The cost of your hand phone accessories range from $2 to $100+, but its expense adds up together. Hence, it is paramount to be savvy in purchasing hand phone accessories to save money.
1. USE A SOCK ON IT
Instead of buying a new phone case, try to buy a new pair of toddler socks. The phone fits perfectly inside the sock and it is easy to see in your purse. It not only protects your phone to serve its purpose but it also has a wide range of cute designs to choose from.
2. BUY HAND PHONE ACCESSORIES ONLINE
Do not rely solely on the gadget shops in the malls that sell hand phone gear, also explore good prices in the Internet such as: Amazon, eBay, and Carousell. Online stores have sales and clearance of their last year stocks where you can save money. It is important to shop around, and compare prices before purchasing to get the best deal.
3. PROTECT YOUR CHARGER CABLE WIRE
The cable chargers of Apple products usually break and bend. This urges Apple users to buy another costly cable for the Mac store. The solution is simple, take the spring from your old pen and put it on the cable wire. Or, you may buy plastic cable wire protectors for $1.50 to $2 from Carousell.
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4. DO YOU REALLY NEED AN EXTRA BATTERY?
Rethink if you really need an extra battery before buying them. Some smart phones do not have an option of replacing the battery by your own. So, it is wiser to invest on an extra charger for your office or your car.
5. STOCK UP YOUR OLD HAND PHONE ACCESSORIES
Do not toss your old hand phone accessories such as your car charger because phone companies may revert back to their old power cord. Instead, clean your silicone phone case in the dishwasher or sell your stuff online to earn more.
You can think of countless ways to earn money. With this money, you can buy a pet or two. But, in rare cases it is the other way around. Your pet or pets can earn countless amount of money for you and your family. All you have to do is be equipped with a video recorder or a hand phone.
These cats had become Internet sensations and have been making their owners rich by showing off their adorable or grumpy faces.
5. KEYBOARD CAT
Although he passed away in 1987, this video from 1984 has been earning his owners about $175,800. The YouTube video had gotten more than 38,309,946 views. In this, keyboard cat plays a fast-beat music while in costume.
4. MARU
Maru, a male Scottish Fold cat from Japan, become famous due to YouTube, print, and television. His YouTube videos have an average of 800,000 views each and earns roughly $21,800-$181,600 in total.
Watch Maru’s introduction video with over 20 million views in the present:
3. TWO TALKING CATS
Mossy and Stina are two adorable cats that usually fight with each other. In this rare captured moment of more than 58 million views, the two cats seem to be having a deep conversation.
Both of them are described as female, healthy, and vigorous. They have been earning their owners about $8,500-$70,700.
2. TARA THE HERO CAT
After courageously rescuing her owner’s son, Tara has been making appearances in news and even in the first pitch of a Bakersfield Blaze game. She has been reportedly earning about $55,600-$463,700 for her owners.
1. GRUMPY CAT
Grumpy Cat or Tardar Sauce is an Internet celebrity that is best known for her grumpy facial expression. Her owner, Tabatha Bundesen, says that Tardar’s face is permanent due to underbite and feline dwarfism.
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Aside from appearances in Reddit, YouTube, and The Wall Street Journal, she has recently graced the small screen in the Christmas special for the Lifetime network.
The subscription box trend has really taken off in Singapore and around the world with a wide array of boxes you can sign up for. Subscription boxes are usually a monthly affair, where a mystery box of goodies will arrive at your doorstep each month for you to unwrap! This can also be a cheap, efficient, and fun way of trying out new products that you wouldn’t otherwise have heard of. Boxes usually contain sample sizes of products or even full sizes, and are thoughtfully curated to have something that will appeal to everyone. If you are interested in buying the fullsize product, quite a few of these services have websites where you can do so, often at a discount from the retail price.
That being said, with all the different boxes in the market, here is a quick rundown of different subscription box services in Singapore.
