Get an extra 10% for your money at Kroger's family of stores

I've got the details over at Chief Family Officer.

ShipGooder: A shipping rate calculator

I could have used this back in the day when I was selling lots of stuff on eBay. ShipGooder lets you input the to and from zip codes and the weight of the parcel and tells you how much UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL and other carriers will charge.

I remember that when I was selling on eBay, I just assumed USPS (the U.S. Postal Service) was always cheapest. I'm sure I overcharged and overpaid on shipping in some cases. Now I'll always be able to check to see what service will be cheapest.

Via The Consumerist.

Amazon Shopping Tip: Combine PriceDrop with Amazon's 30-Day Price Drop Guarantee

Yesterday, Raising 4 Boys wrote about Amazon's 30-day price drop guarantee, which I was only vaguely familiar with. The Raising 4 Boys post contains a helpful step-by-step guide on how to get a refund. Since I make quite a few purchases there, I was pretty happy to learn how to take advantage of the guarantee. I also remembered that the Firefox extension PriceDrop was made to take advantage of the guarantee. PriceDrop tracks Amazon's price for items you select and notifies you if the price goes down. It's just another reason to use Firefox.