Archive for 'Money Saving Tips' Category
Tips On Buying A Gym Membership
19 December 2006There’s a good article in Smart Money that you might want to take a look at if you’re thinking of making a New Year’s resolution to lose a few pounds or get in better shape. It’s on the things a fitness club won’t tell you - the various downsides to buying a membership. They sell [...]
How To Buy A Christmas Tree
12 December 2006It’s that season again, and for many people that means you’ve got to deal with the annual decorating chores (if you’re the type of person who leaves your lights up until February) or fun (if you collect ornaments like they’re stamps). Either way, a lot of you are going to be buying Christmas Trees. So [...]
Homemade Flea Traps
30 November 2006Here’s a little tip that will save you some money if you’ve got pets. Anyone that does knows that getting a flea infestation can be a complete hassle, not to mention expensive - most of the pills and medicines run you anywhere from $50 to $100. There are, however, cheaper ways to deal with the [...]
Cutting Down The Costs Of Having People Over For Dinner
28 November 2006Over at the Frugal Law Student, there’s a post on a dinner party turning into an expensive (and time consuming) effort to make pizza. His idea for keeping it from getting so expensive is to shift to a pot-luck style dinner. I’d add that you can have people over without spending too much if you [...]
Black Friday - Getting The Best Shopping Deals
14 November 2006For those of you who enjoy getting a jump on the Christmas shopping season, you may have heard of “Black Friday” - the day after Thanksgiving, and the first day of the Christmas shopping season. It’s also a day where stores offer huge discounts on a few items to draw customers in - and often [...]
Have A Sprint Cell Phone? You Can Get Out Of Your Contract, Free
17 October 2006That’s because of a loophole in the fine print of the contract - Sprint has just made a pricing change to its text messages, and any time prices change, you’ve got 30 days to request a termination without a termination fee. In this case, you’ve got until the end of October. It turns out all [...]
Exchange Homes For Your Next Vacation
6 October 2006There’s a great idea going around that I heard about on our local radio station - people “trading homes” for their vacations, so that each person can vacation where the other person lives. It essentially lets you eliminate hotel costs on your vacation, saving a ton of money. There are a couple of web sites [...]
Switching to Alternate Energy Providers
4 October 2006Here’s a good consumer alert that doesn’t apply to everyone, but is an option if you live in one of eighteen states: you don’t necessarily have to get power from that inefficient public utility. Monopolies, as anyone who has played a certain board game knows, tend to increase the price for consumers. A lot of [...]
Cheap Halloween Costume Ideas
3 October 2006Money Under 30 has a great post on some cheap ideas for costumes for the upcoming Halloween season. If you’ve got kids who are going to need one, then it’s well worth a read - it gives you some easy ways to make costumes out of stuff around your house.
I’d add that if your budget [...]
Lost Your Car’s Gas Cap? Ask For One At Gas Stations
30 September 2006Losing a gas cap is pretty easy. On many cars, the little plastic holders don’t fit well, and it’s easy to knock them off. It’s also easy to forget to close the thing back up, so you could drive off without paying attention only to realize you’ve left the flap open once the cap itself [...]