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"^hey I'm on Match, I don't appreciate that shit "

Another fun thing to do is go to a restaurant, eat half of your dinner and then put a curly black hair inside the remainder of your dish.

Complain to the manager. They'll comp your meal and invite you back for a free meal.

3/23/2010 9:28:40 AM

lol, that reminds me of this shit:

3/23/2010 9:32:04 AM

am i mistaken or is that bill form Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure?

[Edited on March 23, 2010 at 9:35 AM. Reason : (behind douche cook)]

3/23/2010 9:34:46 AM

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"unplug your cable box during the day. those things suck up almost as much electricity when they're turned off as they do when they're on. or just get rid of cable altogether."

i did that in January. saving $100 a month plus the extra $$$ for not keeping a cable box plugged in.

- i unplug items in my house that i don't use often. even when it's turned off, keeping something plugged in will keep pumping in electricity.
- if i know i'm going to be gone a few days, i'll lower the heat or raise the AC. no need for the house to be at 70 if i'm not going to be home.
- i have a 2 light rule in my house. only 2 lights on at any given time. especially since it's just me....no need to have every light on.
- when cooking, i'll make a big batch of food and then refrigerate the leftovers for lunch/dinner during the week. saves time and energy in cooking individual meals.
- when grocery shopping, i check out prices between name brand and store brand. store brand is usually cheaper 90% of the time unless the name brand item is on sale.
- i re-use the plastic grocery bags as kitty litter bags when cleaning out the litter box. i also use the plastic grocery bags as bathroom garbage bags.
- bring your lunch everyday instead of going out to eat. my coworkers and i have come up with a plan to only go out one day a week together as a group. the rest of the time we bring our lunch with us to save $$$

3/23/2010 9:37:51 AM

Don't pay for toilet water or ash trays.
Put your cigars out on hooker's backs, and then pee on them.

3/23/2010 9:39:46 AM

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"In most modern automobiles the fuel injectors shut off when you're coasting in gear. So if you're slowing down for a red light off in the distance if you just coast from 50mph down to almost a stop while in gear you'll burn no fuel whatsoever. *this only works if you have a manual transmission."

Yeah but how about the clutch wear from constant down shifting ? I always 1-2-3-4-5-6-5-4-3-2 to every stop. I dont care about clutch wear. I do it because its less boring. I'm not sure it saves enough gas to matter when i have to blip 4 times .

3/23/2010 9:49:01 AM

^what you're describing has nothing to do with what I'm talking about. If I'm going 50 down a hill and see a red light ahead I'm leaving the car in 6th gear till around 10-15mph when I put'er in neutral.

In the winter time I open up my window blinds and curtains during the day for the solar warming effect. It's a big enough difference to swing the temp of a bedroom by 5°F easily.

HT 6" sub of the day for lunch saves $$$

[Edited on March 23, 2010 at 9:59 AM. Reason : k ]

3/23/2010 9:57:49 AM

I don't have cable or any subscription services besides my cell phone

I have only the cheapest plan so my phone bill is $10 for 300 minutes/mo.

as long as I don't go over, it's all good, so I call and check my used minutes the 2 days prior to my billing cycle ending. I was so good with this, they gave me 60 additional minutes for free and half off on unlimited texting.

So my phone bill is $18 bux a month + taxes and fees.

you can just steal internet from neighbors.

3/23/2010 10:15:38 AM

Hey, the thread title is "money saving tips" not "how to live like a pauper"

3/23/2010 10:20:44 AM

Patrick why don't you tell us your money-saving tips

3/23/2010 10:22:08 AM

hey, hush you, gotta have your priorities.

Read: auto's x 3

3/23/2010 10:22:23 AM

whenever I get hungry, I just take some nyquill and go to sleep. Save on food bills and lose weight ftw.

3/23/2010 10:23:23 AM

haha, i used to eat some sleep in the navy


man, i was so broke then

3/23/2010 10:24:15 AM

Haha. I do that too. But that's because I'm trying to keep my weight in check.

