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Lifehacker has a great article on how to save money with your smartphone. Their are a number of apps that are out that help you save money with your Android or iPhone smart phone. Take a loos at the Lifehacker list below and check out the article if they interest you.

10. Find Fee-Free ATMs
9. Always Have Your Coupons
8. Use an App to Compare Prices When Shopping
7. Keep Digital Copies of Discount Cards
6. Actually Use Your Phone to Save Money
5. Save Money on Groceries
4. Get Cheap Gas
3. Make Calls Using VOIP
2. Don’t Pay for Text Messages
1. Tether at Little to No Cost

Top 10 Ways to Save Money with Your Smartphone

Did you ever notice that their is a Digital Music Center on eBay? You can buy mp3 on eBay.ca get rid of iTunes and buy your music on eBay. The best part of buying the mp3′s on eBay is that you can pay for them with PayPal.

I purchased a tune by Dire Straits (My favorite Band) just to try it, the download is powered by MediaNet and it’s 100% compatible with iTunes, iPods, the iPhone and Android Phones.

The process was simple and easy with a pop up providing me with the download link and an email shortly after that included a download link if anything went wrong. The prices were comparable to iTunes at 99 cents a song.

Try the Digital Music Center on eBay.ca

eBay Bucks

Their is a new program at eBay.ca called eBay Bucks. It’s a buyers program that allows you to collect 2% of your purchase back as a rebate so you can spend it on eBay later. The way the program works is you buy something on eBay and they save up your 2% of your purchase price and pay it out quarterly as a coupon for a future purchase.

Reward programs are big now and it’s about time eBay did something to encourage repeat purchases. You can enroll in the program by clicking the eBay Bucks link.

eBay Bucks FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin is a great player for the Penguins but he has a better name, most Canadians and Americans can’s spell his name. Get some great bargains on eBay because of the spelling errors.

Alexander Mikhaylovich Ovechkin is a great player for the Washington Capitals but like most Russian players he has a name that can’t be easily spelled. Some can’t spell his name but that means you can get a great bargain when doing a Fatfingers search  on eBay. Take a look at the bargins below and pick yourself up a great deal.

(Alexander Ovechlin, Alexander Oveechkin, Alexander Oveckhin, Alexander Ovehckin, Alexandre Ovechkin, Alexnader Ovechkin, Alexander Ovechki, Alexander Ovechin, Alexander Oveckin, Alexander Ovchkin, Alexandr Ovechkin, Alexaner Ovechkin, Alexader Ovechkin)

Fatfingers search for Sidney Crosby stuff on eBay. Grab yourself a great deal because people cant spell the Pittsburgh Penguins captains name.

(Sidney Crossby, Sidney Crobsy, Sideny Crosby, Sindey Crosby)

eBay.ca has made a few changes this month to how they apply fees to the auctions, The first big change is that they now apply the final value fee to the price including the shipping. This will hopefully get rid of the 1 cent auctions with high shipping costs, their is now no real advantage to having inflated shipping charges. This change is going to start on July 9th. The final value fee will now be 9%

The second thing that they have done is to remove the listing fees for your first 50 items, that’s right, your first 50 listings are free unless they sell. The final value fee is higher if your item sells but if it does not sell you are not out any money. You will be charged 9% of the total sale including your shipping charges when your item sells. I think this is a good change for most people with normal sell thru rates. If you list a lot of items on eBay you know that sell thru’s are not 100%. When I was selling full time my sell thru was about 33%. I sold one of three items I listed, with sell thru’s like that the fees for listing add up quickly. Once you have listed your first 50 listings normal fees apply, from 10 cents to $2 depending on your start price.

Don’t get me wrong, listing upgrade fees still apply, you still have to pay for the upgrades and extra pictures for your listings. If you like the extras fees can still add up quickly.

I still have a few questions for eBay, like is it still free to relist with this new fee structure? Can I list 50 items and then relist the ones that don’t sell for free?

Read about the changes on eBay.ca

If you sell stuff on eBay I know that you have been stiffed by a buyer, they either change their mind or are just playing. eBay has done a good job allowing sellers to choose what buyers they want to sell to through their requirements.  If this eBayer purchased from me I would be sure that they were not paying as their name says:

He has been banned from eBay but his name lives on forever.

I don’t sell that much anymore but I still do some buying. I always have trouble when it comes to leaving feedback. My feedback is always boring and unimaginative. In fact I usually leave it in bunches at the end of the month and I can’t remember if the communication was good or if the shipping was slow, unless it was really slow. I am not someone who expects that my item be there yesterday, I am quite reasonable and as long as it gets here in a reasonable amount of time I am fine with that.

I think that I will start leaving unusual feedback instead of the regular boring feedback and would encourage you to do the same. I don’t think that I will leave far out stuff like some do but I am no longer going to leave relevant boring feedback. eBay no longer values the feedback system with the changes that they have made to it so why should we.

Their are a number of out there eBay users that leave wild feedback like andy46477

Funny Feedback

Another user that leaves wild feedback is tryork5ifp

I am sure that I won’t be as original as those guys but I am going to give it a try with totally meaningless and original feedback next time I leave feedback.

I’m glad that they included my name and username in this email from eBay. I would never have know it was from eBay except that I read it in MY Messages. It Can’t be from an eBay spammer if it’s in My Messages.

I was not aware that I had changed my name to [GUBNFirstName] [GUBNLastName]. I don’t know what my kids are going to call me now.