19 years ago • Comments
A couple months ago, I talked about how sharing money works for our marriage, and one comment really stood out. I want to reprint the comment in its entirety here. I won't share any of my own ideas about the method that Tim and his wife use in their … [Read more...] about Joint Accounts: One for you, One for me, One for us
19 years ago • Comments
As you know, I did some major repairs to our pool pump and pool plumbing. I recently spent $400 on a new pool pump, which runs like a dream compared to the old one, but I had even more work to do. Before I replaced the pump, I had to repair some PVC … [Read more...] about Pools are expensive: $85 Plastic
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Back in early March, I posted about how our free digital cable was worthless as we only got a few extra channels (mostly PBS). To refresh your memory, Comcast offered us 12 months of free digital cable just for being basic cable subscribers. We … [Read more...] about Ok, the free digital cable isn’t totally worthless
19 years ago • Comments
We've found the first stupid person in the iPhone sales comedy: Watch the stupid lady spend $1,300 for an iPhone If you can't watch the video, here's the short of it: Lady brings $16,000 cash to buy up all the iPhones at an AT&T store … [Read more...] about Read the Fine Print: Paying $1300 for a single iPhone
19 years ago • Comments
Yep, I'm divesting of my college guitar collection. First to go is my beloved 5-string Washburn XB925 Bass Guitar that I bought for a little over $1100 (marked down from $2000) back in college.I'm selling it for $900, and that includes my 50 watt … [Read more...] about For Sale: Washburn XB925 5-String Bass Guitar and Amp
19 years ago • Comments
Shadox from Money and Such wrote up an excellent article about 401k Matching Pitfalls. After waiting for a year before my employer began matching contributions, I finally began contributing to my 401k this past May (my 1 year anniversary at my … [Read more...] about 401K Matching and Vesting
19 years ago • Comments
LuLuGal from HowISaveMoney.net tagged me to write up 8 random things about myself. I don't mind writing random personal things, but for goodness sake, don't make me pass the chain post along! Anywho, here's 8 random things about me: My favorite … [Read more...] about 8 random things about me
19 years ago • Comments
Man, another week has gone by already? Well, this time I wasn't distracted by a trip to pick up Mapgirl's motorcycle, so I remembered to submit an article to this week's Festival of Frugality hosted by Tight Fisted Miser. It seems that this is my … [Read more...] about Best Frugality Posts from Festival of Frugality 81
