Here’s two ways to save that are counterintuitive. At first glance it seems like they’ll cost you more money, but in the end they end up helping to build your savings:

Spend part of your windfalls. We’ve all heard that we’re supposed to immediately put into savings any irregular or unexpected income such as [...]

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About a year ago, I wrote about how I was using Peerflix instead of Netflix to save money.  What I liked about it was that there was no monthly fee and I could keep a DVD for as long as I liked.  I felt it was better than Netflix in that regard, since on a [...]

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A few months ago, I had mentioned in my post about “25 Ways I Save Money” that I saved by buying in bulk at Costco.  A couple of weeks later, I wrote a “retraction” saying that I end up not saving money when I go to Costco because I end up buying stuff I didn’t [...]

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I don’t want to make this blog an outlet for consumer complaints, but I recently had a problem with Staples.
The other day I saw that HP had a 50% off rebate on a LaserJet 3055 All-In-One.  The rebate was for $250.  Being a fan of Staples, and having just tried out their EasyRebate online submission [...]

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I’ve only been blogging for about a month, but it looks like I’ll have to retract something I posted recently. In my post on 25 Ways I Save Money, one of the ways I mentioned was using Costco. It looks like I’ll have to retract, or at least amend, that statement. The [...]

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