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A label maven with a beady eye for bargains and a craving for saving. Credit crunch? Pah!
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Archive for August 27th, 2008

A thrifty tip for eBay fiends

August 27, 2008 By: missthrifty Category: General, Wardrobe No Comments →

 gavel A thrifty tip for eBay fiends

A great site called fatfingers.com, which is free to use, exploits eBay sellers’ orthographic shortcomings.

It searches out the thousands of eBay auction items that are currently listed with titles and descriptions containing spelling mistakes. These auctions often expire with no bids, as potential buyers do not find them.

I ran a few keyword searches on fatfingers.com, to see what was around. At the time of writing Manolo, Jimmy Choo and Zac Posen all drew up blanks. If you are searching for Canon, Minolta, Armani or Diane von Furstenberg, however, you may get lucky…

Money Hacks Carnival #27

August 27, 2008 By: missthrifty Category: General, Uncategorized No Comments →

thermogram 300x225 Money Hacks Carnival #27

Another day, another carnival! My post Women’s Institute: Thrifty Goddesses? is featured in the latest Money Hacks Carnival, hosted by PF Buzz.

My favourite post from this carnival is 36 Ways to Reduce Your Home’s Energy Use, by Ben at Trees Full of Money. There are loads of great tips here.