Thanks for sharing! I wouldn't have guessed cL myself.

And it's gone. Thanks! I managed to get one ordered at $59. Now we'll see if they cancel the order...

And it's gone. Thanks! I managed to get one ordered at $59. Now we'll see if they cancel the order...

If we presume that this:

Can you give an example? Never seen a Pepsi McDonald's at an airport before.

Absolutely. If you're willing to take a "mismatched set" and haggle a bit, you can get absolute steals. The mattress I bought a couple years ago I saw reviews on the internet where people said they paid nearly $2k for the set! I paid $550 and it is a dream to sleep on.

It looks like the Amazon SP3 deal might not be as good as it seems. When you choose the option without the Amazon gift card, the list price drops $100, indicating that the $100 is built into the price.

All of Vanguard's target date funds are combinations of their index funds. You could say they're actively managed because someone at some point picked out the mix of stocks/bonds and the glidepath, but I think this would be misleading.

I disagree with the travel insurance suggestion in the general case. In the past 10 years I've made ~40 roundtrip domestic trips. I have never once been in a situation where I'd need the travel insurance. Paying even the low end of your estimate of 5% of the trip cost, I'd need to have had 2 claims in this timespan…

I don't know why you find this to be a problem. I use a first initial (I go by my middle name) in print so that people checking my email against their files won't think they have the wrong person. I don't see why I should use it when introducing myself, as this ambiguity doesn't exist.