Comments on: What is the best way to save money? http://christianpf.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-save-money/ Christian Personal Finance - Financial help blog, debt help and other financial resources Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Crystal http://christianpf.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-save-money/comment-page-1/#comment-163856 Crystal Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:48:48 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=2633#comment-163856 I just started working at a bank and they have a Christmas club savings acct so i decied to used it for savings bc u can add and add money to it but you cant take it out untill October. This here has helped me out so i cant touch it for a year. I should have done this years ago. I just started working at a bank and they have a Christmas club savings acct so i decied to used it for savings bc u can add and add money to it but you cant take it out untill October. This here has helped me out so i cant touch it for a year. I should have done this years ago.

]]> By: Anne http://christianpf.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-save-money/comment-page-1/#comment-130670 Anne Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:40:35 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=2633#comment-130670 Hi there, I just started a Christian money saving blog a few months ago. Im still surfing the sites and waiting for the Lord to inspire me with what to write in regards to articles like yours. Anyway, I found a great way to save with the Electric Bill about 9 years ago. My electric bill usually ran about 120 dollars year round (I live in Florida with the a.c going all of the time). Then one month I got a bill for 250. I had to sit down and catch my breath but then i thought, let me call up the electric company and talk to someone there. The people at FPL (Florida Power and Light) put me on the phone with the specialist. We went over everything including me going outside to read the meter 3 times. We went over everything that was being used in the house, tv's. computer monitors, a/c, ceiling fans, etc.. I thought that running the ceiling fans in all of the rooms ( i have 8 fans) would make the a/c more efficient. It doesnt. It cost 7 dollars a day just to run all of those fans. So I took some of the other suggestions in which I had to remind my kids to do, like turn off the lights when they leave their room, etc.. And keep the a/c around 79. The next month my bill was back down to 120 dollars. So sometimes it doesnt hurt to call the electric company and talk to their specialist, you be surprised on what good tips they give you. Im going to tweet and share your article, its excellent. God's blessings to you bro!!! Anne :) Hi there,
I just started a Christian money saving blog a few months ago. Im still surfing the sites and waiting for the Lord to inspire me with what to write in regards to articles like yours.
Anyway, I found a great way to save with the Electric Bill about 9 years ago. My electric bill usually ran about 120 dollars year round (I live in Florida with the a.c going all of the time). Then one month I got a bill for 250. I had to sit down and catch my breath but then i thought, let me call up the electric company and talk to someone there.
The people at FPL (Florida Power and Light) put me on the phone with the specialist. We went over everything including me going outside to read the meter 3 times. We went over everything that was being used in the house, tv’s. computer monitors, a/c, ceiling fans, etc.. I thought that running the ceiling fans in all of the rooms ( i have 8 fans) would make the a/c more efficient. It doesnt. It cost 7 dollars a day just to run all of those fans. So I took some of the other suggestions in which I had to remind my kids to do, like turn off the lights when they leave their room, etc.. And keep the a/c around 79. The next month my bill was back down to 120 dollars.
So sometimes it doesnt hurt to call the electric company and talk to their specialist, you be surprised on what good tips they give you.
Im going to tweet and share your article, its excellent.
God’s blessings to you bro!!!
Anne :)

]]> By: Spatterz The Clown http://christianpf.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-save-money/comment-page-1/#comment-113183 Spatterz The Clown Tue, 10 May 2011 18:07:31 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=2633#comment-113183 I have a super cheap way to drastically reduce the power bill in the summertime. Go to Aldi or any surplus or wholesale store and gather up large, flat pieces of cardboard. The heavier and thicker, the better. Measure your window panels, and cut the cardboard to fit. Make several layers, and split the seams to overlap. Glue the pieces together in layers (at least three or four thick). Now, go to any $1 store, and buy a handful of the cheap, tin foil sunshades. Figure our how many you will need to cover one side of the cardboard panels. Glue them on with the silver facing out. Trim the edges. Put a piece of velcro on the top corners, with the opposite side of the velcro on the window pane. Ideally, the silver will touch the glass, rather than be offset with a pocket or air. Put the panels in place anytime the sun is coming in a window. Most houses have identical windows thoughout, so panels can be moved from room to room as the sun rises and sets. My power bill dropped more than half during the summer months. The cardboard is free, and it the tin foil is cheap. Of course, if you are industrious, you can buy a better quality roll of bubble wrap-style tin foil in any hardware store, but it's really not necessary and much more expensive. The cardboard is free, the tin foil and velcro are super cheap, and everyone has a bottle of glue laying around. (Don't be stingy with the glue, because the heat takes its toll on the panels.) I have since started making the panels for my neighbors, friends, and family. I charge a nominal fee, which still yields profit, and apply this to my power bill also. I have a super cheap way to drastically reduce the power bill in the summertime.
Go to Aldi or any surplus or wholesale store and gather up large, flat pieces of cardboard. The heavier and thicker, the better. Measure your window panels, and cut the cardboard to fit. Make several layers, and split the seams to overlap. Glue the pieces together in layers (at least three or four thick).
Now, go to any $1 store, and buy a handful of the cheap, tin foil sunshades. Figure our how many you will need to cover one side of the cardboard panels. Glue them on with the silver facing out. Trim the edges. Put a piece of velcro on the top corners, with the opposite side of the velcro on the window pane. Ideally, the silver will touch the glass, rather than be offset with a pocket or air.
Put the panels in place anytime the sun is coming in a window. Most houses have identical windows thoughout, so panels can be moved from room to room as the sun rises and sets.
My power bill dropped more than half during the summer months. The cardboard is free, and it the tin foil is cheap. Of course, if you are industrious, you can buy a better quality roll of bubble wrap-style tin foil in any hardware store, but it’s really not necessary and much more expensive.
The cardboard is free, the tin foil and velcro are super cheap, and everyone has a bottle of glue laying around. (Don’t be stingy with the glue, because the heat takes its toll on the panels.)
I have since started making the panels for my neighbors, friends, and family. I charge a nominal fee, which still yields profit, and apply this to my power bill also.

