For your consideration: Where Can I Get A Bike?

Lot’s of you have been thinking of this with the gas prices and such.

Here’s where NOT to get a bike:

1. Wal-Mart.
2. K-Mart
3. Any other crappy “mart” that sells crappy dual suspension bikes for suburbanites mostly riding on sideways or manicured and paved forest “trails.”

Here’s where TO get a bike:

1. A REAL bike shop.
2. Possibly REI or a REAL sports store.
3. If you’re low on cash, REAL bike shops will sell used bikes from time to time. You’ve also go craigslist.com and ebay.com on your side. You could even find a decent bike a garage sale.

Just promise Money King, you’re not going to be a punk and buy a bike from the local [insert name]-Mart.

Please!!!!

Because, unlike cars, a bicycle can be a true investment. You can buy one bike with a quality frame and upgrade the components indefinitely. Money King’s been thrashing up trails on his Cannondale F500 for over 10 years. He’s never even needed to service the head shock. That’s $800 of pure value right there.

Good riding.

Keywords: bike, travel, money, gas, savings, investment, time

For your consideration: Avoid Injuries And Save.

This is for all the people out there that:

1. Refuse to use ear plugs when using a circular saw.
2. Refuse to wear seat belts.
3. Refuse to wear a helmet on their motorcycles.
4. Refuse to put antibiotic ointment on their cuts.
5. Refuse to buy an ace bandage for their sprained ankles.
6. Refuse to use a back support brace when lifting heavy items.
7. Refuse to wear knee pads when laying carpeting.
8. Refuse to turn down the volume on their radios.
9. Refuse to sit further than 3 feet from a television.

AND all sorts of other stupid a$$ little things that lead to bigger problems down the road that will cost you big dollar.

$1.49 for a tube of antibiotic ointment might save you from a trip to the doctor’s office, a hit on your insurance rates and the prescription costs. It’s just that simple

And there are a million more scenarios we could mention . . .

Lots of people say, “Pay yourself first!” Like anyone knows what this really means. The Money Kings say, “Protect yourself first.”

Good luck out there.

Keywords: money, health, savings, prevention, safety, forecasting

For your consideration: Don’t Be A Snob!

Well, this probably goes without saying for a lot of you, but bear with us.

Because we’re going to address a pretty mundane subject here: garage sales. Lots, and lots, and lots of people go to garage sales. Then again . . . Lots and lots and lots of people who should don’t!

One reason why they don’t is because they’re snobs. Now, if you’re sitting there thinking to yourself, “I’m not a snob!” ask yourself these questions:

1. Have you ever told someone you don’t want to go to a garage sale, because you don’t want to use something that someone else has used?
2. Have you ever laughed at people solely because they were at a garage sale?
3. Have you ever ridiculed, with your friends, people that go to garage sales?

If your answer to these questions is “Yes,” then you’re a snob. There’s really nothing else to say about that.

Dig this, though; some people can AFFORD to be snobs! That’s the great part about being well-off. When you’ve got money, you play by different rules. Just ask any number of infamous celebrities that have committed crimes and now walk the streets while their “ordinary” peers do time. We’ve all see this . . .

If you’re making a household income of $50k per year, or even $100k per year, however, you CANNOT afford to be a snob. If you’re maxing out your income, a place like a garage sale could really do wonders for your retirement (that you’re probably not funding like most Americans) or your savings.

Why buy a hammer at Lowes for $10. You can get one at any garage sale for about $1. The Lowes hammer has never been used. The garage sale hammer has been used once per year by a person that is now 80 years old and CAN’T use it anymore. It’s a cycle.

This is just one of a million scenarios out there where you can buy perfectly good items at next-to-nothing prices, if only you’d get over yourself.

Good luck out there.

Keywords: save, money, buy, used, you’ll, get, old, one, day, too, and, someone, will, scab, your, stuff, too

For your consideration: The Best Money Saving Buy Of 2008.

Drum roll, please . . .