One of the most established beauty boxes in Singapore, this box will set you back $19.95 per month. Each signature blue and white polkadotted box contains 5+ surprise products for you to try! Their website also reveals some sneak peeks of next month’s box.
2) The Little Black Beauty Box (styleXstyle)
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The LBBS partners with TANGS to deliver a luxury experience to you each month for only $22.90. As they are partners with TANGS, the LBBS tends to have higher end products, and comes packaged in a sleek matte black box.
Thirsty, a well-known craft beer shop, has a subscription monthly beer club that will set you back $165 for 24 bottles of craft beer. A good way to try out hard-to-find craft beers if you enjoy your drink!
Nom box is a dessert themed subscription box, that comes in two sizes, the normal Nom box ($28) for 4-5 types of desserts/snacks from cafes and the Nom Box + ($39) for 6-8 desserts/snacks. They have many well-known cafe partners and you can easily check out the past boxes for an idea of what you may be receiving!
Have a new year’s resolution to eat healthy? BoxGreen delivers 4 natural and wholesome snacks that are guilt-free and healthy to you each month for $19.90. What’s more, for every box delivered, a meal is donated through Willing Hearts to help the underprivileged in Singapore! So you can eat healthy, and be doing a good deed at the same time.
Lowinsky’s subscription box caters to both men ($58) and women ($38), with up to 5 pieces of hand selected apparel and accessories. If you don’t like something, you can let the team of stylists know so that they’ll be able to better select apparels for you for the next box!
Playing video games or online games is now recognized as a sport. Better known as E-sports, the professional players are earning from their passion and are making more than you may think.
The “e-Sports Earnings”has ranked the 100 players with the highest overall earnings from competitive gaming without taking sponsorships or streaming income into account.
In this list of 12 Highest Earning E-Sports Professional Players, games such as DotA 2 (Defense of the Ancients), StarCraft, and WarCraft are the ones on top.
Defense of the Ancients 2 (DotA 2) is a multiplayer online game that is an expansion for Warcraft III. StarCraft, on the other hand, is a science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released for Microsoft Windows. Many critics have lauded the game to be one of the best video games of all time.
Lastly, WarCraft is a real-time strategy game where players command virtual armies against each other.
Isn’t it amazing doing something you love everyday and get paid for it? Truly, being a professional player is a dream of many teenagers today. On that note, here are the 12 Highest Earning E-Sports Professional Players…
12. Jang, Jae Ho (Moon)
Korea’s Jae Ho has proven to be unstoppable at WarCraft III with a total earning of $461,590.68.
11. Jang, Min Chul (MC)
One of the top StarCraft II players in the world, Korea’s MC has made $490,772.98 by regularly placing in tournaments of all sizes since 2010.
10. Lee, Young Ho (Flash)
Another successful Starcraft player from Korea is Flash. He has made about $495,091.53 from StarCraft: Brood War and StarCraft II.
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9. Lee, Jae Dong (Jaedong)
Jaedong, from Korea, has been making a huge pool of money ($569,616.64) by playing StarCraft: Brood War before moving on to StarCraft 2 in 2012.
8. Oleksandr Dashkevych (XBOCT)
Finally deviating from StarCraft and Koreans, Ukraine’s DotA 2 champion XBOCT has been bringing home about $591,943.76 since playing in 2011.
7. Danil Ishutin (Dendi)
Another successful fellow from Ukraine is Dendi. He has earned about $594,889.85 and has proven to be one of the world’s most threatening DotA 2 players.
6. Clement Ivanov (Puppey)
Puppey from Estonia has earned approximately $612,296.75 from competitively playing at DotA 2 tournaments.
5. Zhang, Ning (xiao8)
Ning from China has earned $1,102,698.15 that is hugely because of their recent DotA 2 international tournament win.
4. Zhang, Pan (Mu)
Hailing from China, Mu has earned about $1,168,495.86 from the world famous game called DotA 2.
