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Last minute Easter savings tips

Spring is here, and that usually means one thing for me: Easter weekend has snuck up on me again. We’ve finally gotten through that long stretch of the year where there are no long weekends or stat holidays, so it’s time to make this one count! As usual, holidays are usually a bit of a punch in the pocketbook (that’s a saying, right?) – so here are a few ways to save enough to fill your own Easter basket. Potluck Dinners Just because you’re getting together with the entire family doesn’t mean

Taste the City Vancouver - win dinner at 15 great restaurants

Vancouver is truly one of the great cities for dining out, but sometimes the non-stop restaurant-ing can get pricey… even though you want to hit all the top spots in the city. Vancouver Magazine feels your pain and are rolling out a great contest: Taste the City [http://www.vanmag.com/contests/Taste-the-City-enter-here]. The grand prize winner will receive 15 $100 gift certificates to Vancouver’s top dining destinations. > enough to dine out every month for more than a year! 15 runner up, al

Decide.com take the guess work out of when to buy goods

Are you ready to make a big ticket purchase? When it comes to electronics and appliances, there is a ton of research that needs to go down before clicking ‘buy’. But one of the toughest things (especially with electronics) is predicting when a new release is coming – and avoiding the buyers’ remorse of picking up the final run of an item before a similarly priced improvement hits the web/stores. Thanks to Decide.com [http://decide.com], you can get some high power algorithmic support in your c

Savvy shopping for Canadians in New York City

Mogo blogger Jill Duke is about to outline some great shopping tips for The Big Apple. See how she spends and shops (and maybe saves?) her way through New York City as a Canadian on the move. Ahhh. Yes, Mogoers, ahhh. That’s the sound of your intrepid blogger on vacation. For the last few weeks, I’ve been hanging with friends, sipping wines, seeing Broadway shows, and spending money—somewhat wisely—in the best city on earth, New York. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying some much needed time off, bu

The benefits of using a pre-paid credit card

Pre paid credit is a great way to get into (or back into) credit cards. Like the name suggests, pre paid credit cards are, well, pre paid. You lay down the cash to get started and then have the freedom of use of any conventional credit card. When I first started using credit, my card was pre-paid. You don’t need to worry about big bills, interest or late payments, because you’ve already taken care of that. Here are some of the best benefits of pre-paid credit: Security of information Some pe