I’ve noticed sometimes that there’s some half-baked videos or blogs or whatever that purport this or that frugal trick, but if you look at the time or math, it’s not actually frugal for you.

What are some examples of that you’ve come across? The things that “aren’t worth it”?

For me it’s couponing. (Although I haven’t heard people talk about it recently–has it fallen out of “style”, or have businesses caught up to the loopholes folks used to exploit?)

  • Knusper@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Well, presumably you also cleaned up and had some time together…

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      1 year ago

      And interacted with neighbours and enabled a culture of reusing stuff that may have been thrown out otherwise.

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        1 year ago

        You can donate stuff for free for the latter without wasting a ton of time.