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The Cheapskate Next Door
The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means | Jeff Yeager
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Hes at it again, but this time hes not alone. Americas Ultimate Cheapskate is back with all new secrets for how to live happily below your means, la cheapskate. For The Cheapskate Next Door, Jeff Yeager tapped his bargain-basement-brain-trust, hitting the road to interview and survey hundreds of his fellow cheapskates to divulge their secrets for living the good life on less. Jeff reveals the 16 key attitudes about money and life that allow the cheapskates next door to live happy, comfortable, debt-free lives while spending only a fraction of what most Americans spend. Their strategies will change your way of thinking about money and debunk some of lifes biggest money myths. For example, youll learn: how to cut your food bill in half and eat healthier as a result; how your kids can get a college education without ever borrowing a dime; how to let the other guy pay for deprecation by learning the secrets of buying used, not abused; how you can save serious money by negotiating and bartering; and how if you know where to look theres free stuff and free fun all around you. The Cheapskate Next Door also features dozens of original Cheap Shots quick, money saving tips that could save you more than $25,000 in a single year! Cheap Shots give you the inside scoop on: How to save hundreds on kids toys; What inexpensive old-fashioned kitchen appliance can save you more than $200 a year; How you can travel the world without ever having to pay for lodging; What single driving tip can save you $30,000 during your lifetime; Even how to save up to 40% on fine wines (and were not talking about the kind that comes in a box). From simple money saving tips to truly life changing financial strategies, the cheapskates next door know that the key to financial freedom and enjoying life more is not how much you earn, but how much you spend. Jeff Yeager is the author of The Ultimate Cheapskates Road Map to True Riches, and has appeared as a guest correspondent on the NBC Today Show and Discoverys Planet Green network. He is also the author of the popular blog The Green Cheapskate, www.TheDailyGreen.com Visit his website www.UltimateCheapskate.com From the Trade Paperback edition.
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This is what four dollars gets you at the Goodwill Restore! How'd I do? 😬📚 #Bookhaul

WolsakandWynn Big fan of Where'd You Go, Bernadette. Good choice there. 8y
ValerieAndBooks I think you did pretty good 😊📚 8y
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queerbookreader

Okay, I put one comic on hold. Fifty goddamn cents?? Wtf. Someone please hold my hand while I suck it up and put a hold on the other comics I want. I've been waiting way too long for these comics to become available and I won't be able to get to this branch in the next few days so I JUST NEED TO DO THIS BCZ I DESERVE IT #literallythisissohardforme #spendingmoneymakesmepanic #idfk

TheNextBook Do it dammit! Yes! 8y
readinginthedark You should do it! But that's weird that you have to pay for holds... 8y
josie281 You have to pay for holds?? 8y
Weaponxgirl 60p for holds where I am. But I just try to think about all the new books they can buy with the money 8y
moranadatter They make you pay for holds? 8y
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queerbookreader

Raging that my library system charges $0.50 A SINGLE HOLD because it's straight up highway robbery but I'm trying to tell myself that fifty cents per comic is a lot cheaper than buying them for $17 a piece. I am taking deep breaths and I am not going to file a complaint about this even tho I would love to do nothing more than complain about charging this much for a hold. I am a happy buzzing bee. Bzzzzzzz. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝#imsocheap #itsnothealthy

jpmcwisemorgan I'm sorry! It's worth it though if it's something you want to read. 8y
Hooked_on_books Think of I as a donation to the library to keep it running and continuing to buy new books you want. 8y
MeganB Whoa! That's crazy, if only because it would add up so quickly!! My old library charged 25 cents and I was equally ragey. 8y
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Vexingcircumstance Library here doesn't charge for holds (thank goodness cause I do a lot of holds - it's hard to browse some days with a two year old much less browse four branches of a library system) but the one in the town I lived in for the previous year and a half did and also charged rental fees for new releases. (edited) 8y
moranadatter This goes against pretty much everything I know about public libraries. 8y
queerbookreader @kmdartist it doesn't make sense idk and they sell special "hold cards" once in a while where you can get every couple holds free and it's so complicated why even bother 8y
moranadatter @lemonlime799 So library services are only for people who can afford them now? I thought we ditched that nonsense in the 19th Century. There was a long debate here about rental dvds - a separate collection of recent releases that people could pay to borrow instead of waiting for the regular collection copies. They were eventually allowed, but only because there were also copies available for free. (edited) 8y
queerbookreader @kmdartist It's annoying for sure. A hold fee is more expensive than an overdue fine? Like why should I have to pay that much to be able to check out a book I really want to read 8y
queerbookreader @kmdartist our overdue fines are 35 cents a day. Which is also absurd, but more justified than charging 50 cents for a single hold 8y
kspenmoll This idea of paying for holds must keep more of the public from reading. As @kmdartist points out. 📚 8y
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