Save A Blade update

I'm disappointed to report that the Save A Blade unit doesn't live up to it's claims, even though I reported last time that it does work. According to the TV ad, you can use the same blade 200 times, but after 19 shaves on the same blade I had to throw it out as it was just far too dull to comfortably use it any longer. The unit will definitely still save me money since I only used to get 7 shaves from every blade, but it's not as good as the hype. It'll take me a lot longer to recoup my investment in this thing now, and if this unit ever fails I won't buy another one (unless Walmart ends up selling them for $10 or something like that)

Trading is not that easy!

It wasn't that long ago that I was bragging about having tripled my fake investments in just one month, and now through a series of bad choices and bad timing (getting out of many stocks way too early) I have now seen my fake portfolio go from over $30,000 down to just over $14,000. :( It's a darn good thing I'm not doing this for a living, I'd be in big trouble! But at the same time this experience has taught me a lot and I look forward to building up my money once again, and hopefully will not make too many of the same mistakes of the past.

Save A Blade works!

I'm happy to report that Save A Blade actually does work! I normally cannot use a razor blade more than 7 times, but I've now used the same one 11 times and it's still going! I'd say it's about 75% as sharp as new, so it's not keeping it quite as good as a brand new blade, but this little device is definitely going to save me money on blades! I just hope the unit itself lasts long enough to get my money's worth, as the searches I've done on the net have led me to believe that this thing isn't quite as well put together as it should be and often breaks down. It certainly looks pretty cheaply made when you open it up to look inside. And it sure is noisy! Don't use it when other family members are still trying to sleep! :)