Comments on: Top 3 Little “Money Pit” Purchases http://www.artofthecoupon.com/top-5-money-pit-purchases/ A blog dedicated to doing more with less Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:47:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bookmarks about Purchases http://www.artofthecoupon.com/top-5-money-pit-purchases/#comment-4852 Bookmarks about Purchases Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:00:07 +0000 http://www.artofthecoupon.com/?p=134#comment-4852 [...] - bookmarked by 2 members originally found by robertocunha on 2008-11-13 Top 3 Little “Money Pit” Purchases http://www.artofthecoupon.com/top-5-money-pit-purchases/ - bookmarked by 2 members originally [...] [...] - bookmarked by 2 members originally found by robertocunha on 2008-11-13 Top 3 Little “Money Pit” Purchases http://www.artofthecoupon.com/top-5-money-pit-purchases/ - bookmarked by 2 members originally [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.artofthecoupon.com/top-5-money-pit-purchases/#comment-445 admin Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:45:25 +0000 http://www.artofthecoupon.com/?p=134#comment-445 Daphne, I'm glad my printer comparison may have helped... I find I don't even miss color printouts at all. I especially like that all those Bricks and Coupon.com coupons that used to print out a full page of color ads are now forced to come ut in black and white! Daphne, I’m glad my printer comparison may have helped… I find I don’t even miss color printouts at all. I especially like that all those Bricks and Coupon.com coupons that used to print out a full page of color ads are now forced to come ut in black and white!

]]> By: Daphne http://www.artofthecoupon.com/top-5-money-pit-purchases/#comment-442 Daphne Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:41:16 +0000 http://www.artofthecoupon.com/?p=134#comment-442 Great tips, thanks! I realised long ago about the dry-clean clothes and now always ask before I buy a piece of clothing, "Can this be machine washed?" and only buy stuff that can be. You gave me food for thought about the laser printer versus an ink-jet though. I've always used inkjets because sometimes I want colour print-outs, but will consider getting a laser next time for the B&Ws. By the way, I like your header image! I used to have that as my desktop on my Mac. Great tips, thanks! I realised long ago about the dry-clean clothes and now always ask before I buy a piece of clothing, “Can this be machine washed?” and only buy stuff that can be.

You gave me food for thought about the laser printer versus an ink-jet though. I’ve always used inkjets because sometimes I want colour print-outs, but will consider getting a laser next time for the B&Ws.

By the way, I like your header image! I used to have that as my desktop on my Mac.

]]> By: admin http://www.artofthecoupon.com/top-5-money-pit-purchases/#comment-208 admin Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:41:20 +0000 http://www.artofthecoupon.com/?p=134#comment-208 Thats a great tip! I think I have some old towels lying around, I'll definitely try it! Thats a great tip! I think I have some old towels lying around, I’ll definitely try it!

]]> By: marci http://www.artofthecoupon.com/top-5-money-pit-purchases/#comment-205 marci Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:21:21 +0000 http://www.artofthecoupon.com/?p=134#comment-205 I bought a used swiffer at a garage sale for 50 cents. Bought the one package of wipes for it - and decided that was not the way to go! But I trying to save some wear and tear on old knees and back, I liked the way it worked. My solution - I cut up some old flannels and towels and made them to work on the swiffer. Use either a spray bottle to mist the cloth, or lighty dampen in the sink, or dry mop. Then I just throw the homemade covers into the washer/dryer, and presto - there they are again for the next use. Works great and saves my back and knees :) And yes, about 30 years ago I came to the same conclusion about dry clean only clothes... and I haven't gone back to the dry cleaner in the same 30 years! There is always a suitable alternative for those kinds of clothing :) I bought a used swiffer at a garage sale for 50 cents. Bought the one package of wipes for it - and decided that was not the way to go!
But I trying to save some wear and tear on old knees and back, I liked the way it worked. My solution - I cut up some old flannels and towels and made them to work on the swiffer. Use either a spray bottle to mist the cloth, or lighty dampen in the sink, or dry mop. Then I just throw the homemade covers into the washer/dryer, and presto - there they are again for the next use. Works great and saves my back and knees :)

And yes, about 30 years ago I came to the same conclusion about dry clean only clothes… and I haven’t gone back to the dry cleaner in the same 30 years! There is always a suitable alternative for those kinds of clothing :)

]]> By: » Top 3 Little “Money Pit” Purchases http://www.artofthecoupon.com/top-5-money-pit-purchases/#comment-204 » Top 3 Little “Money Pit” Purchases Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:52:30 +0000 http://www.artofthecoupon.com/?p=134#comment-204 [...] Haseda wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWhat is a money pit purchase, you might ask.  It is a term I just borrowed to refer to a purchase that just keeps on costing after it has been made.  Now, to some extent, most of the stuff that we buy has a cost that continues to mount even after you’ve made the purchase […]“” [...] [...] Haseda wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWhat is a money pit purchase, you might ask.  It is a term I just borrowed to refer to a purchase that just keeps on costing after it has been made.  Now, to some extent, most of the stuff that we buy has a cost that continues to mount even after you’ve made the purchase […]“” [...]

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