Comments on: Saving With Low Income, Part 3

By: Excel budgeting fanatic

Excel budgeting fanatic — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:30:07 +0000

My parents had a garden when I was growing up. It was about 30′ x 70′, and it must have saved them hundreds a month on grocery bills. They had six kids, though, so your savings may vary depending on how large your brood is and how well you garden.

By: MAG

MAG — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:23:51 +0000

To save on expensive cell phone bills, I switched over to a “flat-rate” cell provider last year. I’ve saved at least half off my old cell phone bill, eliminated worrying about going over my monthly allotment of minutes, and I know what my bill will be every month. Since I don’t travel a lot, I don’t need multi-state coverage. Yes, the service can be spotty in some areas, but it’s not such a big deal. The voicemail and other basic features are exactly the same as my previous providers.

By: Ginsberg

Ginsberg — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 02:37:13 +0000

I think ‘buy generic rather than namebrand’ goes double for off-the-shelf medication. Whereas with food or soft drinks you might actually notice a taste difference, with meds you can be sure you are getting the exact same thing. All the medicinal ingredients and their portions are listed on the labels… it’s medicine after all, this is required by law (at least here in Canada). So just grab the namebrand, grab the generic, and for the same amount of the medicinal ingredients (the important stuff), you’ll save huge with generics. Then again sometimes you think a generic is equivalent to a good namebrand product, and then you notice some missing ingredients…

By: Hazzard

Hazzard — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:40:23 +0000

Hi Flexo,
I managed to screw up my ELYM.blogspot.com address when I published my history over to my new site at:
“>http://www.everybodylovesyourmoney.com I’m trying to get the URL back, but am not feeling very confident that it will happen.
Can you update your link to me?
Thanks,
Hazzard