Your favorite money saving tips
 

Here are a couple of mine:

1) Use baking soda for skin care. Just mix a little with some liquid soap and you've got a gentle, CHEAP exfoliator.

2) I love my Virgin Mobile pre-paid cell phone! Maybe it's not the most cost effective for everyone, but I hate phones and try not to use mine too much. So, no contract, no bills--just pay when I want.

3) Order a small cup at fast food places and just refill it if need be instead of buying the supersized drink.

1)Draft beer at a buck a glass rather than paying a buck and a half for a bottle (serious)

2)Put sub-par gas in the 'ghini (not serious)

3)I completely agree about the phone! (serious)

4)Make enough dinner for leftovers for lunch (serious)

5)No cable (serious)

6) Wear last season's shoes (semi-serious; by last season I mean 6 years ago)

:)

you could also use sugar for an exfoliate - little more expensive than b soda, but still cheaper than brand name stuff.

my son has a prepaid boost mobile - works pretty good - especially when he's the one paying for it.

freshness--yeah, that's a good one. Better yet, drink water. Fountain drinks are overpriced for sugar water.

Jester--sugar and salt can also be used, but are harsher than baking soda. You can also use baking soda for a HUGE number of other things, as well as vinegar, and save money on cleaners, etc.

And Shawnee--NO CABLE! No can do!

hehehe...what's funny is that the coaxial connection on the back of my TV was broken, so if I could get metal to metal from the coax cable (from the rabbit ears) I could get one channel. I bought a hundred dollar cheapie TV and now with good connection I get 5 channels. I don't know what to do with myself! But I read and play a lot of PC games (not online, don't have that either!)

No cable? I have cable, but if I ever need to take it away...
Youtube the episodes you miss Cloud!

uh huh, 'cept the multimedia controller thingy doesn't work on my computer right now.

don't buy software that you could download
that goes for movies and music too.

im a bad pirate...i know

Thrift Stores, Estate Sales, Craig's List.

if you didn't know this...

you can use b soda & vinegar for your drain pipes - pour some b soda into the drain and follow with the vinegar - the "bubbly" action will go all thru the system

(got that from one of our pipefitters here at work)

eBay!

I don't mind second hand clothes or shoes and I get great bargains because so many people lose/ gain weight or simply have clearouts on a seasonal basis. I love the fact you can search by size - something you can't rely on in shop sales (they get shuffled by people with no sense of community) or private adverts.

And charity bookshops for books - library is better unless you are too scared to go back there because you have an outstanding fine and you think the staff will shoot you with laser looks of disgust after 16 months... ahem.

And shop in small independent stores for quality items. Large retailers can buy em high and sell em cheap, but if you have a specific product in mind you will be able to negotiate a discount far more easily in a small shop. But try to be reasonable about it - we had a chap the other day who asked if he got a quantity discount for buying 2 x £15 newborn inserts for a pushchair he didn't even buy from us. My boss said, "I won't give you a quantity discount on two items, no. But I'll knock a pound off each one because you've just had two girls [twins] and you'll need all the help you can get."

+Pack a lunch instead of going out every day

+Turn down the heat (I keep ours between 52 and 62°F)

+It is usually cheaper (in the long run) to pay more for a high-quality item than some cheap junk from Walmart - you'll be more satisfied, too

+Marry someone with lots of money (well, that's not a savings tip, just a life lesson)

I always fall for the starving artist type. :mad: This is not only not following your advice, it's actually the negative of your advice because I end up spending more money trying to help them, digging myself into a hole in the process.

Duh to me! :3eye:

I usually just use gravel or pavement, which are free, though it's very difficult to control the amount of skin removed.

See Bike threads for more detail.

that's MANLY exfoliation, there!

done that once - truly a stupid incident on my part:o

I darn socks. Yes, its true and I do have the pictures to prove it. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Thrift shops. Pawn shops. Borrow and trade. Hand me downs. Publicized elsewhere in the cellar are posts discussing my affinity for doing my own car maintenance. There's a certain pleasure in doing it myself, but there is a very definite economic benefit as well.

Buy in bulk. Example: Hershey's syrup. The 12 oz bottle is $2.79 and the 6 pound can is under six bucks. We learned the hard way that this doesn't apply to mayonnaise. Buy what's on sale: Hunt's spaghetti sauce occasionally goes on sale for $1/can. I get a bunch, then use them at my leisure.

Carpool.

Make my own stuff.

Around here is a store called Stupid Prices. They are kind of stupid, they sell **every**thing all mixed up. Clothes, electronics, some groceries, furniture, tools, notions, et-freakin-cetera. The prices are very very competitive. Recently replaced a dvd/vcr combo I killed (with fishtank water--please don't ask--sore subject) for $68 out the door. Panasonic, nice unit.

"Darn you to heck." (Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light)

+I buy deer nuts instead of beer nuts. Beer nuts are $2.99, and deer nuts are usually under a buck.

<groan!>

oh, here's a good one: stay out of stores!

My number one piece of money-saving advice: Don't have kids! From what I've seen, they can be a bit expensive.

LOL i have a really good way to save money BE CHEAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I use to be cheap when I was broke. It is a natural event born out of the situation at hand. When I finally began to make good money I discovered that life is to short to drink cheap beer and smoke cheap cigars. Quality is more important. The money will go further in the long run, except in the case of beer and cigars. :D

Hey BigV ya have a darning egg? If not use a light bulb. We use to sell glass eggs in store years ago. For darining and to put under a setting hen. Yeah I know and I feel it each day.

kids are expensive, true. but worth it.

especially when they leave!

Instead of getting the supreme burrito, just save the crumbley bits and spilled toppings from your hard tacos, then dump them into a regular burrito and you get free supreme-ness.

But seriously, join a vegetable co-op. Start one if necessary. The lowdown: a group of people pool their money, say $20 a piece, and get a bulk discount at the local farmer's market. We get a giant storage tub's worth of fruit and veggies for $20, every two weeks.

Wear overalls, the bib catches all ya drop for later.:bolt:

My wife will tell you that having a huge rack serves the same purpose.

Make your own laundry detergent for 3 cents a load.
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/...save-big-money

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How will that help?

I *also* save money by having compact fluorescent bulbs everywhere in our house.








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just kidding! That's a great idea, I didn't know about that. I always just stab myself with the needle, then back up a notch. Your idea is much much better.