A word of advice I often hear given to writers is that they need to learn to value their time and to outsource tasks that can be outsourced cheaper than they can be done by the writer. Hire the neighbor kid to mow the lawn. Pay your teenager to watch the younger kids while you get your work done. Pay a messenger service to deliver things rather than running around yourself. What happens if you need to make a major appliance purchase though?
Most of the time the need to make a major appliance purchase means taking the day off and going store to store comparison price shopping. Well, now you can outsource that as well. No, I don't mean hire your brother-in-law to go shopping for your new range, I don't even mean paying someone do compare prices, you can compare them free from the comfort of your home using Krillion.
For example, we have had trouble with the range hood in this house since it was built, it leaks rainwater down into the house and we can't seem to make it stop. Add in that it is ugly as can be and we need a new range hood. A search on Krillion for Broan Range Hoods brings up a list of the Broan Range Hoods that are available in my area. I then narrowed my search to best reviewed and found a lovely wood range hood that I adore. I click the one I like, it shows me the product details and where I can buy it locally. Even the prices of the places I can buy it at (One is $275.99, the other one is $397.28). A click of a radial button switches me to map view and I can see exactly where the stores are with color coded balloons showing what stores have it in and what ones are out of stock.
So easy, and all I need to do is dash into town, buy the hood, and then get back to work or set to work installing it. Minimal writing time lost to comparison shopping.
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