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No smartphone
No cellphone contract
No handbags/purses (I say this as a female; my $5 wallet I got in Africa works just fine for me)
No landline
No printer
No credit card or cc debt
No vehicle (by choice!)
No tattoos
No health insurance (by choice!)
No salon 'dos. I'd never pay more than $20 for a nice haircut.
No Starbucks--never even been there even though there's one across the street from my work.
No video games
No big screens (I did splurge on a $150, 19" LCD this summer, though since my school offers free cable)
No mortgage (I'm in college, though)
NO CHILDREN! I'm thankful for this every single day.
No smartphone
No cellphone contract
No handbags/purses (I say this as a female; my $5 wallet I got in Africa works just fine for me)
No landline
No printer
No credit card or cc debt
No vehicle (by choice!)
No tattoos
No health insurance (by choice!)
No salon 'dos. I'd never pay more than $20 for a nice haircut.
No Starbucks--never even been there even though there's one across the street from my work.
No video games
No big screens (I did splurge on a $150, 19" LCD this summer, though since my school offers free cable)
No mortgage (I'm in college, though)
NO CHILDREN! I'm thankful for this every single day.
No smartphone: check. I use a 4-year-old phone with LARGE numbers and no music, no video, no nothing but phone and text. I might have to replace it as 10% of the screen is now black, some issue with the led leaking fluid under the glass.
No cellphone contract: check. Prepaid.
No tattoo: check. I like my skin.
No debt (ALL): check. Everything bought with cash, even big-ticket items.
No Starbucks: check. Hahahahahahahahahaha.....a no-brainer.
No big screens: ?? Define 'big'. I replaced a 15" tv with a 26" lcd tv. Anything larger wouldn't fit under the library shelf and would require me to blast the wall out so that I could sit back far enough to see the entire screen. Shows look the same @26" and 3' from the screen as @90" and 12' from the screen.
No children: well, I can't check this one. My three children, now adults, brought much joy to my life and still do albeit at a distance. Of course, people who have not yet (or never) had children can not understand this.
No video games: check. I miss pong, and space invaders. Simple games for my simple mind.
New cars. Nothing is more wasteful. I always have to laugh when I see a person attempting frugality and buying a new Prius to offset a lifetime of careful spending.
New cars. Nothing is more wasteful. I always have to laugh when I see a person attempting frugality and buying a new Prius to offset a lifetime of careful spending.
Even worse if you are financing a new car. I see the college folks do that to impress the girls.
No cable TV. I don't even own a TV. I watch shows and movies online.
No fancy cell phone. I have a really cheap one and spend less than $10 a month on calls.
No landline. I have good high-speed internet, but since I work from home, I can claim it in my taxes.
No kids (though I spend quite a bit of money on my pets).
No drinking. The bar scene has zero appeal for me.
New cars. Nothing is more wasteful. I always have to laugh when I see a person attempting frugality and buying a new Prius to offset a lifetime of careful spending.
Yup, I have a 2001. I could have bought a newer car in the last 7 years but love NO PAYMENT ! I will baby my car ( I am original owner ) until she goes to the great auto graveyard in the sky....Better to keep her maintained so she lasts longer....
New cars. Nothing is more wasteful. I always have to laugh when I see a person attempting frugality and buying a new Prius to offset a lifetime of careful spending.
Buying a new car can often be a pretty good deal. A WSJ this week stated that often buying new is cheaper.
My frugal friend bought a new 1992 Toyota Camry for $14k. It lasted for 195k and seventeen years. The 2.5 used cars that I had during that period cost me as much if not more in both acquisition and maintenance costs.
Buying a new car can often be a pretty good deal. A WSJ this week stated that often buying new is cheaper.
My frugal friend bought a new 1992 Toyota Camry for $14k. It lasted for 195k and seventeen years. The 2.5 used cars that I had during that period cost me as much if not more in both acquisition and maintenance costs.
A Prius is a money loser across the board.
We agree on the Prius, of course. But I think it is supportable that the amortization of new cost vs. actual consumption of the useful life of a vehicle are not coextensive. In fact, I think that if you peg 195k as the useful life and target four year old cars with 50,000 miles, the cost difference will be dramatic. I think about 50% of the original cost will be deflated out of a new car at that 50,000 mile/ 4 year mark for a really good car like a Camry.
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What things/services do you opt out of that most normal people have?
Food !!...
Been going w/o ~ 2-3 days / month, I think I will step that up a bit, maybe w/o 2-3 days / week.
I usually only eat Breakfast and supper anyway, with a carrot or apple during the day. No significant health problems in the last 50 yrs.
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