Comments on: Thinking Back About The Money I Wasted In 2007. http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/ A place to discuss money...for the rest of us. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:35:12 -0500 hourly 1 By: Bouncing Betty http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-23837 Bouncing Betty Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:49:28 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/#comment-23837 I've been trying to be careful this year but stupid things I bought include: 1)A shop vac instead of a regular vacume cleaner after my hoover died. The shop vac spews almost as much dust as it picks up. I still have to get a regular vacume for the house. 2)Also hiring an unlicensed contractor to do work in my house (albeit a supposedly highly recommended handy man) who did a really rotten job and then had the nerve to ask for a reference and got snippy when I said I could not. I'm sure there are others, but these two come to mind right away. I’ve been trying to be careful this year but stupid things I bought include:

1)A shop vac instead of a regular vacume cleaner after my hoover died. The shop vac spews almost as much dust as it picks up. I still have to get a regular vacume for the house.

2)Also hiring an unlicensed contractor to do work in my house (albeit a supposedly highly recommended handy man) who did a really rotten job and then had the nerve to ask for a reference and got snippy when I said I could not.

I’m sure there are others, but these two come to mind right away.

]]> By: Stories to Learn from and Frugality to Emulate ~ The Carnivals | I've Paid For This Twice Already... http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-23831 Stories to Learn from and Frugality to Emulate ~ The Carnivals | I've Paid For This Twice Already... Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:57:27 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/#comment-23831 [...] Two Dollars: Thinking Back on the Money I Wasted in 2007. Yeah… um… I have a few myself. Maybe there is a post in the works. Halloween candy on [...] [...] Two Dollars: Thinking Back on the Money I Wasted in 2007. Yeah… um… I have a few myself. Maybe there is a post in the works. Halloween candy on [...]

]]> By: Customer Service At Its Best - Thanks SmugMug. | My Two Dollars http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-23829 Customer Service At Its Best - Thanks SmugMug. | My Two Dollars Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:01:48 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/#comment-23829 [...] david | December 12, 2007 The other day I wrote about different ways I had wasted money in 2007 and how one of the ways was that I was charged for another year of photo storage by [...] [...] david | December 12, 2007 The other day I wrote about different ways I had wasted money in 2007 and how one of the ways was that I was charged for another year of photo storage by [...]

]]> By: Andy Williams http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-23801 Andy Williams Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:50:38 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/#comment-23801 Oops I'm so sorry, David - not Damon :) I apologize for the typo! Oops I’m so sorry, David – not Damon :)
I apologize for the typo!

]]> By: Andy Williams http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-23800 Andy Williams Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:48:48 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/#comment-23800 Hi Damon, I'm from SmugMug. Ouch - so sorry that you feel like you were cheated by us! While our terms of service indicate that accounts auto-renew, we'll still happily provide you a refund - we don't want to keep your money at all, if you are not using the service. I tried to credit your account, but too much time has passed. If you write our help desk, http://www.smugmug.com/help/emailreal and put ATTN: Andy in the subject line, we'll send you a refund check. Don't forget to include a current mailing address, okay? We'd have done this anytime if you'd just asked - we only want subscription fees from people who are using and getting value from our service :) I hope this helps, and I wish you only the best in the future! Andy Hi Damon, I’m from SmugMug. Ouch – so sorry that you feel like you were cheated by us! While our terms of service indicate that accounts auto-renew, we’ll still happily provide you a refund – we don’t want to keep your money at all, if you are not using the service. I tried to credit your account, but too much time has passed. If you write our help desk, http://www.smugmug.com/help/emailreal and put ATTN: Andy in the subject line, we’ll send you a refund check. Don’t forget to include a current mailing address, okay?

We’d have done this anytime if you’d just asked – we only want subscription fees from people who are using and getting value from our service :)

I hope this helps, and I wish you only the best in the future!

Andy

]]> By: Carnival of Money Stories #38 | Cash Money Life http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-23798 Carnival of Money Stories #38 | Cash Money Life Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:36:15 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/#comment-23798 [...] presents Thinking Back About The Money I Wasted In 2007. Posted at My Two Dollars. I think we all have a few similar examples, but I don’t care to [...] [...] presents Thinking Back About The Money I Wasted In 2007. Posted at My Two Dollars. I think we all have a few similar examples, but I don’t care to [...]

