Now imagine having an angel over your shoulder. Whenever you’re about to overstep your financial boundary, or simply buying something you don’t really need, the angel whispers something in your ear that reminds you of what you should really be doing: saving.

A recent study reported by the Wall Street Journal showed that daily money-saving reminders to people increased their savings rate by 6%! These findings prove that a significant difference can be made by helping people stay aware of their spending habits. This is why SaveEveryWay was created. The site is a free web service reminding you in multiple ways (Twitter, Email, SMS, RSS feeds) to save your money.

To receive a daily reminder, quote or suggestion on saving money, you can follow SaveEveryWay on Twitter (@saveeveryway), sign up for a text message alerts, subscribe to RSS feeds, and/or get emails. Whichever service you use, you can easily unsubscribe from it anytime.

A great thing about this web service is that it doesn’t sell you anything, doesn’t market any products, the text messages and emails don’t end with suggestions to purchase anything; it is all absolutely charge free and advertisement free! The only thing it runs on is your donations.

Check out SaveEveryDay @ www.saveeveryway.com (via Lifehacker)

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When you perform a search, it lists results based on the cheapest possible price with the option to sort them by means of travel, time or even CO2 emission. It also displays the departure/arrival dates and the number of legs for each transportation type.

Features:

• Find fast and cheap way to travel across Europe.
• Queries many different traveling services like airlines, bus, car or train companies.
• Sort results by price, means of travel, time or CO2 emission.
• Works best for traveling across Europe.
• Similar tools: TripLittle and CommutePrice.

Check out RouteRank @ www.routerank.com

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• YardSaleTreasureMap: Yard Sale Locator
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• WhosOff : The Online Staff Holiday Planner
• WhoAreIn: Easily Organize Meetings Online
• WhichWeekend : Weekend Planner

BudgetBytes is a lifesaving blog about inexpensive food recipes. The recipes are simple to make and fast to prepare. People whom cooking scares away need not fear: each recipe provides a concise step-by-step procedure which clarifies and simplifies all things, like so:

As you can see in the first screenshot above, the titles of the recipes are accompanied by the amount you’ll need to spend on making them. That helps you save time by only choosing dishes you can afford to cook.

Moreover when you click on a recipe, it gives you various details for instance, a cost breakdown of each ingredient, the number of people the dish will serve, and the total preparation time.

Cutting down on your food budget while you’re going through a financial crisis should no longer translate into surviving on noodles the entire month. You can use the amazing recipes of Beth M. (the blog’s author) and eat healthy (and tasty) all the while keeping your wallets happy.

Check out BudgetBytes @ www.budgetbytes.blogspot.com (via Lifehacker)

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Their main feature and indeed the oldest is the basic catalogue of coupons and deals. Searching for an item or a particular store will turn up results well into double digits that could save you up to 50% in some cases. You can see a small proportion of the offers out of a total of 28 which I got for searching ‘books’. Typical examples include ‘50% off’ and ‘4 for the price of 3’ and so on.

They have also launched a new feature called ‘Locker’ which now gives you the ability to store the deals you found online. Beside every offer there is a button which reads ‘Watch This Offer’. When you click on it the offer is added to your locker which you can retrieve at any time.

What I liked most about the locker was that you didn’t have to register. All of your items would be stored online for you once you were using the same computer. To use different computers and for added security it’s recommended that your register.

Features:

• Thousands of offers and coupons.
• Ability to save your offers online.
• No registration required.
• Hundreds of new promotions uploaded daily.
• For more coupon sites see our articles:
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Check out Offers @ www.offers.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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• BigCrumbs: Get Cash Back When Shopping Online
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It shows you the relevant book results and next you need to hit ‘Get Prices’ button. It then scans Amazon, eBay, Half.com, Chegg and Better World Books to fetch you the top 5 lowest prices from these vendors. Click on ‘Buy now’ link (which appears to be their affiliate link) and you are directed to the vendor to purchase that book.

Features

• Online price comparison engine for books.
• Search by title, author name, ISBN or keyword.
• It gets data from Amazon, eBay, Half.com, Chegg and Better World Books.
• Get the top 5 lowest prices and click on buy now to purchase the book.
• Similar sites: DirectTextbook and EbookPrice.

