Comments on: How to Save $600 a Year

By: Ryan Healy

Ryan Healy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:05:08 +0000

Dan and “the stig” — are you related?

You came from different IP addresses, so I assume you are not.

Anyway, my point in writing this article was to show that it’s easy to save $600 a year if needed.

I don’t see how eating out less or driving less means a person is a “killjoy.” Perhaps it means they like to eat at home or dislike driving.

Of course, not everybody has to cut back. And that’s okay too. No need to pinch pennies if you don’t have to.

Thanks for reading!

By: the stig

the stig — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:13:00 +0000

you know all those killjoys that you never invite anyway because they are too cheap to be fun ? that’s all of you. is your life so boring that you would rather drink crappy freezedried store brand coffee to save 20 a month ? work an hour of overtime a week… problem solved. want to actually do something smark ? get a second job and a brokerage acccount and make 10% a month like the big boys… your welcome. ps… its ok to forgoe a multivitamin.. it will save you 18 dollars a year..

By: Dan G

Dan G — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:56:19 +0000

Here’s an idea…how about instead of nickle and dime-ing your entire life for how to save some money on gas here or putting you money into an ING account paying a blistering 5%. On 1040 that’s 52 dollars a year (and don’t give me garbage about every penny counting or compounding). If your financial situation is so bad here’s an idea….stop wasting your time posting these brain busting tips and get a second job. I’m sure you can all save at least 53 dollars a year by turning off your electricity wasting computers.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:42:40 +0000

Stop drinking beer: Absoutely right. It you spend $50 a week on beer, thats $2,600 a year, $26,000 in ten years. Can’t tell a person to stop drinking beer but maybe drink less.

Stop drinking “foo-foo” coffee: Absolutely right again. Coffee can be expensive. If you are need a cup of coffee each day, buy a coffee maker and make your own coffee. I bought a coffee maker with a timer from Walmart for $19.95 and 3 weeks of coffee for $3. It cost me $23 initially but now coffee costs less me than $5 a month and the coffee isn’t bad.

By: Ryan Healy

Ryan Healy — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:02:36 +0000

Stephen – You’re right… the negative impact of high fructose corn syrup is only now starting to be publicized. It’s good to eliminate (or minimize) food that contains it.

I don’t drink soda save for a handful of times a year (literally), so that’s not much of a problem for me. But I do enjoy beer, which is why it’s first on this list. Plus, I enjoy the amber ales and red ales… the microbrews, not the light beers… which means my beer costs more.

I haven’t stopped drinking it altogether (I still have a beer when I go to my family’s house and it’s available), but I’ve stopped buying it to drink at home.