Product Description

Mary Hunt is the founder, editor, and publisher of the popular national subscription newsletter "Cheapskate Monthly," which premiered in 1992, author of 13 books, and an expert on "Debt-Proof Living." Here is a collection of tips on saving money and time in the areas of home, auto, travel, clothing, cooking, shopping, finance, kitchen, gifts, special occasions, kids, yard and garden, laundry, health, organizing and more. It contains sound advice for getting out of debt, managing money, curbing spending, finding creative solutions, and "bringing dignity to the art of living below your means."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #364676 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-26
• Released on: 2005-04-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

About the Author
Mary Hunt lives in Paramount, California.

Customer Reviews

Handy ways to hold onto more of the money you work hard for!
Mary Hunt's business is publishing a newsletter for people who believe they can always spend their money tomorrow, so why not save it today. It is an education for people to find ways of living to get control of their spending and still live well. For those who already have control of their financial lives, it offers new ideas and provides offerings from those who find such practical and responsible people an attractive market.

This book is a collection of 500 tips her readers have sent to her covering all aspects of home life. Starting with your car, they move through every room of your house and end up with tips on saving money maintaining your yard and garden. Will you find every tip a winner or useful? Probably not. However, if you end up using just ten or twenty of these tips, you will be ahead of the game.

And simply reading them is fun. I don't think I will bother to make my own baby wipes, but she explains how to make by cutting a roll of paper towels in two, adding some solution, letting them soak, and then removing the internal cardboard tube. Or using Tabasco sauce to remove ticks or other insects. She also points out that gluing the wrap on your Christmas gifts is not only cheaper, it looks better. There are hundreds of these things.

So, if you like finding new ways to be thrifty and hold onto some more of the money you work so hard for, this is a fun and helpful book.

A Diamond In The Rough
As a new subscriber to the newspaper, I often found myself clipping out Mary's "Everyday Cheapskate" column. Not long ago the column mentioned the release of her new book of greatest tips so I quickly went online and requested if from my local library. I was number 5 of 8 holds. In the meantime I poured through all the books the library had on household, organizational and money saving tips. All in all, I went through approximately 40-45 "tip" books from the 1970's to the present day. While I acquired a lot of great tips, I felt as if I was basically re-reading the same book over and over. It seemed like the authors had read the same books I had, copied tip for tip and then tossed a few of their own in. That is why when I finally worked my way down the hold list and got my hands on Mary's greatest tips I can honestly say I found the diamond in the rough. I took a full 15 pages of notes. Yes, some of the tips were repeated in other books and sources, but for the vast majority, Mary's book is full of unique and new tips...tips that will save you money and time and will also make your life, and quite possibly your cooking, better. I ordered myself and 11 friends and family members our own personal copies of this book. Fourteen days on loan from the library isn't long enough...I now consider it my PTR (personal tip reference book) that I'm sure will benefit my family and I 365 days a year. Everyday Cheapskate's Greatest Tips is definately worth 12 bucks. They say you get what you pay for...well, if you buy this book you'll get what you paid for...and a whole lot more.

Nothing new
There really aren't any earth shattering ideas. Most are common sense or you can find them elsewhere. Also, tips seem to be repeated and right next to each other. There will be two ways to clean glass and they're only slightly different. It'd be nice to have it consolidated and an index