Comments on: A Cheap Man’s Guide to Saving Money http://livingwithballs.com/a-cheap-mans-guide-to-saving-money/ Testosterone Induced Humor; A Blog for Men Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:00:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Ernst Blofeld http://livingwithballs.com/a-cheap-mans-guide-to-saving-money/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Ernst Blofeld Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:35:57 +0000 http://livingwithballs.com/?p=421#comment-63 I don't know about tomato paste, but the store-brand peanut butter in my town tastes exactly the same as name brand. Ain't no difference I can tell. And here's another tip you forgot to mention: electronics? BUY REFURB, not bargain-basement new. A refurb from Frys, Apple or whoever has already been beta-tested by someone else and THEY are the ones who got the joy of discovering all the bugs. By the time you get to it it's been repaired, rebuilt and retested. Sure you won't get as much of a warranty but then again you will be less likely to need it. Bargain-basement new, on the other hand, is gonna be some ultra-cheapo Chinese-made crap that will fall apart on you inside of a month. I've found THAT one out the HARD way. I don’t know about tomato paste, but the store-brand peanut butter in my town tastes exactly the same as name brand. Ain’t no difference I can tell.

And here’s another tip you forgot to mention: electronics? BUY REFURB, not bargain-basement new. A refurb from Frys, Apple or whoever has already been beta-tested by someone else and THEY are the ones who got the joy of discovering all the bugs. By the time you get to it it’s been repaired, rebuilt and retested. Sure you won’t get as much of a warranty but then again you will be less likely to need it. Bargain-basement new, on the other hand, is gonna be some ultra-cheapo Chinese-made crap that will fall apart on you inside of a month. I’ve found THAT one out the HARD way.

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