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$8 Goodwill Video Game Fetches $17K at Auction, Pants Still Only Worth a Nickel

Wes Glinsmann — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:00:12 +0000

If you’re like us, your old Nintendo game cartridges are probably collecting dust in your parent’s attic, or stuffed into a closet somewhere. You might want to go dig them out after you hear about the North Carolina woman who recently sold a rare game for more than $17,000. ‘Stadium Events’ is known to enthusiasts [...]

2014 Corvette Stingray Will Cost About $52K for Base Model

Mike Adams — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:34:23 +0000

Prepare to take out a second mortgage on your home or perhaps even sell off your first born, because General Motors announced earlier last week that the 2014 Corvette Stingray will cost around $52,000 – and that’s just for the base model.

Dog Eats Five Hundred Dollars And The Government Replaced It

Dubba G — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:54:18 +0000

If your dog eats your money don’t worry, you can get it back! I don’t mean you can get it back “that way” either. (That step is necessary though.) This guys dog ate all 5 of his C-notes but Uncle Sam replaced ‘em! Seriously, if you ever have money damaged in any way (accident, fire, [...]

Let's Make Some Extra Money By Shipping All Our Trash To Sweden – They'll BUY It!

Johnnie Walker — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:56:30 +0000

Seriously. Sweden has a new, and odd problem. They don't create enough trash.

WTF? They've gotten so good at recycling stuff, they don't create enough trash for their landfills, or to generate energy for heat and electricity from their waste-to-energy programs!

Easy Ways To Take Your Friends Money [VIDEO]

Dubba G — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:56:39 +0000

You have to use these on your friends quick though. While you still have some! Over the weekend I won $5 off a friend and got a free beer with one of these bets! (I’m not going to tell you which one because I may have the opportunity to pull it on you someday.) Absolute, no fail bets [...]

Enter to Win Free Gas for a YEAR with the KLAQ Stimulus Sweepstakes

Dubba G — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:52:44 +0000

What would you do with a bunch of free ______________?? Free gas, free food, free entertainment … we’ve got a lot of FREE going on at KLAQ.com! Vote now for your favorite prize with our ”Stimulus Sweepstakes“ at KLAQ.com! (Look up on the “What’s Hot” bar!) I’d go for the $50 in free gas every week for a year that [...]

Free Money [VIDEO]

Dubba G — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:09:50 +0000

Don’t forget, you could win $100 today from KLAQ! Be listening at 11, 1 and 3 today through Friday for the daily Q Cash Codes!! Once you hear them you have an hour to enter them in the freeloaders section at KLAQ.com. At 4:30 each day this week, we’ll draw a name from that days [...]

Win Free Cash From KLAQ Everyday This Week

Dubba G — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:37:34 +0000

$100 is up for grabs today and throught the rest of the week! All you have to do is be sure you’re rockin’ at work with KLAQ! Everyday this week, we’ll give you a special KLAQ Cash Code at a certain time. I’ll give you two, one at about 11am and another at around 1pm.Scott [...]

What Touring Merchandise Generates The Most Profit?

Dubba G — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:36:50 +0000

Periodically, I throw some advice out to the local bands here. Today, it’s about your merchandise!According to a study that compared the typical band swag ”cost to produce” vs. it’s “expected retail price”; load up on stickers, patches and T-shirts! By all means bring your CDs but don’t expect to make much in the long run. (Most bands … even a lot of big time national [...]

Billionaire Gives $20,000 Tip For Directions

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:06:00 +0000

It can be pretty stressful when a stranger asks you for directions. Suddenly this person you don’t know is putting their future in your hands by requesting you immediately and accurately reference the map in your brain.

But before you tell the next lost person who approaches you that you’re “actually not from around here,” consider this: The stranger with a poor sense of direction could be a generous billionaire.

Guns N' Roses Fan Wants to Use $232 Million Lottery Winnings to Reunite Band

Chad Childers — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:18:36 +0000

Axl Rose has balked many a time at the possibility of reuniting the original Guns N’ Roses lineup, but that hasn’t kept one of the band’s fans from putting together a very lucrative offer. The Sun reports that Adrian Bayford just won the U.K. EuroMillions lottery and has stated that he would like to use [...]

Being Surrounded by Women Could Actually Save You Money

Shauna Wright — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:30:09 +0000

If you paid attention in high school economics, you already know the theory of supply and demand: the more of something there are, the less value they have. Seems the same thing applies to dating, because new research shows men are more likely to spend money on a woman if he thinks she’s his one shot at … well, let’s call it “romantic opportunity.” Or sex. We can call it sex. You’re so boring though.

Volunteers Needed to Help Elderly Army Vet Rebuild Home Without Roof, Windows [PHOTOS]

Super Mario — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:29:13 +0000

Why is this Army Vet living in horrible conditions ? “All I want is to have peace and a house to live in.” Those are the words from a 18-year Army Veteran I met today. His name Nicoles Hernandez and the conditions he and his wife, Carmen, live in are HORRIBLE. Just a few weeks [...]

One Man's Football is Another Man's Dining Table- Scott's Trade Blog

Scott Ronson — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:15:52 +0000

Want to trade? I was visiting my daughter and grandson Hunter last night in there new apartment when I noticed there home was in need of some furnishings. They need a kitchen table because no one should have to sit on the ground to eat, not even Ethiopians. Well maybe Ethiopians with flies in there [...]

Guy Takes His Infant Son to See a Lady of the Evening

Mike Adams — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:00:39 +0000

The only thing that could possibly make a wild night of retail sex even wilder is by throwing the company of a small baby into the mix. So, that is exactly what an Alabama man did. Officers with the Tuscaloosa County Police Department say that a 29-year-old man took his 9-month-old son along with him to [...]

Man Decides to Pay Off His Mortgage…With 62,000 Pennies

Amy Sciarretto — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:31:26 +0000

Pennies add up to dollars. Just ask Thomas Daigle of Milford, MA., who paid off his mortgage in pennies. Daigle dropped off two boxes, each weighing more than 400 pounds apiece, at Milford Federal Savings and Loan Association in April. The boxes contained more than 62,000 pennies, which he had saved for 35 years. So [...]

Lamb of God Launch Official Donation Page for Randy Blythe Legal Fund

Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:25:30 +0000

As Randy Blythe‘s legal fees begin to add up as he remains incarcerated in a Prague, Czech Republic, prison, Lamb of God have set up an online destination for donations to Blythe’s legal fund.

Does EP Need a Soccer Complex? Yes — More Than a Baseball Stadium [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:33:10 +0000

The Paso del Norte Group’s hand-picked sports consultant seems to see it. El Paso native Omar Salgado being picked first in Major League Soccer’s draft last year supports it. And if we have the gonads to put votes and money on the line, it may even come to pass. The best thing El Paso could [...]

Mega Millions Now At A Record $540 Million!! What Would You Spend The Money On? Unicorns? A Field of Puppies? Let Us Know!

Mardi Gras — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:37:52 +0000

$540 million is nice chunk of change to have your bank account, huh?? (Well, the cash option is actually $359 mil) Hell yea! The drawing is this Friday 10 pm EDT. The odds of getting struck by lightning are about one in 280,000, according to the National Lightning Safety Institute. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot [...]

Social Security Reform?? [VIDEO]

Dubba G — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:30:47 +0000

Problem solved! On the up (I guess) side; I’m already doing a lot of this stuff! Works for me … any questions??