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Money Experiment – Yay, we did it!

Yes guys. We did it. Right on target with more than a day to spare! I’m sure you already saw the money meter on the right! Well then, here’s my story. If you remember, last night we needed a whopping $122 to reach our target of $1000. Just after posting that writeup, I called up [...]

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Money Experiment – Old Music Player fetches $35

One of the items on my yard sale was a Creative Zen Music Player that I’d bought in 04. The last time I used it was when I was in Montgomery, Alabama and I have been living in Austin since November of 05. So you can pretty much say it was lying around the house [...]

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Money meter slowly inching towards target

This is not going to be one of those long boring posts. A lot of readers have been curious to know how my Money Meter all of a sudden went up overnight. Last week, I had posted about my yard sale (even though I don’t have a yard ). I was trying to get rid [...]

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Money Experiment – 4 days, $269 to Target

My money experiment is getting more and more exciting as the new year comes close. I have set myself a target of $1000 to scrape before the clock hits midnight of 1/1/2009. I have managed to gather $731 since the experiment started on 11/12/2008. The experiment has been nothing short of a thrill ride and [...]

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Amazon.com gift certificate worth $50!

Looks like I have been nice this year that Santa has decided to bless me with a few goodies. Just when I have been trying so hard to scrape money before the new year arrives, I receive a $50 Amazon.com gift certificate from Chase. I have been advocating the use of this wonderful credit card [...]

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