Capitalism is alive and kicking. I was wondering how long it would take before someone actually began selling the invite codes on eBay. Now we know!

edalechick is now offering some presumably real invite codes that I handed out at some point in the past on this eBay auction.

Frankly, I can’t wait to see how much they’ll go for!

So for the 500 people last week who wrote me asking if they could get approved, here is your chance for fame and tracking.

Virtually every retailer now days offers “price match guarantees” and purchase protection after the sale in case you find a lower price within 30 days. But when was the last time you actually kept an eye out on the prices for something after you bought it?

Yeah, that’s what I thought… and the retailers are counting on people making the purchase and never looking back. Well now there is a great little service called Price Protectr that allows you to specify the Web site of the item you purchased as well as the date and price, and it will watch that product for 30 days and notify you via e-mail if it finds a lower price.
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