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Turn Unwanted Electronics Into Cash With Gazelle

Posted 4 weeks 1 day ago by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, Making Extra Cash

We all have a few old electronics lying around that we never use anymore. It seems a waste to just throw them away, but it often takes effort to sell them. Now there is a new service called Gazelle that allows you to trade your old electronics for cash with the least amount of hassle.

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How much are memories worth?

Posted 33 weeks 1 hour ago by Philip Brewer

Frugal Living

Philip Brewer on the bank of the river Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland

I get a particular negative jolt when I review a credit card bill and find a charge for something that's already over and done--a meal already eaten, a vacation already taken, a tank of gas already burned up. I'm much happier paying a charge when I can pat the thing purchased and know that it'll be serving some useful purpose for years to come. Just recently, though, I've found that I'm beginning to have a little more appreciation for those purchases that are only memories before they're even paid for.

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No, you DON'T need to buy that...

Posted 43 weeks 3 days ago by Sarah Baughman

Life Hacks

Watch your dollars fly away, or realize how much you really DON'T need...

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Making the most of your guilty pleasures

Posted 1 year ago by Philip Brewer

Filed Under: Frugal Living

Pens and notebooks with Ganesh

I've been trying to come up with a way to articulate the mental shift from being not-frugal to being frugal. It's not really about wanting to spend less, and it's certainly not about making do with less. A lot of it is about figuring out what you really want, but saying that sweeps a lot of hard thinking under the rug.

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