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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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10 Steps To A Successful Garage Sale

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With the proper amount of planning, you can have an easy, stress free garage sale where you make a profit. You want to price everything, and you want to be prepared to lower those prices when people start to haggle. Garage sales are a great way to make some extra money, and they are a great activity for kids during the summer break.

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A Chain Saw, A Ladder, Some Trees & Me

Nicoles Nickels

I tend to be kind of a spur of the moment kind of gal, and when I decide I want something done, I want it done now, and I don’t want to have to haggle about schedules and who’s involved and whatnot. In about 2 minutes the limb is down, the chain saw is free and no humans are harmed. Today I wanted the trees trimmed.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Eric from Narrow Bridge Finance tells us what The True Cost of Something That is Free. We take advantage of anything we can get if it is free or cheap, but do we need to? FMF from Free Money Finance says My First Property Purchase Goes South. I totally agree with Eric here. Can buying new ever be cheaper than buying used?”

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7 Tips for a Successful Yard Sale

Family Balance Sheet

If I have a free Saturday morning from April thru September--unfortunately it''s rare--I try to hit a community yard sale. This was the first year our neighborhood didn''t pay for a classified ad in the newspaper, but we did place free ads online. Be Ready to Haggle. Someone became quite interested in FREE. Yard sales.