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Save Money and Time By Slimming Down Your Life
10:00AM 4/17/2011
As experts often note, there are several health problems associated with clutter and mess. Severe hoarders may even struggle to deal with rats, roaches and other vermin. But even apart from these miseries, there are more reasons for decluttering your life than just finding the floor.
The fiscal freedom of Freecycle, a lesson best learned early
8:00AM 3/19/2010
Are you a pack-rat? Do you have a habit of convincing yourself that one day your unused possessions may serve a purpose? Do you make impulse buys that ultimately end up gathering dust in the closet? Most of all do you enjoy receiving free stuff?If you answered yes to any of the above questions then...
Money College: First-class bargains with second-hand furnishings
8:00AM 2/22/2010
Signing the dotted line on the first apartment is only the beginning of independent living. Gone are the luxuries of furnished dorms, but then again, so are those hefty on-campus housing rates.
You might be glad to leave behind that standardized wooden dorm furniture and express your inner...
20 unusual ways to save money: Dumpster dive
2:30PM 12/17/2008
Home, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Economizer, Charity, Family Money, Saving Money
In a lot of ways, dumpster diving represents the ultimate battle between thrift and dignity. Dirty, smelly, and quasi-legal, it is also a great way to save money, get great stuff, and learn about your neighbors on a whole new level. Although "trash reclamation" has probably been around since the...
Gazelle: A better way to recycle your electronics
5:30PM 11/20/2008
After doing a round of holiday cleaning at our apartment, I discovered a treasure trove of gadgets which still worked, but no longer met my needs. Thankfully I also found Gazelle.com, a company that buys old electronics for resale or recycle. I tested out Gazelle.com with three items I had on hand;...
Freecycle growing at double the rate since financial crisis began
7:03AM 10/29/2008
While I'm sure ex-Lehman bankers (some of which are my former bosses) aren't scrounging through trash cans for perfectly good hot dogs, like the poster boy for Freecycling in this BusinessWeek article, I love the factoid near the end of the piece: "since Wall Street imploded [Freecycle] has been...
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