There are also money lessons to be learned in this roundup from millionaires who hate fees as much (or more) than you and I, high-profile pawn shop owners who are wise enough to walk away rather than lose money on deals, and …
haggling
What Should I Bid on a House?
Let me revisit a classic home buyer's question ("What should I bid on a property?") with some insights for today's modern, love-to-bargain, Internet data-filled world. It's a re-examination of home buying in a Groupon …
55 Money Tips: How to Splurge to Save, Haggle Wisely, Escape a Store Without an Impulse Buy, and More
This week’s money tip roundup also includes suggestions for tweaking your brown-bag lunch into a meal worth looking forward to, and a personal challenge that’ll make you $1,000 richer by summer’s end.
83 Money Tips: Get Half Off All Your Purchases, Get Out of Speeding Tickets, and More
This week’s tip roundup also includes lessons learned from taking on DIY projects, from observing the business model of discount supermarkets, and from not shopping for 127 days in a row.
96 Money Tips: Smart 401(k) Saving, Dumb Pawn Shop Purchases, and More
This week’s roundup also includes insights on technology rip-offs, the future of coupons, and tactics for handling everything from hard-nosed negotiations to selling stuff on Craigslist.
How to Haggle with Your Doctor
Find out how directly from the source—a doctor.
Such a Simple Question, Such Big Savings Potential: ‘Is That the Best You Can Do?’
Increasingly, the idea of a completely set, non-negotiable price is disappearing pretty much anywhere and everywhere consumers shop nowadays—even at huge retail centers such as Lowes.
223 Tips: Snag Freebies, Save Money, Salvage Food About to Spoil, Get Your Adult Kid Out of the House, and More
This week’s links cover topics ranging from school fundraisers that aren’t worth your time (and don’t raise much money), to resources for finding the best Black Friday deals, to effective, low-effort, low-cost ways to clean the bathroom.
Money-Saving Insights and Tips: 19 New Resources to Take to Heart (and to the Bank)
In this week’s roundup, we’ve got myths to debunk (about used cars, coupons), things to avoid (absurd kitchen gadgets, preemptive brake jobs on your car, going into debt from calling psychic hotlines), and ways to trick your brain—and your belly—into thinking you’re consuming more, thereby helping you eat (and spend) less.
5 Cheapskate Conundrums: Is It OK to Use a Coupon on a Date?
Also: How do you avoid getting ripped off if you’re the world’s worst, most timid, most undemanding haggler? People concerned (obsessed?) with saving money have issues, such as …
24 Zen Resources to Help You Work Less (and Do More), Indulge (in Healthy Ways), Save Money (Of Course), and Also De-Stress, Simplify, and Otherwise Zen Out
In honor the upcoming holiday weekend honoring work, here’s a roundup with a heaping share of tips celebrating the concept of working less and relaxing more.
Why Does Buying a New Car Still Have to Be So Painful?
Even in today’s marketplace of increased pricing transparency thanks to the Internet, when businesses talk a lot about building strong, trusting relationships with customers, shopping for a car can be a confusing and torturous experience. Today’s consumers have little reason to believe anything that a car salesman says; to be inside a …
