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The Big Advantage of Being a Tightwad
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Norman Williams
mcheckcityisp.net
BIG MONEY PUBLISHING
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THE BIG ADVANTAGE OF BEING A TIGHTWAD
By Norm Williams
The big advantage of a tightwad
is having control of your money so you can
buy anything you want. Years ago I
purchased a new Chevrolet for $935 dollars
cash and I never forgot that. I learned a
lesson buying my first car for $250 dollars
and then paid more than that in interest
before the loan was paid off. I resolved
never to buy anything with a loan again.
I saved my money a dollar at a time.
When I accumulated enough in the bank I paid
cash for my first house. I never had a
mortgage payment. The result of paying with
cash is that I always had money to buy
whatever I wanted and never felt poor again.
While I did not make big money I had more
in the bank than most people who bought
everything on the easy time payment plan.
I am a rummage sale fanatic. I go
to the best neighborhoods to find rummage
sales with high class merchandise. I buy
luxury items that I would never buy if I
had to pay the retail price in a store.
The truth is at one time I would shop a
the mall and go to the fancy big stores to
buy. Since I started shopping at rummage
sales I have not been in a shopping mall
in years. I cannot remember the last time
I was in a department store.
On the internet I have been burned
many times with big expensive programs that
promised many benefits. Sure I purchased
a ton of books, manuals and programs for
my computer. Most did absolutely nothing
for me. So now I set a limit of $20's tops
and refuse to pay more. Here is a letter
I sent to a program that looked really good:
Thanks for your letter. Let me say
that I have purchased tons of stuff like
your program that made big promises and
sounded great. Now I am clearing off my
shelves of hundreds of books and I am
getting down to the nitty gritty. I am
taking all these programs to the dump
to throw them away.
It would be nice if some smart
people who know all the answers would be
reasonable and have some common sense
programs at a low cost I can afford. But
everyone makes big offers that I get from
thousands of Emails and I am disgusted with
that. I have set a limit of $20 dollars for
anything that I purchase from now on. In
fact I get many of my best books at rummage
sales where I purchase many expensive items
for 25 cents. I have a house full of some of
the best programs that I got this way.
I cannot imagine that I will ever
pay for anything that is over $20 ever again.
This limit has saved me hundreds perhaps
thousands of dollars. Maybe I will miss some
of the great stuff priced at $47 or $67 but
I doubt it. Unless you are willing to send
it for $20 I will have to pass up your offer,
that is the bottom line. I may be a cheap
skate but I have a couple of bucks in my
pocket that I saved from not buying any
more expensive stuff. I intend to publish
this in my newsletter to see if there
are some others who would agree with me.
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Norman Williams, mcheckcityisp.net
artist and writer in Crystal Beach, Florida.
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