Let’s say there’s a store that sells widgets that will take payment in candy corn and gummy bears. Sometimes when you buy something and only have a few gummy bears on you, you can pay in candy corn combined with gummy bears. If for some reason you didn’t want the item and returned it later, the […]
Alaska Air seems to have rolled out basic economy saver (X) fares and they seem to be the default option on Google Flights. A reader pointed out this weird ‘quirk’ and let me share. If you have an itinerary with saver overnight connecting flights and you click through to the Alaska site to upgrade to […]
Update – A reader sent me this link where you can buy online (use 15% off coupon code too); doesn’t come with stand and knife, but you really only need that once. A buddy sent me an article of an outrageous $550 leg of Iberico ham at Costco before Christmas. At first, I thought it […]
Earlier this year, I planted a passion fruit plant. I had little hopes for it since a) I was late in getting started, b) I was growing it in a pot and c) winter was coming. Eventually though, the plant grew pretty vigorously. I had to re-pot it into a bigger container. Then it started to […]
Someone on Twitter asked me to recap how I did on ticket reselling this year, and so I wanted to share some numbers with you guys and compare it to other reselling avenues. I won’t give exact numbers, but give you percentages. First off, overall ROI turned out to be ~36%, but that was heavily […]