People Are Sharing Their Most Used Money-Saving Tips And Here Are 44 Of Them

I know about Kanopy but have no knowledge of Hoola?

I had a gig like that in the 90s for Osco D***s. Anyone remember Osco? But yes, we'd get a much better discount on our own branded items. We also sold Osco brand alcohol so there's that.

That's cool. My brother has worked for a very well known Supermarket chain for years and they don't give their employees any type of discount on groceries.

And also food scandals. like the one they reclaimed grease from the sewers, and used in food. Heavy metals in milk and so forth.. no thanks.

I work for a wholesale food brand (food to restaurants/hospitals/care homes etc) in the UK, and we have two products from China, ones would would expect to come from there. Our Branded products are blind tested against other brands and are usually as good, if not better.

Dragon Mama speaks the truth! So frustrating.

In most supermarkets in Australia it is $/100g or $/1kg (depending on size of item) $/100ml or $/1L (depending on size of item) or $/unit, if being sold by unit, for example if it's 5 limes for $1. So easy to work out cheapest items. One of the supermarket is peddling their app at the moment, using the fact you can look up an item on it and order them by price per unit, when it's just as easy to leave your phone in your bag and use your eyes to see the prices on shelves.

This is not an accident, unfortunately. The corporate store owners want you to be confused.

Wow! In Oz, supermarkets are well known for ripping people off, but that's one thing they don't do usually, probably because they have to list price per kg etc on the shelves.

I know a couple of people that got addicted to pills after their Dr's. prescribed them. Honestly I don't think opiates should ever be prescribed unless you're a burn victim or something extreme like that. It SHOULD be the very last resort but Dr's used to hand them out like candy or at least like prescription strength tylenol. So many sad stories of people who got addicted that way.

And now brain doctors are starting to speak out about hos caffeine prematurely ages one's brain and actually causes low energy in the long run.

And you still chose to marry him. Glad it's working in your favor.

Or degrade faster. Or outright fail to do what they're supposed to.

Crappy tools often get thrown very far when I lose my temper using them.

Absolutely for a big job like that you need a good name brand tool. I have 4 or 5 Ryobi battery powered tools and a couple of other power tools from Walmart that was for a small specific job. It's a tool that my son doesn't have and won't be used very often and it was who I could afford at the time. Building a whole deck is something I will have to pay somebody to do.

Shopping is not even enjoyable. To me.

Unfortunately lots of cool hobbies cost money too. Good paints and brushes are crazy expensive. The cheaper/bargain ones are typically kinda terrible.

There is a chemical rush one gets when buying a new thing. One of those endorphin brain and body chemicals that make us addicted to social media thumbs up notifications. Soon people will observe that the high of buying a new thing only lasts a few days.

If I could buy every thing I need on line I wouldn't go shopping. Sometimes I leave before I've got everything. I just make sure I've enough to get by a couple of days and checkout. I even bought a car online. Got sick the last time I had to buy a car just going around dealers.

So true! I hate shopping but then end up shipping for my hobby

Sewing garments totally from scratch is quite expensive. However there are a lot of bargain bins and cheaper fabric options. The cheapest for me is to source a too big, unflatrering clothes from the fle market and then totally turning them into something different. And my sewing machine is like 20 years old.

As someone who sews, this is 100% correct, the price of fabric and patterns nowadays means making your own is no longer the cheapest option

At the very least learn how to reattach a button and mend a seam

depends a lot of fabric you can find at second hand shops. my kids of tons of clothes and costumes that used to be bedsheets and curtains. we are basically the von trapp family without the singing talent lol

But you can make a better garment than you could buy for the same price.

Although it is relatively expensive, you can make garments you really want to wear and that fit better (especially if your figure is difficult to fit) so it can be better value in the long run than buying things you rarely wear.

I have a great sewing machine that I've been meaning to take in and get fixed for about a year now lol. I'd love to start sewing some things for Christmas this year.

Nothing particular, just YouTube in general. Video and explanation is a good combo for me.

I've relied on the Readers Digest Complete Guide to Sewing for 20+ years. And some stuff just takes practice.

I'm the same. I go to the grocery store on a full stomach all the time, buy the essentials, and then get mad later when I'm hungry again that I didn't buy any extra tasty treats.

Make a list through the week and plan meals. Then you just buy what’s on the list. I use Alexa, and I add things to the list as they occur to me. So if I use the last of something while cooking, I can just tell Alexa to add it.

Well arguably , that is a method of saving money , not eating

That makes..no sense. Like you won't buy meat or bread or eggs or milk simply because you're not hungry at the time? You can't plan what you need to make future meals for the week? Are you five years old and only buy chips and candy? I don't get it.