Check out BookLookr @ www.booklookr.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• RealCarTips: Find Out How Much Others Paid for Their Car

The listed coupons and deals are categorized by products and merchants, and cover a number of categories, from computers and electronics to apparel and home goods. Users can easily search for a specific item or browse listings by product.

Moreover, when searching for products users can filter results by things like price range, store, manufacturer etc., and also compare product prices with other online sellers.

Check out CheapStingyBargains @ www.cheapstingybargains.com

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• Bargain Search Engine from Ask.com
• Woot: One Deal a Day
• Webbyplanet: Find Hot Deals & Latest Coupon Codes

In the example above I have entered TVs.

This presented me some rough results as seen in the search results. I can then select one of  filter options (Brands, Product Categories, Deal Types and Stores) on the side bar to narrow my search. So for example, if I wanted hot deals only I would select that.

The application is different from a regular price comparison website in way that it doesn’t compare, it only finds you deals, sales, low prices and coupons that will save you money; which is what we all want to do in this economic climate.

Features:

• Bargain search engine that help you find cheap products and services.
• Search and filter results by Brands, Product Categories, Deal Types and Stores.
• Print discount coupons.
• Updated on a regular basis.
• Similar tools: Yahoo Deals, Gazaro, RatherBeShopping and some more.

Check out Deals$ @ www.ask.com/deals (Dean Sherwin)

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• Webbyplanet: Find Hot Deals & Latest Coupon Codes

The Sandwich Price Calculator tells you how much it cost to make a sandwich at home. It’s from the guys over at cockeyed.com in their ‘How Much is Inside’ series.

The app consists of a virtual sandwich maker whereby you select what type of bread you want to use and then add in the fillers.  It’s nothing flashy; consisting mainly of boxes that need to be ticked and dropdown menus that need to be selected. When you click calculate, your virtual sandwich is displayed as seen in the screenshot with the price of each ingredient beside it. The total cost is shown at the bottom.

They also have another page which shows you how they calculated how much the average person puts on their sandwich and how much each ingredient costs.

This is a useful app for those trying to cut back on the spending or anyone who’s interested in seeing how much their sandwich actually costs them.

Check out the Sandwich Cost Calculator @ www.cockeyed.com/inside/sandwich/sandwich_calculator.shtml (by Dean Sherwin)

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Features:

• Discount aggregator for small merchant products.
• Get Amazon and eBay products at better discounts.
• Search for the product or browse through the categories.
• Buy directly from the merchant’s store.

Check out OtherPage @ www.otherpage.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Features:

• Get healthcare answers quickly on Twitter.
• Helps you save money on prescription drugs.
• Follow @askch on Twitter and DM them any health question.
• The service automatically replies to your DM almost instantly.
• The format of questions is explained on the site.
• Similar tool: MedTipster and RateADrug.

Check out AskCh @ ask.changehealthcare.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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At the time being BigCrumbs supports over 400 (and growing) popular online shopping destinations. Other than cash back incentives it also aggregates special offers such as free gifts, free shipping, and discount coupons.

Getting started is very easy. First, register on the website. Next, every time you plan on shopping somewhere go to the BigCrumbs.com and locate that online retailer. Click on the link and proceed with your shopping. Basically, you need to access the shopping website via BigCrumbs in order to earn cash backs.

To make thing even easier, someone came up with a really useful Firefox add-on called CahsBackAutomator. This add-on completely eliminates the need to go to BigCrumbs.com, you can turn it on when visiting some shopping site and see if you can get a cash back on purchases items. Check it out in action in the demo video below:

Check out BigCrumbs @ www.bigcrumbs.com

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When you search for books it returns all available options (new, used, ebook, rental) and presents them on one table. You can then scroll through cheapest book prices and select a book type and a bookstore from where you want to purchase it.

In addition to that the site offers you a way to cash in on your used college textbooks using their college textbook buyback price comparison search.

Features:

• New, used, ebook and rental text book price comparison site.
• Searches over 30 online bookstores including Amazon, eBooks.com, Powell’s, Buy.com, Walmart, Book Closeouts and more.
• Textbook buyback price search also provided.
• Search for books using ISBN, title, author or keywords.
• Browse books by subject
• Compare prices for multiple ISBNs.
• Similar websites: EbookPrice.