]]> By: David http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-23749 David Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:20:28 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/#comment-23749 Isn't it amazing what we all spend money on? Granted we "think" we are doing the right thing, but when you look back, it doesn't look as nice... Thanks for the comments everyone! Isn’t it amazing what we all spend money on? Granted we “think” we are doing the right thing, but when you look back, it doesn’t look as nice…

Thanks for the comments everyone!

]]> By: vh http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-23746 vh Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:55:54 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/#comment-23746 LOL! Here I thought I was the only one! Well, here's one I'll bet no one can top: Hired an unlicensed contractor to work on a house. Duh! He did a great job on the things he did. But after months of waiting for him to finish the job, we finally had to can him and hire someone (licensed & bonded!) to come in and finish work we had paid him for (double-duh!) and complete the project. This guy was given to starting a project, wandering off in the middle of it for a few days or weeks and working somewhere else, then coming back and working a bit on the project he began. Before he would finish one project, he'd start on another, so you were stuck with two unfinished jobs--you hesitate to fire a contractor in the middle of something, because you don't know for sure you can get someone to finish it. When we finally threw him out, after months of waiting on him, a guy recommended my our air conditioning contractor came in with a crew and finished the entire renovation project in two weeks flat. We had budgeted $25,000 for the entire job, which we figured would include a fence & landscaping as well as interior renovations, and we ended up paying $30,000 just for the interior work. If we had gone with the licensed contractor, the interior job probably would have cost us $20,000 or $25,000, but it would have been done right and on time. LOL! Here I thought I was the only one!

Well, here’s one I’ll bet no one can top: Hired an unlicensed contractor to work on a house. Duh!

He did a great job on the things he did. But after months of waiting for him to finish the job, we finally had to can him and hire someone (licensed & bonded!) to come in and finish work we had paid him for (double-duh!) and complete the project. This guy was given to starting a project, wandering off in the middle of it for a few days or weeks and working somewhere else, then coming back and working a bit on the project he began. Before he would finish one project, he’d start on another, so you were stuck with two unfinished jobs–you hesitate to fire a contractor in the middle of something, because you don’t know for sure you can get someone to finish it.

When we finally threw him out, after months of waiting on him, a guy recommended my our air conditioning contractor came in with a crew and finished the entire renovation project in two weeks flat. We had budgeted $25,000 for the entire job, which we figured would include a fence & landscaping as well as interior renovations, and we ended up paying $30,000 just for the interior work. If we had gone with the licensed contractor, the interior job probably would have cost us $20,000 or $25,000, but it would have been done right and on time.

]]> By: Jacob http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-23737 Jacob Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:44:33 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/#comment-23737 About $250 worth of exercise equipment and instructional DVDs which I have not watched. I should just have kept using what I already had instead of look for novelty. About $250 worth of exercise equipment and instructional DVDs which I have not watched. I should just have kept using what I already had instead of look for novelty.

]]> By: Shay http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-23724 Shay Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:25:06 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/12/06/thinking-back-about-the-money-i-wasted-in-2007/#comment-23724 I brought Scrapbooking stuff about $800 worth it is still sitting in the bags and packagng it come in about 5 months ago...I have been spending about $70.00 per week on coffee and lunch with girlfriends. As I live in the country the petrol is expensive for these lunches as well...I also got into the bad habit of going into town the day I get paid even if I have to go the next day, I would go to the local video shop and buy dvd's ranging from $9.95 each up to new ones for $34.95 I am serious this year (comming 08) about debt reduction and I have made a good start this year but need to curb my spending more target to save this year (debt reduction and savings) $5830 give or take a few dollars.....God I feel sick knowing I have spent that much this is the first time I have actually sat down and worked that out. Thank you for making me face the truth! I brought Scrapbooking stuff about $800 worth it is still sitting in the bags and packagng it come in about 5 months ago…I have been spending about $70.00 per week on coffee and lunch with girlfriends. As I live in the country the petrol is expensive for these lunches as well…I also got into the bad habit of going into town the day I get paid even if I have to go the next day, I would go to the local video shop and buy dvd’s ranging from $9.95 each up to new ones for $34.95

I am serious this year (comming 08) about debt reduction and I have made a good start this year but need to curb my spending more target to save this year (debt reduction and savings) $5830 give or take a few dollars…..God I feel sick knowing I have spent that much this is the first time I have actually sat down and worked that out.

Thank you for making me face the truth!

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