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money savers


created: Aug 1, 2008

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about money savers

If ever there was a time to pinch pennies, this is it.

It's time to resurrect this group. Come on in and discuss anything related to the economy and your money.

From coupons and rebates to good old-fashioned money saving tips handed down from your grandmother, this is the place to enlighten others who share your pain.

Join us!

 





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Is it Possible to Save Money at Food Lion? (posted Jul. 11, 2009)
How do you save money? (posted Nov 14, 2008)
Decorating ideas for Halloween? (posted Oct 6, 2008)
Do you check your receipts for errors? (posted Aug 19, 2008)
Back-to-school shopping: Where do you draw the line? (posted Aug 14, 2008)


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is it possible to save money at food lion?
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how do you save money?
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decorating ideas for halloween?
Oct 6, 2008

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do you check your receipts for errors?
Aug 19, 2008

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back-to-school shopping: where do you draw the line?
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how do you save money on airline tickets?
Aug 11, 2008

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what constitutes "cheap?"
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let's talk about the dollar store. do you go?
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coupons, passe or still of value?
Aug 5, 2008

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Amy Dacyczyn, aka tightwad Gazette, is from Maine. Now being a New Englander myself I can tell you from experience, lol, they know how to live frugal (well, except the Bostonians :)

Use the internet for money savings: gasbuddy.com, restaurant.com, ubid.com, onsale.com, ebay.com, pricegrabber.com, amazon.com (used items especially).

Tell all your friends/family that you will henceforth be known as the town hermit: no invitations, no charitable-giving, no gift-exchanges. Only wash your clothes when your fumes make people pass out - this will save on utility bills & accentuate the hermit effect.

The ultimate money saver: Stop paying your federal taxes and gamble that you can get away with it. If you do get audited, change your identity and head for the border (i.e. Mexico, not TacoBell).

a neighbor was telling me about a website called www.grocerygame.com. She said she used to and saved 50% on her grocery bill this past week. She said it was time consuming but worth it. I have yet to try it, my time is severely limited right now with work, college classes, grant requirments, PTA, youth group, and church, but I wanted to pass on the info. I'm gonnna check it out when I find a spare few minutes,,,,maybe next decade?

someone told my hubby that you will cut your drying time if you place a clean, dry towel in the dryer with your wet clothes. We've been trying it and it works. It's been cutting about 10-15 minutes of drying time per load

Hardees is notorious for having a long wait time to get your food- particularly at their drive throughs. I don't think they do a very good job of staffing and training. I know their managers don't seem to be "managing" at the level of Bojangles (who has great customer service)

One other thing I just thought in saving gas:

Anytime I go somewhere that has a drive-thru & there's more than 1 or 2 cars ahead of me, I park, get out & go inside to buy or bank.

A couple of days ago, I went to the CLAYTON HARDEES. Didn't see anyone ahead of me until AFTER I'd given my order & drove around to pay & pick up my order. There was a car sitting at the window. I waited about 15 seconds & nothing was happening at the window. I finally decided to shut my car off because I had a feeling they'd be there for awhile. Thank goodness I did, because I sat there FIVE MINS. before their order arrived at the window & they drove off. What a colossal waste of gas that would have been-I drive a Dodge Magnum with a hemi!

It seems that most of the time Burger King in Clayton will tell you to pull forward if your order is not ready & some of the Mickey Ds do this too, so at least you can shut your car off if you want to. What's up with you Hardees??

Hello everyone.

I'm gradually getting around to checking out all the groups on GOLO & joining them, so I finally made it to this one.

I'm interested in saving money, but not to the point of being cheap.

I rarely clip coupons, because either I don't use most of the products, or it's not worth paying a higher price to "buy 2" national-brand items to get a measley $.50 or $1.00 off-sorry! I usually stick to buying store brand on a LOT of items-no matter which grocery store I'm in.

Occasionally, when I see them, we do use coupons for meals in restaurants or pizza or something special like that. Generally, I don't have or take the time to peruse coupon flyers.

I do economize at home by turning off lights when leaving a room, turning off ceiling fans when not at home, & saving water in various ways. There is more that we can do, but haven't, yet.

I've gone to four 10-hr days at work to save gas. I walk wherever I can at lunch instead of drive-post office, store, etc.

Javajoe: Did anyone answer you about thegrocerygame.com?

does anyone remember the newsletters that were made into books called the "tightwad gazette"?

Some good ideas in there. I used to have the books but I loaned them out and they were never returned

Just curious if anybody has heard anything good/bad about www.thegrocerygame.com/ There was a news story one evening on one of the national news stations about it. There's a fee to use the service, so that counts me out -- LOL. But I was just wondering if anybody else had heard anything good or bad about that place.

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