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What are your "poor person" money life hacks? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Let's get a list going. Like with a Target debit card you can get $40 cash back and it takes 1 to 2 days to be withdraw from your checking.

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[-] FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

Buy expensive shoes. Well, let me rephrase that. Buy GOOD shoes. A good pair of QUALITY shoes will save you money in the long term as they will last a lot longer than buying many pairs of cheap shoes.

[-] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Good ol' Sam Vimes.

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

As the old saying goes: being poor is expensive.

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We aren't rich enough to buy cheap things

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

And shop around

Realized the 80 dollar slip resistant work shoes I got at Shoe Carnival were like 20 bucks at target. Same shoes, just didn't have a football player's name on the tag.

Put em side by side they look identical and I wear them interchangably not even noticing a difference

Don't pay for advertising

[-] OopsOverbombing@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I would also argue that many pairs of shoes can also have the same effect. If you can rotate shoes, you're not wearing out any one pair excessively. I have shoes that are in still good condition but are a discontinued Adidas line that's not available anymore. Although I do have shoes I still haven't worn so there's definitely a point of having too many pairs lol

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