Sunday, November 21, 2010

20th step to saving $10,000 in a year


Get a preferred customer card that pays you back in gas.

My favorite rebate card is Giant Eagle. For every $50 you spend they let you save $0.10 at the pump on gas at their gas stations, GetGo. For easy math let’s say $0.20 for every $100.

$500 spent = $1.00

$1,500 spent = $3.00

You are allowed to buy up to 30 gallons at one time, this is a $90 savings

You might think this is hard or slow going, but we are a family of 4 and we save over a $100 a month on gas on average. My last receipt stated we saved $1,300 over the past 12 months.

One key is also buying gift cards there. When we needed a new dishwasher we bought Sears gift cards and found a great model on sale. When we needed a new computer we also bought Best Buy gift cards and found a computer marked down. We don’t play games or work on high level animation so there is no need to have the fastest and newest thing out there.

Annual savings = $1,300

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