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At a church meeting I recently attended, someone made a pot of coffee. When the pot was empty, another pot was made. After the meeting was […]
Doug's Methods of Saving Money
Reducing the cost of buying things.
At a church meeting I recently attended, someone made a pot of coffee. When the pot was empty, another pot was made. After the meeting was […]
A couple weeks ago, Amazon announced a special deal: $8 and some change off any order of $50 or more. Pretty good — over 16% off. […]
Sometime last year, my wife got interested in a TV series, something about a woman who somehow was transported back in time to Scotland of the […]
Before the morning of December 31, 2016, I don’t think I’d ever heard the word “thermocouple” and I certainly didn’t know what one was. By […]
Data from the Federal Reserve show that Americans owe close to 1,000 billion dollars of revolving debt* (which I’ll refer to as credit-card debt). Dividing the […]
If you’re a person who tries to spend money efficiently, you shop around. You most likely wouldn’t see something for the first time and buy […]
It was a warm summer day. I was at work. My phone rang. It was my wife. She told me that she had noticed that […]
I won’t mention the website by name, but let’s just say there’s now another website business that allows you to pay big $$$ for convenience. […]
Popcorn — the kind you buy in bulk and make yourself — is a very economical snack. Less than 40¢ per serving (and I mean […]
I don’t buy things from vending machines anyway, so what should I care if people who use a credit card get charged more? Vending machine […]
I recently learned that the Department of Transportation has a “24-hour reservation requirement” rule for airlines that, “requires carriers to hold a reservation at the […]
On Father’s Day, I thought the thing to do to eat hamburgers and see a movie with the kids and wife. There’s one place I […]
Commercial banks exist to make money for their owners. One way they do that is by charging fees. ATM fees. Monthly maintenance fees. Account closure fees. […]
Savings from a little thing, done repeatedly, can add up to a large total over time. Take shaving: Most men shave at least 4 times a […]
Board games are a very low-cost form of entertainment. Years ago, I got the classic “Battleship” game at the local Goodwill for $2. My kids must have played it at […]
Over the past weekend I avoided the convenience of paying someone to cut some low-hanging branches on the trees in my yard. I avoided the […]
I was in Phoenix a few weeks ago visiting my parents. I noticed that it was difficult to get the shower in the guest bathroom […]
Once every year for the past few years I’ve spent $100 to add 400 (or, with a bonus, 800) minutes and an additional year of […]
That old 2015 calendar? You can re-use it in 2026! You will have to wait until 2044 to re-use your 2016 calendar. But you can […]
You don’t have to be an economist to know what retailers are going to do when they know you have to have something before December […]
I was at the local office supply store this past weekend to buy some shipping tape. I automatically looked to the larger size of heavy […]
A week ago we visited my oldest daughter in the city where she attends university. Of course, there were several day trips and restaurant meals. […]
I don’t get gift cards — both literally (I don’t buy them) and figuratively (I don’t understand why people do buy them). There are two types […]
If you like sending cards for special occasions, you can save money by buying a boxed assortment of cards before you need them. Then, when […]