Mary Fioratti » Money

Free Phones

Mary — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:20:08 +0000

I keep seeing all these ads for free cell phones. there must be a catch. How can some people be getting free phones but other people have to pay, like $300, for their phones? And I have to pay $50 a month but other people get it for free? What’s up with that?

Bad Modem

Mary — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:01:19 +0000

So much about computers is a simple one time installation and then you can forget about it. We expect our monitors to work for years with no maintenance other than wiping down the screen once in a while. We expect the hard drive to work for years and get lazy about backing up our data, then we are devastated when the PC crashes and we lose everything.

My latest electronic tragedy was my modem. I bought the modem about 3 years ago and have a home network with 3 computers and 2 printers connected to it. I like to be able to connect to the internet from any room in the house. But yesterday the modem quit – just like THAT – and I had to deal with shelling out $60 at Sam’s Club for a new one.

And now I find out that the laptop with Windows VISTA will not get online anymore since I got the new modem. ARRRGH!

New Music

Mary — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:53:29 +0000

Something I just now realized – I must have been living under a ROCK! – is that Amazon gives you a free music download every day. That is not only great for introducing people to new music, it is a great way to get people to come to your web site every day. I don’t do it every day, but I have grabbed several good songs for free and hope they keep doing this – I love FREE!

Sucking It Up

Mary — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:02:21 +0000

I hate the waste and expense of paper towels. But now there is Skoy, a biodegradable cloth that dries quickly, and if you wet and nuke it regularly (it will be hot, so be careful), it won’t turn into a party place for countertop bacteria. One cloth is supposed to outlast 15 rolls rolls of paper towels and at $6 for a four-pack, it’s certainly cheaper. To find more information about this new product you can go to skoycloth.com and see for yourself how this is a wonderful idea and will certainly be gaining popularity in numerous households in the near future.

Pumpkins

Mary — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:30:17 +0000

I always buy a few pumpkins to put on the front porch this time of year. My neighborhood always go all out with holidays and the decorating that goes along with each holiday. But this year the pumpkins have gotten way more costly and the quality just doesn’t justify the cost increase, so I’m boycotting pumpkins this year, but it certainly hasn’t stopped any of my neighbors.

Too Many Choices

Mary — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:24:13 +0000

We have had a rash of grocery stores coming and opening up in our town. We used to only have Food Lion, Martins and Walmart, but now we have a Giant, Safeway, Bloom, Harris Teeter and another one that I can’t ever remember the name of, but it is only 4 letters and starts with a D. Of course there is always Costco but I don’t like buying in bulk and don’t like dishing out over $200 each trip.

I don’t like having to bounce all around comparison shopping for the best deal. I’ll just stick with Food Lion for the most part. I like the store and the employees all know me by now and are very nice, helpful and friendly each and every time I go there.

Obligations

Mary — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:59:10 +0000

I’ve been looking around for a few months now at the various cell providers offers and their cell phones. At the end of this month my contract with Sprint will finally be over and done with, once and for all. I’m not one of their biggest fans and I’ve been waiting a good long while for this obligation to be fulfilled so that I can move on with a better deal and a new phone.

It’s pretty cool to find websites that offer their facts and figures and assist you with comparing the varieties of these necessary pieces of technology that just about anyone has to deal with these days. I don’t need anything real fancy but I do want good reception, good customer service and it has to fit into my budget as well. I still have a few weeks to make a decision. I’ll keep you posted.

Are gas prices ever going down?

Mary — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:28:07 +0000

Are gas prices ever going down? i think not and more than likely will continue to rise until we get another President that is willing to do something about high gas prices at the pump. I know this much if they continue to rise then I will have to find a new job and a new car because the one I got has a v6 in it and gets ok gas mileage but every time I fill up my tank it is over $100.

I am really starting to get worried our economy is starting to fall because the dollar is worth half as much and things are twice as much as they used to be.