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Think ahead to save money

March 5th, 2006 at 04:14 am

Just a quick thought for tonight. If you don't think of things ahead of time, you may miss out on simple ways to save a few extra bucks.

What brought this to mind was a few months ago I had to replace two tires to have my car pass inspection. I tried to get a low price / decent quality tire. As I'm not Mr. Auto Fanatic, I'm not sure how I did, though I know I didn't do too bad. In any case, I remembered last time there was a tire disposal fee. I checked with my county disposal service before the tire change and found you could dump off tires for $1 each. So when the paperwork was being written up I paid attention for that, and saw they would charge $3/tire. I asked to have the tires left in my car, and then dropped them off at the dump myself for $1. Ok, not a large payoff ($4), but considering the cost (10 minutes of time & 3 extra miles of wear on car), I think it was a smart decision.

Moral of story: just think ahead to situations where you can save a few bucks easily.

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