Comments on: 8 Small Changes You Can Make to Save an Extra $100 This Month

By: Jumpin Jessie

Jumpin Jessie — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:56:29 +0000

Awesome tips – I’d like to share one of my own. I just graduated and am living my first apartment alone, including paying for everything on my own now without help from my parents. So I had to find ways to cut back on my expenses and theres one way I find that has been extremely effective. PREPAID! I switched my cell phone bill over to Straight Talk wireless and the savings have really made a difference in my budget each month. I’m paying almost half of what I used to. The service is great and the coverage is nationwide with clear reception. Its really helped me get on my feet

By: trevor

trevor — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:01:15 +0000

I think it is always important to save money and do follow some of the above tips myself but it gets to the point when you can’t physically cut back anymore without doing nothing, which is the point I got to. I now make money on the side doing paid surveys and copywriting. This really helps me to make some extra money and fill some time so that I am not spending money.

By: Remote Office

Remote Office — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:07:51 +0000

My bank just started charging me a monthly account fee, without telling me before hand (I have paperless billing and they never sent an email or an alert when I check my account online). I am so upset. I guess it’s time to find another bank. Account fees can definitely add up, and mine would be a significant percentage of the $100 I’m trying to save this month.

By: gas card

gas card — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:57:17 +0000

Its important to try and save as much as you can. If you are really looking to save a lot, then I would say yes to skipping the coffeehouse altogether and just brewing your own at home. If you really want star bucks, you can buy a package and brew it at home. As for the movies, yeah its always nice to have a purse with you so you can take some of your own snacks without feeling embarrassed about it. There are so many different things you can do. Trading is also good, like brown bagging everyday, so you don’t have to give up any of your Saturday night excursions.

-Randy

By: Cash Back Rewards

Cash Back Rewards — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:16:35 +0000

All very good tips. We just used the trick about bringing our own snacks to a movie. Instead of paying $12+ for some snacks at the theatre, beforehand we went to the grocery store and got an 8 pack of mini chocolate bars for 87 cents, a bag of candy for a couple bucks and a bottle of water.

There are so many other ways you can make small changes to your lifestyle to save money. When you are young you do not realize how much money is wasted on some things. By being cheap about some things you are essentially giving yourself a raise to spend on more important things.

By: Charlie-PayLessForFood.com

Charlie-PayLessForFood.com — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:41:22 +0000

Great tips.

I think one way we can make a huge impact on our financial budget is to make small changes in the areas where we spend the most on a daily basis. Mainly – housing, transportation, and food – our top 3 expenses.

By making small changes here we maximize savings.

Lets take a look at food. You can easily cut your yearly food expenses in half!

Shop at bakery outlets – the food is fresh. Many bakery outlets get deliveries from bakeries three times a week.

You’ll save 50% to 75% off of supermarket prices. This one small change in shopping behavior could save you hundreds of dollars a year.

Stop by an Aldi’s. This is a German based deep discount supermarket that is rapidly expanding here in the US. They sell great food and low prices.

A dozen eggs cost 79 cents recently, compared to 1.99 at a local supermarket. Bag of carrots 99 cents a bag compared to 1.99 at the nearby grocery store. Stopping by an Aldis before proceeding to your nearest supermarket can easily save you $1000 or more a year.

Stock up at super sales. Its not just enough to save money by buying your food item on sales. Wait and stock up at the super sales – sales at which the item is at a STEEP discount. These occur every 6-8 weeks.

At a local Chicago grocery store you can normally purchase Marie Callendar frozen dinners for $4.29. You may get them when they are on sale for $3.59, or even $2.99.

Yet every so often there will be a super sale. This past week you could buy the very same frozen dinners for $1.99 a piece – OVER 50% OFF.

This type of cycle occurs with most items in your local supermarket.

By making small changes in the areas where we spend the most money we can maximize our savings.

By: CashAholic

CashAholic — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:32:19 +0000

Great tips! I’m sure they will help me save cash! I’ll try and implement them into my everyday life. I had no idea about the fresh salmon just being defrosted salmon. Ugh.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:48:51 +0000

I get your point about increasing income, but that has its own difficulties, especially right now. Our commission-based income stinks at the moment, but I believe our savings will pull us through until things improve. I know plenty of folks, though, in much worse situations who just can’t find work. Of any kind.

By: Home Health Care Florida

Home Health Care Florida — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:50:53 +0000

i would say not a small changes it been gigantic changes. great great work done.

By: Joey Logano Fan

Joey Logano Fan — Tue, 19 May 2009 08:46:50 +0000

Great Addition Elbyron! With the high Gas Prices, the only time I would say that it is a bad idea to pick up your food is when there is no delivery charge. Because… the gas $ you would waste…. plus the time you spend…. would likely make it better to have it delivered. Now… that’s only if there is no delivery charge and you are giving a low tip, hehe.