What's the stupidest (or smartest thing) you've done to save a few bucks
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I'm going to refine my comment from above as it is slightly different in my two cities 
Elgin: Regular service through Waste Management (which is the worst service I have ever had) is paid through our water bill and is subsidized if I recall by the city of Elgin. Regular residential service is $15.80/mth
WeGo: I pay Groot directly on a quarterly basis for regular service. I'm not sure how it's subsidized. I will say, I haven't changed anything other than the billing address (sent to Elgin), so it's still in my Grandmother's name, and I take advantage of the senior discount.
Elgin: Regular service through Waste Management (which is the worst service I have ever had) is paid through our water bill and is subsidized if I recall by the city of Elgin. Regular residential service is $15.80/mth
WeGo: I pay Groot directly on a quarterly basis for regular service. I'm not sure how it's subsidized. I will say, I haven't changed anything other than the billing address (sent to Elgin), so it's still in my Grandmother's name, and I take advantage of the senior discount.
Bad: Refinanced the mortgage for a lower rate, pay off wife's CC debt and finish the basement. Basement is great; however, 5 yrs later wife re-racked up CC debt.
Good: Went through a friend for a high efficiency AC and Furnace. Total cost, including ComEd/Nicor rebates, is less than if I went contractor grade equipment. Additional perk, my electric and gas bills are both 40% less per month than before.
Good: Went through a friend for a high efficiency AC and Furnace. Total cost, including ComEd/Nicor rebates, is less than if I went contractor grade equipment. Additional perk, my electric and gas bills are both 40% less per month than before.
I took a 42" tv from the neighbors trash and threw a $30 board, $10 remote and $20 wall mount on it. Still works great.
If I can do it myself and save money I will. I have multiple people quote me on jobs and see who is hungry, but I'm not a dick. I had 3 painters quote me and one guy was willing to be a little less and go the extra mile. He made a lot of cash from me and I'm happy with it.
I haggle on nearly everything even at big box stores.
My wife sucks at saving money so I setup an online account to auto transfer a few dollars a week and it's out of sight out of mind type of deal. Not much but enough to build up over time. Did the same for the kids 529 plan. Again it's not much but it's something and a few bucks here and there is no big deal.
I do about $10/week to acorns
I pay my bills weekly. So it's easier to pay $25/week vs $100 at the end of the month.
I pack my lunch more and more now. That saves me nearly $10 a day for lunch alone and only stop by for breakfast on the go if I really don't have time. So my breakfast meals went down from every day to maybe a few times every month.
We just cleaned up all the old toys from the kids room. Had the wife clean them up and take pics and sell them for $5-$10 each on fb groups. She made an easy $160+ for things that would have normally been junk or donated
If I can do it myself and save money I will. I have multiple people quote me on jobs and see who is hungry, but I'm not a dick. I had 3 painters quote me and one guy was willing to be a little less and go the extra mile. He made a lot of cash from me and I'm happy with it.
I haggle on nearly everything even at big box stores.
My wife sucks at saving money so I setup an online account to auto transfer a few dollars a week and it's out of sight out of mind type of deal. Not much but enough to build up over time. Did the same for the kids 529 plan. Again it's not much but it's something and a few bucks here and there is no big deal.
I do about $10/week to acorns
I pay my bills weekly. So it's easier to pay $25/week vs $100 at the end of the month.
I pack my lunch more and more now. That saves me nearly $10 a day for lunch alone and only stop by for breakfast on the go if I really don't have time. So my breakfast meals went down from every day to maybe a few times every month.
We just cleaned up all the old toys from the kids room. Had the wife clean them up and take pics and sell them for $5-$10 each on fb groups. She made an easy $160+ for things that would have normally been junk or donated
The only reason I wouldn't these days is if you're into sports. Otherwise fuck paying good $$$ to flip through channels and channels of worthless shit.
I only really care about football. Agreed that there is SOOOO much bloat out there. I wish the NFL would create its own NFL-GO app.
Problem solved.
just do it, it's so insane for me even thinking about paying for cable again with how busy I am and keep with other shit.
I did the same thing. Went from an 04 GTO to a 13 Dart for my 40mi round trip...
..hated the Dart, wound up moving offices a few months after getting rid of the GTO to a 20mi round trip... RIP GTO. :wtc:
I just use a non-disposable “safety razor” or “dual edge” razor to save money on shaving. It’s like a $50 investment initially but after that it’s about $.03 per blade so I use each one 2x and just toss it. And if you use real shaving soap (pucks with a brush instead of a can of foam or gel) the pucks cost like $7 and last an entire year.
Oh and my dumbass way I used to save money: when I initially moved out we barely had trash and I didn’t want to pay the $30/mo Crystal Lake price for garbage pickup. So I bought those huge 50 gallon thick bags and just loaded all my weekly trash in there and every week I brought it to work on the day they emptied the dumpster. I had it timed out so I would put the trash in there an hour or 2 before the guy came so the boss was none the wiser. Eventually that got old and there were times the garbage stunk so bad I almost threw up so we eventually caved and got garbage pickup
#lifegoals!
Live for free while having 2 houses eventually paid off.
That is so much win. I envy it.
How do those cut? I have one sitting here and have been somewhat curious about it.
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