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What "frugal" tricks have you found to just not be worth it, either in time or money? (lemmy.world)
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I've noticed sometimes that there's some half-baked videos or blogs or whatever that purport this or that frugal trick, but if you look at the time or math, it's not actually frugal for you.

What are some examples of that you've come across? The things that "aren't worth it"?

For me it's couponing. (Although I haven't heard people talk about it recently--has it fallen out of "style", or have businesses caught up to the loopholes folks used to exploit?)

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[โ€“] betz24@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The people who tell you that you are poor because you get coffee at a coffee shop every day. At best you would save ~$2000/year if you bought $5 cup everyday. $2000 saved would not be a significant amount of money to make in an investment either. Personal happiness isn't worth trying to cut out things you like.

[โ€“] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 1 points 7 months ago

$2000 a year would have been life-changing to me at a couple of points in my life. I was already too poor to afford that coffee to begin with, however.