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164 Money Tips: Least Evil Banks, Frugal Household Must-Haves, and Whether $1 Foods Are Good or Gross
By Brad Tuttle
Also: What can the Miami Heat’s three-headed monster experiment teach you about getting your finances under control?
3 tips for making money at consignment stores. Earning some cash for your stuff comes down to selecting goods that shoppers will actually pay good money for (a.k.a., don’t bother with junk that’d sell for 25¢ at a yard sale), and selecting the right store. Speaking of which:
Pick a store that sells items similar to yours. You might be tempted to offer your professional, tailored suits to a vintage store because yours will be the only items of their kind. However, people who want to buy tailored suits don’t often visit a vintage store, so your suits are less likely to be purchased. In addition, the store may not even take them.
5 things not to buy in a supermarket. Food? Yes. But for so many other goods, you’re better off heading to the drugstore, dollar store, or some other shop where you won’t pay a premium just for convenience. For example:
Party supplies
Buy your balloons, funny hats, place cards, candles, and name tags in bulk at a party supply store and you’ll pay a whole lot less.
5 personal finance lessons from the Miami Heat. Here’s one of the Financial Lessons from Unusual Sources file, with revelations from the “talents in South Beach” experiment such as:
No matter how good your individual talent is, you have to work as a team in order to win. If you are married, or share expenses with someone, you’ve got to work together or even the best game plans won’t work. Having secret spending habits, or keeping credit card purchases from your partner, will spell disaster sooner or later … and not just for your finances.
5 ways to dodge the latest bank fees. There’s no shortage of news about new bank fees. The wise approach is to assume you will be nickel and dimed with fees for nearly every transaction, including those at the ATM:
Don’t get robbed at the ATM. It might be better to print your statement at home. Bank of America is charging $3 to print an account summary at an ATM, up from $2. Chase next month will begin charging $1 to print recent transactions.
6 taste tests of food from dollar stores. How do $1 knockoff Wheat Thins, $1 knockoff Cheez-Its, $1 cereal bars, and other foods sold in dollar stores measure up in terms of taste? According to these taste testers, dollar store foods are usually bad—”stale,” “radioactive looking,” “half wax,” “slightly disturbing”—and occasionally pretty decent. Baked Wheat (the knockoff Wheat Thins) was the only product earning an actual endorsement:
We all voluntarily ate more of these crackers. They were darn tasty and I will probably finish the box. However, when we compared the nutrition labels, the knockoff had 3 grams of saturated fat to the brand name’s 1 gram, and the brand name had more fiber. So if I subsisted on Wheat Thins I might buy the brand name ones, but given how much more expensive they are, I’ll probably stick with the knockoffs, especially for a party.
6 easy tips for living with 100 items or less. The anti-hoarding movement has its advantages—and not only for one’s finances. So how do you simplify in the smartest ways possible? For instance:
Obey the 12-month Rule
Ditch everything you haven’t used in the last 12 months. Skinny jeans, Christmas decorations, old wrapping paper, the fondue pot, that old sewing machine you think you can fix “when you have the time”. It you haven’t touched something in a year, chances are you aren’t going to need it any time in the next 12 months, either.
7 highly effective habits to cook more and eat out less. Alcohol can lead to bad decisions both big and small:
Limit Happy Hours
A couple drinks in a happy hour, and there’s sure to be a group of friends who want to make an entire night of it with dinner and more drinks. And drinks do count as “eating out,” at least financially: Two cocktails can sometimes cost more than an entire entrée. To save money, I need to stay in control. Adult beverages mixed with peer pressure can be a costly combination.
8 least evil banks. Ha! What a headline. Here’s one non-evil (or at least less evil) bank that I’m a fan of:
ING Direct offers a free checking account and no ATM fees — as long as customers use one of the 35,000 Allpoint network ATMs. But if you go outside that network, the bank won’t reimburse fees. So be sure to watch the icons on the ATM machine.
And while ING Direct doesn’t give you paper checks, you can fill out checks online and the bank will mail them for you for free.
8 credit card changes to watch out for in 2011. Though a few credit card fees are disappearing, consumers should expect new fees to take their place, and rises in many existing fees:
Fees now account for some 48% of all revenue for credit-card issuers, up from 31% a decade ago, [bank advisory firm R.K. Hammer CEO Robert] Hammer said.
Fees on cash advances, for example, have jumped to 4% or 5% with no cap, from 2% with a $50 cap, he said, and they could go higher. Other fees are on the horizon, including fees for paper statements, paying your bills on the due date and even excessive customer-service calls.
