Clever ways to save and make money
How many times have you gone to the store, and bought something that you already had plenty of at home? Recently I bought a gallon-sized container of all-purpose cleaner at Costco, only to find the other gallon-sized container of all-purpose cleaner I had bought a few months back tucked underneath the sink. Darn it. 🙁 … Read more
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 the vending machine were $1.25 for a 20-ounce bottle. This was about the same price … Read more
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 of the rental period. I know that there are some homeowners that wished they had … Read more
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 depreciation. Did you know that a new loses about 15-20% of its value the second … Read more