Save Money by Keeping Up with Your Stuff
August 2, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under save-money, saving money
How many times have you bought something because you had to replace something you misplaced or lost? It could be your sunscreen, sunglasses, ink pens, markers, car filters, and tools.
When I was teaching, I was constantly amazed at the things that the middle school students would leave in my classroom. For some reason, I found that middle school students left more things behind than elementary students. What’s worse is that the middle schoolers would not claim their lost items. It seemed like a mark of shame to claim their stuff. Each day, I would walk around my classroom and collect the pens, …read more
Frugal Friday 17: Using Free Classifieds
August 3, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under frugal friday
We all have things in our house that we need to get rid of. Instead of having a yard sale and underpricing your stuff, or paying to sell it on Ebay, try placing a free online classified ad.
Craigslist has become a very popular classified website. Several years ago Ebay bought 25% of Craigslist. For a while, they didn’t do anything with it and just let it sit there as an investment. But now, Ebay is going into competition with a company they partially own by launching Kijiji.com.
Now we have two free online sources for selling things. Looks like the two companies will …read more