The official TMK BEST BUY OF 2008 is . . .

Ta-da!!!

That’s it folks. There really is no reason for debate here. A long time ago MoneyKing’s dad encouraged him to get a lockable gas cap for his car. The issue here was security in the sense that MoneyKing’s dad was paranoid that MoneyKing’s car would wind up with glass, or rocks or some sort of small mouse wedged in the fuel line by some a$$hole looking to screw up someone’s life on a Friday night!

Little did MoneyKing’s dad realize that unleaded gasoline would be skyrocketing over $4 per gallon, thus causing the real possibility of someone siphoning gas out of MoneyKing’s car while he’s asleep or shopping at the mall.

We just cringe when we see those landscaping trucks sitting in parking lots with no housing whatsoever over their fuel caps. Are they nuts??!?!?!

Lockable fuel caps sales have spiked as gas prices have. What we need now is someone to market a biometric cap based off thumb prints. Then, we’ll really be all set for convenience and security.

Good luck out there.

Keywords: fuel, theft, money, cap, investment, siphon

For your consideration: 5 Easy Ways To Stay Cool And Save Money.

It's summer for a lot of us!!! Wanna keep your AC off longer to save money? Sure you do! You're a Money King. We all know AC is the reason why your electricity bills are high in the summer.

MoneyKing is lucky, we guess. He loves the heat and humidity. On occasion, however, he will employ the following costless techniques to keep himself cool:

1. Shop During The Day: Don't save your shopping for early morning or evening hours. You want to be in the stores from 11am till 5pm. Use the retail outlets and restaurant's AC. Plan ahead so you're running your own AC during the cooler parts of the day.
2. Wash Your Hands: This might seem a little stupid, but washing your hands often will cost you little money in water expense, and it's a great way to feel cooler in a jiffy as you can rub some of that cool water up your forearms and even splash some on your face to let air dry. You're giving your own sweat a boost.
3. Drink Really Cold Water: This will easily drop your body temp in a hurry. Most folks already know this one.
4. Keep A Wet Rag Around Your Neck: This tip involves wringing out the rag about once every 30 minutes, but it's like carrying a little AC unit on your neck. It's not like the luxury of AC, but it's better than nothing or paying high electricity rates.
5. Wear Sandals: Millions of desert dwellers can't be wrong! Your feet retain tons of heat. No need to insulate them with shoes and socks during the summer.

Good luck out there.

Keywords: cool, down, easy, no money, no AC, quick tips

For your consideration: Double Checking Your Prices Can Really Pay.

It’s happened again. One of our crew wound up getting something from a retail outlet at a price way below what the store wanted, because the store mis-priced the item.

In this case, we’re talking about Canadian Snow Crab from Jewel. He wound up buying 6 pounds of crab for only 20 bucks! The price was marked at $4.99 a pound, and he just thought something wasn’t quite right. He double checked it with the Jewel seafood market people, and he was right. The price was wrong. They had to give it to him, however. He’s a Money King!

This type of scenario happens so often to one of us that we felt like it was worth a mention to remind everyone to look for items that are mis-tagged or mis-marked. It’s not the sexiest subject in the world, but it can save you a boat load of money in certain instances.

MoneyKing himself actually bought a car from a dealer that had their Internet listed price $6K below the sticker price. Guess what . . . MoneyKing got the $6K off.

Occasionally, a lower level retail employee upon being questioned about a particular mis-tagged price will tell you, “Oh. Sorry about that. That’s really supposed to be $XXXXX.XX.” Uh-uh. That’s when you, the MoneyKing, ask to speak to a manager and get that mis-marked price.

Probably MoneyKing’s favorite price error story has to do with one of his buddy’s buying a composite fiber racquetball racquet for $16.00 when it was really supposed to be $160.00! That rocks.

If you’ve got a story like this, we’d love to hear from you.

Good luck out there.

Keywords: money, easy, tip, grocery, price, error, manager, customer