Sun 9 Dec 2007
A great guest post on Get Rich Slowly on The Hidden Costs of Stuff.
More Than Pocket Change Encourages you to Use it Up!
The Dollar Bill Savings Program is all about, well, more than pocket change.
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher’s stone.
moneydummy on Why You Need a Budget
10 Ways To Save Money, such as “Don’t spend when you’re drunk” 
Fri 7 Dec 2007
In a prior post, I gave three quick ways to greatly reduce the volume of junk mail and telemarketing calls that you receive. Those tips do not cover “Current Resident” mailings or some Catalog mailings, particularly from companies you may have ordered from in the past. Well, here are 3 quick, FREE ways to reduce your catalog and current resident junk mail.
1) Opt-out of Val-Pak coupon mailings. These guys are high volume “current resident” mailers, and the mailing are untargeted. It’s like blanketing the Earth with random flyers and hoping that people will buy things from you.
2) Opt-out of ADVO mailings. This is the same type of mailing as Val-Pak.
3) The best one that I’ve seen is CatalogChoice.org This site allows you to specifically seek out catalogs that you are receiving and get your name off the list.
The purpose here is threefold. Getting less junk mail simplifies your life. There is less garbage to throw away or recycle this way. Next, there is a positive environmental impact, which CatalogChoice articulates nicely. Finally, the less of this junk that you get, the less likely you’ll be to buy things that you don’t need AND encourage more companies to send you even more catalogs to repeat the cycle!
