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The Complete Tightwad Gazette : Promoting Thrift As a Viable Alternative Lifestyle by Amy Dacyczyn (1998, Trade Paperback)

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Combining all three best-selling Tightwad Gazette plus over 50 pages of all-new material, this is the definitive collection of tightwaddery from the original "Frugal Zealot"! Packed with practical advice, tips, tricks, recipes, and strategies from her famous newsletter, this volume helps you revolutionize your life by saving precious time, money, and resources. Paperback.

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At last--the long-awaited complete compendium of tightwad tips for fabulous frugal living In a newsletter published from May 1990 to December 1996 as well as in three enormously successful books, Amy Dacyczyn established herself as the expert of economy. Now The Complete Tightwad Gazette brings together all of her best ideas and thriftiest thinking into one volume, along with new articles never published before in book format. Dacyczyn describes this collection as "the book I wish I'd had when I began my adult life." Packed with humor, creativity, and insight, The Complete Tightwad Gazette includes hundreds of tips for anyone looking to save money or get out of debt, such as: Travel for tightwads - How to transform old blue jeans into potholders and quilts - Ten painless ways to save $100 this year - Picture-framing for pennies - A comparison of painting versus re-siding your house - Halloween costumes from scrounged materials - Thrifty window treatments - Ways to dry up dry-cleaning costs - Inexpensive gifts - Creative fundraisers for kids - Slashing your electric bill - Frugal fix-its - Cutting the cost of college - Moving for less - Saving on groceries - Gift-wrapping for tightwads - Furniture-fusion fundamentals - Cheap breakfast cereals - Avoiding credit card debt - Using items you were about to throw away (milk jugs, plastic meat trays, and more ) - Recipes galore, from penny-pinching pizza to toaster pastries - And much much more . .

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375752250
ISBN-13
9780375752254
eBay Product ID (ePID)
284781

Product Key Features

Author
Amy Dacyczyn
Publication Name
Complete Tightwad Gazette : Promoting Thrift As a Viable Alternative Lifestyle
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Personal Finance / Money Management, Consumer Guides, Personal Finance / Budgeting, Personal Finance / General
Publication Year
1998
Type
Not Available
Subject Area
Business & Economics, Référence
Number of Pages
976 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.1 in, 9.2 in
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Width
7.4 in
Item Weight
38.6 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN
98-039515
Lc Classification Number
Tx336.D33 1998
Dewey Decimal
640/.42
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21

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5 out of 5 stars
by wil-11005219 Jan, 2021
Tried and true
We've used the tightwad gazette for years for good money-saving ideas, recipes, and general advice for around the home. My daughter asked for our copy after she got married. After a while, we found that we couldn't be without a copy ourselves; hence we made our purchase and are delighted. Thanks again.
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5 out of 5 stars
by bohemiantrader10 Apr, 2024
Item as described. This book is much more than I expected! I look forward to delving into this one. Yay!
Item as described. This book is much more than I expected! I look forward to delving into this one. Yay!
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5 out of 5 stars
by GU03ZpA-Qty@Del...08 Jan, 2007
Practical, Useful, Mind-bending
LOVE this book. Intensely practical info. The thought process for some activities or crafts is more important than the actual craft itself is one of the themes contained in this book. She realizes that different people have varied goals as well as varied situations and so gives a lot of different ideas. Changed the way I evaluate purchases, organization, and what factors are truly imperative to my goal achievement. Has allowed my family to comfortably live on one income. Life is relaxed, yet productive. Resources constantly present themselves. I've seen reviews in other places that deride the book and the author. I don't agree with some of their attitudes and don't think they fully grasped some of what the author was saying. I even don't agree with some of the suggestions this author presents. I just wouldn't use those suggestions for personal reasons. However, life throws things at you sometimes and this book is immensely insightful, pertinent, useful. In fact, I even used it for Christmas presents this year as well as a wedding gift.Read full review
4 out of 5 stars
by junebaby7104 Jun, 2008
Interesting book
Ms. Dacyczyn has some fantastic ideas to help each of us save money. Some ideas I thought were better than others. I enjoyed the thought of using recycled items as craft projects, such as frozen juice metal caps as refrig. magnets w/ photos of family members attached. Some I thought were too far out there. Reusing Ziploc bags & foil over & over can cause you to get sick if not washed correctly. Take some of her advice with a grain of salt. Yes, we need to use what we have & watch our spending. But being full on frugal is too weird for me. IMHO.
5 out of 5 stars
by wbernie209 Apr, 2019
Great classic on being frugal. Some ideas are timeless.
Great classic on being frugal. Some ideas are timeless. Some things such as how to save on phone bills are obsolete, but still great info to glean.
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