Is Stamps.com worth the price tag?

Print your postage from home! No driving to the PO and waiting in long lines!

It sounds great, but there is a catch… A costly catch!

I love eBay, and we sell a decent number of items, so over the years we have gotten used to trips to the post office. Most of the time we avoid the PO by purchasing postage through PayPal and shipping it from the house, but the PayPal system is flawed – you can’t do first-class mail plus you really need a postage scale (which we have yet to get).

So, when I got a CD in the mail with a tempting offer from Stamps.com (for about the one-hundredth time), I decided it was time to check it out. While it is a slick program that is very user friendly, its customer support left me frustrated and missing one of the key offers I wanted to check out!

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Mixed Messages about Texting While Driving

When I hear this report, my mouth dropped and I had to rewind to make sure I heard it right. Surely I misunderstood over my daughter’s squeals. To my dismay, I heard correctly… We can’t escape the news of studies showing that texting while driving is just as dangerous as drinking while …

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FREE Pampers Gifts To Grow Points

Here’s a new Pampers code for 1 point to help you get 1 point closer to earning your next reward! JUSTBECAUSE2009 (worked Sept 17, 2009) If you haven’t already added the codes from my last post some of them might still work – be sure to check.  And don’t forget …

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Pottery Barn Kids Stands Behind Its Products

My personal love fest for Pottery Barn Kids continues. A few weeks ago, I learned about a recall announcement for window shades sold at PBK. It turned out that the shade I purchased for K’s bathroom was, in fact, part of this recall. I purchased the shade on final clearance …

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Pampers Gifts to Grow Free Points

I got a very exciting email from Pampers Gifts to Grow today… From now until November 5, 2009, Pampers is giving TRIPLE points for Wipes! Since I am running low anyway, it is time to stock up!!! Even more exciting, while I was on the Pampers’ site, I checked out …

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Happy Birthday to Me – A Present for You Giveaway!

Since it is my birthday, I want to spread the birthday love. Birthdays are a special day for presents, so I have decided to host my first giveaway in honor of my birthday. (Plus it is a nice way to celebrate everyone reading my blog!)  What will you get if …

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