Comments on: 30 Money Saving Tips

By: Janice

Janice — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:27:50 +0000

If you’re worried about roaming fees or any out of area calling while you’re on vacation, I suggest you think about carrying a prepaid cell phone with you – its what I do. Anytime my family travels, I always make sure to carry a dependable prepaid phone with me for the just in case and it has to be something on a really good network. The best I’ve found so far is Straight Talk (sold at Walmart) that runs on both the Verizon and ATT networks and I’ve found the service solid everywhere. The price for their cheapest plan – $30 for 1k use – isn’t the cheapest out there, but it worth paying $10 more to know you have the reception you might need when travelling.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:37:06 +0000

Great tips, I follow a few of them myself. The one I always follow is #5 and #10.

I never buy without thinking it over for a while. Once I think I usually realize I can put it off or I don’t really need it.

Also, saving my change everyday really adds up. Just last year before Christmas I cashed it in at my bank and was shocked to find I have saved more than $700 throughout the year. I’m looking for that amount again this year I hope,

By: John Saves Money

John Saves Money — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:04:29 +0000

Re: #28. I wish I knew how much energy cost at different times. Is there any way to find out?

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By: Money Saving Ideas

Money Saving Ideas — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:05:50 +0000

#23 Make savings a bill is definitely tops on my list of saving tips but I call it paying yourself first.

By: Lovely

Lovely — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:55:07 +0000

I think most people would agree that saving money is something “easier said than done”. Personally, I believe it’s a mind-set that needs to be developed by creating good money-saving habits.

Here are some things I’ve done to help change my spending habits:

- Cooking more at home  Eating out is very expensive especially if you do it a couple times a week
- Shopping online  You can find better deals than in the store and you save on gas (I recommend http://www.shoptivity.com)
- Paying the full balance on credit cards each month  Interest charge is like giving away free money
- Don’t forget to pay yourself  Set up an online savings account (they pay higher interest than a normal savings account)
- Setting a budget and goals  It’s good to have your goals written down so you see them everyday and don’t lose focus on your ultimate objectives

Again, saving money requires a lot of patience and hard work. However, you’ll thank yourself later on in life. Good luck everyone!! =)

By: premium finance

premium finance — Fri, 07 May 2010 08:52:46 +0000

Great!! useful Money Saving Tips!! thumbs up!!

By: John | MoneySavingTips.org

John | MoneySavingTips.org — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:31:13 +0000

I like #15 Just ask. It’s amazing how many times I’ve gotten a deal just by asking.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:12:24 +0000

Hello. I found this site today and liked it a lot. That’s why I want to add my own 2 cents.

The money-saving ideas above are good, assuming that most people overspend and overuse and have lots of free time to mess with curtains and pennies. But that’s not so.

If you stick with a saving-money quest long enough (by choice or not), you realize that it is costing you in your time, attention, energy, options, etc. There are good reasons why certain things were invented and why some businesses still exist.

Here is one extreme example: you can save money by making your own clothes from your own yarn. You can make your own yarn by saving some animal hair (from your nice neighbor’s dog). You can fix your worn clothes with threads pulled from your unusable clothes…

This idea could qualify as a money-saving tip, but who would want to do it?

The tip #3 on the list I liked the most because it is very original and it could potentially bring in new money, but, unfortunately, at the expense of other people’s time. I won’t do it.

So, my point is, I am looking for ideas better than that. How about a contest for the best money-saving idea?

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By: save money tips

save money tips — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:04:40 +0000

Heh. Love the "use the bathroom at work, not at home tip". There was a guy at my last job that I swore was smuggling toilet paper home from the company restroom. save money tips’s last post: don't wash your car at home...take it to a car wash

By: Chris at prepaid cell phones

Chris at prepaid cell phones — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:01:54 +0000

This is one of the best lists on money saving I've seen in a long time. It was a nice surprise landing here on a search for prepaid cell phones! Funny. My favorite is your advice on keeping water bottles in the fridge to keep less cold air from escaping. I'd never thought of that. This is something that will come in handy as my electrical bill has gone up by a third in these hot summer months. take care. Chris at prepaid cell phones’s last post: Verizon Prepaid Cell Phones Review

By: sherry@sherrylove.net

sherry@sherrylove.net — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:21:34 +0000

Hang out clothes to dry?

I thought I was the only one doing this. My dryer has just broken down 3 weeks ago and I have been thinking about purchasing a new dryer. We have been hanging our clothes in the backyard to dry. It took a little longer to dry but hey, I don’t have to do anything. I just got my gas bill back 2 days ago and it was 15% lower than normal. I saved about 11$/month which adds up to about 132$ a year. We can put that into our credit card debt and mortgage. Every penny counts.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:09:55 +0000

I’ve thought of a new way to save more money at the grocery store. Before when I would find a coupon online, I would print it and use it. Recently the bright idea of printing the coupons and then copying them came to mind. Most websites with grocery coupons will only let you print them once and then you’ll have to wait until they say you can print again. Well now, I print the coupons and make a couple of copies for the next time I need them and keep them till they expired. I make copies of the coupons for things I buy everytime I go to the grocery store and that way I can compound my savings. Last week I saved $18 dollars off my grocery bill. Not much but I’d much rather have that money in my pocket than in Wal-mart’s.

For more money saving tips check my blog

http://www.savethatmoney.blogspot.com

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