Archive for May, 2009

You might save money by pricing your airline tickets separately. According to David Bach, author of “Fight For Your Money”, a recent search for flights for a family of four were priced as follows: From New York to Los Angeles – 4 tickets priced separately were $344 each. Four tickets purchased together were $2,476...

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Save money by renting over 325 types of tools at many Home Depot stores. Before you begin that home improvement project, visit their website at  Home Depot to find the nearest location for tool and equipment rental. Not all Home Depot stores rent tools. You can rent tools and equipment for 4 hours, 24...

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If you have a favorite product, I recommend going to the website and signing up to receive coupons directly from the manufacturer. Often, you will also be sent trial size products and information about upcoming promotions. Here are several websites that offer coupons. Dove Pantene Olay Pillsbury Betty Crocker Nabisco Kraft Proctor & Gamble...

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Last week, I joined the Freecycle Network (TM)  in my community. I have some left-over material from a remodeling project that I have wanted to find a home for. In order to join Freecycle, you need a Yahoo ID which is easy at yahoo.com  and it is free. You can use another email address...

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Today my website is featured on CBS-KHOU on the “Saving Cents” segment. I hope that you will find More With Less Today to be useful and that you will make it a favorite site to visit. You can subscribe by email and get my updates automatically. I will never share your email address and...

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Save money by fixing it yourself. This site will show you how with free “how-to” guides at “, the FixIt Club. This site offers free how-to-guides on hundreds of home repair jobs. In addition to giving you easy to follow instructions on “how to fix it”, they also tell you what the warranty covers,...

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Adopt a soldier and support our troops. One of the best resources that I have found is a website called Soldier’s Angels . On the bottom of their home page is a comprehensive list of teams and projects “so that no soldier may go unloved”. Here are just a few: Adopt a soldier- Individualized support...

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Here is a tip for saving money: Rent an item that you need for a short time. Rent anything online and save money at  a site called Zilok.  To earn some extra cash, offer an item you own for rent on this site. The home page says Zilok is a site for peer-to-peer renting, arranged...

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Eat. Drink. Save Money. Visit  Restaurant.com  to find a restaurant. Simply search by zip code or state, purchase a gift certificate for $10.00, print it, then take it to the restaurant and it is good for $25.00. I bought several of these today and here are a few tips. Some of the restaurants have restrictions as to...

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Shop for FREE! I love freebies, trial sizes and free samples. It makes me happy when they arrive in my mailbox! MySavings.com is a  site is devoted to tracking the freebies, free samples, and free trial-sized products available from retailers. Here is a sample of what I saw today: Prilosec OTC                  Garnier Ultra-Lift  Pro Deep Wrinkle...

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Giving a group gift can be made easier with a site called eDivvy . The site  helps you to easily put together a group gift online. You can choose  a gift and invite participants to contribute, design a group card and ship the gift. What could be easier? A $250.00 gift divided by 7 participants is $35.72 each...

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Yesterday, I wrote about involving  the kids in grocery store couponing and organizing. Another idea is to sit down with  last month’s utility bills and explain to everyone that when you conserve, the savings is reflected here in these bills. It sounds elementary, but showing them the bills, helps the “lights to come on”....

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     If you are looking for more way to cut down your food budget, why not make it a family affair? Start with grocery store coupons. Find a bin or container; add a pair of scissors for each child and a stack of envelopes. Show them how to cut and organize the coupons. I have...

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There are two sites where you can purchase discounted gift cards and pay less than face value and  the recipient gets full value for the gift card. The first site is called GiftCards.com: Save money on discounted gift cards at Giftcards.com You can pay less than face value for gift cards from major retailers. Here...

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