Your new online money source----Bigcrumbs.com review

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First, you can get cash back from your online shopping. These days there are many online programs which promise to give people cashback if they do their shopping through their websites. Then why do you want to sign up at bigcrumbs.com? The reason is simple. Because you can get highest cash back from bigcrumbs.com. At bigcrumbs.com, you can shop more than 200 online stores including Walmart, Bestbuy, Target, Old Navy, Gap, Kohls and so on. In particular, if you like shopping on Ebay, you definitely want to register at bigcrumbs.com as soon as possible. With bigcrumbs’ high cash back rate on Ebay, you can accumulate money in your account fast.
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Now there are two types of free memberships available at bigcrumbs.com: CrumbSaver and CrumbEarner. These two types of membership provide different shopping cash back rate and referral commission rate. If you want to save more from your own shopping, then sign up as CrumbSaver, because it gives you highest cash back rate. Instead, if you want to make more money from referrals, you need CrumbEarner membership, which allows you to earn 5 levels of referral fees. This means you can even earn from your referrals’ referrals’ expenses, which increase CrumbEarner income potential dramatically.

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Thecouponclippers.com Review

Are you the main grocery shopper in your household? When you do grocery shopping, do you want to use coupons to save you some money? If you do, you may be interested to learn about thecouponclippers.com.

For most consumers, the major source of grocery coupons is the local Sunday newspaper. But not everybody is patient enough to go through so many coupons in many papers to look for those they need, and not everybody wants to spend their precious time cutting coupons one by one and keeping them organized. So the ideal situation is if someone charges a small fee to help you to cut the coupons you want and mail them to your door. This coupon clipping service really exists, and thecouponclippers.com is one of them.


At thecouponclippers.com, you can find more than 1000 grocery coupons. Most of them are cut from newspapers and magazines, and some printable coupons are also available for your convenience. Rachael, the owner of thecouponclippers.com, put coupons into several categories ranging from beverages to snacks, which makes your coupon hunting process much easier. In addition to browsing coupons according to categories, you can also search for coupons based on keywords. For most coupons, images of the corresponding product and detailed information about coupon usage terms and conditions are posted, which helps you know what you are paying for. Usually they charge about 5-20% of the coupon face value as service fee. In addition they charge shipping fees starting from $0.42, and a $0.50 flat administration fee. And the minimum order per transaction is $3, which doesn’t include the shipping and administration fee. It sounds pricey, but actually you can get 30-50 coupons from a $5 purchase, which can help you save $30- $50 from your grocery shopping. Do the math yourself. That is a good deal! At thecouponclippers.com, they accept credit cards (only VISA and Master, but not Discover or American express) and paypal as payment methods. They ship fast and before you buy, they let you know the estimated shipping date, which is important because you don’t want to get expired coupons.

Overall I have a positive impression of thecouponclippers.com. They run an honest and efficient
business. From thecouponclippers.com, I can buy coupons which I know I am going to use. Unlike cutting 1 or 2 coupons per newspaper, I can get multiple copies of the same useful coupon at the same time, which helped me save a lot. In conclusion, I would like to recommend thecouponclippers.com to people who want to save some money from your grocery shopping. Oh, did I mention that they also provide restaurant coupons such as Mcdonald’s buy one burger get one free coupon?

Consumer review for Zenith DTT900---the best digital TV converter box

Are you ready for the transition from fuzzy analog to crystal-clear digital TV broadcasting? Starting from the mid-night of Feb 17.,2009, all the free over-the-air TV in US will be broadcasted through digital signals instead of old-fashioned analog signals, which is a regulation passed by the US congress in 2005 (For more information visit www.dtvanswers.com). Since I don’t have digital-ready TV, I decided to buy a digital TV converter box (sometimes referred as digital-to-analog converter), a small device which is installed between the antenna and TV and allows conventional analog TV to receive high-quality digital programs. After detailed research on the internet, I spent $10 on a Zenith DTT900, which is the best reviewed digital TV converter among the early models to hit the market. Here are my reasons for choosing Zenith DTT900.

