Copyright © 2000 by Michael Segers, All rights reserved
As
we’ve roved and raved together for over a year, we’ve found lots of
freebies: free food, free
fax, even free long distance calls.
Most amazingly, we have found that these things are for real. (And if you need
to review these opportunities, just click on the hyperlinks above.) We’ve also
found that Disney vacations and clothing from the Gap generally are not
available for free, certainly not just for forwarding an e-mail message.
Unfortunately,
the title of this article joins the gallery of shame of Internet hoaxes. For all
the money that is flowing through "dot com" stocks and "dot
com" sites, I do not know where or how you can find free money on the
Internet. I am still looking, however, and if I do find such a thing, all my
best friends (readers of Rovin’ and Ravin’) will be the first to know.
A
major and amazing web site full of more financial information than you can
imagine is The Motley Fool. The
"Fool" is also represented weekly in a number of newspapers. To get
the full fool advantage, however, you need to check out what is available at
this Internet site, including the guide, The
13 Steps to Investing Foolishly, which you can get on paper for free if you
register with the Fool.
If
time is money, then you can consider About.com
to be a site for free money, for all the time it can save you. From its
homepage, you can access its index, where you can find the following money
sites:
Banking/Financial
Services
Credit/Debt
Management
Economics
Electronic
Commerce
Entrepreneurs
Financial
Planning
Investing
for Beginners
Investing
for Women
Management
Now
is a good time to remind you, that in matters or money as in matters of health,
or in any other matters for which I provide you links, I am not endorsing these
links, and Peanut.org certainly is not. Don’t let your mind go offline, just
because your computer is online. But, here is a stock
market game that you can play even if you don’t want to get involved with
the real things, real stocks and your real money.
You
may have noticed something different about this column. Usually, I give you long
strings of URLs instead of neat little hyperlinks such as I’m giving you this
time. So, let’s stop a minute and think about what will happen on April 15th,
the original inspiration of this article. Something involving the… what do you
call that government agency… in three letters or less… Oh, yes, IRS! Now,
this is a governmental agency, so let’s try to search for the URL without
benefit of Yahoo (or Altavista). Check it out—www.irs.gov.
Or, how about Infernal Revolting Scumbags?
(Just kidding, esteemed Internal Revenue Agents! I really don’t want an
audit.)
So,
now you have plenty to occupy yourself, and if you are busy at home exploring
all the wonders of the Internet available to you at Peanut.org, you won’t be
out spending money. Here’s a great idea: figure out how much money you
aren’t spending, even are saving, as a result of your involvement with
Peanut.org, and drop a check for a tax-exempt contribution in the mail.
Remember, April 15th is getting closer, day by day.
Keep your feet dry, your hearts full of noble thoughts, and your checkbooks ready for whatever may loom on the web, in your lives, or in your hearts, which, of course, are chock full of noble thoughts. By the way, point your browser to "Even More Money on the Internet."
Rovin' on the Internet: Online Adventures