10 must-have items in a frugal household. I was expecting to read about rice and beans and other pantry type items. But this list is heavy on multi-purpose items like:
Borax
Also known as sodium borate, borax is a naturally occurring substance and an eco-friendly solution for many things around the house. Most commonly used as a cleaning agent, the uses extend beyond that to pest control, laundry and more.
22 ways to fight rising food prices. Here’s a list of solid, though certainly groundbreaking tips such as:
Put on Blinders
Grocery stores are designed to make you go through a maze to get to the most basic items you need in the hope that you will make a few impulse buys along the way. If you keep to your planned list of needed foods, you won’t be tempted when you get forced down the junk food aisle to get at the milk. Because most necessities and basic cooking items are found along the outside perimeter of the store, start there and work your way around the edge of the store, only stepping into the maze to grab any leftover items on your list.
30 things I’ve learned about money in 30 years. By the time you’ve reached the big 3-0, you should understand lessons such as:
2. Armed with credit cards, anybody can live richly for a year or two.
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7. When it comes to reaching financial goals, BABY STEPS really do work.
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9. It’s a GOOD idea to admire people who EARN MORE money than you.
10. It’s a BAD idea to admire people who SPEND MORE money than you.
49 ways to trim monthly bills. Here are seven classic ways to save on each of seven different kinds of bills most people have: energy, mortgage/rent, water, Internet, phone, insurance, car. In terms of cell phones, for instance:
Look at pay-as-you-go phones. If you’re a very low user, a pay-as-you-go phone might be the best option available to you in terms of monthly cost. I’m actually right on the cusp of this, as I’m a fairly low mobile user (I keep mine turned off intentionally quite a lot).
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we found this great site with lots of tips - well worth a look- mamamusings.net
useful household tips
I’m cleaning out my inbox, and came across one of those “forwarded from umpteen friends” emails that I’d gotten back in ‘99 (yes, I have over 4000 messages in my inbox, and many are from years ago…). This one was worth saving, and it occurred to me that I should put it here in my “google-able outboard brain” so I could find the tips again if I needed them. I have no idea who the original author is; leave a comment if you know, and if I can verify it I’ll add the attribution.
TIPS FOR A LIFETIME (or at least an afternoon)
1) Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.
2) Use a meat baster to “squeeze” your pancake batter onto the hot griddle - perfect shaped pancakes every time.
3) To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.
4) To prevent egg shells from cracking, add a pinch of salt to the water before hard-boiling.
5) Run your hands under cold water before pressing Rice Krispies treats in the pan-the marshmallow won’t stick to your fingers.
6) To get the most juice out of fresh lemons, bring them to room temperature and roll them under your palm against the kitchen counter before squeezing.
7) To easily remove burnt-on food from your skillet, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on stove-top - skillet will be much easier to clean.
8) Spray your Tupperware with nonstick cooking spray before pouring in tomato-based sauces - no more stains.
9) When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead - no white mess on the outside of the cake.
10) If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it’s still cooking, drop in a peeled potato - it absorbs the excess salt for an instant “fix me up”.
11) Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator - it will keep for weeks.
12) Brush beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish.
13) Place a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar to soften it back up.
14) When boiling corn on the cob, add a pinch of sugar to help bring out the corn’s natural sweetness.
15) To determine whether an egg is fresh, immerse it in a pan of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh - if it rises to the surface, throw it away.
16) Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.
17) Don’t throw out all that leftover wine: Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.
18) If you have a problem opening jars: Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.
19) Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.
20) To get rid of itch from mosquito bite: try applying soap on the area, instant relief.
21) Ants, ants, ants everywhere … Well, they are said to never cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march - see for yourself.
22) Use air-freshener to clean mirrors: It does a good job and better still, leaves a lovely smell to the shine.
23) When you get a splinter, reach for the scotch tape before resorting to tweezers or a needle. Simply put the scotch tape over the splinter, then pull it off. Scotch tape removes most splinters painlessly and easily.
24) NOW Look what you can do with Alka-Seltzer: Clean a toilet - drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes, brush, and flush. The citric acid and effervescent action clean vitreous china. Clean a vase - to remove a stain from the bottom of a glass vase or cruet, fill with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets. Polish jewelry - drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets into a glass of water and immerse the jewelry for two minutes. Clean a thermos bottle - fill the bottle with water, drop in four Alka-Seltzer tablets, and let soak for an hour (or longer, if necessary). Unclog a drain - clear the sink drain by dropping three Alka-Seltzer tablets down the drain followed by a cup of Heinz White Vinegar Wait a few minutes, then run the hot water.
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These are the types of things that should be mentioned in a Freshmen seminar class 
You should pass this by the folks at Cooks Illustrated. They'll test any kitchen theory. For example, they tested the "juicier citrus fruit" theory and found it really didn't matter.