1. Installation is a snap. It only takes less than 3 minutes. Basically you just hook up antenna to the box and connect the output of the box to the TV. There are two formats of output connectors on Zenith DTT900. It comes with an antenna connector for coaxial cables and a composite-video output for RCA cables. I noticed that the picture quality is better when the antenna connection is used.
2. Zenith DTT900 can pick up relatively low level signals and provide continuous pictures. In the place where I live (Maryland), it gives me 9 local channels. One particularly useful feature I like is that a signal-strength meter is built into the remote control, which can assist you in finding the best position for the antenna.
3. Zenith DTT900 provides decent high-quality digital pictures, which may not as good as high-definition (HD)-TV especially on a large screen. But on my 27” sony TV, the difference is hard to tell.
4. Zenith DTT900 has a button on the remote which allows you to adjust the aspect ratio of the incoming program easily, either in HD format or standard 4:3 ratio format.
5. Another useful feature the Zenith DTT900 provides is the electronic program guide, which informs you of the title and running time of the programs in all channels. This means when you want to choose among programs, you don’t need to flip through all the channels again. How considerate is that!
6. The price is irresistible. The original price for Zenith DTT900 is $59.99 at Radio Shack or Circuit City. Since it is eligible for the government TV converter box coupon program (for more informaiton go to www.dtv2009.gov), I used the $40 government coupon. And what makes this deal sweeter is that since this coupon is considered as credit instead of discount by the store manager, I can use it with another $10 off $40 Radio Shack coupon I found in the 2008 Entertainment Book.

Overall Zenith DTT900 is a great digital-to-analog converter. But it is hard to find these days. When I purchased mine, I was told by the cashier that Zenith DTT900 is so popular that the supply from manufacturer is limited at least temporarily and most Radio Shack local stores usually carry only one in-store at a time. So if you want one, hurry up and grab one. And enjoy your crystal clear digital TV programs.

Other useful Zenith DTT900 reviews at other websites: Consumerreports,CNET, Pricegrabber, Avsforum, Circuitcity

Review about Men's Citizen Eco-Drive™ Riva Chronograph Watch (Model: AT0510-59E)

Recently, for my birthday, my wife bought me a Citizen watch AT0510-59E from Zales. It is an impressively solid-looking watch, with a all-stainless-steel exterior, and 3 small clock-faces embedded in the main watch-face, with the main watch-face surrounded by small diamonds. This is an Eco-Drive watch, meaning that the entire clock-face is a solar panel which recharges a battery. When fully charged, the battery can power the clock for 6 months without recharging. The battery has a lifetime of many years, and cannot be overcharged. When the battery runs low, the second hand starts moving in 2 second increments rather than 1 second. While the Eco-Drive concept sounds very interesting, the watch was delivered uncharged, and charging it fully takes up to 2 days of bright sun (25 hrs of sunlight), or almost 1 week of ambient indoor lighting. It took one entire afternoon of light just to get the second hand to move in 1 second increments.

In addition to keeping time, the watch is also a chronograph (i.e. a stopwatch). While the minute and hour hand of the main watch face are what you expect, the second hand of the main watch face does not tick. It took me a while to figure out that Citizen has placed the minute hand of the chronograph on one of the 3 small clock-faces, and the second hand of the chronograph is on the main watch-face, while the second hand of the watch is on another small clock-face. I presume that Citizen has chosen this bizarre arrangement because it felt that the second hand is really important only when the chronograph function is activated (which I guess makes sense; normally I almost never look at the second hand). The remaining small clock-face is the 24-hour time.

Because my wife ordered the watch online, it was delivered with an over-sized strap. It seems that when you buy the watch in-store, the strap will be adjusted to your wrist, but for online purchases, one has to bring the watch to a local jeweler who will remove a few links from the steel strap to adjust it to one's size (probably at a nominal cost of $10 or so). This adjustment process requires specialized tools to punch out tiny pins holding the steel links in the strap together, and it is best to get professionals to do this. Therefore, be warned that if you buy this watch online, do not expect to be able to use it immediately. Between the battery charging and the strap adjustment, it'll probably be around a week before you can use it.

Usually this watch is priced more than $300 even when it is on sale. Now you can get this citizen diamond Eco-Drive™ Riva chronograph watch for only $220 plus tax with free fedex express saver shipping from Zales.com . If you go to Zales.com through Ebates, an online shopping cash back program, you can save another 5%.

Skype cuts your phone bill

After being an off-and-on user of the Skype software, mainly for the free calls to my friends who are also using Skype, I finally took the plunge and subscribed to the $9.95 worldwide calling plan. I downgraded my Verizon calling plan to the lowest possible plan, mainly because I still needed a landline for my DSL connection. I was attracted by the low cost and the ability to call anywhere in the world. A few of my friends have also recently subscribed and use it to call their friends in Europe and China.

In the few months that I have used it, I was generally impressed with the call quality for Skype-to-landline calls. Most calls to China to do not lag at all, and sound crisp and clear. However, from time to time, I will get a bad connection, and not be able to hear the caller at all. Curiously, if I hang up and try again, I often get a crystal clear connection on the next try. Bad connections happen more frequently on the weekends, presumably because of higher internet traffic. On occasion, I also get a misrouted call, and my call reaches a wrong number; this cannot be due to my keying in the wrong numbers, since all my numbers are pre-programmed and all I do is to press the same button each time I want to call the number.

