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rdinatal

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Another thread got me thinking about what we do to offset inflation. This could be consciously or subconsciously.

We noticed that we tend to...
- Not spend $ on luxury food items
- Plan trips to minimize mileage, maximize MPG
- Not purchase replacement items quickly (except for ammo, that's replaced asap)
- Look for best cost before leaving the house
- Eat out less (plan once a month, local only)

Any others?
 
HMP said:
Side hustle. Sell junkyard parts to get some extra funds so I can keep living the life I am accustomed to. By the way, the life Im accustomed to is quite frugal anyway.
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My wife is the master (mistress?) of the underground economy: buying stuff for nothing at yard sales and flipping on ebay. That's how we fund most trips, outings, and birthday stuff for the kids.
 
Every time we have had a “for real” recession, I have gone out and bought a car if I needed one.

I try not to participate in recessions,

**Although, I do switch to bottom shelf swill.
 
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Chuckman said:
My wife is the master (mistress?) of the underground economy: buying stuff for nothing at yard sales and flipping on ebay. That's how we fund most trips, outings, and birthday stuff for the kids.
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YEP! If I can buy a part for 13 bucks and sell it for 45 (plus shipping) then did I make a lot of money? No. But did I make enough to get us a meal out at our favorite Mex restaurant or something? YEP.

Do that a handful of times a month and that's taking care of our 'nights out'...or close to it.
But, honestly, Ive not changed much in the past year. Im not driving much less, not buying much less. The things people should do during a recession or high inflation are the same things they should do in 'regular' life.
 
We are more strategic with planning outings so we don't burn more gas than we need to. My wife is a pretty extreme coupon shopper. The butcher at our local grocery store will give her the marked down meats before anyone else.
 
I’ve put one tank of gas in my truck all summer. Been driving the wife’s car to work. My second tan will come Tuesday on the way back from WCU move in.
 
HMP said:
Side hustle. Sell junkyard parts to get some extra funds so I can keep living the life I am accustomed to. By the way, the life Im accustomed to is quite frugal anyway.
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I would, but I'm too fat to fit under cars at Walmart to cut the cats off.

Seriously I've started eating out a lot less and when I do it's because of scheduling and I pick frugal choices. Been trying to eat a lot more home cooked stuff in general and make extra to freeze for meal prep.


I've started to hate going to the store it's just painful lately, so that helps.

Quit doing almost anything non essential, just work and sleep, work and sleep. Been asking for more hours too.
 
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rdinatal said:
- Not spend $ on luxury food items
- Plan trips to minimize mileage, maximize MPG
- Not purchase replacement items quickly (except for ammo, that's replaced asap)
- Look for best cost before leaving the house
- Eat out less (plan once a month, local only)
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We do that stuff all the time, it's just how we live.

Also:

- test store brands vs. name brands to see which are 'good enough' and then switch to them
- don't fall for the "it's just $x a month!" crap, be it streaming services, subscriptions, whatever. every dollar counts.
- insource when possible (ie do our own yard work, clean our own house)
- ignore fashion
- never say "we deserve this". we earn luxuries, not expect them because TV says so
- shop sales at the grocery store, whatever beef/chicken/pork is on sale is what we get

yes, I'm fun at parties!
 
We don’t really vacation or eat out. Other than cheap sandwich shop or Qdoba type places. Most of our spare $ go to Univ of SC for the eldest and travel volleyball for the youngest. My next vacation in a few weeks will be splitting wood and stashing food at the mountain place. I may get crazy and take a hike somewhere. If things get worse we’ll just eat less cheap takeout food I guess. We don’t live large anyway. Only thing I might do is take my buddy up on a few trips to his hunting camp this Fall/Winter. Can’t hurt to learn a few new skills and get some cheap protein.
 
Little things for me. Quit tea at lunches. Water every time. Cereal at breakfast instead of slow food. Dinner steak or high end meat only every other week. Was eating couple times per week. Less eating out at dinner. Couple hundred dollars a month savings. Sorry to do this farmers.
 
Switch from 1st press coconut oil to 2nd press.
 
Building meals around whatever is on sale. Dip into the freezer when nothing good is on sale, replace it when the sales happen.
Dip a little into the money that was set aside to get through bad times to help buy some stuff in bulk.
Spend the gift cards we bought at Christmas time when they were 10%-20% off.
 
Pack my lunch everyday. Stopped eating out.
Checking the dumpsters at all my job sites for metal, or things I can flip.
They threw the stainless steel work tables from the meat prep area at this Harris Teeter we are remodeling.
I fished them out of the dumpster and sold them for a pretty penny.
Im using coupons a lot.
Shopping at Aldi and Lidl more.
As much as I hate yardwork, I’m cutting my neighbors yards for money now.
 
SnowRooster said:
Pack my lunch everyday. Stopped eating out.
Checking the dumpsters at all my job sites for metal, or things I can flip.
They threw the stainless steel work tables from the meat prep area at this Harris Teeter we are remodeling.
I fished them out of the dumpster and sold them for a pretty penny.
Im using coupons a lot.
Shopping at Aldi and Lidl more.
As much as I hate yardwork, I’m cutting my neighbors yards for money now.
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Your type of people live long and prosper.
 
Got in the truck sometime this summer and the heat was on.... I drove it to the store the other day because it needed to be driven.
I ride the motorcycle whenever I can.
The deck has holes in it that I'm not willing to foot the bill for with current lumber prices. We may pour a slab at some point.
The wife always shops sales on food items.
I'm thinking about raising some meat birds next year. (I may not be ready for that yet,,,)
Got all debt paid off before he got in office.
 
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