Ancarett, thanks for the link--very funny!
Good suggestions, though at least one of them is demostrably wrong (the ant-over-chalk one).
Be sure to look at your referrer logs a month from now and see what kind of weird queries lead people to this list. You'll be amazed...
Jack, many of these have already appeared in Cook's Illustrated! No need to send them what they already published.
Great tips - thanks for sharing them.
"all that leftover wine"? Ha! Now there's a tip I don't need...
But if you convert it to a more general case, it's pretty good. In particular, freeze your egg whites when you use the yolks in custards, etc. Whites will keep for quite a while, and you can use them in plenty of stuff. And if they start getting a little old, just make some scrambled eggs.
Cool tips. Can't wait to test that peeled potato to "unsalt" a dish.
By the way, could you help a poor french-speaking european by telling him what a "meat-baster" is?
"Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away." ...and will instantly be replaced with piercing screams as the lime juice gets in your eyes.
Just kidding 
Anyway, some interesting stuff there, I liked Ancarett's link to the Martha vs Real Women thing, too!
Good intentions, but a few comments.
I've tried using a meat baster for pancakes, and that turned out horribly. It was entirely the wrong consistency, and the baster didn't hold enough.
The "unsalt with a potato" is a myth. The only real way to compensate for oversalting is to add more of everything else.
In "What Einstein Told His Cook" (which I found to be not very well written, but full of interesting tidbits), Robert Wolke recounts a large experiment he did with squeezing lemons and limes. He found that rolling or microwaving didn't help unless you were squeezing by hand. If you're using a juicer or squeezer or reamer, you'll get pretty much all of the juice. If you have to squeeze by hand, roll them and then microwave for 30 seconds.
Oh, also, on the subject of leftover wine - it's bad luck to open a bottle of wine if you're not going to drink the whole thing. For cooking, where you only need a little, there is now perfectly decent boxed wine readily available for very little money. It's cheap, you can use as little or as much as you need, and it lasts easily as long as it'll take to go through the whole box. I tend to buy Almaden; Black Box is also good. At $15 for 5 liters, I don't use anything else for cooking now.
It's not fantastic drinking wine, but in a pinch, it's very much "okay", and perfectly passable for filling in the gaps between whole bottles.
I tried the pan trick last night on a messy pan with olive oil and baked on garlic and little salmon bits. Worked like a charm!
Really? The ant one doesn't work?? I thought I'd found a cure then. With spring on it's way I'm just waiting for the little line of ants to appear. Evil ants...
Gonna give a few of the others a try, mind
Actually, if the chalk doesn't work with ants (don't ask me, I honestly don't know), I have a few solutions I use myself:
1: leave instant grits out in small piles. The ants will eat them, go drink water... and explode. You might be cleaning up ant-bits for a while, but it helps discourage them from invading your kitchen.
2: If that fails, use windex. We call it the vile blue gunk from doom in my family.. watch where the ants are makin' their rounds, spritz with some windex. Not only will it poison the ants, but it also gets rid of the ant trails.
Neither of these are permanent fixes, but they help.
I cook with a lot of garlic and my frige would hold that garlic smell from leftovers...and it would get into all the other foods in the refrigerator. I know everyone says use baking soda to absorb odor, but that never worked for me. New (I think it's new...new to me anyway) refrigerator deodorizer called Odor Gobbler. Works great!
Here is a tip, I find very useful. When you feel like throwing-up, just take some cumin seeds & chew them. Or, drink some freshly squeezed lime/lemon juice,that should work too.
Leftover Wine?
Don't throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.
very interesting
I did some tips and it really worked
thanks for these interesting tips
If you have ants, I heard its crayola chalk not just any brand. I have never tried it but I ran into a man in the store who swears by it.
Need help removing wax from carpet....
please someone...what kills those giant bees that eat there way in to the window sills of the house, there is a dust you can buy for 100. dollars but i reawd some thing that said you could spray them with hair spray or fingernailpolisj remover or somethimg...help....
How to clean a brushed nickel faucet?
To remove wax from your carpet use an electric iron and a old rag or towel that you can throw away...put the rag over the wax and iron on top of it, the rag will absorbe the melted wax... repeat this until you have removed most of the wax..then a shampooing should remove any remaining residue
hiya i was jus wonderin how to get a sctracthed computer disk to work again as i really valued this disk and wud very much want 2 play on it again i wud appreicate with any help i get many thanks leah xxx
please can you advise me on the following
Can you freeze wine in a box and drink once thawed out.
want to freeze some to take away on a camping trip. thought if we froze it, it would have less chance of getting warm and been spoilt. please reply asap. thank |
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Dollars & Sense
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One of the ways I save money is by making my own fabric refresher. Buy a store brand fabric softener and mix one cap-full of softener with ten caps of water. Put it in a spray bottle and you will have a fabric freshener that works as well as the commercial brand, in my opinion. At the 1 to 10 mix rate, you will save all kinds of money.
