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Save Money: Buy These 7 Items Used

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you want to save money, one of the best options is to buy used. Not only can buying something second-hand help you save money, but it also reduces the amount of resources that you use. Buying used is one way to increase the sustainability of your life. There are many consumer electronics items that you can purchase used.

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Wait, Don’t Buy That Yet!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Sure I knew about the ‘White sales’ – the ones stores used to have in January on sheets and towels and such, but I really hadn’t a clue that there is a best time to buy many other things! However, I wait until spring and summer to buy decorations – and get them at garage sales. Winter clothes.

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Save (and Make) Money By Tidying Up!

Couponing 101

” Can some of them be sold at a consignment shop or on Facebook Marketplace? The other thing you can do once you’ve finished the whole process is have a garage sale! Use shoeboxes for storage. Rather than buying Marie’s $89 box sets, you can use the random shoeboxes you just found in the bottom of your closet!

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Save (and Make) Money By Tidying Up with Marie Kondo’s KonMari Method!

Couponing 101

” Can some of them be sold at a consignment shop or on Facebook Marketplace? The other thing you can do once you’ve finished the whole process is have a garage sale! Use shoeboxes for storage. Rather than buying Marie’s $89 box sets, you can use the random shoeboxes you just found in the bottom of your closet!

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Tidying Up – Saving You Money!

Couponing 101

” Can some of them be sold at a consignment shop or on Facebook Marketplace? The other thing you can do once you’ve finished the whole process is have a garage sale! Use shoeboxes for storage. Rather than buying Marie’s $89 box sets, you can use the random shoeboxes you just found in the bottom of your closet!

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Collecting – Tips for Fun and Profit

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Of course, if you don’t plan to sell the item, you might want to repair it so you can actually use it or get full enjoyment from it. He used that book to find original, instead of reproduction helmets. That same person may troll neighborhood garage sales and offer to cart away anything left after the sale for free.

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Donating Household Clutter and Taking a Tax Deduction

Family Balance Sheet

I've been tackling clutter since January and I had the boxes stacked in my garage to prove it. The queen sized comforter that I no longer used can be deducted, but the kids' outgrown mega block set cannot. Clothing and certain household items can be deducted as long as they are in "good used condition or better."

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