Check out DirectTextbook @ www.directtextbook.com

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• CompareMyFiles: Compare Two Text Files Online

You can search for album/song by name or browse by genre (Electronic, Hip Hop, Jazz,  Pop.. etc). When you find a song or album you like, click on the “compare prices” button to get the list of prices from different stores.

Moreover, you can watch related YouTube videos and get additional info on tour dates and ticket information for artists.

Features:

• Compare music album and song download prices across multiple online retailers.
• Search for album/song or browse titles by genre.
• Sort results by rating and price.
• Watch related YouTube videos.
• Tour dates and ticket information for artists are also provided.
• Search bar add-on supported.
• Similar tools: DownloadShopper.

Check out CompareDownload @ www.comparedownload.com (via telegraph.co.uk)

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Each garage sale listing is marked with a marker clicking which reveals what’s for sale, where and when it is. There is also a trip planner that enables you to build a list of garage sales you would like to visit, and then plan your route.

Features:

• Garage sale finder.
• Search by location or locate using a map.
• Sort listings by day of trading (Fri Sat Sun).
• Each listing has short description along with address and days of trading.
• Trip planner included.
• Contribute by adding locations you know.
• Similar sites: YardSaleTreasureMap and WeekendTreasure.

Check out Gsalr @ www.gsalr.com

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How it works:

1. Sign up and estimate your personal monthly fuel consumption online
2. Buy a plan. Lock-in the gas at the current price for 3 to 24 months.
3. If prices go up, you will get a refund for the price difference. If prices go down, you can buy the gas at cheaper actual rates

This service works well, if you are certain that gas prices will increase in the future. On the other hand, if prices go down, you will benefit from lower prices but will still have to pay the fee for each booked gallon over the period of your plan (around $0.28 – 0.40 per gallon, depending on the lock-in period).

See PetroFix explained on CNN Energy Fix.

Features:

• Hedge against future gas price increases by locking-in a fixed price for a gas
• Lock-in a fixed price for 3 to 24 months
• Estimate your fuel consumption online
• If gas prices increase, receive money refund from the company for the price difference

Check out PetroFix @ www.petrofix.com (via TechCrunch)

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• Trapster: Get Alerted About Speed Traps On Your Way
• RiskyRoads: See Fatal Traffic Accident Statistics For Your Area
• RealCarTips: Find Out How Much Others Paid for Their Car
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You no longer have to cut and collect coupons from newspapers or remember every time to bring them to the store. There is also an option to create shopping lists and access/view your coupons from your mobile phone.

Currently Shortcuts supports over 15 partner stores including Kroger, Owen’s, Baker’s, Dillon’s and many others. If you don’t see your local store on the list, you can request the management to add it to the program.

Features:

• Link coupons to grocery card online.
• Coupons are applied automatically at the checkout register.
• Browse coupons by type such as food, magazines, child care etc.
• View your active coupons and track the total amount saved.
• Add shopping items and coupons to your account and access them from your cell phone.
• Free, sign up to start using.

Check out AOL Shortcuts @ www.shortcuts.com

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Let’s say you planning to travel to San Francisco, CA, next week. You can browse for the cheapest flight tickets to get there, find hotels with the cheapest room rate and see the available vacation deals.

Users may also filter search results by type (flight, hotels, vacations), by additional features and sort them by price. Find which calendar dates have the best travel deals and adjust your traveling schedule accordingly to save money.

Features:

• Find the best travel offers and deals for the destination you traveling to.
• Browse cheapest flight tickets, hotel specials and vacation deals.
• View deals by type (flight tickets, hotels, vacations), by additional features and sort them by price.
• Find which calendar dates have the best travel deals and adjust your traveling schedule accordingly to save money.
• No sign up.

Check out Voyij @ www.voyij.com (via GeekSugar)

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From the Page:

“Medtipster is dedicated to providing American consumers with thousands of dollars annually in healthcare and pharmaceutical savings by being the first to provide the most accurate and reliable healthcare data, pricing and information to the public.”