Durwood
York, PA
I opened a savings account and deposit all the money I save in coupons (not store savings). The spring after we bought our house, I had saved enough money this way to purchase special bedding and to carpet our bedroom to go with the furniture we ordered from High Point, SC, with that first tax return.
Sharon
Baltimore, MD
I save a lot of things to reuse -- all my paper towel tubes, cleaning wipe containers, plastic mesh bags for onions and oranges -- and use them for projects for our children, youth groups and vacation Bible school art projects. It saves a ton of money when you add it up. I also save jars with a rubber rim to use for canning jellies and jams. As long as it is only used once, the rubber on the jars is still good enough to be reused.
Susan
Niagara Falls, NY
To keep those pesky mosquitoes away, put a dryer sheet in your pocket. Or, buy plain old medicinal mouthwash (the dollar store brand works), put it in a spray bottle and spray around the area where you'll be entertaining. You can even apply it to your skin. It works!
Andrea
Mulberry, AR
Banks offer money for opening up a checking account as long as you have direct deposit. That doesn't mean it has to be your whole check. It can be as little as $10 deposited per paycheck. Go ahead and set up this account and then just forget about it. Before long, you'll have a little savings along with the $100 - $200 that the bank gave you for opening the account.
Ann
Wooster, OH
Every year after Christmas, I take all of the Christmas cards I have received and I cut designs out of the front. Sometimes I can get several cutouts from one card. Then I punch a hole in the top and place a matching colored ribbon through the hole to make a tag for next year's Christmas presents. The back side will be white, so you can write your TO: and FROM: on the back.
Ann
Wooster, OH
If your bed pillow has seen better days, you can open the top and remove the stuffing (fluff it and re-use the stuffing for another project). The fabric used for the cover of the pillow is pretty sturdy cotton, which is perfect for a reusable grocery bag. Wash it, decide how deep you would like your bag to be, and cut off the rest. Use the piece that you cut off to make handles, and you have a reusable shopping bag.
Mary Ann
Berkley, MI
I keep my coupon box right next to my computer. The night before my grocery shopping day, I pull up all the coupons for products that Kimberly-Clark offers (SCOTT®, Kleenex®, VIVA®) and match them with the store that offers sales on those products. That gives my family budget the best savings!
Barbara
Enfield, CT
I save the tubes from SCOTT paper towels and cut them in two-inch sections. I then wrap them in yarn (usually cotton), glue the yarn in place, then use polyurethane to protect and seal my new napkin rings. They make cheap presents and last for years. You can make them in different colors to match any table setting.
Gail
South Beloit, IL
I bought inexpensive plastic hangers with 10 clothes pins attached at the local dollar store. After laundering my lingerie, I hang them on the hangers, allowing them to air dry. It adds life to the garments, since they are not dried, and they smell more like the liquid fabric softener. If I don't have time to put them away in drawers, I have easy access to what I wear, which makes getting out the door in the morning much faster. The hangers last for years.
Gann
Vinemont, AL
Have some great smelling hair conditioner you're not using? Mix the hair conditioner with petroleum jelly and use it on dry skin. Make it as thick as you want and put in a jar or large plastic container with a screw tight lid. It is much less expensive and you will have an original fragrance. Works great.
Gann
Vinemont, AL
To make flowers last when you purchase them, ALWAYS cover the flower heads when moving them from inside to outside. Mine last 2 weeks or longer this way.
Liz
Staunton, VA
I love our local "dollar" stores. It is amazing what great buys you can get on stuff you use all the time. I save hundreds of dollars using them! Last week they had REAL yogurt snacks for $1! That beats the almost $3 at the market!
Marie
Walled Lake, MI
My family raised me to be a toliet paper snob. We only used to buy expensive two-ply papers. Recently, because of my financial situation, I bought a 1000 sheet roll of Scott for the first time. WOW, what a life saver. One roll lasts me two weeks; where I was using three rolls of the expensive 2-ply. I won't use anything else now but the Scott 1000 sheet roll. I'd like to see them in another design style besides pink or blue.
Donna
Berwum, IL
My husband came up with the idea of recycling our desk calendars (the big ones that cover your desk). He reuses them like drop cloths & tapes them around woodwork when painting our walls. We also give them to our three-year-old daughter to draw on!
Marie
Lancaster, NY
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We found these great tips online on the Scott Towel site
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if you are planning to move, these tips might help. 1) Write the contents of moving boxes on the exterior of the box -- every side, so you know what's inside the box. 2) When packing up glass plates, glass bakewear, etc., use kitchen dishtowels to wrap the items instead of newspaper. It's better for the environment, and when you unpack your dishes, you'll have your dishtowels on hand.
Joebob
Columbia, SC
After you empty a roll of SCOTT paper towels, instead of throwing away the cardboard roll, insert it in your boots. This will keep them straight and organized in your closet and you won't have those boots folding over.
Andrea
Mulberry, AR
When storing your holiday decor, tape a ribbon or paper that represents that holiday around the box or bin for an easy visual clue as to what is in it.
Patricia
Madison, NC
When it is raining or snowing, I put my outgoing mail in a clear plastic bag and my mail does not get wet. The letter carrier leaves the clear plastic bag in the mail box.
Cheryl
Clinton Twp, MI
During the year, I shop the clearance sales for next year's gifts. I put a large plasic container for each child in my basement, and when I find something for one or all of them, I put the gift in their container! When Christmas comes, my children get all their gifts in their container and the container itself for staying organized! They all love it!
Lee Ann
York, NE
When putting away my cooking tools, I always put the handles facing the back of the drawer. I can locate what I need faster, so it saves me from digging through the drawer while I'm cooking.
Linda
Clackamas, OR
Instead of throwing away the cardboard rolls from SCOTT toilet tissue and paper towels, I use them for extension cord holders. Just fold the extension cord several times and place it inside the cardboard roll. Your extension cords are neat and can be stored more easily.
Mary
Cuero, TX
To keep your opened roll of gift wrap neat, but still visible, use the leg off a pair of panty hose, or a knee high stocking to keep the open roll in. It won't unroll and get wrinkled, and unlike tucking it inside the paper tube, you can still see the design, and grab the right paper when needed.
Dorothy
Sidney, NE
When you use large plastic bins for storage, secure a clear plastic sleeve (like a page protector) to the outside with tape. Make a list of what you have stored inside and place it in the sleeve. This lets you know exactly what is inside the bin, and you can change the list as you add things to the bin or take things out.
Barbara
Norman, NJ
I keep a garbage bag in my closet to put clothes that I do not wear or clothes that do not fit me in. When the bag is full, I give it to charity.
Lynn
Libertyville, IL
When preparing sleeping bags for a camping trip, place your pillow, pillowcase and a dryer sheet in with the sleeping bag. All zipped in the plastic bag supplied when you purchase the bag, this gives the scent and comfort of home!
Vikki
Groton, VT
After wearing an article of clothing, reverse the direction of the hanger when you hang it back up in your closet. At the end of 6 months, look at which handles have not been reversed. These are obviously clothes of no interest to you and should be considered for donation. Now you have room for new items too. (Hint: make sure all hangers are facing in one direction when starting.) You'll feel great when you're done, and it's so easy!
Sharon
East Brunswick, NJ
Pick one day of the week to sit down and pay bills. When bills arrive, log their pay date in a pocket calendar, subtracting at least one week from the due date to allow for mailing. Keep the pocket calendar and your bills together in a large envelope. This way you will never be late and bills won't pile up. Of course, reward yourself with a cup of tea after the checks have been written on bill day.
Terry
Bethlehem, PA
When getting a car washed, use a large shopping bag to put papers, maps, cups, pens etc. Then when the car is clean, go through the bag and return the important stuff to your car.
c
berkowitz, NJ
It's almost time to take care of the Christmas tree. When I put my tree away, I use a large bin to store it and then I use plastic ties and put all the same color together and fasten the tie so next year I do not have to sort all the branches to fine the color I need. It saves time because we are always in a hurry that time of year.
Kay
Houghton Lake, MI
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| Sixty-minute massage and seaweed treatment aside, it's easy to recreate a pampering spa experience right at home by taking some cues from the pros. With just a little attention to each room, you can transform your entire home into a restful retreat and enjoy the same stress-relieving benefits of high-end spas... while relieving your wallet at the same time. Here are some home basics to help you relax and rejuvenate your mind, body and spirit. |
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| Appliances To rid yellowing from white appliances, try this: Mix together 1/2 cup bleach, 1/4 cup baking soda and 4 cups of warm water. Apply with a sponge and let set for 10 minutes. Rinse and dry thoroughly. For quick clean-ups, clean with equal parts of water and household ammonia. You may also try club soda. It cleans and polishes at the same time. You can wax large ... |
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