http://www.ivetriedthat.com We lose money so you don't have to! Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:36:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are a few things I enjoy in life: saving money, getting things for free, and delicious home cooked meals. Now if you were to tell me that you could combine all three, well, I could tell you that we are going to be friends. So, I'd like to introduce ... http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/11/20/save-money-with-the-free-thrifty-thanksgiving-ebook/ Proof That Monster.com Reads I've Tried That A few days ago, I wrote a post sending some love to Craigslist.org for their efforts to combat job-related scams. This morning, I received an e-mail from Monster.com warning me about job scams when searching "online." It didn't go so far as to say scam ... http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/11/19/and-now-three-cheers-for-monster-com/ We've been following the story of Noah Biorkman, the 5 year old who was diagnosed with cancer. His family decided to celebrate Christmas early and his mother asked around to have Christmas cards sent to her son. The response was overwhelming and 80,000 pieces of mail later, they've since asked ... http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/11/18/send-holiday-cards-to-soldiers/ Remember our post a few days ago inviting everyone to send a Christmas card to a little boy sick with cancer? This is an update for those of you not following the story at carepages.com. The family now asks that no more cards be sent: Wow! The outpouring of love and ... http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/11/17/update-on-noah-biorkman/ If you sign up for the free trial offered by Premium White or Dazzel White Pro, you will be charged at least $80 for a monthly subscription you probably didn't agree to nor do you want. The Premium White/Dazzel White Pro Scam The scam itself is not with the product ... http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/11/16/do-not-order-premium-white-or-dazzel-white/ Almost three years ago when we started this blog, our main focus was fake job announcements. You know the kind—ads posted online that pretended to be jobs, but were actually sales pages. When you responded to the ad, you were told to pay money up front for a "membership" or for ... http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/11/15/three-cheers-for-craigslist/ We have yet another new "Google" scam making the rounds on the Internet today; however, this time the main targets appear to be Facebook users. If you've landed on this page through a search engine, you're probably wondering if this program is legitimate. It isn't and the "free" trial could ... http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/11/12/do-not-buy-the-online-cash-success-kit/ We are big believers in blogs here at I've Tried That. Why? Becase we read blogs by people who make a lot of money from blogs. And, yes, because we make a bit of coin from this little ol' corner of cyberspace. And we've promoted blogging in a number of ... http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/11/11/now-thats-blogging-we-can-believe-in/ Last week we covered a rather popular purchasing agent/money laundering scam being conducted by G and M Stacey, Inc. This week, we have a scam along the same lines running under the name CarolPady and it is targeting frequent users of job boards such as Monster.com and CareerBuilder. The Job Application ... http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/11/10/beware-of-the-carolpady-com-reshipping-scam/ Ok, so this idea has been kicking around in my head for a while but executing it is not a high priority for me. In other words, I haven't tried this one but I think someone can be successful at it. So I thought I'd toss it out there for you ... http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/11/09/free-home-business-idea-document-backup/