as I get closer to retirement. MasterPo- We are at the lake most holidays, almost every weekend during the spring and summer, with longer visits scattered throughout the year. Our time there will increase as I get closer to retirement.

]]> By: MasterPo http://toughmoneylove.com/2010/03/01/consumer-spending-successes-or-excesses/comment-page-1/#comment-7483 MasterPo Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:29:11 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=5362#comment-7483 How much time do you spend at the lake house? You have to factor that into your cash flow analysis. How much time do you spend at the lake house? You have to factor that into your cash flow analysis.

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