Comments on: Kids notice financial changes amid talks of bailout plan, bleak economy

By: Carly Purcell

Carly Purcell — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:19:57 +0000

Linda – this won’t necessarily help if you are delaying purchase, but here is a cost savings idea when purchasing a dining room table. I’ve heard that the cost of dining room tables is outrageous. However, the cost of conference room tables (yes, as in for a business) is much less (sometimes as little as 20% of the total cost – that’s an 80% savings!!!! Your savings soar even more when you catch sales or clearance – plus most office supply stores have rewards programs, where you’ll get “cash back” to spend at their stores, providing you MORE savings!!!), and you get more “real estate” for your dollar. They are treated to be water/strain resistant for food and drink, they come in styles as decorative or as plain as you may prefer, and they usually have matching styled chairs available (most of which are on wheels, which could be good or bad, depending on your kitchen and your family…). This was a fabulous idea from the Everyday Cheapskate. If you don’t read this FREE column, you might google it. Online newspapers in many cities carry it! Good luck to all. Also, I’m all ears for any new budget/savings ideas. Look forward to people sharing.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:08:28 +0000

Excellent point Linda. I am going to quote you in my term paper for college. Thank you for bringing back the “budget” to your family table. Most americans nowadays have never heard of the word.

By: Arlie

Arlie — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:58:07 +0000

What a wonderful woman. I was blessed with a wife like that. How about making a 10% payment into savings before making payments on new furniture. I personally recommend a 10% tithe before anything else. Educting your children about life, not scaring them, is a very good thing.

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:19:17 +0000

Yes. I would love for readers to share their budget-saving ideas. Maybe it’s an easy, economical recipe that will help stretch grocery dollars or maybe there are household items they reuse in different ways.

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:18:51 +0000

Linda, this is an important topic and your post was right on. Even if a family isn’t in imminent danger of economic loss, if everyone took a few steps like this, then we’d all benefit. Maybe readers could let us know some of their cost-saving tips?