October 11, 2007

  • Xanga for Life

    If you look at the bottom of my profile box, you'll notice the little "LIFE" badge.  Recently, I spent the $100 for "Xanga for Life," a lifetime of Xanga Premium.  $100?!  Well, 12 months of Xanga Premium costs $25, so $100 is the cost of 4 years of Xanga Premium.

    What's so great about Xanga Premium?  Control of advertising.  I first bought Xanga Premium when I noticed, in the Xanga banner ad above my Xanga, a Google ad with a link to a website belonging to opponents of Proposition 85.  I had posted some blog entries supporting Proposition 85, and an ad directly above was contradicting me because Planned Parenthood had spent money to buy Prop 85 Google ads.  Well, if they were willing to spend money, so was I.  I even bought a 1 month Gift Premium for another prolife Xanga where the anti-Prop 85 ads were showing.  Now I don't have to worry about ads for abortion clinics when I write an entry about abortion.

    You may also have noticed the abort73.com banner ad to the left.  It's in a custom module, a feature of Xanga Premium.  So in addition to not having ads I don't want, I can have ads I do want.  I've added some new ads that might help me recover a little of the $125 I've spent for Xanga Premium.  Whenever you buy anything through those ads or the links in my blog, I get a small percentage.

    eBay buying tips:
    1. Buy on Friday night, when less people are at home to bid.
    2. Show "Completed listings" and sort by price to get an idea of how much your maximum bid should reasonably be.
    3. Compare with prices on Amazon and Buy.com.
    4. When you win, always pay by credit card, so that if anything goes wrong, you can dispute the charge through your credit card company.  Unless the seller has a high feedback score and percentage (99%+), avoid auctions that don't let you pay by credit card (usually through Paypal).

    "He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight." -Psalm 101:7