Reddit is a goldmine for amazing memes, cat photos, and hilarious antics, but did you know it can also be useful in helping you spend you spend your money a little more wisely? We scoured subreddits like r/personalfinance, r/frugal, and r/askreddit to bring you the 30 best money-saving tips on the site!
- Shop clearance foods (Near expiration date/misshaped produce or packaging)
- Never buy a new car
- Search thrift stores for things like clothes, dishes, furniture, etc
- Track your expenses
- Do price comparisons and ask stores to price match when their cost is higher
- Home-cook meals and pack lunches
- Buy in cash
- Fix items before replacing
- Avoid impulse buying, anything over $20 you have to want it for a week or more
- Couponing (can be physical coupons or app-based)
- Buy the store-brand when grocery shopping
- Visit farmer’s markets, especially near closing, for potential bargains
- Pay off your debts early
- Go to the dollar theater
- Work out regularly to save on health costs long-term
- Give yourself a monthly spending budget
- Make your own coffee
- Pay off credit cards each month
- Don’t try and “keep up with the Joneses”
- Grow your own vegetables and herbs
- Only drink water
- Use streaming services like Hulu or Netflix rather than cable
- If you smoke cigarettes, quit smoking
- Cut your own hair/your children’s hair
- Learn to cook
- Keep loose change in a jar/use an app like PennyProfitto save your digital spare change
- Find cheap hobbies like hiking, walking, listening to music, etc
- Don’t buy brand name clothing
- Cancel subscriptions you no longer use
- Attend cheaper, city gyms or exercise at home
In case you want to explore for yourself, here are links to the threads we read through to compile this awesome list:
