Sunday, August 27

Northwest Airlines' Ways To Save Money

People were so upset about #46 "Don’t be shy about pulling something you like out of the trash," but in fact I have taken things that other people have thrown out, like furniture and flower pots. A lot of the others are common sense. In fact, I've been doing them for years, but some are wrong:

3. Use coupons at the grocery store. Only if you're going to by the name brand; otherwise buy the store brand, which is cheaper than using a coupon.

16. Meet friends for coffee instead of dinner. Why do you have to spend money when you're meeting friends? Are we talking $3 coffee here?

36. Buy 'no frills' vitamins. Buy 'no frills' everything.

37. Take a date for a walk along the beach or in the woods. I think it was NPR that mentioned this one; I'm not sure if that means they thought it was bad or good.

42. Grocery shop on double coupon days. See comment to #3.

47. Recycle. How does this save money? Do they just mean reuse old things?

50. Drop unneeded telephone services like call forwarding or caller ID. How about getting rid of the cell phone, too?

53. Bicycle to work. Or walk.

70. Cut your cable television down to basic. Cable? Cut the cable entirely and save even more!

76. Don't use your dishwasher dry cycle; open the door and let them air dry all night. Or don't use a dishwasher.

93. Pay bills the day they arrive; many credit card companies charge interest based on your average daily balance. Daily balance? Stop spending money on things that you like but that aren't really necessary and pay off the credit card debt!

98. Cut the kids hair yourself. Or maybe not have any kids in the first place. Someone's going to say I'm just being mean, but there are plenty of people who have no business having children they can't take care of.

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