Comments on: Frugality trumps return on investment http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/09/17/frugality-trumps-return-on-investment/ Helping readers to use bargains wisely since 2005 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:24:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RetiredAt47 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/09/17/frugality-trumps-return-on-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-153957 RetiredAt47 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:15:40 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/09/17/frugality-trumps-return-on-investment/#comment-153957 One of the great things about saving money is that it is "tax free". If you earn another dollar, you're going to pay taxes on it. But if you save a dollar, you keep the whole dollar. This makes frugality especially appealing to me. I kept my last car 19 years and I hated having to give it up. It just didn't feel reliable any more. I'm a little jealous that your friend's car made it 25 years :-) One of the great things about saving money is that it is “tax free”. If you earn another dollar, you’re going to pay taxes on it. But if you save a dollar, you keep the whole dollar. This makes frugality especially appealing to me.

I kept my last car 19 years and I hated having to give it up. It just didn’t feel reliable any more. I’m a little jealous that your friend’s car made it 25 years :-)

]]> By: Lee Hall http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/09/17/frugality-trumps-return-on-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-152895 Lee Hall Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:08:57 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/09/17/frugality-trumps-return-on-investment/#comment-152895 Being frugal can reign in humility and gratitude for what you have. While we all strive to maintain a more humble existence, we can't completely deprive ourselves of everything. We need to make sure we learn to experience some pleasures of life. They don't need to be expensive, just creative enough to have some fun along the way. The challenge is to live frugally, but feel like a million bucks along the way! Being frugal can reign in humility and gratitude for what you have. While we all strive to maintain a more humble existence, we can’t completely deprive ourselves of everything. We need to make sure we learn to experience some pleasures of life. They don’t need to be expensive, just creative enough to have some fun along the way. The challenge is to live frugally, but feel like a million bucks along the way!

]]> By: Craig http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/09/17/frugality-trumps-return-on-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-152853 Craig Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:49:31 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/09/17/frugality-trumps-return-on-investment/#comment-152853 Being frugal does pay off in the end. Depending on what you are being frugal for sacrifices are always necessary. If there is a relatively inexpensive item I want but know I don't have the direct cash, I will not go out on a weekend and use that money for the item. Granted that is a smaller situation but the same principles apply. Not everything your friend does would work for others (cutting my own hair), but its whatever works for your own situation. Craig www.budgetpulse.com Being frugal does pay off in the end. Depending on what you are being frugal for sacrifices are always necessary. If there is a relatively inexpensive item I want but know I don’t have the direct cash, I will not go out on a weekend and use that money for the item. Granted that is a smaller situation but the same principles apply. Not everything your friend does would work for others (cutting my own hair), but its whatever works for your own situation.

Craig
http://www.budgetpulse.com

]]> By: Kit Kat http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/09/17/frugality-trumps-return-on-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-152837 Kit Kat Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:41:07 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/09/17/frugality-trumps-return-on-investment/#comment-152837 It might be a boring lifestyle, but sure it is one that will last. It might be a boring lifestyle, but sure it is one that will last.

]]> By: Mo Money http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/09/17/frugality-trumps-return-on-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-152834 Mo Money Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:29:04 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/09/17/frugality-trumps-return-on-investment/#comment-152834 Being frugal is a good return on your money and YOU are in complete control of how you spend your money. So no matter what happens on Wall street or to the economy, you can be in charge of your spending. Being frugal is a good return on your money and YOU are in complete control of how you spend your money. So no matter what happens on Wall street or to the economy, you can be in charge of your spending.

]]> By: Andrew Chilton http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/09/17/frugality-trumps-return-on-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-152815 Andrew Chilton Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:41:05 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2008/09/17/frugality-trumps-return-on-investment/#comment-152815 I agree with the fact that frugality is the best way of ensuring a return on what you earn. In my post (see below) about budgeting, I said that it is much more likely you'll be better off by spending less than it is to invent a new product, win the lottery or create a successful business. It's something we can all do. http://retire-at-40.blogspot.com/2008/09/budgeting.html I agree with the fact that frugality is the best way of ensuring a return on what you earn. In my post (see below) about budgeting, I said that it is much more likely you’ll be better off by spending less than it is to invent a new product, win the lottery or create a successful business. It’s something we can all do.

http://retire-at-40.blogspot.com/2008/09/budgeting.html

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