January 6, 2009
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Sonic has 1/2 price burger nights on Tuesday nights. If you can resist the temptation to spend your money other ways (fries, drinks, etc), you can get out of there with a burger for around $1.25. If you are single you’ll know you’re hard pressed to make a meal with any sort of protein in it for less than $1.25. Even if you’re a family, it’s hard to get protein too terribly cheap. Anyway, there’s no prep, it’s a good burger, and it’s an easy way to save a little or break even on your Tuesday night meal.
January 2, 2009
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I have a friend who is kind enough to help me replace my brake pads. Normally the dealership would charge me $170 to do this. After calling around a bit, however, I discovered that brake pads that fit my vehicle (08 Honda Accord) are not being sold at any auto-parts stores and are only available through the dealership or online. Well, after checking both the quote from my local dealership was between $61 - 75 (they gave me 2 different prices) and the lowest online price was $44. Fortunately, that online price was also tied to a local (within an hour) dealership. So I called around closer to me to see if anyone would match that price. When they did, I (actually my wife) went and picked them up at the $44 price, thus saving $17 or 27%. I need to go buy brake fluid, but after brake fluid my total cost should be around $50 which is only 29% of what it would’ve cost me otherwise. Thanks Jerry!
Total Cost Before Savings: $170
Total Cost After Savings: $50
Total Discount: 71% off
