Comments on: 25 Ways to Save Money

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:47:14 +0000

I agree with having as large a deductible as you can afford and not filing small claims, but not everyone can afford to self-insure. So I think a broad statement to assess your insurance needs regularly and adjust accordingly would be a better fit for most people.

By: Steve Nebraska

Steve Nebraska — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:39:17 +0000

I’ll add to your #20 Buy Insurance. You should insure only for catastrophes. Self-insure as much as you can; have big deductibles. Pay cash for the small problems, don’t file small insurance claims.

By: Monevator

Monevator — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:54:03 +0000

Great list. I’d love to get rid of my landline, but it’s linked to my broadband subscription at the moment – and I’m getting a good deal on that.

It’s too easy to let these things drift. I may go on a big expenses slashback soon I think!

By: Britt (Your Roth IRA)

Britt (Your Roth IRA) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:55:18 +0000

My wife and I rent an older house. The first winter we were in it, we got hit with a giant heating bill. That led me to discover the benefits of weather stripping doors and windows. That simple act saved us a lot on the follow-up bill. The experience energized me to find new ways to cut expenses, such as…

Ditto #4: Gas Cards – We use the Chase Perfect Mastercard which only gives us 3% cash back, but you can use it at any gas station, which means if you research the cheapest local station first, then you’re getting 3% off the lowest price.

Ditto #8: CFL’s – After the weather stripping, I replaced every conventional light bulb in the house with CFL’s. The result? Our electric bill decreased 30% in one month!

Another Tip: For those who use Cox Communications for their Internet connection, they have an unadvertised “basic high-speed” Internet that’s $20 a month cheaper. And while they claim it’s slower, I’ve never noticed a difference since switching over… That’s $240 a year!

By: Tony Banks

Tony Banks — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:17:43 +0000

I took a time share in June I took the whole family it was great we only paid $200 for 2 nights 3 days stay at Myrtle Beach SC we had an Ocean front room. We had to agree to a 90 MIN tour as they call it basically they walked us around this resort and tried to up sell us the resort was nice and I would have got into it but my budget for this year would not allow me I found out about it by googling Myrtle Beach getaways a couple of sites came up like expedia and travelocity but I wanted a time share about half way down the page was a site called vacation bailouts they was great easy to book I was on my way that following week might even be easy to google the name of the company sorry not sure about the URL.

By: Save Money Hound

Save Money Hound — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:29:56 +0000

These are practical save money tips that anyone should be able to apply easily. Tip no 22 is an interesting one. I would have thought that having a land line and getting rid of the mobile phone would be more economical.

By: SavingBeast

SavingBeast — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:49:58 +0000

Great list! Its so important to save money these days. And Yeah i agree, you can watch almost everything online nowadays that it seems pointless to have cable. But i find there are other little areas where you can cut back and save without losing to much. I got out of my cell phone contract and switched to prepaid. This way i only have to pay for the minutes i need and i dont have to worry about overage charges or any of that stuff. And with my tracfone the service charge per month is like 7 bucks. And there are a lot of little things like that can help save you some money.

By: DIY Claire

DIY Claire — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:34:18 +0000

That is a great list. Bookmarked this site. I don’t do all of those, so it is nice to have a list to tick.

I give any leftovers to my chickens, and in return they give me a free egg…