Buying Smart

Consumer rights

• Returning goods, cancelling services for cash
• Buy more online tax free; More about import taxes
• No exit fees for TV, internet, phone, & int’l calling
• Now break your long-term cellular contract for cheap
• Funny ad informs of cellular consumer rights, free phone unlocking
• 3-minute limit on hold for some customer service calls

Glasses

• Glasses for 100 shekels or less at Zenni!

Internet

• No exit fees for TV, internet, phone, & int’l calling
• Cost comparison and choosing an internet service provider
• New all-you-can-eat cellular data plans at Cellcom

Mobile / cellular phones & devices

• Calculate savings with Golan Telecom, HOT Mobile, Rami Levy, Home Cellular
• Send SMS text messages for free to Israel & the US via Gmail
• Funny ad informs of cellular consumer rights, free phone unlocking
• Now break your long-term cellular contract for cheap
• Free international numbers for your Israeli cell phone at Golan Telecom
• Low-use Cellcom customers save with ‘secret’ plan
• New all-you-can-eat cellular data plans at Cellcom

• Save on TV with DTT
• No exit fees for TV, internet, phone, & int’l calling

Shopping

• Payless Shoesource now in Israel
• Returning goods, cancelling services for cash

Transportation

• Waze: totally-free, traffic jam-busting GPS
• Rav-Kav card in Jerusalem, kartisiyot still good for now
• Highway 6: It pays to be a member

Miscellaneous

• Hiring an exterminator? Make sure he’s licensed!