Customer review about LG dehumidifier (model LHD65EBL)

I recently bought a dehumidifier from LG Electronics dehumidifier, the 65 pint LHD65EBL model. I had meant to get the 45 pint LHD45EBL model, which was rated a Consumer Reports Best Buy, but that model was sold out at both of my local Home Depot stores, and I decided to get the closest substitute. I bought it because I live in a coastal city, and the summers are unbearably hot and humid. I've read that excessive humidity causes mold in apartments and dust mites in sheets, and is in general bad for health, and decided to give a humidifier a try.

My initial impression was generally positive. In my small bedroom with the door closed, the dehumidifier managed to drop the humidity from 80% to 35% in merely 30 minutes, producing nearly 30 pints of water in the process. Even with the door open, the dehumidifier manages to keep the local humidity in the room around 40%. The air in the bedroom was perceptibly drier and no longer muggy, and my bedsheets felt dry and comfortable. I was very happy with the results.

Over the next few days, I began to notice a few flaws with the machine. Firstly, it is rather loud, emitting a noise about twice as loud as my refrigerator when it is working. It is especially noisy when it restarts from sleep, and when the room has reached the target humidity, it tends to go to sleep and restart every few minutes, and the intermittent noise is actually more irritating then if the unit has just stayed consistently on. Secondly, it also heats up the room somewhat, especially if the door is closed. I haven't seen my first electricity bill since I've gotten the unit, so I cannot comment on its energy efficiency yet.

Overall, this is a very effective unit, but is slightly on the noisy and hot side. I have taken to using it just before I go to sleep, and leaving the unit switched off throughout the night.

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Fingerhut.com Review

Several days ago I purchased a 32 piece set of dinnerware from Fingerhut.com. It was my first order from Fingerbut.com. Even though I have been shopping online for many years, I had never heard of Fingerhut.com before. I was attracted by its “50% off clearance price” promotion I saw at a deal hunter forum.

My first impression of Fingerhut.com was positive. Their website loaded very quickly, the front page design looked good, and the layout was clear so that it was very easy to find what I wanted to buy. Fingerhut.com sells assorted goods including apparel, electronics, toys, houseware, sporting goods, jewelry and so on. Most items are priced reasonably, particularly those items on sale and listed under the clearance category. If you can use an additional coupon on them, it is definitely a bargain. For example, the 32-piece dinnerware set I bought was priced $17.88 and after the “save an extra 50%” coupon, the price became $8.94. It was a steal! And what makes it sweeter is that they don’t charge tax in most states.

But their shipping fee is pretty annoying: $4.99 per item, which means the more items you order, the higher the shipping fees. And even more annoying is the fact that the shipping rate is not revealed until you finish filling out all the payment information. They use Fedex for shipping like many other web merchants. However, other online merchants provide free shipping or flat rate shipping, for example Amazon.com, Buy.com and Overstock.com.

Fingerhut.com accepts credit cards, and also provides their own Fingerhut credit service for customers to pay their bills by financing. Customers can also choose to make a payment by entering their bank routing number and checking or savings account number. However, they don’t accept online payment services such as Google checkout or Paypal. Another annoying thing at Fingerhut.com is that they do not allow shoppers to checkout as a guest. Instead they force every shopper to create an account to checkout.

Their customer service processes orders relatively quickly. In-stock orders are shipped out within 3~5 days. After the order has shipped out, they will inform you with an email containing tracking numbers for the shipment. So far I have never tried to return or exchange any orders, so I don’t know if their customer service is helpful or friendly.

These days there are always several promotion coupon codes for Fingerhut.com available on the internet. Usually the discounts are available to everybody. So before you shop at Finger.com, don’t forget to Google for “Fingerhut coupon”. Another way you can save a couple of dollars is to shop Fingerhut.com through online reward programs. For example, Big Crumbs gives up to 6.3% cash back and Mr rebates gives 4% for shopping at Fingerhut.com.

Many ways to cook eggs.

Have you ever wondered how many ways there are to make eggs? I have collected a list of the common ways to make eggs for your reference.

Soft-boiled eggs, also known as coddled eggs, are eggs that are immersed in boiling water for a few minutes so that they are semi-cooked. They can be eaten as is, or in Asian cultures, soft-boiled eggs are frequently served with a bit of soy sauce. Note however that soft-boiled eggs may pose a health risk, as not all germs are killed during the brief boiling.

