Here are a 5 ways that I have saved money over the last few Christmas seasons : Skip the Gifts – Don’t try and buy significance and meaning, it doesn’t come from gifts. Talk to family and friends and see who is open to cutting back on gifts amounts or even take the plunge and see if they are willing to skip gifts altogether. I would recommend trying to replace the gifts with something significant that deepens your relationships: a heartfelt card, special dinner or get together, a family day. Here is my Christmas gift journey from the last few [...]
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The Frugal Tool Chest is a recurring series covering practical tips and tools that will arm you to save even more money on your online purchases. Frugal Chest Tip #1 covered using Price Protectr to save money by getting post purchase refunds on price drops. This tip will walk you through some of the tips and tricks to find an item that you have decided to buy at the cheapest price. The article will use my most recent online purchase as a case study: La Crosse BC-900 Battery Charger. A few weeks ago I was reading The Simple Dollar’s rechargeable [...]
Read MoreThe Frugal Tool Chest is a recurring series covering practical tips and tools that will arm you to save even more money on your online purchases. I The first frugal tips involves a website that will notify you when the price drops on any of your recent purchases. How does this help? Well, most stores have a price protection policy that allow you to receive a refund if the price of the item you purchased dropped before X number of days post purchase. For example Amazon’s policy is currently this : Post-Order Price Guarantee Amazon.com’s prices for released items will [...]
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