Using MedTipster is really simple and doesn’t require any registration. Just enter the drug name, chose the dosage and enter your zip code. MedTipster would show you prices of generic equivalents at your neighbourhood pharmacies. It also provides you all the detailed information about the pharmacy and how much different quantities of the medicine would cost you.

Here are some of the main features:

• Find affordable generics for your prescriptions across various pharmacies.
• Get detailed information for pharmacies including maps.
• Search by drug name or even by medical condition.
• Search for immunizations and shots in your area.
• Find a neighbourhood pharmacy that offers health screenings.
• Listings of mini clinics in your area.
• A forum for people to exchange information and share tips.
• Email a registered pharmacist to get your questions answered.

Check out MedTipster @ MedTipster.com (by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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Eash yard sale listing is marked with the marker. Click on the marker to get further details for each yard sale. If you’re aware of any yard sale that it not the map there is an option to add it.

Features:

• Find yard sales in your area.
• The site maps all yard sale listing from Craigslist.
• Sort locations by radius and the day (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday)
• Contribute by adding locations you know.
• No signup needed.

Check out YardSaleTreasure Map @ www.yardsaletreasuremap.com (via Lifehacker)

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Additionally to searching you can also rate coupons and share them with anyone you want. Registering on the site lets you setup email alerts for coupons for your favorite retailers and keep a log of your coupon searches. You can also earn some cash by submitting coupon codes through CouponChief’s Pays-2-Share program.

Features:

• Find coupons for 1000s of retailers.
• Search for coupons and browse by product category.
• All coupons are valid and rated by community.
• Rate coupons and leave comments.
• Set coupon alerts and view your browsing history.
• Share coupons with friends and relatives via email.
• Submit coupons and earn some cash.
• CouponChief demo video.

Check out CouponChief @ www.couponchief.com

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The application lets you setup budgets with reminders, tag & organize similar transactions (food, coffee, restaurant etc), view spending reports to know where your money goes and adjust accordingly.

All your data can be exported to Excel, Quickbook or Quicken in CSV format.

Features:

• Tracking your budget and expenses in real time.
• Add transactions manually, via email, SMS or Twitter.
• Classify your expenses by tagging similar transactions (food, clothing, coffee etc).
• Setup daily, weekly, monthly budgets for different expenses.
• View spending trends by last week, month or year.
• Export data to Excel, Quickbooks or Quicken in CSV format.
• Search transactions and set up reminders.
• Also see 15 Cool Tools for easy Expense Tracking and Budgeting.

Check out Texthog @ www.texthog.com

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The way it works, you go to the site and request a quote by filling their form. Once they have reviewed your form they will make you an offer. If you agree on the offer they can arrange the shipping and send you the cash.

You can sell aluminum, brass, computers, copper, electrical, glass, metal and almost anything that is recyclable.

Additionally there is an option to work for RecycleQuote and become one of their local agents.

Features:

• Sell and get cash for your junk.
• Sell aluminum, brass, computers, copper, electrical, glass,metal, paper, plastic, steel, titanium, wire and lots more.

Check out RecycleQuote @ www.recyclequote.com

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• Gazelle: Sell Used Gaming Consoles, iPods, Laptops etc. for Cash
• FreshBargains : Find Latest Bargains

Anyone can search for money saving tips and browse them by category such as finance, eco, heath, tech, shopping, kids & family, car & transit, food, vacation, at home, at work and misk. There is also a popular tips section where top voted tips are listed.

Registering on the site enable users to add their own tips and vote tips submitted by others.

Some important features:

• Collection of user contributed money saving suggestions.
• Tips can be searched or browsed  by categories.
• Voting on tips (registered users only)
• The site keeps track of the number of votes and tips users contribute.
• Free and easy to use.

For more info watch video below:

Check out TipJar @ www.google.com/tipjar (by Ankur Jain from www.LearnQTP.com)

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All you have to do is select the country, choose category and then watch auctioned items end in real time. You will be quiet amused to see how many items end up with no bids at all.

If you find the live-srteam stream too fast there is an option to drill down and filter last-minute deals stream to a subcategory of your choice. You can also view the most popular items for any category you want.

