49 ‘Poor Person Hacks’ So Practical They Deserve A Finance Award

Where I work there is always loads of empty boxes available and all employees can make use of them

The last time I moved I did ask the liquor store for the boxes piled up in their entryway - and they said they needed them.

Good advice. DO NOT get boxes from grocery stores, cockroaches like to hide in them, and you don't want to bring those home.

Always got this from janitors from work, they dispose of all boxes, just ask them to keep a few a side.

If you're like me and have a zillion books, liquor boxes are a perfect fit for standard sized hardcovers and paperbacks.

I'm fortunate here, we have a beautiful sculpture park about five minutes or so away. You have to pay to go on weekends (hence why I don't go on weekends, lol) but it's great. They also accept leashed dogs, and Mum's dog loves it there.

Going outside is normal activity. Designating open spaces for public enjoyment is everyone’s right. These are now hacks?

Unfortunately a lot of libraries where I live have been shut down as cost cutting schemes by the local council so that they can waste money on s**t the public doesn't need

Indian here. Libraries are fast shutting down. They have disappeared. Have seen some online ones but unsure. Also any library still existing is not near me. We had the British Library in my city and i did pay a good amount for many books. But they have gone online which i again am not interested...

I buy my books now because libraries, as others have said, are disappearing, and the ones that still exist don't have much of a range. I have to admit I do also like owning my books, even though I have piles of them everywhere I'm yet to read (I'm a collector; I can't help it 😔).

If you read a LOT, a subscription for an e-reader gives a lot more options for less. You don't have to go and swap books and you don't have a maximum you can read/lend.

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Our library is mostly electronic at this point. Very convenient unless you start a book two days before it's due back.

Does anyone really throw out their old shoes until they've literally fallen apart? The problem with keeping the old ones as a spare is that you still have the previous old, spare ones, and the old spare ones before that...

I have always kept the previous prescription glasses, in my suitcase so I'll have them if my current ones get lost or damaged while I'm traveling, but that's the only "backup" I keep.

This is good advice

So common sense is now a hack?

I know this rule yet I still make the mistake time and time again

better: make a shopping list, then go straight to the shelves that hold your stuff. And remind yourself of the tricks shops use to make you buy more. Ask yourself: are you going to fall for their cheap manipulation, hm? Of course not! You're better than that! = let your pride fight for you. This being said, I *always* check the shelf with the price-reduced vegetables. You can get so much great stuff for literal pennies.

Or make a list and stick to it.

I wish so badly I liked rice, it would help so much. Unfortunately with my sensory issues, I just can't eat it. Luckily noodles are cheap! I like getting the cheap fettuccini noodles and a can of sauce, it's simple and pretty cheap and makes a surprising amount!

If you're bored with Carolina long grain rice, grab a bag of Basmati rice. It's nuttier and its aroma and taste reminds me of popcorn.

Rice is digested quickly hence feeling hungry again after eating Chinese food. Better to eat pasta which provides lasting energy.

But *always* disconnect from the mains before taking the back off. Death is permanent !

This was nearly 20 years ago - I googled how to change the elements in my water heater and me and my, at the time, 16-year-old son who helped were successful!

Needs onions.

Costco is 30 miles away from me, so their membership price and the cost of gas is one reason I don't shop at Costco.

Don't forget the costco club fee.

Thrift stores for the win! They are also great to spend spare time in. It's amazing what you might find. My kids and my gf all love buying clothes tin them.

Thrift stores in my area are no longer a place for bargains. These stores know they're frequented by people looking to resell stuff online, and their prices went way, way up. It's cheaper to buy new.

I found that thrift stores are great if you're smaller size than 14 :D But that's a me-problem.

I thought beans were a magical fruit? 😁

Especially when we're talking medications. Twinkies and a knockoff may not use the same exact recipe, but when we talk medications, we're talking chemical compounds, so it's literally the same as the name brand medication, the only difference is packaging and quality control (you may get a broken or ugly pill every so often)