Pennysaverblog – Page 178 – Smart Finance and Money Saving Tips

Household

Common Thermostat Myths That Cost You Money

Every time that you look at your monthly electricity bill and it’s a bit higher than you expected, if you’re anything like us, one of your first thoughts may be that it has something to do with your thermostat. After all, especially during the summer and winter seasons, when we’re trying to keep the rooms of our house at a comfortable temperature, that tends to be when we see a hike in our energy costs.

And while sometimes it could actually be our thermostat settings that are causing us to pay a lot of money, the reality is that there are a lot of myths out here about thermostats. So, in order for you to know what’s true and what’s not, we wanted to take out a moment to provide you with some common thermostat myths below:

Myth #1: You save more energy when you turn your thermostat off during the day and then back on when you return. In theory, we could definitely see why you might think that you should turn your thermostat off when you’re not using it; however, being that it requires quite a bit of energy to get it back up and running again once you do, our recommendation is not that you turn it all the way off but that you simply turn it down. This brings us to Myth #2.

December 13, 2013

Household

Heating Costs In Winter – 5 Ways To Save Money

When there’s snow on the ground and the temperature outside is well below freezing, the last thing that you want to do is walk into your house and have to wait your HVAC unit, furnace or fireplace to warm up. Yet when you’re trying to prevent your heating bills from breaking your budget, sometimes you feel like you have to turn these things off while you’re gone in order to conserve energy.

The reality is that there are several things that you can do to keep your home at a comfortable temperature and still save money on heating costs. If you’re interested in knowing what some of those things are, we have enclosed five of them below:

December 12, 2013

Household

How Home Automation Equals Money And Energy Savings

It’s a brave, new world and the name of the game when it comes to modern households is the smart home system. You might think that remote controls are only good for turning your TV, DVR, and stereo system on and off, but it turns out that smart home systems now allow you to control a slew of electronic devices in your house, including the thermostat, lighting, garage door, home alarm system, and even some appliances, depending on what you hook up. And the best part is, you don’t even need a special remote to control these devices. You can change the temperature, turn on the lights, or arm the alarm from anywhere with your smartphone or tablet when you download the right apps to go with your smart home setup. But how can installing such a system save you money? While it will cost you something to get your home working smarter, you’ll find that these changes will help you to cut back on energy usage, saving you money over time and potentially paying for any initial expense and then some.

December 11, 2013

Shopping

How To Avoid Incorrect Purchases – Tips For Bargain Buyers

“Greed is good!” This is a well-known money quote for many families, which contribute to their money ambitions, but is it really clever to catch too many promotions? Today, we’ll talk about some of the valuable financial tips that will save you from big trouble in life by simplifying your bargains. So, lets begin!

Cheap is Cheap

Sellers always plan to offer products at very reasonable prices with little profit margins. These products are made by the material left during the manufacturing process. It has been observed that there are significant defects in these discounted products. The notion that “Everything here is cheap and yet in best quality” is no longer valid. Studies show that only 1/4th of discount products are real bargains. Therefore, our financial advice is: “Buy quality products once rather than repeatedly spending money on false bargains!”

December 7, 2013

Travel & Entertainment

5 Frugal Christmas Party Planning Tips

One of the best things about Christmas is that it comes with its own traditions. For some of us, it’s going snow skiing or ice skating. For others, it’s going Christmas caroling or attending the Nutcracker at a local venue. And then, still for others, it’s throwing an annual Christmas party.

If you happen to be someone who falls into that third category but this year, you’re looking for some tips on how you can throw a party that will be a hit without breaking your budget, we’ve enclosed our top five frugal Christmas party planning tips below:

Plan your party. Sometimes, we end up spending more money than we would like simply because we didn’t make the time to create a plan for our party. But the sooner than you know the amount of people you want to invite, the kind of theme you’d like to have and the type of food and drinks that you’d like to serve, that can help you to stay focused once you head out to the stores.

December 5, 2013

Older Posts

Newer Posts