Features:

• Online tool for finding deals on eBay.
• Presents you with real time feed that auto updates itself.
• Filter results by subcategory.
• See the most popular items for any category
• Works with all eBay sites
• Free. No registration needed.

Check out EbaySpy @ www.ebay.omani.ac/spy

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Moreover, FatFingers lets you further customize search options and include correctly spelled products as well.

Some important features:

• Find misspelled eBay products to buy.
• Cash in on low bids as mispelled items are not displayed in eBay search results.
• Customize your search to only include instant-purchase products via PayPal.
• Download free IE, Firefox or Mac widget and use it to search directly through URL links.
• Similar eBay search sites: AuctionBloopers and TypoBuddy.

Check out FatFingers @ FatFingers.com (by ROW from reviewofweb.com )

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Using Chegg coolege students can rent a textbook for a fraction of the purchase price. In most cases the the rental price is 65-85% lower than the list price. When your semester is over and you need to return the book simply print out a UPS prepaid shipping label through the site, tape it on the box and send it to Chegg.

For every book you rent they plant a tree. You can also buy from, sell and rent books to Chegg either for cash or store credit .

How it works:

1. Search by ISBN, title or author of the book
2. Rent it.
3. Receive it in a prepaid shipping box.
4. Return the book when your semester ends, or extend it.

Features:

• Rent books online and save money.
• Free return shipping.
• Fast delivery: 3-7 days for Priority Shipping, 7-10 days for Standard Shipping.
• For every book you rent, buy or sell – a tree is planted by Chegg.
• Extend rented book after your semester is over.
• Available only in US.
• Also see another book service called BookMooch that lets you exchange books with others.

Check out Chegg @ www.chegg.com

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You can search for places by city, zip code or by restaurant type. Each place is clearly marked on the map and clicking on marker will show you more information such as restaurant type, address, phone number and user ratings.

There is no registration needed for searching restaurants, but if you want create a list of your favorite restaurants, receive deal alerts, suggest restaurants, or rate restaurant suggested by other users the  registration is required.

Features:

• Find cheap buffet restaurants in your city.
• Search for restaurants by city, state or zip code.
• Search for restaurants by restaurant type.
• Rate and review restaurants.
• Add restaurants.
• Send restaurant addresses to your phone.
• Check out specials in your area.
• Sign up to receive deals by email.

Check out UEatCheap @ www.ueatcheap.com

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• Texthog: Track Budget & Expenses via SMS, Email & Twitter
• SpendingDiary: Track Daily Expenses Online
• Shortcuts: Link Discount Coupons To Your Store Card

SpendingDiary also lets you generate expense reports, which can help identify the total amount spent on various categories. Reports can be generated for a day, week, month or for a custom period of time. Each report will have categorized list of expenses with related graphs and charts.

If you want a local copy of your expense reports, they can be downloaded  in CSV format.

Features:

• Track your spending online.
• Ease of adding your daily expenses.
• Expenses are categorized for better organization.
• Generate summary reports on expenses for different categories and time periods.
• Export your reports in “csv” format.
• Als see, 15 Cool Tools for easy Expense Tracking and Budgeting.

Check out SpendingDiary @ www.spendingdiary.com (Contributed by Venkatesh Varalu)

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• WalletWatcher: Track your Budget and Spendings
• Xpenser: Mobile Expense Tracker
• UEatCheap: Find Cheap Buffet Restaurants in Your Area
• Shortcuts: Link Discount Coupons To Your Store Card

Features:

• Make free calls to America and Canada.
• Make calls to mobile and land lines.
• Make as many calls as you like.
• Creating account lets you make 15 minute long call.
• Calls without registration only 2 minutes long.
• For more similar websites see MakeUseOf free calling category.

Check out CallingAmerica @ www.callingamerica.com

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• ViaTalkFree : Free Calls within US and Canada

See the list of supported mobile carriers below (worldwide):

Features:

• Send free sms to mobile phones from your PC.
• Send as many messages as you like. No limit.
• Supports almost all major cell phone providers worldwide.
• Message length limit: 140 characters
• No email or sign up needed.
• Similar free SMS sites: GizmoSMS and TxtDrop.

