Blogging Away Debt

Who’s the Most Generous When it Comes to Giving?

What group gives the largest percentage of its income to charity…upper, middle or lower class?

What group gives more to charity…liberals or conservatives?

Which city is stingier…San Franciso, California or Sioux Falls, South Dakota?

Those questions will be answered tonight on a John Stossel special report called “Cheap in America”. Check your local listings – on the East coast it is showing at 10:00 p.m. on ABC.

I was given a heads-up on this special on Good Morning America this morning, so I already know the answers to the questions above. I’ll tell everyone the answers tomorrow if you miss the show…but I don’t want to spoil it for those who will be watching.

They claimed the answers are surprising and I can see how they could be. But when you think about it…some of it makes sense.

I plan on watching, and I’ll give a recap probably tonight or tomorrow. I am very curious if debt will be mentioned at all because I think it could be a major factor in the answer to the first question above.

Trying to Buy Something on eBay

by Tricia

For Christmas, I’m trying to find some more blocks for my son. He received some mega bloks (the mini size) for his birthday and I have been able to find one size container in the stores but they are pretty pricey.

So, I’ve been searching eBay. It seems as though I’m not the only one trying to get those blocks. Whether you search for Lego, Tyco or Mega Bloks (they all work together for this particular size) the bids are getting up there.

Making them even more expensive is the shipping. Most things cost over $10.00 to ship and some even go up to $20.00 depending on how many blocks there are.

Things looked a little better when I just tried searching “Mega Blocks” instead of “Mega Bloks” (bloks is the correct spelling for the brand). I read about that trick once to search different spellings. But there are more irrelevant results to sift through.

Anyone have any other tips for finding those hidden “gems”?