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Thought it might be fun to get posters ideas on how you save with the rise in household items in these days.
If you have a special little trick to save $in home or office you might like to tell others.

Do you grow your own veggies on the balcony- wash your clothes once a year? Take the bike instead of the car. Buy second hand clothes for growing kids.
What are your best money saving tips?

turn off your elect-trick hot/water heater

[only switch it on for an hour before using]

also downsize the thing
[what you heating water for 4 for..if theres only one]

why run basic power..at double price
when off peak runs 22 hours a day

why pay a dollar a day for web acces
[dodo has got a year acces..for $50 bucks]

ok you only get a quater gig a month..
so watch your movies on free to air..not you tube

a car can run arround 5 to 10 bucks a day
even buss/trains cost arround the same
[add in..*insurance petrol rego licence]...why not share
or learn to ride a bike...[get an electrick bicycle]

if bying books...search for secondhand..by google search
go to garage sales not shops...shop out of the scrap's bin to buy the not so perfect fruit/veg..buy meat in bulk when its on special...or learn to fish

mostly learn to grow your own
get chickens

and dont become penny wise
but pound foolish

look at the per kilo price
lollies are double and tripple the price of healthy fruit

never pay top price
for poor product..its faulse economy
pay off an extra 10 bucks on your loans
its the intrest that kills you

lastly
dont sign nothing
especially dont sign anything that takes too long to read
or that you dont understand...all them words are to get your money

dont get lazey...pay each bill
by your own decision/choice..

auto-debit keeps debiting
till they got your last cent
long after your dead

Wow under one God- u have been doing your homework& probably for a long time- well done!

*turn off your elect-trick hot/water heater
[only switch it on for an hour before using]*

If u dont have solar hot water its best to hook a time switch to your off peak if its a bigger system from midnight to 4am. That way you have plenty of hot water 24hr at hand.

If u dont have off peak - get it. If they tell u that u cant have it because there is asbestos in the old box & its 2k for a new one= tell them to mount the switch on the side next to the box just a few$.

Dodo also have a $1.oo per month dial up plan

[*get an electric bicycle*] Yep!& a horse

or grow fish if u have room for tank.

*get chickens* Yep more healthy & humane gets a big tick from me & pets if u have kids-- or not.

Buy bulk only only whats on your list.I have a regional & city property & when I am not at the farm I get the company to switch the power off. Before u go back u make them re- connect. Thats free but if u leave it on u cop a 120$ bill. So if away disconnect.

Put solar panels up ( away from cattle) Have friends come & each bring a plate. Lots of fun picking on some of the guys cooking & saves heaps on dinners parties & BBQs

Put a combustion stove in the back yard & use it even if u are in the city.

Dear Kerryanne,

We've invested in solar panels on our roof - which has made a huge difference to our electricity bills. We've also bought cost-efficient light bulbs. We turn off all unnecessary appliances until required. The same goes for lights. We make a list prior to going shopping and
we buy what we consider the best value. I plan the meals ahead of time - our freezer is always full - we don't eat "fast foods." We've become far more selective with where we spend, on what we spend, and how much we spend. It's not perfect - but it has made a difference.

Lexi,

<< We have invested in solar panels on our roof>>

No, “WE” have invested in solar panels on “YOUR” roof. “WE” have subsidized your capital costs and “WE” have and continue to subsidize “YOUR” energy use by feed in tariffs paid for out of increased energy costs.

Congratulations. What will you do when “WE” get tired of paying for “YOUR” dreaming

Do be careful of keeping that freezer full Lexi.

When that carbon dioxide tax closes your brown coal power plants down there, you'll be having blackouts very regularly. Those panels won't keep a freezer cold at night.

I suppose you could buy a petrol generator, as most of us did around here, after food losses due to line failures, when Beattie ripped too much money out of the distribution system.

Pedal power could be a win/win, generating your power. The pedalling should keep you slim, & if you can't pedal up enough power, the loss of frozen food will do the same job.