My personal-finance journal and idea clearinghouse.

Friday, August 04, 2006

What Price Stainless Steel?

Well, the house purchase is done. But now it's time to start setting up the house before we move in. Yesterday, we purchased a refrigerator. It wasn't the precise one I wanted because our space is somewhat constrained for a larger model, but it's a nice one. However, we spent the $200 or so extra to get a stainless-steel model versus the plain vanilla. I think it's worth it in terms of aesthetics, but I'm not wholly sold on the $200 extra value.

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My credit-card number got stolen two weeks or so ago. The company called and immediately canceled the number. Still, it's eery to think that some loser made a copy of my card and was swiping it at grocery stores and gas stations.