Tag: poor
member name: Jane C.
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June 13, 2008 01:58 PM EDT --
This has come up on Gather as well as with my family and co workers. I've been admonished for hoarding and that's not what I'm doing. I looked up the definitions on Wikipedia. Hoarding . . .
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September 24, 2008 05:29 PM EDT --
For those of you who are on both BzzAgent and MyPoints, remember to check the BzzAgent site frequently for those mini surveys. They only take a few seconds to do and they're worth 3-5 MyPoints a piece. . . .
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October 03, 2008 08:52 AM EDT --
Once or twice a year, I'll get on Cashcrate to see if I can pick up $10 or $20 extra bucks for Christmas. Well, I got on today after being inactive for a few months. WHOOA! Offers that used to be 50 . . .
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January 09, 2009 07:37 PM EST --
Dave Ramsey advocates having an emergency fund in place prior to paying down those credit cards. Suze Orman believes in saving nothing until the cards are paid. I'm with Dave Ramsey on this one. In . . .
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July 25, 2008 11:22 AM EDT --
I work in a very large institution and would like to contribute to gift requests at work. But, man! They are numerous. We have retirement gifts, leaving for another job gifts etc. We have a lot of . . .
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October 28, 2008 01:36 PM EDT --
We live in the country where many rely on well or spring water. This water is mineral rich and very hard. Water softeners are very expensive and since we are older, we don't need extra sodium in our . . .
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February 12, 2009 04:38 PM EST --
There have been a few posts by Gather members about perceived (and maybe real) upcoming changes in our health care system. Look, most of you are well intentioned but you don't work in the health care . . .
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February 13, 2009 12:18 PM EST --
I am new to the group and have decided to go back to crocheting as part of frugal living. I have several skeins of white (off white, now) no.20 mercerized crochet cotton. They are probably from the 1930's . . .
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March 04, 2009 04:39 PM EST --
No layoffs yet where I work, but my employer has lowered 401K matching funds from 6% to 5%. There is a hiring freeze in some departments. No more perfect attendance awards (now, that's stupid!) No . . .
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March 18, 2009 11:33 PM EDT --
When I went to pick up my hubby's prescriptions today, I had no plans to buy anything. I had no coupons or CVS bucks to spend. Nothing, nada. Nevertheless, I decided to browse two clearence carts . . .
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April 14, 2009 04:12 PM EDT --
I'm getting $40 a month in tax cuts from President Obama, on top of the Bush tax cuts. A lot of people are complaing that this is a piddly amount of money. Well, I guess it depends on what you do . . .
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October 16, 2009 10:14 AM EDT --
I have 46 points (or so I thought) Enough to cash out for an Amazon gift card. When I went to cash out, a flag popped out that I didn't have enough points. My account breakdown showed that I had 40 points . . .
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July 04, 2008 09:10 AM EDT --
Last year, I requested about 20 or so free t shirts through freebie sites, Gather etc. I received 3, which is a pretty good number because you don't get many. So far, this year I am requesting double . . .
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October 23, 2008 09:26 AM EDT --
I really admire my friend Cathy who is SOOO frugal! But she scraps dead mice off of sticky traps so she can use the traps again! I actually witnessed this, UGH! What is the most frugal act you've seen, . . .
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December 30, 2008 09:07 AM EST --
About once or twice a year, I get a medical survey for nurses that pays anywhere from $50 to $75 for 40 minutes of work. I really wish I could get more of these! Other than that, I get surveys from Brand . . .
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January 13, 2009 10:43 PM EST --
Work lunches purchased on the job can really eat up a good portion of your paycheck especially if you work 5 days a week or more. When I worked 3 days a week, my monthly cost was between $90 and $100. . . .
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March 02, 2009 02:20 PM EST --
It's been a very cold winter. My husband hasn't felt quite well enough to cut firewood and do all of the things he has to do. Besides, he's on a blood thinner now, and I don't really want . . .
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May 21, 2009 07:33 AM EDT --
Late last night, I found a link for a coupon from Kraft for a pack of free beef franks. They mail it to you so its legit. I tried to post it on Gather but the site went down (crap!) Of course, this morning . . .
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August 07, 2009 01:36 PM EDT --
In light of all of the controversy surrounding Health Care Reform, do you know what your private health insurance lifetime limit is? Do you know how much you've used? BTW, only private insurance has lifetime . . .
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September 23, 2008 09:33 AM EDT --
My fave freebie was the Phillips Sonicare toothbrush set that I got from a BZZAgent campaign. What was your favorite freebie?
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