3/23/2010 10:26:22 AM

I buy gum in bulk, too

I'm almost never out of gum

Orbitz White FTW!

3/23/2010 10:27:43 AM

Haha! Me too!

3/23/2010 10:30:22 AM

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"Patrick why don't you tell us your money-saving tips "

I've already posted 4 in this thread. How many more you want?


-T'stat in winter time is set at 62°. Me and my roommates are cold natured and putting on a sweater or blanket is no biggie.
-I drink a lot of tap water at home
-at work I only drink water from the water cooler
-the only coffee I drink is the free stuff we have at work in the break room.

[Edited on March 23, 2010 at 10:31 AM. Reason : k]

3/23/2010 10:31:12 AM

show up late, already hammered, to avoid staying somewhere too long and spending money on retail priced booze

keep a bottle in your trunk for that extra kick when you go out to get your "cell phone" from your car

[Edited on March 23, 2010 at 10:36 AM. Reason : ^britta water pitcher]

3/23/2010 10:35:36 AM

^britta pitchers are good, but I'm fine with tap as is.

3/23/2010 10:37:45 AM

-Scrounge for coupons
-Use a piece of dental floss at least twice
-Make your own coffee at home
-Try generic/off-brand products at least once (listerine vs equate mouthwash is a good example) if you like them continue to use them
-Turn OFF cable (haha i know a lot of people won't like this one)
-If you like soda always buy 2 liters AND whats on sale for a dollar
-Cook at home a lot and if you like to eat out eat at 'fresh food' non-tipping places Jasmine is a good example.
-If you like bottle water, use a filter system on your tap
-Buy used if it works

[Edited on March 23, 2010 at 10:48 AM. Reason : /]

3/23/2010 10:41:04 AM

i pre-register for rally events and prepay if I don't co-chair the event

usually get it at reduced cost or free

3/23/2010 10:42:03 AM

My wife and I add water to almost any kind of non-soda drinks we ever buy.

Good example is the Sobe Life Water on sale this week at Target: 10 for a dollar, with a bogo coupon from the manufacturer, plus target giving a $5 gift card if you buy 10 of them = we got 10 Sobe Life Waters absolutely free.

They have a lot of flavoring in them so we take them and split them 50/50 with tap water with hardly any change in flavor. We each have stainless steel drink containers and we put half of the sobe drink + equivalent amount of water in each of our containers for lunch. Basically turns the 10 sobe life waters we got for free into 20.

3/23/2010 10:44:29 AM

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"show up late, already hammered, to avoid staying somewhere too long and spending money on retail priced booze"

heeeeee I do this too

Also, NEVER order soft drinks at a restaurant. If you go out twice a week, that's over $200 a year in sodas. Stick with water.

3/23/2010 10:45:09 AM

-If you like crystal light, buy the wal-mart (its cheaper and taste the same) and only use 50 or75% of the recommended powder for your mixing.
-Yeah as you have mentioned water ONLY when you eat out.

[Edited on March 23, 2010 at 10:46 AM. Reason : /]

3/23/2010 10:46:07 AM

put your liquor in the freezer to save on ice

I don't have a radio in 2 of my cars to avoid being pelted with radio advertisements and convinced I need to buy something

[Edited on March 23, 2010 at 10:49 AM. Reason : s]

3/23/2010 10:47:54 AM

Dine out using restaurant.com coupons. You'll spend $11 for a $35 meal. (does not include tax + tip)

3/23/2010 10:49:23 AM

^ Sign for for Borders Rewards and you can get restaurant.com $25 coupons for $4 about 1 every two months.

[Edited on March 23, 2010 at 10:51 AM. Reason : /]

3/23/2010 10:51:05 AM

eat off the Joey menu at outback, kid's steak is same size as a petite sirloin

add a house salad for $1.99

spend less than $10 if you drink water when everyone else is spending $25

3/23/2010 10:51:29 AM

But I like soda
But I like full flavor lemonade
But I like long showers
But I like AC
But I like cable TV


Your suggestions aren't so much ways to save money as they are rather obvious ways to save money by reducing quality of life. You're not posting anything ground breaking that no one has thought of as a way to save without giving something they want. Everyone knows that soda costs more than water, and everyone knows that it costs more to keep your house at 68 rather than 75. The point of this thread should be give creative options for saving, not the basic premise of "If I don't buy this item, or if I use less of this item, I will save money." That's something everyone already knows.

