Dawn over at Frugal For Life discusses some of the ethical implications of stockpiling foods. She gets into a few rules of thumb for testing to see whether stockpiling has crossed into greed, or just plain inconsideration. Talking to the store to have them do a special large-quantity order is much more considerate than cleaning … Read more
Over at the MBN Forums there was some discussion about a short video presentation called Drive Free, Retire Rich over at Dave Ramsey’s website. The first part of the presentation (up through Slide 11) was very well put together, and showed perfectly the value of buying used over borrowing and buying new. A synopsis of … Read more
The Frugal Duchess offered up a reader’s question for comments. The reader was concerned that she was spoiling her son with garage-sale toys: … I am concerned because I finally realized how spoiled my kids are. I’ve been buying them whatever they liked, although it’s from thrift stores and yard sales. Because it’s so cheap, … Read more
The check engine light went on Friday in our 2005 Town and Country. It wasn’t the gas cap this time but we found out why the engine light was on before taking it to the dealership. One commenter on that post suggested getting a CarChip E/X but on the newer models of the Chrysler Town … Read more
I’m very glad that Wegmans has come to our neck of the woods, and that they’ve continued to double manufacturers’ coupons. It’s been quite a while since a grocer local to me has offered this. Growing up, I remember that there used to be a limit on which coupons they’d double. It may have been … Read more
(UPDATE: Walmart responded to this post. Read it here.) This weekend at Walmart there was a laptop for $298. This was the lowest price I’ve seen for a new non-netbook-sized laptop. The specs weren’t bad: Windows Vista, 3 GB RAM, wireless, 3 USB ports, 160 GB hard drive. Three gigs is probably enough to keep … Read more
I hit upon a post by My Dollar Plan that had a couple more click-through rebate sites I hadn’t heard of. This is great, because I can add them to the mix of six shopping rebate sites I already know about. These sites compete with one another – they all want you to click through … Read more
A reader Vanessa commented on a previous discount grocery post to ask if there were any such stores in the Nashville, TN, area. I poked around a little bit with Google and there’s a discount grocery store directory over at ExtremeBargains.com. To recap: discount grocery stores sell salvaged groceries that were overstock, slightly out of … Read more