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Posted by linkadge on January 22, 2016, at 19:17:08
Week after week, my parents make the same mistake over and over.
At the end of each week, they throw away $20-40 worth of rotten food. Then they go out and start "hunting" for "deals" on produce that is "on sale". They constantly over purchase. We live a few steps away from a larger grocer, yet they feel the need to "stockpile".
My parents are very foolish. They can't seem to see the folly - the fact that they are simply not saving jack.My philosophy for saving money (having saved $250K - almost as much as they each have at twice my age) is to throw away the flyers the moment they arrive. I get into heated debates with people who genuinely think they are saving money by driving from store to store in the hunt for bargains. I feel you save much more, by not even considering half the crap that you don't need, and never though about buying anyway.
They don't see it my way. They think they are savvy. The key to saving is understanding how to be content. You are never content by looking for all the thing that you "might" want.
Linakdge
Posted by rjlockhart37 on January 24, 2016, at 23:25:03
In reply to Parents wasting food, posted by linkadge on January 22, 2016, at 19:17:08
it's easy to throw away food, some of my friends i used to know bought tons of food for a party.....because there's always left over food from social's i mean it has no where to go......exept the trash or for scapts for people to take home after......
i think being thrifty also can get obsessive, like with gas prices, someone i know will drive 10 miles down the road to get gas 10cents cheaper when in turn it costs more gas to get there, so.....i think just moderation and not being "too" obsessive, but also using logic to know what's gonna happen to the food, aka.....it will eaten later, or it will be put in the fridge and then no one will want it (that's getting rid of food)
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