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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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How To Recover From A Home Fire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There was a car parked in the driveway, making me think someone was home. The family and dogs had not been home. Really, all you have left, if you are lucky enough not to be home, are the clothes on your back and the things you had with you when you left to run that errand, go on that visit or go to work.

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Save Money – Develop Important Home Owner Skills

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With interest rates at all time lows, more foreclosures coming on the market and prices at decade low levels, you may be looking to buy a home or investment property. Heck, even to make an offer on your dream home, you have to negotiate with your spouse and family! Home Maintenance – Keeping Things Up to Snuff.

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10 Items to Sell at a Yard Sale (and Make the Most Money)

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Finding what to sell at a yard sale can be as simple as decluttering your home and putting everything you don’t need up for sale. Thankfully, I know a way to achieve both ends: declutter your home and make money at your next garage sale. It was practically brand new, and it worked perfectly.

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Friday Links – Colder Than Mars Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

PET Archives : How To Haggle For A Bargain. Are You Cut Out For Working From Home? 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. Should You Save Or Invest Your Money? Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire. 5 Easy Ways to Save Money in the Kitchen.

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3 Moves that Can Hurt Your Career

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Although I feel generally successful in my working career, there are some moves that hurt my ability to earn more, better my job satisfaction and advance faster. Instead of trying to work after college graduation at a real career, I took a retail sales management trainee job. Yes I worked on the conversions, but on a sideline project.

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Friday Links – Too Swamped Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I have started a new job at work which is great but also very overwhelming as I still need to keep up doing my old job until my replacement is hired and trained. The house stuff, time with the hubby, other home commitments etc. Working to build your emergency fund? How to haggle for a bargain.