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Jeff Yeager, dubbed "The Ultimate Cheapskate" by Matt Lauer on NBC's Today show, is a very cheap guy. He re-cants, as opposed to decants, the wine he proudly serves his dinner guests, funneling cheap box wine into premium-label bottles. He believes you should never spend more than per pound on food items. And to save time and energy costs, he soft-boils his morning eggs along with the dirty dishes in the dishwasher. In his first book The Ultimate Cheapskate's Roadmap to True Riches, Yeager introduced his economical lifestyle to the world and tackled the age-old idea that accumulating "stuff" can bring us happiness. Instead, he offered a completely fresh take on personal finance, teaching us how to enjoy life by spending less, and he laid out the practices and principles that have helped him make cheap the new cool. Now, Jeff's at it again, but this time he's not alone. For The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means (Broadway Books; June 2010; Trade Paperback Original), Jeff has traveled around the country interviewing and surveying hundreds of his cheapskate brethren—people who are living happily and comfortably below their means—to discover common characteristics among cheapskates everywhere: what they buy and own, and how they work, earn, and spend their money. In his new book, Jeff reveals their strategies for spending less, saving more, and being all around happier (and sleeping soundly) while spending far less than the average American. For example, you'll learn how to cut your food bill in half and eat healthier because of it; how your kids can get a college education without borrowing a dime; how to let the other guy pay for depreciation by learning the secrets of buying used, not abused, and how—if you know where to look—there's free stuff and free fun all around you. "The Cheapskate Next
Door proves once and for all that living happily within your means is
possible at practically any income."
"Jeff Yeager has a way
of unleashing the inner cheapskate in us all!"
"If you don't save ten
times the amount you spend on this book, you probably didn't read it." |
It used to be that "stuff" made you cool. That is so twentieth century. The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches lays out the practices and principles that have made cheap the new cool.
Jeff Yeager, the man dubbed The Ultimate Cheapskate by Matt Lauer on Today, offers his unique philosophy of personal finance, teaching us how to enjoy life more if we're willing to spend less. He will show you how to buy less stuff, retire young, and live financially free, while you make a positive difference in people's lives and save the planet along the way.
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The Snobbish Wine Guest Switcheroo and Other Cheapskate Wine Tips
Tue, 01 Nov 2011
As you might have heard, it's a controversial element the NCPP ("National Cheapskate Profiling Program"). Many, but not all, cheapskates like me love box wine.
In fact, I'm fond of "recanting"—as opposed to "decanting"—the wine I serve our dinner guests. "Recanting: Secretly funneling inexpensive box wines into empty, premium brand bottles kept on hand for the express purpose of impressing guests who care about such superficial stuff."
I've done this for years, and no one has ever questioned the authenticity of the wine I serve. Not even wine snobs have enough confidence in their taste buds to question what the label on the fancy bottle is telling them. If you don't believe me, this study by the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the California Institute of Technology essentially proved the same thing.
> Related: 8 Boxed Wines and Meals to Pair With Them
Not only is box wine a terrific value when it comes to saving money, but there's more and more research showing that—compared to most bottled wines—it's saving Mother Nature, too. According to the American Association of Wine Economists and other industry sources, boxed wine (a.k.a. "bag-in-box" packaging) decreases landfill waste by roughly 85 percent and is more than 50 percent more carbon efficient when compared to wine packaged in traditional glass bottles.
Make Your Own Mulch
Friday, February 3, 2012
You can make your own mulch by shredding, crushing, chopping and/or decaying organic matter such as leaves, pine needles, grass clippings, paper, and tree limbs, branches and twigs. As opposed to compost, mulch is not as far along in the decomposition process, and it's intended to lie on top of the soil, whereas compost is mixed into and becomes the soil. Mulch inhibits weed growth and helps retain moisture so you can water your garden less.
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2010 Tour de Cheapskate Underway
Thursday, July 1, 2010My book-tours-by-bicycle continue in 2010 to promote my new book "The Cheapskate Next Door". I'll be touring the Midwest, Pacific Northwest, and the East Coast during the summer of 2010. Check the "Events" page for my itineraries of local book signings along the way.
If you'd like to invite me to crash on your couch when I pedal through your area, please email me at UltCheapskate@aol.com.
Hope to see you on the roaed!
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