If your frequently communicate to your friends using text messaging youshould also check out our recent article on How To Send Email To Any Cell Phone (for Free).

Check out @ TextMe2Day @ www.textme2day.com

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Features

• Find cheapest gas prices in your area
• Track your gas spending
• Report cheapest gas prices in town
• Similar websites: Fuelly, GasBuddy, FuelMeUp and GasPenny.

Check out OhMyGas @ www.ohmygas.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• Trapster: Get Alerted About Speed Traps On Your Way
• GasPenny: Find The Cheapest Gas Station in Your Area
• RealCarTips: Find Out How Much Others Paid for Their Car
• PrimoSpot: Find a Parking Spot in New York City (NYC)
• NationOfGo: Discover Cool Driving Trails & Roads

Features:

• Find the cheapest gas station in your area.
• Simple to use and no registration.
• United States only
• Similar websites: Fuelly, GasBuddy and FuelMeUp.

Apart from websites for checking gas prices we covered several other tools that savvy car owners might find useful. For instance, using CostToDrive drivers are able to easimate the cost of dricing from one city to another. See MakeUseOf cars category for more.

Go to GasPenny @ www.gaspenny.com (via Technospot)

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• RealCarTips: Find Out How Much Others Paid for Their Car
• PrimoSpot: Find a Parking Spot in New York City (NYC)
• NationOfGo: Discover Cool Driving Trails & Roads

The site shows real prices paid at dealerships by actual consumers. For those who have already purchased a car, they can submit the price and see how they rank compared to other buyers of the same vehicle. Great way to find out whether it was a good deal or a rip off.

See a sample screenshot showing Prices Paid for 2008 Honda Civic

Feature List:

• Browse Prices Paid for cars by car model and make.
• See MSRP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price), invoice price, price paid, and dollar savings.
• Also see dealership name, date of purchase, and buyer rating & comments.
• Sort listings by largest “% off MSRP”, city and state.
• Prices are ranked and given a letter grade from A to F.
• Submit your price and see how you rank compared to other buyers.
• Check out the avg. % off MSRP and avg. dollar savings for each make/model.

Visit RealCarTips @ www.realcartips.com

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• TrueCar: Find Out Real Prices Paid For New Cars
• Trapster: Get Alerted About Speed Traps On Your Way
• OhMyGas: Find The Cheapest Gas Prices In Your Area
• GasPenny: Find The Cheapest Gas Station in Your Area
• CostToDrive: Estimate Gas Cost For Your Next Travel

As some of you might rememeber we have already covered DrivePricing. CostToDrive does pretty much the same thing. Enter your starting and destination points, car model and make year, and get back an estimated gas mileage cost.

Features :

• Get estimates on how much it will cost you to drive from one city to another.
• See the route map (covers only routes within United States).
• No registration required.

Check out CostToDrive @ www.costtodrive.com

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• OhMyGas: Find The Cheapest Gas Prices In Your Area
• MobileTraffic : Check Traffic Cameras from Mobile Device
• Google Ride Finder: Find Taxi, Limousine or Shuttle in the Area

Trapster’s maps are user generated and through it’s mobile app users can report speed traps with a push of a button thereby making the maps more accurate. Currently it offers mobile apps for Windows Mobile, the BlackBerry, S60 smart phones, Nokia N95 and very soon it will offer for iPhone 3G too.

See Trapster Coverage on NBC TechNow

Apart from Trapster, there is also a website called Speedtrap, MakeUseOf writer Karl reviewed it here. And if you’re from Europe, then also check out Foxytag – a free, legal and collaborative system to signal speed cameras on mobile phones.

Check out Trapster @ www.trapster.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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If you cant find any boxes in your area using BoxCycle the next best website to check is CraigsList.org.

Alternatively, if you have a pile of boxes that needs to be disposed, you can list it on BoxCycle and get make some cash from it.

Features:

• Recycle by buying and selling used cardboard boxes online.
• Search for boxes by zipcode. (United States only)

Check out BoxCycle @ www.boxcycle.com

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• FreshBargains : Find Latest Bargains
• ZingSale: Get Email Alerts When Products Go On Sale

How does it work?

