When cooking deer meat that has a wild taste to it, just marinate it ahead of time in Coke and it takes out the wild & gives you deer meat that tastes like beef!
I never answer my phone unless I know exactly who is calling, and I seldom call anyone. I've never owned a cell phone and never plan to because I would rather read than talk. I'd probably settle for the two tin can phone system if there was only enough string. Gadgets of almost any kind just suck money out of your pockets and interfere with real social interaction.
I don't save money on my phone bill. I don't even use it! I have it bundled with tv and internet. If I cancel the phone, the bill would be $5 more per month. They get you coming and going.
I coupon out of necessity, as we are on a very tight budget . I try and coupon in phases so it's not taking up too much time. I also cloth diaper in phases . I don't consider myself an extreme stockpiling mom . I do like my savings to fall into the 50-100% savings mark. I don't clip a bunch of coupons every week. To save time and my last remaining shreds of sanity .. I buy 4 papers every week and immediately file those (whole) inserts in my hanging file tote. I don't have a HUGE house or garage,basement , or big utility room ..so there's no way I could let my stockpile get too big . I just like to buy enough to get through sales cycles ( or a lil longer) at rock bottom stock up price. I try not to get an insane amount of processed food. I like it for things like COFFEE, pantry staples , dental, vitamins, hair care, deodorant , detergent , tp , pt , and more COFFEE (yes, it's worth mentioning twice ;) ) . We live in south Florida so I'm in True BOGO land , BUT SADLY NO DOUBLE COUPONS . fL is the roll out state for walmarts BOGO ad match (at their price) as well . I hate to admit it but I get stuff there now after boycotting for over a decade . I will match some items like BOGO produce ,BOGO meats and misc. here and there . Publix is my preferred store. Now I have been known to buy an excess of an item before ( no shelf clearing ..uh unless there's only 2 ) if it works out for me mathematically . I'll give excess away to fam and friends .. Plus I buy groceries for my mum since she's perpetually broke. I hope I can maintain my couponing when I return to work this year . There are ways to shave time off it..ya just have to utilize the many online resources out there. I will also add that I actually spend way less time in the store now ..as I go in with my list and coupons ..knowing exactly what I'm getting and spending.
We got rid of the landline and just have cell phones now, and use a company discount (always check if the company you work for gets any kinds of discounts for their employees, where I work gets a rather large % discount off the bill).
I added all of my family members onto my cell phone plan (a total of 4). In the end, we all save money and have more services and features than if we were to each have individual phone plans. Altogether, my monthly cell phone plan costs $220, or $55/person, and includes unlimited talk, text, and data (compared to the $80-$90/month per person for the individual plans).
I have used Net10 for my cell phone pay-as-you-go plan for years after switching from Verizon. I don't surf the web on my phone, just text and make calls. For me the cost averages to $15.00 per month.
We use the Walmart Family Mobile Plan. We have two cell phones, with unlimited text, talk and web for $60 a month. We don't have a contract. We don't have a land line, either.
We switched to Virgin Mobile to save money. There was upfront costs involved in that we had to buy our phones, but we love having lower monthly payments and living contract free. It has so been worth it. We also ditched our landline a long time ago.
I switched from AT&T to T-Mobile (both post-paid) and was actually able to get more for about $60 less per month (2 lines). With AT&T, had a shared data bucket of 4GB/mo. With T-Mobile it's unlimited for both phones.
I'm with AT&T, so saving on my bill is nearly impossible! Thankfully, I still have a discount from my old university, and my husband gets a stipend from work to put towards our bill (since he uses his phone for work). I also use my phone a lot for work, so I write off some of the cost on my taxes. ~Brenda from SuperMoney
I bought an Ooma for home phone. It paid for itself in two months and has been working for more than two years! For my cell phone, I went with Republic Wireless. You buy the discounted phone from them and the plan I am on is $25/month for unlimited everything.
When cooking deer meat that has a wild taste to it, just marinate it ahead of time in Coke and it takes out the wild & gives you deer meat that tastes like beef!
I got out of contract cell phone plans. Just switching to a reasonable prepaid plan cut my bill in half.
We switched from Sprint to Ting - it is still the Sprint network and our phones still work on it - but now we only pay 1/3 of what we did before.
I never answer my phone unless I know exactly who is calling, and I seldom call anyone. I've never owned a cell phone and never plan to because I would rather read than talk. I'd probably settle for the two tin can phone system if there was only enough string. Gadgets of almost any kind just suck money out of your pockets and interfere with real social interaction.
