Posted on 08/14/2013 6:19:44 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat
I posted an article earlier today detailing some of the latest "successes" of the Summer of Recovery ver 5.3 There are a lot of FReepers who don't seem to be sharing in the munificent economic blessings of His Most Worshipfulness, Lord Buraq the First.
It occurred to me that it's been quite awhile since I posted a thread on Money Saving ideas to share. So here ya go. Please share your ideas for saving money with your fellow FReepers.
Here are some ideas to start the thread that I don't recall posting in the past.
1. If you have Verizon Wireless as your cell phone provider, check out Page Plus Cellular. They're a prepaid cellphone provider that uses Verizon's network. You can use your same phone and pay about 1/3.
2. If you need to buy a cellphone, check out the used ones on e-bay. You can get a 2-3 year old smartphone for about $35.00. Check out the ebay retailers out of Dexter, MI like recellular, recellular 2, etc...(seems to be same company). If you get one of their phones sold in "good" condition they'll often send a completely refurbished phone.
I had a car that started to ping because the CAT was clogged up, I had to replace the CAT and no more pinging or more power.
Shop around for car insurance. We recently got a new car and our rates went up by $30 a month. So, we shopped around and found BETTER coverage for $20 less than what we were paying for the old car.
I usually switch up my car insurance every 5 years or so. There’s always a better deal to be had somewhere. Heck, I once switched the week after my wife had an at-fault fender bender, and I STILL ended up getting a better rate.
You can go online and get a rate quote in a few minutes. Easily worth your time.
Use synthetic motor oil. It is more expensive, but you can run it twice as long, saving not only the cost of replacement oil, but also the labor to change it if you aren’t a do-it-yourselfer.
I used to think so.
With 87 octane (10% Ethanol) my 1-ton work van gets 15 mpg. With 91 octane (no ethanol), it gets 18 mpg. The 20% increase in mileage is greater than the increase in cost between fuels.
For cheaper cell phones with Page Plus, try this, but avoid the “broken,” “poor condition” and “for parts” phones.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sop=15&_nkw=page+plus+cell+phones&LH_BIN=1
Set “Sort:” to
Price + Shipping: lowest first
Then, in the left column of the page, click on “Buy It Now” under “Format” (only if you want to avoid bidding on the phones).
Hope that helps. The first few links are only for Page Plus activations—not the phones. Scroll past those and any ads for broken phones. Have fun. And no, I don’t get anything out of this and am not advertising for any gain of my own. I don’t sell anything through eBay. Just did it for you.
Good post, RKBA Democrat. Well worth it. Thanks.
You can go online and get a rate quote in a few minutes. Easily worth your time.”
I tried that and did find that my auto insurance went down a lot but my Homeowners and Wind Insurance which I had with the same company as my car went up a whole lot. After my experiences with Ike I decided it was well worth it to keep my old carrier and old agent who is truly one in a million in getting his company to pay claims.
If I ever find myself without having to cover the house, it won’t take but a few minutes for me to change to a company whose rates are lower.
I live in a big commercial building and have absolutely zero lawn so I made up some earth buckets and built myself some carts. I wheel my tomatoes out on the sidewalk during the day and wheel them back in at night. I got peppers and cucumbers growing in the windows and I found if put your celery and lettuce stalks into a bit of water they will start regrowing and you can plant them in some soil in a large butter tub and they grow back very fast.
BTW, Amazon Prime is a great deal, for about $79 per year, you get 2nd day free shipping on many purchases + free streaming video = > Netflix for an entire year, also free kindle book library access.
The Advantage over 55 lb pack contains 6 each 4.0 ml tubes. The dosage rates for both dogs and cats can be found online. What I do is pour a tube in a small test tube with a rubber cap. These are available at vet and farm supply stores. Then I use a 1 ml syringe (with needle) to draw the amount required (for a 12 lb dog, 0.6 ml works great) from the test/blood sample tube through the rubber top (without opening the tube) and squeeze out the liquid as recommended behind their shoulders.
