How have you saved money?

[Cheering472]

...no sheet! I have a hard time sticking to a list in Target.

I was making a plane reservation for Steven to come home from DC. Man, those airlines have jumped up their prices! As a rule, we are an American Airlines fam (about the only game in town here) and the first flight I chose came up at $1,246. Then I went back and chose the price option and was able to get it down to $600ish. I ended up on travelocity and now, he is coming home on US Airways for a much better price. I felt like Mermy.

That's ugly. But on the bright side, it's good to feel like Mermy isn't it?

Our Target seems to have a $100 cover charge. At least that's what Mrs. dg tells me.

She's right and they inforce that cover charge.

 

[Matt J]

...no sheet! I have a hard time sticking to a list in Target.

I was making a plane reservation for Steven to come home from DC. Man, those airlines have jumped up their prices! As a rule, we are an American Airlines fam (about the only game in town here) and the first flight I chose came up at $1,246. Then I went back and chose the price option and was able to get it down to $600ish. I ended up on travelocity and now, he is coming home on US Airways for a much better price. I felt like Mermy.

He's roped to a wing isn't he? :shock:

 

[DuneAHH]

He's roped to a wing isn't he? :shock:

:funn:

 

[SHELLY]

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I was making a plane reservation for Steven to come home from DC. Man, those airlines have jumped up their prices! As a rule, we are an American Airlines fam (about the only game in town here) and the first flight I chose came up at $1,246. Then I went back and chose the price option and was able to get it down to $600ish. I ended up on travelocity and now, he is coming home on US Airways for a much better price. I felt like Mermy.

Is this a one-way flight you're trying to book?

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[Bob]

The Cheapest Days to Buy Certain Items at SmartMoney.com take a close look at all your insurance coverage. we shop at costco/wal hose, and publix for daily stuff. water heater is on mechanical timer and thermostat is also programmed...cable is raising rates again, and i am tempted to flush that toilet. sticking to menus is the greatest way to save on food and avoid defaulting to take-out. you may laugh at this, but over inflating your tires by 10 percent can pick you up a mpg or two. speaking of cars and clothes, buying a honda is much like buying well made clothing...costs a little more, but you save because the product lasts.

 

[Miss Kitty]

He's roped to a wing isn't he? :shock:

...you mean I could of saved more?

Is this a one-way flight you're trying to book?

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roundtrip

 

[njackie]

US Air is great! Captian Shully has surely piloted me about the states!

 

[doGooD]

I had no idea that Internet only by Mediacom would also provide basic. That is a good one SWGB!There is a lot of good stuff here. I enjoyed looking through it.

Many friends of mine are doing secondary jobs to supplement their income. While some are doing handy man work, others are helping others grow their business.

Save money, make money--- diversity is rewarding.

 

[Matt J]

I had no idea that Internet only by Mediacom would also provide basic. That is a good one SWGB!There is a lot of good stuff here. I enjoyed looking through it.

Many friends of mine are doing secondary jobs to supplement their income. While some are doing handy man work, others are helping others grow their business.

Save money, make money--- diversity is rewarding.

Actually the basic cable trick works with any Cable based modem unless one of the cable companies has figured out how to restrict it. ;-)

 

[Bob]

How to Afford Anything









People ask me how I afford all this camera stuff. Easy: I beg, borrow, and sometimes even buy it. I certainly don't still own everything I've reviewed here since 1999. I've also had real jobs for many years which pays for what I do buy, and I live like a hermit otherwise.

That's the easy answer, but then I realized that I've always had a knack for buying expensive toys long before I'd ever had a job. Hopefully my cheapskate tricks can help you, too, which is why I share them here.

Our ability to buy expensive toys has nothing to do with how much money we do or don't earn. Like everything in life, it has everything to do with how well you use what you have.

I bought my first expensive single-lens reflex camera when I was an 11 year old kid. I saved my allowance, and still couldn't afford film. My dad was kind enough to buy me a roll every month or so if I was good.

When we were little kids, my brother asked my dad "How come Kenny always can buy expensive things, but I can't, and we get the same allowance?" My dad responded that it was because my brother insisted on going out and buying everything as soon as he wanted it, but that I waited, saved, and did my homework to find the same things for less.

Today that same brother, who has never had a real job as far as we know, has been traveling the world ever since he was in college. When asked how he does it with no particular source of income, he responds that "most people are too stupid to be poor." By that he means that most people waste what money they do have on stupid things, like new cars and eating in restaurants, and don't instead buy their food at the grocery store while traveling. He travels by carefully checking auctions for other peoples' unused weeks of time shares, so he will travel when he can bag a week in Paris or Tobago for just a couple of hundred dollars. He has to be ready to travel on a moment's notice when he wins these auctions, another advantage of having no real job.