Well, maybe not that famous but one of his photographs was published on the front page of our local paper, The Belleville Independent. David Hawkins, my youngest of four children (20 years old), was lucky enough to inherit his Dad’s photographic skills. David already has a nice collection of great photos and we’re proud of his latest accomplishment.
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Is Yahoo! so out of touch that they think it’s fair to charge their loyal customers over three times as much for domain renewals as other Registrars? As of July 1, 2008 Yahoo has increased its annual domain registration fee from $9.95 to $34.95.
The price increase is only for domain renewals. New domains are still just $9.95 per year so they can still lure in unsuspecting victims for later price gouging.
With over a hundred domains and about thirty registered with Yahoo, I’ve been transferring my domains to PowerPipe.com for $8.88 a year. Thirty domains at $34.95 is a whopping $419.40 a year and it was just $106.56 to move them away from Yahoo’s out-of-touch hands. I’m not taking it personal, it just business. It is hard to understand Yahoo’s reasoning. Perhaps they just want out of the domain registration business. Maybe they just feel like they have built their business to a level where they can afford to loose loyal customers. What ever their reasoning, I highly recommend looking elsewhere for your domain registration needs.
Note of Caution: Yahoo domain subscriptions renew automatically for another year at the end of the registration term. If you transfer your domains to another registrar you will still need to cancel your payment ‘Cancel Plan‘ agreement or they will gladly charge your credit card. They charged me $104.85 for three domains a month after the domains were transferred. It took over an hour on the phone to get two of the renewals refunded. Apparently Yahoo’s customer service reps are limited to how much they can refund. Now I have to wait until a supervisor reviews my refund request before they’ll credit my card with the third $34.95.
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Back in April I wrote an article for another site that I no longer operate. I also converted it to an ebook (.PDF format). I hate to let all that effort go to waste so I’m republishing it here. I’m also offering the ebook free of charge – Includes Give-A-Way Rights. Right click and save as to download your copy.
101 Money Saving Tips
Looking for cost cutting tips or need to start pinching pennies on household expenses to save money? From frugal shopping tips to common sense spending habits, it’s all right here. I have scoured the net and racked my brain to come up with the best money saving and cost cutting tips I could come up with.
These are very simple tips for the frugal and money conscious. They’re not what I would call ‘Extreme Money-Saving Tips’ like ‘Eat out of the pan’ but I might make that list too.
1. Shorten the time you take in the shower.
2. Drop the home phone line and use the cell phone.
3. Switch to basic cable and get rig of the premium channels.
4. Get your DVDs from the library rather than renting them.
5. Teach the family to ‘turn it off’ when not in use.
6. Walk or ride a bike when you can.
7. Cut and fertilize your own lawn.
8. Buy a water filter instead of bottled water.
9. Avoid car repairs at the dealer unless it’s under warranty.
10. Sell unwanted items on eBay instead of throwing it away.
11. Trade baby sitting services with family and friends.
12. Use coupons wisely by only buying what you need.
13. Pack your lunch.
14. Eat breakfast before you leave home.
15. Eat before you go grocery shopping.
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