]]> By: risper jeruto http://christianpf.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-save-money/comment-page-1/#comment-105816 risper jeruto Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:37:07 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=2633#comment-105816 When you want to save money don't rush and buy poor quality things of which they are cheap that cannot take a long time to exist in that it would force you after some time to go back and buy another one just buy a qualty one and use it for long time to avoid spending money always buying the same thing. When you want to save money don’t rush and buy poor quality things of which they are cheap that cannot take a long time to exist in that it would force you after some time to go back and buy another one just buy a qualty one and use it for long time to avoid spending money always buying the same thing.

]]> By: Stephanie Pinder http://christianpf.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-save-money/comment-page-1/#comment-15962 Stephanie Pinder Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:12:38 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=2633#comment-15962 I find that the best way to save money is to have coupons and not go out to eat stay at home make dinner. Your family will love that more then going out to eat and its less of a head ach! Thanks, SP I find that the best way to save money is to have coupons and not go out to eat stay at home make dinner. Your family will love that more then going out to eat and its less of a head ach!
Thanks,
SP

]]> By: Robyn Samuell http://christianpf.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-save-money/comment-page-1/#comment-14634 Robyn Samuell Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:31:31 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=2633#comment-14634 My family only has one income at the moment, (I am desperately searching), so it is my job to watch our spending. I have a garden this summer. I don't care who you are, if you have an area, make a garden. So far I have managed to can enough food that I honestly believe I will do very little shopping this winter. We purchase and slaughter our own cows and pigs, we usually buy one of each yearly. We use energy saver light bulbs, and make sure we turn the light off whenever we leave the room. With the unemployment rate as high as it is now, it doesn't look like jobs are going to get better soon. Try to go green, grow as much as you can, and look for coupons and other discounts in as many areas as you can. My family only has one income at the moment, (I am desperately searching), so it is my job to watch our spending. I have a garden this summer. I don’t care who you are, if you have an area, make a garden. So far I have managed to can enough food that I honestly believe I will do very little shopping this winter. We purchase and slaughter our own cows and pigs, we usually buy one of each yearly. We use energy saver light bulbs, and make sure we turn the light off whenever we leave the room. With the unemployment rate as high as it is now, it doesn’t look like jobs are going to get better soon. Try to go green, grow as much as you can, and look for coupons and other discounts in as many areas as you can.

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]]> By: Nikki W http://christianpf.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-save-money/comment-page-1/#comment-13451 Nikki W Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:51:21 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=2633#comment-13451 Thank you so much for the gift card. I've been doing the "Watch and Wait" list now since 1986, in various forms. Surprisingly, over time, either we "do" eventually get the item, or the items eventually drop off because we found a better way to accomplish something or decided it was no longer a priority. So it is truly not about deprivation - it is about prioritization and patience. Enjoy the tip! Thank you so much for the gift card. I’ve been doing the “Watch and Wait” list now since 1986, in various forms. Surprisingly, over time, either we “do” eventually get the item, or the items eventually drop off because we found a better way to accomplish something or decided it was no longer a priority. So it is truly not about deprivation – it is about prioritization and patience. Enjoy the tip!

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]]> By: bob http://christianpf.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-save-money/comment-page-1/#comment-13433 bob Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:56:01 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=2633#comment-13433 Linda and I read over all the savings ideas and picked our favorites and Nikki W's was on both of our lists. So congrats to Nikki for winning the $40 Amazon.com gift card!! And thanks to everyone for the great money saving ideas!! Linda and I read over all the savings ideas and picked our favorites and Nikki W’s was on both of our lists. So congrats to Nikki for winning the $40 Amazon.com gift card!!

And thanks to everyone for the great money saving ideas!!

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