- Paperback: 293 pages
- Publisher: Vintage Books; illustrated edition edition (15 Jun 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679750789
- ISBN-13: 978-0679750789
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 18.8 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,013,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Tightwad Gazette II
The Perfect -- and Cheap -- Home Chili Recipe! New Uses for Old Blue Jeans!
Make a Quilt for Ninety-five Cents!
In 1993, Amy Dacyczyn's first book featured advice from the pages of her two-year-old newsletter The Tightwad Gazette. Over 250,000 copies were sold, inspiring millions of people to profit through thrift. Now, The Tightwad Gazette II serves up all-new help and hints from the newsletter's third and fourth years, yielding still more savings for millions of converts to tightwaddery.
Save More Money! Save More Time! Save More Resources!
Some of the Exciting, Money-Saving Topics Include:
A Reader's Guide to The Tightwad Gazette
-- Penny Pinching Pizza
-- Car Maintenance Tips
-- Calculate Your Cost Per Muffin
-- How to Make a Solar Box Cooker
-- Store-Brand Common Sense
-- Think Small to Save Big
-- Where to Get Insurance Information
-- Breakfast Breakthrough
-- Picture-Framing for Less
-- Gas Versus Electric
-- Reupholstery Savings
-- Army Surplus Bargains
-- The Tightwad A to Z
-- Saving Space to Save Money
-- How to Stop Flushing Money Down the Toilet
-- Frugality and the Economy
-- Whoopie Pies
-- How to Fix Up a House
-- Should We Use Used Shoes?
-- Where to Get Something for Nothing
-- What to Do with Old Blue Jeans
-- Warehouse Clubs and Savings
-- Cheap Holiday Accommodations
-- The Femme Frugal
-- Shared-Housing Programs
-- How to Work Out How Much You're Saving
-- Mail-Order Eye Care
-- Budgeting and Keeping Records
-- Dumpster Diving
-- How to Shop Thriftily
-- Money-Saving Recipes
-- Homemade Goo
-- Coupon or Not Coupon?
-- Splitting Pills to Cut Costs
-- Stained-Glass Cookies
-- The Tightwad Christmas
-- Candles and Decorations
-- Practical Gift-Giving
-- Synthetic Motor Oil
-- Bartering and Exchange
-- Detergents Determined
-- CDs Versus LPs
-- Long-Distance Phone Call Charges
-- Moving for Less --
Just Look Inside For Much, Much More...
The Perfect -- and Cheap -- Home Chili Recipe! New Uses for Old Blue Jeans!
Make a Quilt for Ninety-five Cents!
In 1993, Amy Dacyczyn's first book featured advice from the pages of her two-year-old newsletter The Tightwad Gazette. Over 250,000 copies were sold, inspiring millions of people to profit through thrift. Now, The Tightwad Gazette II serves up all-new help and hints from the newsletter's third and fourth years, yielding still more savings for millions of converts to tightwaddery.
Save More Money! Save More Time! Save More Resources!
Some of the Exciting, Money-Saving Topics Include:
A Reader's Guide to The Tightwad Gazette
-- Penny Pinching Pizza
-- Car Maintenance Tips
-- Calculate Your Cost Per Muffin
-- How to Make a Solar Box Cooker
-- Store-Brand Common Sense
-- Think Small to Save Big
-- Where to Get Insurance Information
-- Breakfast Breakthrough
-- Picture-Framing for Less
-- Gas Versus Electric
-- Reupholstery Savings
-- Army Surplus Bargains
-- The Tightwad A to Z
-- Saving Space to Save Money
-- How to Stop Flushing Money Down the Toilet
-- Frugality and the Economy
-- Whoopie Pies
-- How to Fix Up a House
-- Should We Use Used Shoes?
-- Where to Get Something for Nothing
-- What to Do with Old Blue Jeans
-- Warehouse Clubs and Savings
-- Cheap Holiday Accommodations
-- The Femme Frugal
-- Shared-Housing Programs
-- How to Work Out How Much You're Saving
-- Mail-Order Eye Care
-- Budgeting and Keeping Records
-- Dumpster Diving
-- How to Shop Thriftily
-- Money-Saving Recipes
-- Homemade Goo
-- Coupon or Not Coupon?
-- Splitting Pills to Cut Costs
-- Stained-Glass Cookies
-- The Tightwad Christmas
-- Candles and Decorations
-- Practical Gift-Giving
-- Synthetic Motor Oil
-- Bartering and Exchange
-- Detergents Determined
-- CDs Versus LPs
-- Long-Distance Phone Call Charges
-- Moving for Less --
Just Look Inside For Much, Much More...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I never knew how much money we were wasting on take out, processed foods and plactics that were being wasted in our home. I like Amy also have twins, boys, and needed a way to conserve that extra time and money by being frugal.
Format:Paperback
I would highly recommend this book and the other two Tightwad Gazette books. They are well worth the purchase price for anyone with a financial goal and not much money to meet it.
Format:Paperback
of course there's some good suggestions in these books, even if they do border on fanatical. However, in keeping with the theme of their contents, the original tightwad would not buy any of them, just sponge the contents from the web, libraries, friends, etc.
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THESE BOOKS ARE FOR THE OPEN MINDED, FRUGAL PERSON
ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE IDEAS ARE A BIT EXTREME...(TOILET PAPER SPLITTING), I REALLY ENJOYED THESE BOOKS (ENOUGH TO BUT ALL 3) AND READ THEM OFTEN FOR IDEAS. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 1998
Great Book!!!! Great Ideas!!! A Worthy Investment!!!
I implore anyone that is looking to downsize,save money, or just live better to run out to you local bookstore or hop on your computer and find www.amazon.com and GET THIS BOOK!!! Read more
Published on 24 Nov 1997
This is not just for frugal folks
This book belongs in everyone's "home
library." Even if you have no need to save
bucks, nor any interest in being frugal, it is
an... Read more
library." Even if you have no need to save
bucks, nor any interest in being frugal, it is
an... Read more
Published on 14 May 1997
A book to read again and again.
As with _The Tightwad Gazette_, _The Tightwad Gazette II_ is a pleasure to read. Dacyzyn's folksy writing style and attractive graphics work together to create a book that readers... Read more
Published on 24 Nov 1996
The most in-depth book about frugality.
I have read dozens of books on living a frugal lifestyle, and I have to say that The Tighwad Gazette is the best one of them all. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 1996
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