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Friday Links – Colder Than Mars Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Here are some great articles from this week. SBB from Simple Budget Blog has a great post for all you renters out there: Renters Insurance: All the Pros, None of Cons. If you are new to PET or haven’t gotten a chance to read all the articles in the past, here are few archives you might enjoy. How about you guys?

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Learn to Negotiate Better Prices

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Americans historically have not haggled for better prices on most items. To keep up we need to learn that negotiation (aka haggling) is acceptable, expected and useful. We need to practice haggling. It was humiliating to have to haggle. Start the Haggle. Subtly mimic the person with whom you are haggling.

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Friday Links – Too Swamped Edition

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If you’re currently balancing your debt payoff and savings efforts, Canadian Budget Binder highlights the reason why it’s important to get out of debt first before saving. Figuring out a budget and how to meet those goals? Dragging your feet on finally setting a budget? How to haggle for a bargain.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

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I hope you enjoy them and the great articles they support. ” Robert from My Multiple Incomes presents 5 Tips on How to Be a Better Negotiator , and says, “Not every store and place allows haggling and negotiating on their prices, but trying to negotiate won’t hurt either. ” J.P.