Cool Stuff, Cheap Price – Woot.com – one of kind online store

October 1st, 2008 Vijaianand No Comments »

Woot.com, an online bargain store. The speciality, it only sells one item at a time. It is not like any other shopping site like amazon. It one of a kind bargain store which sells electronic items which are either not available in the market yet or a test product. It will be only available for 24 hours or until it is sold out.

I saw a 64 inch flat TV for a damn cheap rate. So keep looking and you might find some cool stuff you can present somebody for christmas. I found this site from my coworker. Happy Shopping!!

My 3 Good Money Matters Articles at Investopedia.com

October 1st, 2008 Vijaianand No Comments »

I have recently started contributing to Investopedia.com, a forbes company which encourages articles from money savvy writer and professionals who works in different money related areas. They concentrate on evergreen articles which doesn’t really relate today’s market condition but more like an encyclopedia type of topics. I happen to write few important ones which are published last month. This blog is to give a sample snapshot of them and links for you to check it out.

Types of Bank Accounts

At the economic crisis, everybody needs the direction on what to do with their money and which account is suitable for their purpose.This article is well suited for those who are looking to make a decision on “which bank account they might need for personal and business use”. It explains in detail the types of accounts like savings, money market, checking account, CD’s including subtopic about documents needed to open certain account and summarized with comparision of the accounts.

This article also takes in both banks and credit union perspective since many of us nowadays have one or more credit union accounts. Check out the full article titled as “Demystification of Bank Accounts“

Improve your Car’s value

This articles talks all about “Top 10 things to improve a car’s value”. Car is a one among the life time investment for many of us. We either wanted to get good return back when we are in the market to sell or trade it in. But it is not always an easy job to keep up ever deminishing car value in check to get good money. This article will atleast help you to pin-point easy steps which you can do to keep your car in tic-tack condition to get better market value. So don’t forget to check out the full article titles as “Top 10 ways to get top dollar for your car“

Guide to Auto Insurance

As many of you know, I love to talk about topics which affect in our real life adding my experience into the context to shed some light for my readers. This article is one of those type which has some realistic pointers for shopping Auto Insurance. It is not an out-of-box tips type article except few overlapping points. It covers all things which one must need to know before shopping for Auto Insurance. Check out the full article titled as “Beginners Guide for Auto Insurance“

These are my 3 good articles actually best ones which I happen to spend good amount of time to give a realistic approach on the matter compared to any similar type of articles over the internet.

Money Smart Tips





From this blog onwards, I am planning to share some useful money smart tips whether its about saving money on deals, spending wisely or making extra money. This tips might be something I found on the web, heard over the radio or read on books. I love to spread the happiness around.

Woot.com, an online bargain store. The speciality, it only sells one item at a time. It is not like any other shopping site like amazon. It one of a kind bargain store which sells electronic items which are either not available in the market yet or a test product. It will be only available for 24 hours or until it is sold out.

I saw a 64 inch flat TV for a damn cheap rate. So keep looking and you might find some cool stuff you can present somebody for christmas. I found this site from my coworker. Happy Shopping!!

Money $Smart: Spend Wisely – A Funny Story

September 26th, 2008 Vijaianand No Comments »

I hope many of you got the essence of being Money Smart from my previous blog post. It is simple as it sounds to be smart about Money. In my point of view, I summarized as “Make xtra, Spend wisely, Save graciously and Manage rightly”

With all the financial chaos and uncertainity about the economy, we all need some stressing out to do. There is lot more mess to come out so take a deep breath and stay away from financial market for sometime. At this time, I just thought of lightining you all up by sharing a funny story. Some might have already heard but still good to revisit and ponder on. It emphazies one of the core aspect of being Money smart, “Spend wisely“. Read on and enjoy.

Story: Parking in New York (Courtesy: google) A gentleman walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.

The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan. So the gentleman hands over the keys to a new Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls into the bank’s underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the gentleman returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41. The loan officer says, “We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is why would you bother to borrow $5,000?”

The gentleman replied, “Where else in New York can I park my car for two weeks for 15 bucks?”

Moral of the Story: Obviously, the multi-millionaire knows the value of money who spent it real wisely and innovatively. What a bargin? His car was safe for just $15.41.

Think about it, Ponder on it. It might be really true but it is innovative and teaches us a lesson. If a multi-millionaire can spend wise for just $15, you can do it too.

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