

- Combine your cable, internet and telephone service.
- Slow down your internet service.
- Send away for and follow up on rebates.
- Buy a refurbished Mac:
- Convert to a gas water heater.
- Request a reduction in the interest rate for your home equity line of credit.
- Request a reduction in the interest rate on your credit cards.
- Refinance you mortgage.
- Get rid of Private Mortgage Insurance.
- Get your books from the library.
- Get DVDs from the library.
- Get DVDs from Red Box.
- Read magazines at the library or online.
- Subscribe to magazines that are must reads.
- Buy your car over the internet:
- Request a discount on trash service.
- Never pay checking account fees.
- Get a rewards card.
- Don’t pay interest on credit cards.
- Take advantage of 0% credit card offers.
- Replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent light (CFLs) bulbs.
- Drive your car longer.
- Pay your life insurance annually.
- Pay car insurance semi-annually.
- Increase insurance deductibles.
- Think before submitting an insurance claim.
- Get rid of your home telephone.
- Consider VOiP telephone service.
- Shut vents in unused rooms.
- Eliminate some cable service.
- Agree to limit gift giving.
- Get healthy.
- Cancel the health club membership.
- Pass on extended warranties.
- Take your lunch to work one more day a week than you do now.
- Buy low cost mutual funds.
- Take advantage of employer 401(k) matches.
- Use flexible spending accounts.
- Get tires from Costco or other wholesale clubs.
- Keep tires properly inflated.
- Stop smoking.
- Drink less alcohol.
- Buy term life insurance.
- Buy generic over-the-counter medicines.
- Get organized and avoid missed payments.
- Buy online when it saves you money.
- Consider MythTV PVR in replace of TiVo type services.
- Use Open Source software when possible.
- Check the insulation in your home.
- Buy energy efficient appliances.
- Stay married.
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