(Actually yesterday, but who’s counting?) There are advantages to coming to yard sales early, and advantages to coming late. We’re usually taking advantage of the late ones 🙂 If you’re an early bird you usually get the best selection of stuff. If you’re late, you can get really good deals on what’s left, because the … Read more
After reading and listening to a story about a recent Northwest Airlines “severance package” there were several things I thought of. The main story deals with 60 laid-off employees of the bankrupt airline who received a tip sheet on “101 Ways to Save Money.” All of the tips are sensible ways to save money if … Read more
Burn them. Or rip them out. Or hire a professional cleaner. Counterintuitive? Money Dummy confessed to hiring a professional carpet cleaning service instead of renting a cleaner and sweating through the cleaning. It sounded like the professionals were the more expensive option per clean, but the results were much, much better. From our experiences, it … Read more
I received a very thoughtful e-mail from Ben, a visitor to the blog, about the problems that our van was having with the air conditioning. His letter is in bold:Hi,Just read your post about the AC problems your van was having. I drove a 95 Chevy Lumina for years with a refrigerant leak. Since I … Read more
Today we went to a neighboring town to help friends with their part in a community yard sale. We “donated” a bunch of things to their sale because they’re in the process of adopting a girl from China through the Philip Hayden Foundation, and these kinds of adoptions are very expensive, even with federal tax … Read more
In some circles I’m probably really out of touch — a whole new class of Joneses to keep up with. A friend at work forwarded me a link to the recently announced 103″ Plasma TV from Panasonic. It’s set to come to the States this December, for a cool $71,000. (It will sell in Japan … Read more
(UPDATE June 26th, 2008: NCN has reorganized the very, very best money-saving tips in a new post!) No Credit Needed is calling for everyone’s very, very best money saving tip. Here’s mine: Always at least consider buying things used instead of buying things new. Almost any consumer item will be worth less than it was … Read more
On the way to our camping trip this past weekend we stopped at a few yard sales and a flea market. We picked up: A bread maker for $6 A plastic 5-gallon jug for 50 cents Some free magazines like Writer’s Digestand ADDitude Two unopened packages of child safety latches for a dime each A … Read more