Money Saving Tips

Lamb

God's Lil Lamb
Community Team
Administrator
Supporting Member
Joined
Jun 10, 2015
Messages
31,568
Age
57
Gender
Female
Religious Affiliation
Lutheran
Political Affiliation
Conservative
Marital Status
Married
Acceptance of the Trinity & Nicene Creed
Yes
What money saving tips would you give to people getting out of college?
 

tango

... and you shall live ...
Valued Contributor
Joined
Jul 13, 2015
Messages
14,084
Location
Realms of chaos
Gender
Male
Religious Affiliation
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Acceptance of the Trinity & Nicene Creed
Yes
Don't get in the habit of paying someone else to do stuff you can easily do yourself. I'm primarily thinking of buying a sandwich for lunch, buying a coffee in the morning and the like.

At the same time watch out for false economies - don't be penny wise and pound foolish. Saving 50c now isn't much of a gain if it ends up costing you an extra $5 next week.
 

psalms 91

Well-known member
Moderator
Valued Contributor
Supporting Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2015
Messages
15,205
Age
75
Location
Pa
Gender
Male
Religious Affiliation
Charismatic
Political Affiliation
Conservative
Marital Status
Married
Buy a freezer and stock up when on sale especially meat
 

Josiah

simul justus et peccator
Valued Contributor
Supporting Member
Joined
Jun 12, 2015
Messages
13,647
Gender
Male
Religious Affiliation
Lutheran
Political Affiliation
Conservative
Marital Status
Married
Acceptance of the Trinity & Nicene Creed
Yes

tango

... and you shall live ...
Valued Contributor
Joined
Jul 13, 2015
Messages
14,084
Location
Realms of chaos
Gender
Male
Religious Affiliation
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Acceptance of the Trinity & Nicene Creed
Yes
Realize that NEED and WANT are not the same thing.

Furthermore, the question "do I REALLY want this?" is a good one to ask once something is identified as a want.

It's very easy to get caught up in the idea that something classed as a want needs to be deferred forever and, unless a budget is so tight there's no room at all for fun stuff, that's not necessarily a good way to live. It's just so very easy to figure "I want this" and buy it, only to get it home and leave it in a closet forever. A few times either my wife or I has wanted a moderately big-ticket item and our standard response is to stall the decision - a few times we've decided that if we still want it in a week we'll go ahead and buy it, only to find that within that week the desire passed.
 
Top Bottom