I don't save money on my phone bill. I don't even use it! I have it bundled with tv and internet. If I cancel the phone, the bill would be $5 more per month. They get you coming and going.
I coupon out of necessity, as we are on a very tight budget . I try and coupon in phases so it's not taking up too much time. I also cloth diaper in phases . I don't consider myself an extreme stockpiling mom . I do like my savings to fall into the 50-100% savings mark. I don't clip a bunch of coupons every week. To save time and my last remaining shreds of sanity .. I buy 4 papers every week and immediately file those (whole) inserts in my hanging file tote. I don't have a HUGE house or garage,basement , or big utility room ..so there's no way I could let my stockpile get too big . I just like to buy enough to get through sales cycles ( or a lil longer) at rock bottom stock up price. I try not to get an insane amount of processed food. I like it for things like COFFEE, pantry staples , dental, vitamins, hair care, deodorant , detergent , tp , pt , and more COFFEE (yes, it's worth mentioning twice ;) ) . We live in south Florida so I'm in True BOGO land , BUT SADLY NO DOUBLE COUPONS . fL is the roll out state for walmarts BOGO ad match (at their price) as well . I hate to admit it but I get stuff there now after boycotting for over a decade . I will match some items like BOGO produce ,BOGO meats and misc. here and there . Publix is my preferred store. Now I have been known to buy an excess of an item before ( no shelf clearing ..uh unless there's only 2 ) if it works out for me mathematically . I'll give excess away to fam and friends .. Plus I buy groceries for my mum since she's perpetually broke. I hope I can maintain my couponing when I return to work this year . There are ways to shave time off it..ya just have to utilize the many online resources out there. I will also add that I actually spend way less time in the store now ..as I go in with my list and coupons ..knowing exactly what I'm getting and spending.
We got rid of the landline and just have cell phones now, and use a company discount (always check if the company you work for gets any kinds of discounts for their employees, where I work gets a rather large % discount off the bill).
I added all of my family members onto my cell phone plan (a total of 4). In the end, we all save money and have more services and features than if we were to each have individual phone plans. Altogether, my monthly cell phone plan costs $220, or $55/person, and includes unlimited talk, text, and data (compared to the $80-$90/month per person for the individual plans).
I save on my phone bill by bundling services with cable and internet.
We use an internet phone service for our home line. We only pay about a $100 a year.
I share a cell phone plan with my family, so don't have a landline and then I use skype for people I call a lot
Calling thorough wireless in my house and using a state employees discount.
A lot of times you can BYOD to a phone company instead of opting in to a contract which can save money in the long run.
I have used Net10 for my cell phone pay-as-you-go plan for years after switching from Verizon. I don't surf the web on my phone, just text and make calls. For me the cost averages to $15.00 per month.
Taking care of hygiene at your desk (popping zits, clipping tie nails, and loudly and pride soy blowing your nose). Ugh.
Never use rope as a dog toy...if they eat it it gets wrapped in their intestines and they die a miserable death.
We use the Walmart Family Mobile Plan. We have two cell phones, with unlimited text, talk and web for $60 a month. We don't have a contract. We don't have a land line, either.
Unbundled and discontinued long distance. Saved about $30/month.
article is slightly misleading - options carry much more risk opposed to shares given their pricing structure and implied leverage.
We switched to Virgin Mobile to save money. There was upfront costs involved in that we had to buy our phones, but we love having lower monthly payments and living contract free. It has so been worth it. We also ditched our landline a long time ago.
I switched from AT&T to T-Mobile (both post-paid) and was actually able to get more for about $60 less per month (2 lines). With AT&T, had a shared data bucket of 4GB/mo. With T-Mobile it's unlimited for both phones.
I'm with AT&T, so saving on my bill is nearly impossible! Thankfully, I still have a discount from my old university, and my husband gets a stipend from work to put towards our bill (since he uses his phone for work). I also use my phone a lot for work, so I write off some of the cost on my taxes. ~Brenda from SuperMoney
I have unlimited text and data and never go over my phone minutes.
My husband gets a discount via his workplace, we have a family discount where the more we add the more we save.
I bought an Ooma for home phone. It paid for itself in two months and has been working for more than two years! For my cell phone, I went with Republic Wireless. You buy the discounted phone from them and the plan I am on is $25/month for unlimited everything.