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Carnival of Personal Finance #142 - The Homeless Edition — The Baglady — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:52:42 +0000

[...] David from My Two Dollars has some good tips on how to save money just by taking care of what you have. Read more in Take Care Of What You Own To Save Yourself Money. [...]

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Vote For NCN Over At FMF - Plus, A Stroll Through My Blogroll — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:51:14 +0000

[...] My Two Dollars suggests that we save money when we take care of our stuff. [...]

By: david

david — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:47:24 +0000

I think a big part of it is planned by companies to introduce newer and better things every 6 months or 1 year – and we as Americans tend to want, consume, buy ANYTHING as long as it is new and/or better, so we can have better “stuff” than our neighbor.

It’s kind of sad, really…

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Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:25:24 +0000

[...] My Two Dollars has a great article that I like to paraphrase as Take care of your crap [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:02:59 +0000

Good post and oh so very true. Being proactive and taking care of your possessions will mean that you have to replace them less frequently. Even something as simple as washing your darks with your darks in cold water can keep those black shirts from fading.

I wonder where this trend of letting our possessions go to waste came from? I know as a child I took care of my toys yet I find I’m not as careful with my toys now (my electronics and such). I wonder if it’s a societal trend to not care about your possessions because they’ll be obsolete before they break anyways.

Just some food for thought.

By: david

david — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:51:10 +0000

It does make all the difference!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:28:35 +0000

Cleaning the coffee maker is a good one. I have one in my office and last summer I had noticed that it was taking a really long time to brew a pot. We’re talking over a half hour to forty minutes. It never occurred to me before then, but it was clearly clogged with calcium and other deposits.

I took it home and ran a few vinegar and water mixtures through the cycle and the amount of crud that came out was amazing. Flushed it with another few brews of plain water and it was back to brewing a full pot in under 15 minutes. And of course, the coffee tasted a hundred times better.