Category Archive: Deal

Frugal 2018 Cyber Monday Deals

Bargains Amongst The Consumerism Heap   I’ve been looking for deals that I could use, not just saving a few hundred on a TV. (My TV is from 2008 and works just fine, thank you. ) I don’t need to load up on a bunch of new products just because they are cheap. I just …

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Decluttr Review, Or How I More Than Tripled My Money Reselling CDs & DVDs

I Turned $21.81 Into $70.41 Using Decluttr. It all started with me trying to figure out ways to increase my income from thrifting. I had never paid much attention to music CDs and movie DVDs before as they are numerous and time-consuming to sort anything profitable from the bunch. Especially since many aren’t worth much …

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How Much Car Can You Afford? It Is Probably Much Less Than You Are Thinking.

  Nowadays most people looking to buy a car only ask the car salesperson “How much down and how much per month?” They want to have it now and pay for it later. Plus interest. (I hate paying interest.) These people hardly ever think about how much it really costs them. It is only the …

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How My Wife And I Paid Our Monthly Mortgage Using $50… And Some Hustle

Yes, we used a $50 investment and some hustle to turn it into over $800 this past weekend. Read on to find out what we did. When you have financial goals but not the income to match, you have to find ways to either increase your money situation or decrease your spending. The best way …

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My Healthy 50 Cent Dinner! Tomatillos and Bean Mix.

In my last post, I wrote that I am able to buy a large amount of produce for just $10. I had plenty of tomatillos that I didn’t quite know what to do with. Well, I am not scared to experiment with my culinary skills. A quick search online showed that some people put tomatillos …

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How I get 40-60 lbs of produce for just $10!

When it gets down to it, there are two levers of money. One lever is to make more of it and the other is to spend what you have efficiently (frugally). Everything in the personal finance world is just details on tweaking your levers. My family doesn’t make much more than the average US income, …

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