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While the creator of the tightwad gazette , Amy Dacyczyn,is retired, I found one of her books written in 1996 for 99 at Goodwill. A lot is still very relevant today.
Apparently she retired but I found a recent interview...
"Whats the best tactic for saving money youve come across since you stopped writing The Tightwad Gazette?
The internet, without a doubt. There are countless ways to save money and stretch your dollar online: selling used stuff, buying used stuff you need, comparison shopping, inexpensive entertainment, inexpensive educational materials - for the price you pay for it, the internet is a spectacular bargain if you use it well.
The advice I wrote about the internet in The Tightwad Gazette in 1995 and 1996 are now embarrassingly dated - those pieces should basically be ignored today. Now, Im online every day - I use eBay to sell stuff, get medical information, get legal information, order books through inter-library loan, and so on. I got interested in music and CD buying and selling - I used online resources to find what contemporary music I liked, then I was able to buy it through discount music sites, paying $1 to $5 per CD with shipping.
Im a natural research - anything that interests me, Ill go off on a tangent researching a topic and studying it for hours. The internet is amazing for that, with resources like Wikipedia - you can learn a ton and its all free."
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008...-dacyczyn-the-author-of-the-tightwad-gazette/
Apparently she retired but I found a recent interview...
"Whats the best tactic for saving money youve come across since you stopped writing The Tightwad Gazette?
The internet, without a doubt. There are countless ways to save money and stretch your dollar online: selling used stuff, buying used stuff you need, comparison shopping, inexpensive entertainment, inexpensive educational materials - for the price you pay for it, the internet is a spectacular bargain if you use it well.
The advice I wrote about the internet in The Tightwad Gazette in 1995 and 1996 are now embarrassingly dated - those pieces should basically be ignored today. Now, Im online every day - I use eBay to sell stuff, get medical information, get legal information, order books through inter-library loan, and so on. I got interested in music and CD buying and selling - I used online resources to find what contemporary music I liked, then I was able to buy it through discount music sites, paying $1 to $5 per CD with shipping.
Im a natural research - anything that interests me, Ill go off on a tangent researching a topic and studying it for hours. The internet is amazing for that, with resources like Wikipedia - you can learn a ton and its all free."
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008...-dacyczyn-the-author-of-the-tightwad-gazette/
