8. Books
You might be tempted to purchase all sorts of books when you go to a bookshop. The covers look good, the titles seem interesting, and the thought of a new story to read seems just great.
Most of us have access to a public library system close by that can satisfy our reading requirements. But if you want to have your own home library, you shouldn’t pay the full price for a book. Its main purpose is to be read and enjoyed, and you can obtain this even if you purchase it from an antique shop.
You can go to a vintage store and find some unique pieces, or go on Amazon and locate inexpensive used books that are frequently just as nice as new.
If you love vintage items, there’s another thing you’ll like, besides saving some money: the smell of an old book has something special about it, like it’s straight out of an old library.
…What is your favorite book? Tell us in the comments!
Clothing.
i.e. shirts, pants, jackets at Goodwill.
I buy most of my clothes at a resale shop, shoes that are sometimes new for under$10, jeans for $2.50. – $5.00, a like new jacket for under $10 etc. Just need to check frequently and buy what you will use but do not wait til you need a specific item and have high expectations of finding it.
Any other suggestions on being economical, i.e., whether to dumpster dive, swap, set up elephant flea markets, finding old but good food, etc.
I have some of all these items for anyone who would care to buy them USED. Thanks
Textbooks. Nowadays many professors are a little more forgiving when it comes to buying textbooks you will use for 16 weeks and then are likely to never open it again. Amazon and affiliates are good at offering textbooks of different editions and professors often allow students to purchase older editions that are less expensive. And Amazon et. al. are good at categorizing texts by quality and price and you can get a good deal depending on what you can tolerate (bent cover or smoothed edges etc.)
Its called settling rather than buying what you would like