This Matter-enabled smart ceiling light costs under $100 The Lifx ceiling light features full-color, tunable white light and an array of effects to light up your home. | Image: LifxSmart light fixtures are quickly becoming a thing, making it a little easier to add colorful, fun, and useful lighting effects to more areas of your home than you traditionally can with smart light bulbs. While these types …

WooCommerce Shipping Costs The only thing holding me up from starting my online store with WooCommerce is how to add the accurate shipping prices to the customer’s order. There appears to be many places that will create labels, but nothing has answered this checkout part. I have stickers and magnetic bookmarks available. Everything I’ve tried (Pirateship, Shipping Easy, …

The Costs of Caring for Pets We explain the changing world of pet health care.

Road tripping vs. Flying Costs My family and I (2 adults , 1 10 year old and 1 5 year old) are planning a trip from the New England to Myrtle Beach, SC next spring and at this point, we’re deciding whether to fly and rent a car or just drive. We usually road trip when we’re traveling closer to home (within 3-6 hours) and typically fly when we do trips this far from home (8+ h…

Shipping costs too high Hi all – I’m new to the ecomm game and had a question about shipping. Currently our shipping costs 30-39% of our total revenue which I understand to be extremely high. We ship with UPS currently. Quite frankly, I don’t understand how it can be this high and we’re talking to our shipping vendor about this but I wanted to get your insights into wh…

Recently Divorced – high rent, alimony, life costs skyrocketing…feeling very stressed out, but do I need to freak out? Recently divorced and this changed a lot of financials for me: Earn 95K salary; up to another 30-ish commission (20 is likely for this year) New rent is $2700…it is what it is in the area I am in; nothing really below 2400-2500 for much smaller places or worse locations Alimony is $1500 month Child support is $350 month; I have my child half …

Should Banks Be Crime Fighters? The Hidden (and Not So Hidden) Costs Pointlessly onerous anti-money laundering rules lead to debanking of individuals and even entire regions, just as “financial inclusion” is thrown around as a social objective. We need a viable alternative, says Noelle Acheson.

A ‘Cool Roof’ Can Save You Money on Energy Costs If you want to keep your home cool and your energy bills low, a cool roof might be the answer.

Need some money from IRA for a closing costs and down payment? Hey guys the real estate market is tough right now but I really just want a house and my own space… I thought I had enough cash from liquidating stocks until the offers began… and I realized I need a whole lot more as the price went up and up in negotiations… Can I avoid taking out money from my IRA without penalty…? I’m only 23 and it’s…

Why don’t retirement calculators include rising healthcare costs as you age? Why can’t I find one that highlights rising expenses/healthcare costs as you age? Any of you know where I can find one that shows that? submitted by /u/evilsniperxv

Very High Shipping Costs from Alibaba Seller Hey everyone, I found a basketball rebounder net for $68, but when I asked about shipping, the seller quoted $140 for a 22kg package. That’s far above the usual $2 per kg rate. Should I consider finding my own freight forwarder to handle the shipping, or is it better to rely on the seller’s shipping arrangements? Has anyone faced similar situati…

Currently living at parent’s house, no idea what life costs I’m 23 years old and have lived with parents my whole life, eitht the exception on a brief year long stint at college from 19 to 20. Currently working and make about $45k a year before taxes. I have about $80k saved up in liquid money and $6k in a Roth IRA. I don’t pay rent or utilities but I do buy all my own food, cell phone plan, car insuranc…

Every Version Of The New Subaru Forester Costs At Least $31,000 With the Subaru Forester’s latest redesign, you will no longer be able to buy a new Forester for less than $30,000. The outdoorsy brand’s best-selling model is new for 2025, with lower power output but enhanced styling, better safety, a quieter cabin, and more comfortable seats, according to Subaru. The brand’s hit… Read more…

Costs for a Social media manager that only does posting and managing channels? So I’m a social media director and I’m basically running around creating b2b freelance social media production teams. One of the roles I’m interested in is a social media manager that solely posts content that gets delivered and manages channels on general (and potentially documents metrics). I’m trying to gauge what the proper costs are for the…

Facing Financial Run as Costs Soar for Elder Care The United States has no coherent system for providing long-term care, leading many who are aging to struggle to stay independent or to rely on a patchwork of solutions.

F1 Will Sell Ads On The Sphere To Recoup Vegas Costs It’s Monday, November 13, 2023 and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorsports action. MotoGP had a bland, uninteresting procession in Malaysia. Formula 1 has finally descended on Las Vegas with the street circuit on the Strip finally coming together for next Saturday’s spectacle. Read more…

Is it normal to eat Actual vs. Quoted shipping costs in this situation? Many use third-party shipping label services, like NetParcel in Canada, we recently noticed these adjustments to a single transaction, tripling the costs. Bear in mind, the weight & dimensions were verified correct, but many sneaky costs were not quoted upfront: ​ QUOTED Freight $12.45 CAD Residential $1.10 CAD Fuel $4.41 CAD HST ON $2.33 CAD…

Cheaper execution costs? Cheaper execution costs Would you guys pay to have someone else edit content and post it on a defined schedule And you just supervise them for a monthly fee Someone asked me if I’d be open to outsourcing my clients videos for editing, caption work, script work, and scheduling the posts Client records and uploads, outsource does rest, I supervis…

LPT: When someone reminds you of something that you already know, thank them. It costs you nothing, and they might occasionally remember something you forgot. submitted by /u/fogobum

Customers not happy with return shipping costs I know I’ve seen in the past when doing my own shopping some companies will give the option to add $5 for return shipping as a kind of insurance. I can’t remember any of those companies now though and I want to see what they do. Can anyone remember any??? submitted by /u/tiredandshort