Just wanted to throw a quick post out there on how to save some cash fast. I am not a big fan of signing up for offers and sweepstakes because I know that 99% of the time it is just to collect my information to turn around and sell to marketers. However, I have two that I recommend because they save real money and so in this case the reward outweighed the risk.

Borders Rewards Card - If you are a book worm like me, like owning books, and like saving money, then this card has been a good deal. You will see these frugality sites and articles stating save money by going to your library to take out books and movies. I guess if you were spending a significant amount of money a year on books I  could see this helping but I often reference the books buy so owning them is easier. I have been getting crazy offers for 30%-40% discount offers. In fact I just got $5.00 off using one of these. I buy  maybe six books a year, average price $20, so for no effort at all I can save 25% or $30 a year on my book budget. I not taking early retirement on it but it is real money on purchases I would  make anyway.

Chuck E-Club- As a single dad this one has saved me some real cash. They quite regularly email me coupons to get a  large2 topping pizza with 4 drinks and 100 tokens for $28.99. If you just walk in the cost would be $38.99, which is a difference of a little more than 25%. No for a family to go out and have a meal and several hours of entertainment, $40 is not bad. This same package for$30 in my opinion is a steal. If you are a family of four and go on average once a month, you would save $120 a year. They also do promotions where you get free tokens with no purchase required. That is a discount of 100%.   Am I saying that t either of these will make you rich, no! I share Ramit’s belief, ( I will Teach you to be Rich author ), that you cannot thrift your way to wealth. Or at least I am not willing to commit to that level of sacrifice. However, I do believe if you are spending on certain purchases, and you can get good discounts for little to no effort, than you would be a fool not to save. I mean if  you do not want the money please feel free to donate it to me. I promise it will be put to good use. Finally, if you have any other quick tips like this please email  them to webmaster@faslip.com.

Thank you,
Matt