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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. ” In my experience this type of haggling will work 70% off the time.

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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. Skills that will save you big bucks over time. Heck, even to make an offer on your dream home, you have to negotiate with your spouse and family!

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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. According to FEMA. “

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Friday Links – Colder Than Mars Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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

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Affordable International Travel Destinations

Couponing 101

You can get cheap and delicious home cooked meals in most local-run small cafes. The southern region has some gorgeous beaches and if you are willing to haggle your prices most restaurants and guesthouses will accept your offers for much less than you would pay online. Save money by renting a house instead of staying in a hotel.

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3 Moves that Can Hurt Your Career

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In a year I was married and pregnant and staying home with babies. I meekly took what was offered – for many years until I finally learned to get uncomfortable and haggle for the positions, the raises, the promotions and the projects I wanted. It was really the only offer I had. It always seemed that it was too risky to negotiate.

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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. Jack from Money Saving Ethics tells us Easy Tips for Saving Money Part 2.