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Saving money

Rentoid – Person to Person Renting

April 2, 2009 Making Quick Bucks

Rentoid is a commercial enterprise that we thought fitted nicely into the criteria of We Found A Solution, to quote from their about us page: “You know that Nintendo Wii that you’re thinking of buying? Expensive, isn’t it? Wouldn’t it be easier and cheaper if you could just rent it from someone instead of spending […]

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Donate Your Old Business Clothing

March 26, 2009 Business

If you’re discarding business suits and other appropriate office attire that is still in good condition, consider giving it to organizations that help low-income people obtain clothing for job interviews. Some national charities: CareerGear helps men; Dress for Success helps women with business clothing. Also, look for local charities (e.g., Wardrobe for Opportunity in the […]

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Use CheapTweet To Get The Best Deals

February 24, 2009 Saving money

CheapTweet scans Twitter for the best deals, coupons and sales that people are tweeting about. How does it work? CheapTweet lets users rate deals by saying It’s Cheap (it’s a good deal) or It’s Lame (it’s not a good deal). Deals move to the Cheapest Tweets section if they get enough votes. CheapTweet also uses […]

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Drop N Swap & Shared Purchases

January 12, 2009 General Advice

Here are two ideas that have been implemented in the neighborhood of Sawmill Lakes in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida http://www.sawmilllakes.org Drop N Swap Twice yearly, we have a big Drop N Swap at the neighborhood community center. All good-condition but unwanted/unneeded items are brought to the community center and put on display. You can take […]

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Victory Gardens & Hobo Dinners

January 12, 2009 Food

History repeats itself, and the sacrifices made during our nation’s times of war and economic crisis can be recycled into solutions for today as well. Emotions run high and anything we do to strengthen our emotional ties as a community can help. Remember the “victory” gardens of WWII? They can become container gardens (tie a […]

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Look for online deals at hotels, prixe fix dinner menus, etc,.

December 23, 2008 Saving money

While our economy is scary, we can do our part to help get it back on track (to some degree) by continuing to spend some dollars instead of saving everything. After all, we all need a break from the everyday stresses, so look for deals at hotels, prixe fix dinner menus and enjoy. These are […]

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