Through this column, I enjoy sharing some of my favorite tips with you to help stretch your dollars. Occasionally, some of my readers take issue with the tips I’ve shared. I always welcome discussion and differences of opinion, so I’d like to share a couple recent thoughts from readers…
New Super-Couponing Tips column: Costs of raising children revisited
A few weeks ago I shared some emails from readers asking for advice on children’s expenses. Children’s extra-curricular activities can really stretch a family’s budget, and many readers have responded with advice for the families who feel they must do it all…
Super-Couponing Tips column: The at-home hair dye controversy
There’s another beauty product that I also blog about, and until recently, I had no idea it was considered even remotely controversial. That product? At-home hair dye. A reader wrote to express her disappointment that I’ve encouraged shoppers to buy boxed hair color on my blog…
Super-Couponing Tips column: Readers share school supply tales
A reader writes: “Every year the list of supplies that my elementary school son needs to bring gets longer and longer. This year my son’s third grade class list requires 16 glue sticks. There are 26 kids in his class. That’s 416 glue sticks for one classroom. Is it even possible to use that many in nine months’ time?”
Super-Couponing Tips column: The story of our old couch
It shouldn’t surprise me that my sons and daughter are very mindful of what things cost. They don’t like to be wasteful, and sometimes their perspectives on thrift are eye-opening. For example, something strange happened when we tried to get rid of our old couch…
Super-Couponing Tips column: Back to School Savings
Whether you’ve got young children, college kids or no children at all (really!) you’ll want to take advantage of some of my favorite back-to-school shopping tips…
Super-Couponing Tips column: Safe sites for coupon printing
“When I go to other coupon sites to register, I get a message at the bottom of my screen that says, ‘Registering with this site may cause harm to your computer.’ Well, I went ahead anyway and it ended up costing us $150 for our IT guy to get a virus out. Would you happen to know why I am getting this message on every coupon site I try to register with?”
Super-Couponing Tips column: Readers’ savings tips on electronics
“Dear Jill, I feel for you on the rapid loss of features on your new TV. I believe what you have experienced could have been avoided with a general principle of frugality – don’t purchase ‘combination’ items when the items that are being combined have different lifespans.”
Super-Couponing Tips column: The costs of raising children
A reader asks, “How do you keep up with what others are doing for their kids? My son plays baseball… many of his friends are moving up to the travel team. The travel team costs almost $1,000 to play for the season. The other parents are pressuring us to sign him up…”
Super-Couponing Tips column: Dealing with expired coupons
Not everyone reacts peacefully when an expired coupon is declined. Check out this eye-opening email from a store owner: “Although we aim to please, unfortunately that is not always the case…”
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