3/23/2010 10:52:45 AM

^ you are one closed-minded and non-creative bitch.

3/23/2010 10:53:34 AM

I'm actually probably one of the smartest people on here

3/23/2010 10:54:57 AM

these are merely items that I have seen in the past

or you're getting trolled

3/23/2010 10:55:14 AM

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"^ Sign for for Borders Rewards and you can get restaurant.com $25 coupons for $4 about 1 every two months."

I get those coupons at 80% off through work every so often, so it's just $2 for a $25 coupon. Right now the promo code is COOK.

3/23/2010 10:55:40 AM

I didn't read the whole thread so someone probably already mentioned this.

But the biggest money saver is bringing your lunch to work rather than eating out.

Also, when we cook dinner we always make at least double what we are going to eat to provide leftovers for said lunches.

3/23/2010 10:56:14 AM

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"I'm actually probably one of the smartest people on here"

Wow.

3/23/2010 10:56:53 AM

I know, right?

3/23/2010 10:57:30 AM

Is that saying a lot?

3/23/2010 10:58:11 AM

Not really

3/23/2010 10:59:42 AM

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"eat off the Joey menu at outback, kid's steak is same size as a petite sirloin add a house salad for $1.99 "

this is pathetic. if you can't afford an adult's meal at a restaurant, you can't afford to go out to eat. stay in and watch american idol.

3/23/2010 10:59:42 AM

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"SMARTEST ON TWW"

Ironic?

3/23/2010 11:00:14 AM

I know most of these at the beginning of the thread are jokes...but if some of this is serious, you fuckers make me look like I'm living the life of a King.

3/23/2010 11:02:13 AM

I like to shop for loungewear/casual attire in the children's section of stores because it's cheaper.

Also, a children's-sized portion of food at a restaurant is more than enough for most adults.

3/23/2010 11:03:04 AM

Its not the amount of food

Its the fact that you look completely bitchmade ordering it

If you want a kids meal, go to a drive thru, where you can remain in relative anonymity

3/23/2010 11:04:22 AM

Why buy more food than you need? Restaurants should just offer reasonable portion sizes.

3/23/2010 11:05:18 AM

while that is true, I usually just order the adult portion and plant to only eat half and save the other half for a later lunch or dinner. I know plenty of people already do that, so I know this isn't anything new. Sometimes its cheaper to do that than to order of the kids menu.

jbrick83: keep in mind, for most of the people posting in here, it isn't out of need, its simply out of frugality

[Edited on March 23, 2010 at 11:07 AM. Reason : ]

3/23/2010 11:05:44 AM

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"^what you're describing has nothing to do with what I'm talking about. If I'm going 50 down a hill and see a red light ahead I'm leaving the car in 6th gear till around 10-15mph when I put'er in neutral"

Does it save more gas then just throwing it into neutral from the start and then coasting?

Quote :

"I'm actually probably one of the smartest people on here"

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Edited on March 23, 2010 at 11:14 AM. Reason : ]

3/23/2010 11:05:49 AM

^^ Sometimes I know I won't have a chance to eat my leftovers before they go bad. And a lot of restaurants provide portions so large that I can get two more meals from the leftovers. What a waste!

3/23/2010 11:07:18 AM

I am serious about my money saving tips. Also I coast a lot in car.

3/23/2010 11:07:31 AM

^^ understandable

3/23/2010 11:07:47 AM

RAWR RAWR RAWR KING DOUCHEBAG HERE

IF MY STEAK ISN'T AT LEAST 16 OUNCES I SEND IT BACK

3/23/2010 11:08:10 AM