• Sign-up for a user account and verify your email address.
• Enter your phone and the phone number of the person you want to talk to.
• Click on “Start Your Call”.
• Wait for your phone to ring.

Features:

• Make free landline calls within US and Canada.
• Make as many free calls as you like.
• Add and manage your contacts list online.
• View your call history.
• Note: Calls to and from mobile phones are not free.

As mentioned above, dukaDIAL works only for landline numbers within United Stated and Canada. If you’re looking for similar web app that also works for mobile phones see MakeUseOf free calling category.

Check out ducaDIAL @ labs.jaduka.com/dukaDial

Apart from ducaDIAL Jaduka Labs got a number of other cool web apps you might be interested in:

Earthcaller – Make free calls to US and Canada landlines from your computer.

dukaBUZZ – Enable your site visitors to leave you audio messages.

duhBATE – Create your own presidential duhBATE by adding your voice to your favorite politician and then share it with your friends.

dukaLINK – Create HTML hyperlinks that you can post on Craig’s List, Facebook, your blog, or emails. When users click your dukaLINK, they’re prompted to submit their phone number to automatically initiate a free phone call to you.

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(1) Locate the device you want to sell and describe its condition.
(2) Gazelle will then offer you a price based on the description and market value.
(3) If you satisfied with the offer then send the item to Gazelle in provided and (paid for) package.
(4) Gazelle receives and inspects the item to see if it is as it was described.
(5) Gazelle sends you the money.

Please note that if the gadget is not as good as it was described then Gazelle will make you a new offer. You can either accept it or request the gadget back.

Features:

• Cash in on your old electronic gadgets.
• Gazelle pays for all shipping costs (only for those within US).
• Get paid by cheque, PayPal. You can also ask them to donate your money to the charity of your choice.
• Sell used Cell Phones, MP3 Players, Digital Cameras, GPS Devices, Laptops, Camcorders, Gaming Consoles, Satellite Radios, and Portable Hard Drives. More categories will be added soon.

Watch demo video below:

Gazelle is not the first company that offers to buy your electronics. Some of the other similar websites include Venjuvo, SecondRotation, SellMyOldCellPhone and BuyMyTronics. More or less all of them do the same thing, though the prices may vary. However no matter which one you choose you’re still likely to get a better deal than on sites like eBay. We have actually compared a couple of them with eBay here.

Go to Gazelle @ www.gazelle.com (via TechCrunch)

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So what do you do? Enter Venjuvo – the website where you can sell your old or even broken gadgets for a decent price. Sell used smart phones, gaming consoles, MP3 players, laptops, GPS systems, digital cameras, digital camcorders and HDTVs.

Here is how it works ?

(1) Select the item you want to sell (MP3 Player, HDTV, Notebook etc.) and then locate the exact product brand and model (Wii, iPod 4th Gen, iPhone 8GB etc.).

(2) Find out how much Venjuvo will pay you by providing some information about its condition and included accessories (cables, box, manuals and so on).

(3) If you’re happy with the price then proceed to the next step where you will be able to print out the packing slip and get detailed instructions on how to ship the item.
Collect Your Payment.

(4) Once Venjuvo team has received and tested your item they will send you the payment. You can get paid by PayPal or request a check. Venjuvo also lets you request store credit from one of the participating resellers (i.e. KMart) and get up to 10% more value.

Venjuvo on FOX: ‘Get Cash for Your Old Electronics’

Check out Venjuvo @ www.venjuvo.com

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FreshBargains Overview

• The following sites are currently included in FreshBargain’s database: SlickDeals, FatWallet, TechBargains, Ben’s Bargains, GotApex, Deals2Buy, DealNews, DealSpl, DealSea, DealCatcher, DealTaker and XPBargains.
• View all bargain deals in the last 24 hours.
• Free Alerts: Subscribe to email alerts for any keyword (’wii’, ‘halo’, ‘macbook pro’, ‘dell’ or ‘crocs’).
• RSS: Don’t have time to search or browse? Point your RSS reader to rss.freshbargains.net/rss.xml and follow-up on the latest deals from all major deal websites in one place. This feed is updated every minute.
• Facebook Widget: Monitor latest deals from your Faecbook profile.

Check out Fresh Bargains @ www.freshbargains.net

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