3. Wang, Zhaohui (SanSheng)
SanSheng is also a pro DotA 2 millionaire from China. He has earned about $1,179,959.08.
2. Jiao, Wang (Banana)
Jiao, Wang has earned about $1,185,934.87 by being a power fist at DotA 2 tournaments.
1. Chen, Zhihao
You guessed it! Also a DotA 2 player from China, Zhihao or “Hao” has earned a huge sum of money by playing his passion. He has earned a total of $1,198,585.88.
Lowrys Farm opened its first store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo in March 1992. The brand managed by Point Inc has since expanded to all other parts of Japan and other parts of Asia such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Singapore.
Based on the concept of casual and comfortable wear, the brand prides itself to carry quality and trendy apparels.
Quality usually come at a price. Most shoppers who reviewed in a local review website, TheSmartLocal, said that the clothes are trendy and of high quality, albeit a higher price tag. That is no surprise considering how Japanese worker uses artisanal skill to produce denims and other apparels in their production line, spotting every misaligned eyelets and stitches.
Unfortunately, the strategy didn’t quite worked out in Singapore as the fashion industry is very competitive with brands such as Uniqlo, H&M and Forever21 dominating the market offering cheaper alternatives.
Nonetheless, if you want to own a piece from Lowrys Farm (either for memory sake or simply a purchase for the upcoming Chinese New Year), it’s the best time to do so as they prepare to clear stocks.
Here are a few tips on how you can make use of their Farewell Sale to slash their usually high premium price to make your purchase.
1. Get 50% off when you purchase 5 or more items
Usually shoppers are attracted by banners with words such as ‘Sale’ and ‘X% off’. They were usually blown up big to catch your attention but there are two words ‘Up to’ that are strangely downsized to protect retailers from misrepresentation. And most of the time, you walk out of the store with disappointment as the favourite pieces are not included in the sales item.
But look, now you can get 50% off EVERYTHING when your purchase 5 or more items. This has to better than another store that offers ‘Up to 75% Off’ on a few limited items.
This shoe originally retails for $129.90, but after 50% discount, it costs you just $64.95.
2. Make up 5 items with lesser priced items
Found something you like but don’t have the budget for 4 more items? Then make use of this trick to qualify for the 50% off. Look for cheaper items such as ear rings, socks and belts to make up the shortfall.
Take this pair of ear rings for example:
It is priced at $7.90.
If you purchase 4 of this, it will cost you $15.80 and you can essentially buy another big ticket item such as this leather jacket that costs $129.90. Oh wait, $64.95.
Or a bag at $44.95. (R.P $89.90)
If you are going to need this fluffy item in a winter country, after discounts it cost $79.95.
Imagine a family of 5 who purchase 5 of these which amounts to a saving of $400.
3. Shop with friends or family members
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If you want to be exceptionally frugal and don’t even want to spend $15.80 on 4 other items, there is no better reason to preach this clearance sale to your family members or friends with Chinese New Year around the corner.
Bring your siblings, or a couple, or three friends to raid the store. Good things must be shared right?
4. Organise a trip in a community
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No one in your family is interested? Then organise a trip with a few others in your community. You don’t need me to teach you how to use popular forums such as Hardwarezone, SGForums and Cozycot right? If you don’t use any of those, you ought to have a active Facebook’s account.
5. Just walk into the shop and roped in other buyers
Don’t worry if you are an independent warrior, just walk into the store and look for what you want to purchase AND look for other shoppers with items in their hand. Ask if they want to combine purchase and i don’t see why would anyone rejects you when it is a win-win when both of you are enjoying the discounts.
If you own a credit card that offers rebates, then that’s even better. You offer to pay for the items with your card and get other shoppers to pay you in cash.
When will this last?
It will last all the way until the last day they withdraw from Singapore or while stocks last. We have no definite date yet but as a ballpark, we were told by the salesperson that it will be some time before Chinese New Year.
