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If you are in the market for a new or used car, then you need to check out CarBuyingTips.com. Their car buying guides are complete, up to date, and jam packed with information you need to know when buying a car (especially if it is your first time, though even seasoned veterans may learn a thing or two). They cover everything you need to be an informed buyer: financing, researching your purchase, negotiations, and avoiding common dealer scams. While I cannot vouch for the used car guide (though it seems to be of the same quality of new car guide), their new car buying guide saved me almost $2,000 on the car I just purchased. (You could possibly save even more depending on the profit margin on the car you are looking to purchase. My car had a relatively low profit margin.) In addition to their excellent guides, the site also has quite a few spreadsheets for download to help you evaluate almost any car deal (they are especially helpful if you can bring a laptop to the dealership with you). If you are thinking about buying a car you should definitely read through this site. Even if you are not in the market for a car, then you should bookmark the site so you have it ready when you are shopping for a car.

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For the last month or so, I have foregone my usual iTunes purchases. Instead I have been trying out some alternative music stores. By far the best I have found is eMusic. They offer unrestricted high quality mp3 downloads starting at $9.99 a month for up to 40 downloads. What is really nice is that they have "download managers" (what eMusic uses to download music) for Windows,  Mac, and Linux (their "store" also works with whatever browser you would like to use). While their library of over 1,000,000 tracks is mainly made up of independent or non-mainstream artists, there are quite a few big names available on the service.