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Anyone who’s accumulated any amount of money in their lifetime will likely tell you that you can’t make money by spending it all the time, and likely lives well beneath their means. One of the ways to save money (and who doesn’t like to save money?) is to avoid ridiculous fees and charges that [...]

Now that Christmas is over, many people are out taking advantage of the many deals that retailers are offering. This reminded me of a link I came across earlier this year which offered advice on the best time to buy many products. Some of the items include:

Airplane Tickets
Appliances
Cars
Clothing
.. and many more

Link to [...]

Motley Fool, a great site for financial advice which is in my RSS Reader, offered some good basic advice on how to make the most of what you earn, with a focus on those in debt:

According to the Federal Reserve, in 2004, 46% of American families were strapped with credit card debt. How much debt? [...]

One way to keep from throwing money away is to collect your change. I personally use old 1 liter bottles of soda (they have wide mouths) to keep change in, and then go redeem them when they are full. Most people associate change sorters with CoinStar, which charges over 9% just to sort [...]

To save money on groceries, check out these coupon sites geared specifically towards groceries:

boodle
The Grocery Game
Coupon Mom

Of course another way to try and save money on groceries that most everyone already knows– don’t go shopping when you’re hungry.

An article at WikiHow offers advice on

Although I already do this online using online banking, BillQ offers a way to manage bills online.

billQ is a new web-based application that gives you an easy way to keep track of your bills. With billQ, you can make sure you always know exactly what you have to pay, and when you have to pay [...]

SmartMoney lists 10 things that you probably don’t know about gas stations.

With gas prices hovering at around $3 a gallon since spring, consumers are getting desperate. Some have cut back on driving; others have swapped their gas guzzlers for economy cars. And everyone is shopping around for the cheapest gas. The problem is, drivers often [...]




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