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Amy Livingston is a freelance writer who can actually answer yes to the question, "And from that you make a living?" She has written about personal finance and shopping strategies for a variety of publications, including ConsumerSearch.com, ShopSmart.com, and the Dollar Stretcher newsletter. She also maintains a personal blog, Ecofrugal Living, on ways to save money and live green at the same time.
People have always grumbled that a dollar doesn’t go as far as it used to. But these days, that complaint is truer than ever. No matter where you go — the gas station, the grocery store, the movies — prices…
As the writer and cartoonist Allen Saunders once said, “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.” Personal finance is a perfect example. You can sit down and make a budget that covers all your regular…
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Let’s say you just had a successful garage sale and turned a whole bunch of clutter into cash. You made a few hundred dollars, and you’re feeling pretty good about your haul. Now there’s just one problem: How do you…
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Suppose you’ve decided to sell your old couch on Craigslist. You find a buyer who agrees to the price and wants to pay with a money order. Is this a safe form of payment? And is it going to be…
Which would you rather be: a multimillionaire whose friends and neighbors are all billionaires, or a worker making $10 an hour in a neighborhood where most people are scraping by on minimum wage? Speaking strictly in dollar terms, you’d have…
Say you’re at the grocery store. As you grab a bottle of your usual detergent, you notice it feels a little lighter than usual. Checking the label, you see that it’s only 89 ounces, while the old bottle was 92…
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