14+ money saving computer user ideas
Make You go Hmm has a good post compiled with couple of good money saving tips for your computer and its expenses. TDavid has saved over USD $200 in last 60 days from cutting some excess expenses and adjusting his way of handling regular expenses. At the moment there are 15 tips. Here are the summary of them:
- Switch to VoIP.
- Keep a running list of online subscriptions
- Consider turning your online hobbies into mini businesses.
- Setup a MythTV box or buy a Media Center PC instead 0f subscribing to TiVO
- Those with cable internet, stop renting the cable modem.
- Curb the practice of buying media multiple times.
- Buy annual subscriptions or lifetime subscriptions instead of monthly
- Use music subscription services to decide which tunes/albums to buy.
- Don’t forget to cancel after trials if you aren’t that interested.
- Buy magazine subscriptions in multiple-year deals
- Consider eBooks vs. print.
- Use technology to save gas.
- Join the reward clubs.
- Plug everything electronic into a good UPS.
- Use anti-static mats and/or ground yourself before touching the computer.
14+ money saving computer user ideas – [Make You go Hmm]
Tags: 
Get your own Avatars at 
Loading ...
Comments
TDavid says on February 16th, 2006 at 2:05 am
Thank you for the linkup. Small correction: that’s $200 USD per *month* not just $200.
Marc says on February 16th, 2006 at 3:29 am
How do the last two help? Is it just that they protect your equipment so that you don’t have to buy it again?
Flo says on February 16th, 2006 at 4:43 am
“Buy annual subscriptions or lifetime subscriptions instead of monthly”
“Buy magazine subscriptions in multiple-year deals”
Sounds like a great way to actually lose money. Often you just lose interest in something sooner than you know. I think I lost more money on too long subscriptions than I could have saved…
amy says on February 16th, 2006 at 7:05 am
Flo, I agree. Even better way to save money – read the mags @ Barnes and Noble or Borders.
Simon says on February 16th, 2006 at 10:25 am
I also agree with Flo and Amy. Another option – get the magazines from your library (with the bonus that the library will hold back issues, not just the most recent one).
Eric says on February 17th, 2006 at 6:18 am
1) Cut the cord: Cable is expensive and hardly worth the expense these days. Get a nice antenna and a DTV decoder to recive free, snow-free OTA mpeg-2 TV add a movies-by-mail service like NetFlix or BB and you have almost all the same content for a fraction of the price. Savings $100’s/year
2) Don’t by “unlimited”: Unlimited is generally used as a way get people to pay for far more than they need. Vonage offers two tiers 500 minutes for $15 or unlimited calling for $25. Because their cost per-minute are so low you need to use 900+ minutes on the 500 minute plan before you exceed $25/month. So if you will on average use less than 900 minutes of calling a month, it’s money well saved. Savings $120/year
3) Delay or Upgrade: Rather than throw good money after the latest and gretest equipment, search your needs for what you are looking for and see if it might just be more effecient to upgrade you existing equipment or delay the purchase. Waiting another 6-12 months on expensive equipment can reduce your ownership costs signifigantly. Savings perportional to price of equipment.
Remeber the golden rule. There are two ways to make a person wealthy; increase their income or remove their wants. While the first is nice, most people are not in that position. The latter can be done by anyone at anytime, all it takes is will power and the belief that cost = benifit.