‘What’s a skill that takes less than a week to learn but can save you a fortune?’ – 23 top notch money-saving hacks
13.
‘Eating your food rather than throwing it away. Letting your food spoil is avoidable.’
–Iffy50
14.
‘Downloading digital coupons at home before you go to the grocery store.’
–cheddarpants
15.
‘Installing solar panels. The quote I got for my roof was 12.500€. I found a kit for 2.000 and an electrician who did the whole connection for 500€. Saved myself 10.000€. And I did the same for my brother.’
–rotzverpopelt
16.
‘Coffee. A shit coffee machine is less than 30 dollars, and it’ll make you coffee for as long as you take care of it.
A French press will run you half that, and an electric kettle will run you less than the other half of thirty dollars. Paying more than 30c for a cup of coffee is insane. Do it yourself and stop paying five dollars a cup for it.’
–theBJbanditO
17.
‘Not a week, but 14 days to rinse your body of nicotine. The rest of the quitting process is the habit. You really have to learn to live without cigarettes. I quit 10 years ago, approx. $12000.’
–Yeohan99
18.
‘Buying reliable stuff. Buying a 100 $ set of shoes that lasts you five years is better than buying a 40 $ pair every year, and in the meanwhile you’ll be wearing 100$ shoes. Your feet will thank you.’
–freakytapir
19.
‘My mom did a short course for cutting hair. Three children and a husband so I do think that saved them a lot of money if you count all the savings of not going to a hairdresser.’
–Eef1007
20.
‘First aid and CPR. My little sister is alive because my dad did the Heimlich manoeuvre when she was little. But it was close. Saving a life is priceless especially if it’s someone you love.’
–Commieredmenace
21.
‘Basic retirement planning. You can save yourself thousands or even hundreds of thousands with a basic understanding of investing for retirement.’
–J_Scooper_08
22.
‘Fix your own toilet.’
–goldbeater
23.
‘As a plumber, the amount of basic stuff people get me to do they could find out on a five min Google search is incredible. We used to teach basic wiring at school in the UK, now people get me to change their thermostats which are three wires.’
–littlebro11
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