The Top 9 Ways We Waste Money 2010

Wallet Pop:

It's been a rough few years. Unemployment woes, foreclosure fears and economic uncertainty rule the headlines. It's a time where being frugal has become chic and "tightening our belts" de rigueur.

Read the whole story: Wallet Pop

Comments

[1Woman4Obama]

06:44 PM on 10/21/2010

I just spent hundreds on a backyard birthday with a homemade cake, homemade pin-the-tail game and a cheap pinata.....perhaps we invited too many people (big family and lots of kids on block) but it was worth it.

[drmonroe1952]

11:43 AM on 10/20/2010

IS JOHN BOEHNER GOLFING SMOKING DRUNK

[drmonroe1952]

11:41 AM on 10/20/2010

GIVE IT TO A LIFETIME POLITICIAN------------I,M DONE VOTING IN CORRUPT ELECTIONS TIL MONEY IS TAKEN OUT OF POLITICS------CALL YOUR CORRUPT LIEING LIFETIME POLITICIANS THAT BROKE AMERICA TELL THEM YOU WON,T VOTE TIL MONEY IS TAKEN OUT OF ELECTIONS-------ELECTIONS REFORM------STOP ECONOMIC TERRORISM ON AMERICA-----------DON,T VOTE IN CORRUPT ELECTIONS

[marylandtravelinman]

11:30 PM on 10/20/2010

Did we read the same article?

[ndem]

03:56 AM on 10/20/2010

Don't do any of these things...got rid of my car bike walk and public transportation, filter my own water, make my own coffee and bring it with me...these are pretty basic things here ...if you really don't want to be wasteful change your life in a truly dramatic way and start by turning off the tv and getting your family to plant a garden.

[Bucket-Of-Love]

03:03 AM on 10/20/2010

Amazing that anyone needs advice on these points listed in the article (except in regards to the oil change). Totally pathetic, imo.

[Tiggy]

11:52 PM on 10/19/2010

I must take exception with the "water" and "name brand" food products as often times the ingredients are very different. In many cases, the no name brand is loaded with HFCS and more chemically produced preservatives. As to the water, the key word missing is "purified" because many filters do not address the chlorine in city water.

[cayuse]

07:03 PM on 10/19/2010

We drink spring water and filter our well

I drink and smoke

I will quit when I die or quit working which either comes first. Unless there is social security and it will be when I die

[whirlybird]

08:18 PM on 10/19/2010

Fanned for your avatar....Tried electronic cigs? I am liking mine.

[SF TKF]

06:02 PM on 10/19/2010

I’ve consistently found that as a single person, brown bagging is simply not cost effective. I simply can’t eat the ingredients for lunches fast enough to make buying them worthwhile. Half of everything rots before I can get to it.

[ErnestineBass]

06:36 PM on 10/19/2010

Do you enjoy cooking?

[marylandtravelinman]

11:33 PM on 10/20/2010

How about frozen "dinners." I take mine to work, it sits on my desk until lunch, nuke it and nothing went to waste, and a lot more variety. And cheap too, on sale they range from $2 to $3.

[lhsouthern1988]

05:28 PM on 10/19/2010

we use cable instead of going out. and if my husband doesn't take me out somewhere soon I am going to lose my flippin mind!!!!

[ndem]

03:57 AM on 10/20/2010

Are there no museums in your area open one evening a week? Or a park where you can have a no plastic bring real plates picnic?

[JScott]

04:34 PM on 10/19/2010

On no. 7-more often than not the Brand Name product is produced on the same factory line as the generic/house/offbrand. The largest frozen lemonade factory for brand/house names is in Ventura, chances are any brand you buy of frozen lemonade was from there-brand or house.

[GoodRead]

03:38 PM on 10/19/2010

I agree with most if not all of the nine, to some degree. I would also add a half dozen more:

10. Land line phone
11. Newspapers
12. Our military excursions into Iraq and Afghanistan
13. Any product with the Apple logo on it
14. Halloween
15. Cable TV

[gallimaufry03]

05:46 PM on 10/19/2010

you don't like keeping up to date huh? LOL

[Benjo333]

08:18 PM on 10/19/2010

Really. I made economic sense of my iphone the first week I purchased it....greater productivity....

[cyoohoos]

05:07 PM on 10/21/2010

Halloween and to a huge extent Christmas has become big wastes of money. I remember when I was a kid (and I'm not even 40) we made our own costumes for Halloween. Now we just buy one from China. I'm sure they are grateful.

The best Christmas gift I ever got I got was from my great aunt. She was dirt poor, didn't even have running water. She gave me and my sister a little tin full of pennies for Christmas once. Yes we shared it. It was probably less than 2 dollars, but we were so excited.

Everything now is about mass consumption. It's truly sad.

[Matt Corbin]

03:33 PM on 10/19/2010

This list leaves out political contributions.

[gallimaufry03]

05:47 PM on 10/19/2010

Well ... to be fair ... if they're substantial and your guy gets elected you could do real well.

[ErnestineBass]

06:38 PM on 10/19/2010

I agree...with the possible exception of that "fair" part.

[JavaManiac]

02:51 PM on 10/19/2010

I am sure the people at Pellegrino thank you for using their product for your little article.

[LisaCACO]

03:42 PM on 10/19/2010

lol, i noticed that too. my daughter loves pellegrino. we drink it on occasion instead of soda (which we don't drink it in our house). they could have used some other trendy water instead, like Voss or Perrier.

[cassie reinara]

02:27 PM on 10/19/2010

Talk about screwed up priorities. Our government forks over $800 billion and counting to the banks to supposedly help free up credit for small businesses and help the economy. What do the banks do? Pocket the money, declare the most profitable quarters and give themselves record bonuses. And they're talking about how we should tighten our budgets a bit more?!

[gallimaufry03]

05:47 PM on 10/19/2010

Yes. Because banks pocketed money, declared profitable quarters and gave themselves record bonuses.

[marylandtravelinman]

11:37 PM on 10/20/2010

Yes, both Presidents should have told all of the banks to fail and deal with the consequences, that would have made much more sense.

[johnnygoodwud]

01:05 PM on 10/19/2010

i'm watching my pennies like everyone else. cooking more at home, blah, blah, blah. but don't take away my s.pellegrino water in the morning mixed with organic o.j.