Comments on: 30 Things You Should Never Pay For

By: angeline391

angeline391 — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:32:00 +0000

craig is right on all counts… you dont know much do you? lol

By: justkelly11384

justkelly11384 — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:15:00 +0000

this is solid advice for anyone looking for advice on saving money. i cut the cable cord in 2005 and never looked back, thanks netflix and hulu!!! i never paid for a gym membership in my life… i’m in great shape!! i do pilates and yoga at home and i jog and bike on nice days. you just got to be smart and use your common sense… don’t pay for bottled water or cookbooks. people still do… WTF??

my sister has a clothes shop downtown, it’s been open for 8 years and it’s very successful… she’s opening a second location early next year. i’m proud of her!! and guess what.. she never paid a cent for business consulting or any BS like that. she went to SBA and a man helped her set everything up. she read lots of books about starting a business… she’s 100% self taught. “not paying for business advice” is NOT bad advice… my sister is proof of that!

By: justkelly11384

justkelly11384 — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:07:00 +0000

i think your advice is solid for anyone who needs advice on saving money. i cut the cable cord in 2005 and i don’t miss it one bit, thanks netflix and hulu!! i never paid a cent for a gym membership… i’m in great shape, i do pilates and yoga at home and i jog and ride my bike on nice days. my sister has a clothes shop downtown she never paid anything for business advice. she went to SBA and a guy helped her set everything up. she read lots of books on starting a business… she was 100% self taught and her shop’s been open for 8 years, it’s very successful! she’s opening a second location early next year. so proud of her!!!
this list is for smart people only…. that can do without real estate realtors, personal trainers, consultants… because teaching yourself with good resources is the best way to save money. and honestly some of the advice is just common sense… don’t pay for bottled water or an email account…

By: Nubukey

Nubukey — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:21:00 +0000

Can,t agree further with Parker. I think these information should be re-edited before posted so as to stop misleading people.

By: TexasFisher2020

TexasFisher2020 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:07:00 +0000

If your smart you’ll look for untreated wood. They’re easy to distinguish, just have to look for a green tint in pressure treated wood. Regular lumber is perfectly safe, NO chemicals are introduced during the drying or milling process . If people use their common sense avoiding stained painted varnished wood and plywood they’ll be OK

By: Hunter Beck

Hunter Beck — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:46:00 +0000

people pay for those things all the time… bottled water, gym memberships, and job seeking sites (ex. flexjobs.com) people are stupider than you think hence why this list exists

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 04:52:00 +0000

Your comment is the most poorly written comment I’ve stumbled upon in a long time filled with baseless arguments.

Look, Einstein, some museums are funded by the state, others by counties, cities, universities, and private donations. Museums will never “fail to collect a dime”. For every person who’s savvy enough to score free passes, there are 5 suckers willing to pay a $20 admission fee. Bands get paid every time their songs are played on Spotify. If publishers thought they were losing money to libraries, they wouldn’t sell their books to them. Libraries act as free advertising. Many people discover an author at a library and then go on to read more of their books. Libraries also pay more for books mainly because they’re going to be loaned out. News websites make their money from advertising and classified ad fees. Getting free business advice is a smart business decision. Many many many books written by successful businesspeople have more valuable information than a business consultant charging $300/hour and you can get them at the library for free.

By: Parker

Parker — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:59:00 +0000

Yikes.

This is the most poorly written column I’ve stumbled upon in a long time filled with atrocious advice.

Sure, some of the things you should never pay (like email) but most of these vary from cheesy things to do (gather free condoms or travel items) to downright bad advice (free business consulting). Also, imagine if everybody heeded the advice of things never to pay for and museums failed to collect a dime? They’d be gone. As would the bands that make the music and the writers that write the books and the newspapers that make the news websites.

Extremely simplistic list with absolutely no interesting items. It’s as if the editor said, “I need a column!” and this writer produced this three minutes later.

Fail.

By: I Like Free Stuff

I Like Free Stuff — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:11:00 +0000

#20 – Firewood is not a good idea. Most of that will be treated lumber, and you’ll be burning chemicals. This is especially worse if you’re thinking of using that scrap wood for an indoor fireplace, rather than an outdoor fire pit. Either way, not a good idea.