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How To Haggle For A Bargain

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you like saving money, haggling for a better price should become a habit for you, a habit that can easily save you thousands of dollars over the next 10 years. So haggling for a better price was born out of necessity. Hopefully this advice can help you save some money as well and turn the art of haggling into a habit.

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Learn to Negotiate Better Prices

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Americans historically have not haggled for better prices on most items. Because of this, most of us are probably being taken by paying more for products than we could be paying. To keep up we need to learn that negotiation (aka haggling) is acceptable, expected and useful. We need to practice haggling.

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How to Shop for Furniture at Thrift Stores

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Thrift stores are for more than just clothing, and they are great places to find used furniture for cheap. Some people wouldn’t be caught dead going into a thrift store, but they are often nice, clean stores where you can find great, gently used items at great prices. What strategies do you use to find good deals at thrift stores?

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7 Tips for a Successful Yard Sale

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Our big ticket items were a hardly used 16" Disney Princess bike that is every girls'' dream except for our little one who is now too big for it and a gently used Handy Manny tool bench that we bought on Black Friday several years ago and still paid too much. Be Ready to Haggle. 7 Tips for a Successful Yard Sale. Hasta la vista!

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Go Slowly Towards Financial Security

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Do you have something in your home that you bought on impulse but have never used or worn? Don’t Use Credit For Evil Easy, readily-available credit has made it too simple for people to convince themselves that they can afford things that they could really do without. I once bought a skirt in a hurry that I already had at home!

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Save Money – Develop Important Home Owner Skills

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

They wanted all new furniture for their home so they shopped around to find the store they wanted to use. Perhaps the city wants to use your land for some public work and invokes eminent domain laws to take an easement. As an example, last year I learned the importance of keeping our AC filters clean.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Editors Picks: Big Cajun Man from THE Canadian Personal Finance Site shares 10 Phrases I have Used to Save Money. Really, we should all carry a cue card in a our wallet that we can just whip out and use anytime we have an opportunity to save money. People there only have what they use and need and you know what…they are happy!!