FREE doughnut at Krispy Kreme on June 5th

You can read about this one at My Money Blog.

Krispy Kreme is giving a free doughnut with no purchase necessary on June 5th.

Its in celebration of "National Doughnut Day". Who invented that? Well surprisingly (to me at least) National Doughnut Day was not invented by Krispy Kreme to promote doughnut sales. According to this site it is in honor of Salvation Army "lassies" of WWI.

$5 off at Kohls +10% off online +2% off online via eBates

Here's an easy way to get $5 off coupon from Kohls. Just sign up for their email newsletter at this page.

Once you sign up you'll get an email welcoming you to their 'Sales Alert' newsletter:

"To welcome you to Sale Alerts, you will receive two special offers:

- A $5 coupon to use in our stores
- A 10% off Promo Code to use online

THESE SPECIAL OFFERS WILL ARRIVE IN A SEPARATE E-MAIL WITHIN 10 DAYS"

Make sure to look in your SPAM filter to make sure the newsletter doesn't end up there. Yahoo thought it was SPAM.


So this will get you a $5 coupon for use in their retail stores.
PLUS you'll get 10% off to use online.

For an additional +2% off online purchases you can use Ebates. For more on Ebates see my previous article on them.

Maybe there are some good deals on GM & Chrysler cars

Previously I posted that it didn't look like there were bargains on Chrysler cars due to their bankruptcy. But maybe the deals are out there and you just have to hunt.

This article from CNN points out a half dozen cars from GM & Chrysler that they consider "deals" right now. There are some very big discounts on certain models. According to them can get a Hummer for around $34,000 which is almost $9,000 less than the sticker. Course gas will cost you a lot more over the life of the car. The Chrysler 300C is going for under $30,000 which is about $8,000 less than sticker.

I don't know but to me most of those "deals" seem pretty typical. Getting $2,000 to $9000 off of a $35,000 to $45,000 car doesn't seem like much of a bargain. But maybe thats just my attitude about paying over $30,000 for a new car when I could instead buy a great 2 year old car for half as much and end up saving tons of money in the long run.

But it does seem like there has to be some room to get a good deal on a new GM or Chrysler right now. The dealers are undoubtedly feeling the pinch of the turmoil with the companies and they ought to be in some pressure to make some profits. If you've been looking to buy a new GM or Chrysler then right now might be a good time to go negotiate a bargain.

Net Worth Update May : +$5,058

I track my net worth monthly on NetworthIQ. For May this month our net worth was at $585,757 which is up $5,058.

Only minor changes this past month. Cash went up a bit due to regular income. Stocks are down a little but retirement is up both due to movement in the stock market. Home and investment real estate values keep slipping gradually but our mortgages are being paid down.