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- Save on Cell Phones with Employee and Student Discounts
- 5 Credit Card Company Tricks — and How to Thwart Them
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- How to Afford Anything (But Not Everything)
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- Making the Most of Your Checking Account
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- Put Your Savings on Steroids with Certificates of Deposit
- Back Up Your Computer to Save Time and Money
- How Low Can You Go? Cutting Back to Minimum
- Ask the Readers: Favorite Frugal Christmas Ideas?
- 10 Unconventional Money-Saving Tips
- Once-a-Month Shopping: Save More by Shopping Less
- Dealing with Disaster: A Brief Guide to Emergency Preparedness
- How to Save Money on Your Wedding: ASK!
- 10 Aggressive Tactics to Turn the Tables on Credit Card Companies
- How and When to Cancel a Credit Card
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- Warren Buffett’s Ten Secrets to Wealth and Life
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- A Few Ways to Raise Cash Quickly
- The Inner Workings of a Car Dealership (and How To Use Them to Your Advantage)
- Fix Your Own Printer and Save Money
- The Myth of Multitasking: How Doing It All Gets Nothing Done
- 8 Tips for Saving Money on Hobbies and Pastimes
- The Best Advice I Ever Got: 40 Great Money Tips
- Estimate Your Electricity Costs with a Web-Based Calculator
- How to Open Multiple Accounts at ING Direct
- Money Tips from Consumer Reports
- The 13 Commandments of Savvy Consumers
- My Paperless Personal Finance System: A Work in Progress
- Making the Move from Spender to Saver
- How to Stop Junk Mail in Its Tracks
- Ask the Readers: Energy Conservation Tips?
- How One Reader Uses Haggling to Save Big Bucks
- Use “Reverse Credit” to Stick to Your Budget
- How to Make Yourself Recession-Proof
- Real Simple: Save More, Worry Less
- How to Handle a Door-to-Door Salesman
- How to Quit Your Job Gracefully
- Proven Methods for Servers to Increase Their Tips
- Five Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires
- Ten Money-Saving Vacation and Travel Tips
- The Benefits of Looking Ahead: Success Tips from 1950
- Asking for a Better Financial Future
- How to Buy and Sell Gift Cards
- Reader Tip: The Warranty Scam Buster Account
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- Turning the Tables on Telemarketers
- Why You SHOULDN’T Prepay Your Monthly Bills
- Build Wealth with a “Virtual Employer”
- How to Eat at a Swanky Restaurant Without Blowing Your Monthly Food Budget
- Two Quick Kitchen Hacks
- Money-Saving Ideas for Working Parents
- 10 Ways to Build the Habit of Saving Money
- An Expert Tip for Saving on Prescription Drugs
- Daily Roundup: Tips and Tricks from GRS Readers
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- How to Eliminate Debt in Bursts Instead of Incrementally
- Thrifty Tips from the Yardsale Queen
- Career Advice for the College Graduate
- A Yard Sale Checklist: Ten Tips for Garage Sale Prep
- Reader Story: Necessity is the Mother of Frugality
- Optimize Your Bank Accounts with a Periodic Review
- Festival of Frugality #75
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- Common Money Mistakes and How to Correct Them
- How to Fight the Urge to Splurge
- Last Minute Tax Tips
- 7 Essential Skills to Protect Yourself from Scammers
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- Save Money with Your Feet!
- 10 Reasons You Aren’t Rich
- Common Red-Flags That Lead to IRS Audits
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- Save Money with a Magazine Exchange
- 24 Craigslist Tips, Tricks, and Resources
- Personal Finance Sites from Around the World
- The Cost-Per-Day Expense Chart
- 10 Ways to Save Money on Books
- Custom Movie Listings with RSS
- How I Bought My House With Very Little Of My Own Money
- The Regift: Friend or Foe?
- Want to Save Money? Just Ask!
- Reader Story: Ask to Save!
- Learn to Save by Taxing Yourself
- How One College Student Handles Credit Cards
- Cheap Ways to Stay Warm this Winter
- Five Fantastic Frugal Tips for Christmas
- Reminder: Enter the Get-Rich-Slowly Holiday Tips Contest
- Warning: Identity Theft Doesn’t Stop During the Holidays
- The Amazing Frugal Christmas Savings Spectacular!
- Ramit’s Guide to Kicking Ass
- Track Your Spending with a Cash Notebook
- Keep Track of Food with a Leftovers List
- How to Get the Most Out of a College Job
- 8 Ways to Make Bill-Paying Easier
- Save Money by Asking for a Lower Rate
- What to Do With All Those Pennies
- Track Every Penny You Spend
- How to Find an Accountant
- Survey: Money and Marriage
- The Personal Finance HOW-TO Library
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- The Only Credit Card Guide You’ll Ever Need
- A College Education for $10 a Course
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- Tricks for Tracking Your Money?
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- How I Finally Defeated Dandruff
- A Cheaper Cup of Coffee
- Frugality in Practice: At the Movies
- Financial Advice from a Founding Father
- Free Online Coupon Codes
- Tip: Pay Your Bills as They Arrive
- Garage Sale Bargains
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- Parent Hacks
- General Investment Tips
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- How to Extend the Life of Your Car
- Cheap and Effective Ways to Make Life Easier
- My Frugal Life
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- How to Get a Job Paying More Than $100,000
- The Hillbilly Housewife
- Life After Graduation
- Save Money With Magazines
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- How to Slash Summer Energy Costs
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- What I Wish I Knew Then About Home Buying
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- The Best Time to Buy
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- Organizing Tax Documents
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- How to Find Garage Sale Gold
- Leave Your ATM Card at Home
- Confessions of a Car Salesman
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