Category Archives: Money Saving Tips

A colleague went to Subway and offered to bring back lunch or dessert.  I got some cookies and he said that I could just buy him a soda at some point instead of giving him cash. The sodas out of … Continue reading →

When you think “rent to own” if you’re at all money-savvy you know that this translates to “expensive.”  These kinds of stores make their money by marketing the “just $15/month” that ends up costing a small fortune over the cost … Continue reading →

Depreciation is the discounting of resale value that happens as something gets used.  No depreciation has happened when you buy something new. If you buy something new, you get to suffer the ill effects of the worst part of the … Continue reading →

It’s not a bad idea to carry cash, of course, if the cash is in your wallet, it’s there to spend.  (That’s why you carry it, after all.) If you carry cash only in denominations more than $5, it can … Continue reading →