This does two things, if you purchase prepackaged treatment for 10 - 20 lb dog, you'll get a tube with 1.0 ml. This is too much flea control for a 12 lb dog (remember only 0.6 for 12 lb dog). By drawing only what is needed for a particular size of dog, you prevent both waste and overdosing.
The package size above, contains 24 ml of treatment. This is enough for treating a small 12 lb dog for 40 months, and in the winter you can skip several months.
If you buy the package for 11-20 lb dogs, you get only 6 - 1.0 ml tubes, the price is quite high at $51.66 and only contains enough treatment for 6 months.
Btw, Purchasing from Amazon will save you about half the cost of either size verses buying from a vet's office.
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I did not know that. Thanks!
One other thing, keep the remainder in the fridge for a longer shelf life. I am still on the first box I purchased well over two years ago and it still works great.
I was very surprised it worked. Found out about it on Pinterest.
Here is a youtube video on Regrowing Celery"
The only thing I would add is to keep the tops of the stalk wet too while it is in the water. I just turned it upside down each day and dipped in in the water before placing it back in the container.
Its amazing how fast it grows back.
Thanks! Will try for sure. I hate buying celery at the grocery, only to have most go bad before I can use it all. It’s a vegetable that I use all the time and a must have for any number of recipes.
For those of you living in colder climates and fairly good with basic electrical work (including safety practices), small structural building and plumbing projects, the following projects will pay for themselves in a relatively short time.
$1000 Solar Water Heater
http://www.builditsolar.com/Experimental/PEXColDHW/Overview.htm
$2K Solar Space + Water Heating — One Simple DIY System
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/SpaceHeating/DHWplusSpace/Main.htm
I had to replace a ten year old cell phone. I selected a refurbished flip phone. My daughter calls it a “dump phone”, comparing it to friends smart phones.
But it was free with the renewal of my contract, no one is going to steal it for resale and I won’t freak out if my young son accidentally breaks this one.
A good source of frugal living tips: dollarstretcher.com
For those of you inclined to doing auto repairs, research safety practices for doing repairs first (examples: always use jack stands beyond needed capacities instead of using concrete blocks or other brittle materials, pull wrenches toward you instead of pushing away whenever possible, while avoiding pulling toward face or head, use two hands whenever possible, torque to specified torque specs for whatever fasteners torque specs can be found for, etc.).
Research the Web—mostly discussion boards—for common parts failures and repair procedures for your particular vehicle. Bookmark pages of particular interest. And yes, we are capable of replacing vehicle computers when needed and so on. And no, computers aren’t needed for repairs. There are diagnostic routines that require nothing more sophisticated than a VOM (volt-ohm meter, analog’s fine, or even a cheap digital in most cases). Be careful around fuels. Read all about safety that you can find. Don’t be afraid to ask questions of the do-it-yourself grease monkeys using the discussion boards, and be humble.
Kroger’s Big K brand is much cheaper than Coke and Pepsi.
Arguably not legal, but big savings.
My skin medication went from $4 at Walmart to $94 overnight. No idea why.
Banged around on the internet a while and found an Indian pharmacy that had (supposedly) same thing for $8. I had a prescription but they never asked me to provide it, which means I could have skipped the doctor visit, too. Stuff seems to work ok.
WARNING: Buying drugs on the grey/black market from overseas is a risky thing to do. You’re probably unlikely to get prosecuted, but there isn’t a great deal of assurance that what you order is what you will actually get, either. Drugs can be contaminated or dosages off, etc. I’d be very careful using this method for anything really critical, like heart medication, etc. In my case, only thing likely to happen is for psoriasis to get a little worse.
Very much at your own risk.
I actually found my kids’ school uniform shoes on Amazon cheaper than the shoes at the uniform store. AND Amazon doesn’t have limited hours, buying two pairs guarantees free shipping if I’m not in a rush, and Amazon has the “wide” and “narrow” options for most sizes whereas the uniform store only has standard.
Only annoyance was not getting to take advantage of sales tax weekend for buying them.
CAT? The catalytic converter?
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