Comments on: The Limits of Frugality http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:56:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bill http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/comment-page-1/#comment-78276 Bill Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:56:15 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/#comment-78276 Go read the "Tightwad Gazette" and you'll see Trent didn't go anywhere NEAR the limits of frugality. Go read the “Tightwad Gazette” and you’ll see Trent didn’t go anywhere NEAR the limits of frugality.

]]> By: Trent http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/comment-page-1/#comment-78265 Trent Sun, 01 Jul 2007 12:46:35 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/#comment-78265 Making that laundry detergent was actually quite fun. I had two teenage cousins of mine mix it up with me and then we checked it together several times as it settled. It was a fun thing to do that saved money in the end. Making that laundry detergent was actually quite fun. I had two teenage cousins of mine mix it up with me and then we checked it together several times as it settled. It was a fun thing to do that saved money in the end.

]]> By: Livingalmostlarge http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/comment-page-1/#comment-78263 Livingalmostlarge Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:20:14 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/#comment-78263 Sometimes it's just an income problem. Being frugal doesn't work if you have like 10 kids on a $40k/year income. When you see these people most people suggest more income because when these people post their budgets, they are more than frugal. Sometimes it’s just an income problem. Being frugal doesn’t work if you have like 10 kids on a $40k/year income. When you see these people most people suggest more income because when these people post their budgets, they are more than frugal.

]]> By: Lazy Man and Money http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/comment-page-1/#comment-78260 Lazy Man and Money Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:47:23 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/#comment-78260 I think Trent really likes the quality of his detergent and it's probably quick enough to make a huge vat of it. He also says that he's likely to get a Sam's Club membership, instead of a Costco one, meaning that he'd have to dish out more money for a Costco membership or deal with Sam's laundry detergent. That's not the one that consumer reports loves, so maybe it's not exactly helpful for him. I think Trent really likes the quality of his detergent and it’s probably quick enough to make a huge vat of it. He also says that he’s likely to get a Sam’s Club membership, instead of a Costco one, meaning that he’d have to dish out more money for a Costco membership or deal with Sam’s laundry detergent. That’s not the one that consumer reports loves, so maybe it’s not exactly helpful for him.

]]> By: Matthew Paulson http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/comment-page-1/#comment-78259 Matthew Paulson Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:05:39 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/#comment-78259 thanks for the mention thanks for the mention

]]> By: Patrick http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/comment-page-1/#comment-78255 Patrick Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:59:04 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/#comment-78255 Absolutely. What is interesting is that Trent from The Simple Dollar recently wrote about how it made sense for him to pay someone to clean his apartment when he moved out because it wasn't worth his time based on what he could pay to have someone else do it. For me laundry detergent is in that same category. It isn't worth my time to save less than $20 a year (I also do less laundry). Absolutely. What is interesting is that Trent from The Simple Dollar recently wrote about how it made sense for him to pay someone to clean his apartment when he moved out because it wasn’t worth his time based on what he could pay to have someone else do it. For me laundry detergent is in that same category. It isn’t worth my time to save less than $20 a year (I also do less laundry).

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/comment-page-1/#comment-78254 Blaine Moore Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:02:06 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/06/29/the-limits-of-frugality/#comment-78254 I got side-swiped by a tow truck last week after he didn't bother looking before turning onto the street I was driving on, and his boss's insurance company provided a rental car for me while my truck was in the shop for 8 days. It was a fairly new PT Cruiser (about 5500 miles on it), and a nice feature that it had that my 8 year old pick up truck lacks is a real time display of what sort of miles per gallon you are getting. The average miles per gallon from when I picked the vehicle up to when I dropped it off had gone up by 5 miles per gallon. It still didn't get as good mileage as my Ranger, though. I wasn't a big fan, and I am glad to have my truck back. I got side-swiped by a tow truck last week after he didn’t bother looking before turning onto the street I was driving on, and his boss’s insurance company provided a rental car for me while my truck was in the shop for 8 days.

It was a fairly new PT Cruiser (about 5500 miles on it), and a nice feature that it had that my 8 year old pick up truck lacks is a real time display of what sort of miles per gallon you are getting.

The average miles per gallon from when I picked the vehicle up to when I dropped it off had gone up by 5 miles per gallon. It still didn’t get as good mileage as my Ranger, though. I wasn’t a big fan, and I am glad to have my truck back.

]]>