Hard-boiled eggs are eggs that have been immersed in boiling water until they are cooked through and through, and their yolks and white have set completely solid.


Scrambled eggs are eggs that are cracked out of their shells, beaten thoroughly so that the yolk and the white are completely mixed, and then poured onto an oiled pan and gently fried and broken up into small pieces. Scrambled eggs are often mixed with herbs, or can be served with just a bit of salt and pepper.

Poached eggs are eggs that are gently cracked out of their shells into a pot of boiling water and cooked until their whites set hard and their yolks are a little runny. This way of cooking eggs takes a bit of skill, since its easy to break up the eggs while in boiling water.


Eggs over-easy are made by cracking eggs into a pan, cooking till the underside is firm, and then flipping it over and cooking it briefly on the other uncooked side. To qualify as eggs over-easy, the yolk should still be slightly runny.

Eggs over-hard are made by cracking eggs into a pan and frying until the bottom side is firm, and then flipping over and frying until the other side is firm as well. The yolks of eggs over-hard should be completely solid.

Eggs sunny-side up are made by cracking the egg into a frying pan and gently frying it on only one side, usually with a lid over the pan, relying on diffuse low heat to cook the top side of the egg. Usually, both the yolk and some of the white are a little runny.

Steamed eggs are made by beating the eggs lightly with a little water, and then steaming it. This is a popular way of making eggs in Asian cultures.

Omelettes are eggs which are beaten with milk and cheese and fried with vegetables or meat. This is a popular way of making eggs in Western cultures.

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Safe ways to get rid of pests

Summer is just round the corner, and along with the warm weather comes insects and bugs. Spraying lots of insecticides will work, but the toxic chemicals linger around even after their work is done, and may be ingested by children or pets. Here are a few ways to get rid of pests using only safe natural rememdies.

Ants frequently invade houses during summer. Sprinkle some scented talcum powder around their points of entry. Ants find it uncomfortable and difficult to walk across talcum powder, plus the talcum powder tends to mop up the scent left behind by the ants, causing them to lose their way.

A good all-natural insecticide can be made by blending a few cloves of garlic and a small piece of ginger with a quart of water, and then straining the solids out and placing the liquid in a spray bottle. This kills aphids on plants in 1-2 days, and when sprayed at other small insects (including flies, mosquitoes, silverfish and earwigs), irritates and kills them rapidly. Be careful not to spray the liquid into your own eyes! For larger insects like cockroaches, the garlic-ginger spray won’t kill them outright, but when sprayed around their entry points, might deter them from coming into the house.

To kill larger insects, spray them with some soapy water. This gums up the breathing of most insects. This will kill cockroaches, though not as quickly as commercial insecticide sprays.

Where to buy candy at the cheapest price?

Most people like candy. But if you ask them where to get candy at the cheapest price, they may scratch their head and say: “Walmart?”. “No. It is not walmart.” “Sam’s club???”. “No. It is not a shopping club.” You can keep guessing, but the place I am going to tell you may be the last answer on your list---pharmacies.

Nowadays major pharmacy chains such as CVS, Walgreen and Riteaid, are run much more like small grocery stores than pure drug vendors. This makes commercial sense, since it really doesn’t take much space to store prescription and OTC drugs and they have to pay rent and utilities anyway, why not carry more grocery products? By doing so, they can attract more customers and increase their revenue. Next time when you drive pass a pharmacy store, pay a little bit more attention to their billboards. Don’t be surprised if they actively advertise their grocery products. For example, the one I saw at the CVS store on my way home said “We carry milk and bread.”,“2L soda for $0.99” and so on.

Last week, my wife happily told me how she spent less than $2 in CVS pharmacy and bought a big box of Whitman sampler chocolate, which has a recommended retail price of $8.99 by manufacturer. The trick she used is to combine different discounts together. In that single transaction, she used both manufacturer coupons and CVS coupons, and got CVS extra bucks, which are CVS in-store credits. With the final price as low as 20% of the original price, I doubt that CVS had any profits from this particular transaction. But the reward for CVS from these money-losing transactions is that customers like my wife who obtained CVS extra bucks are locked to the CVS chain.

Furthermore, this cheap candy strategy may increase the number of customers purchasing drugs in the long run, which will bring in more profit. How? Today they feed their customers with large amounts of cheap candy, which is bad for their health, causing them to put on weight. This makes them sick in the future, causing more medication to be purchased, and making more profits for CVS. What an evil plan!

But for people with self-control, a small amount of candy can sweeten our life. Let us enjoy the fact that we can buy cheap candy from pharmacies. So next October, don’t forget to go to CVS to load up with candies for Halloween.