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Dear Cheapskate: I'm writing in response to a past column in which you gave a tip on washing loads of…
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I could sit for hours reading all the clever, helpful, often already known tips, tricks and hacks my readers send…
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Dear Cheapskate: We need a new furnace before next winter. We have saved some money but not enough to pay…
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Dear Cheapskate: I have three credit cards with interest rates upwards of 30%, the result of late payments in the…
If the arrival of spring has you energized you the way it has me, I say let's take advantage and…
It's been years since I read the news story about a U.S. Postal Service worker in Louisiana who, after getting…
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Dear Cheapskate: I have cheapskates in my life. My father is one. My boss, my boss's mom and my boyfriend's…