- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Vintage Books; First Edition edition (Jan 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679777660
- ISBN-13: 978-0679777663
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 18.8 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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This third collection of the best of Dacyczyn's popular newsletter presents all-new advice and tips, culled from the fifth and sixth years of The Tightwad Gazette. A tireless advocate of "voluntary simplicity, " Dacyczyn offers lessons in advanced "tightwaddery, " such as how to cut back APR interest points on credit cards, strategies for comparing food bills, guides to saving on the cost of college, and the secrets of yard sales and store bargains. Illustrations. 320 pp. Author tour. Radio ads. 150,000 print. (Reference)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Anyone who has ever felt a little envious of a neighbor or said "Gee, I wish <I> could afford a house/staying home with the kids/starting a business/traveling/etc." MUST read one of Amy's books. The basic philosophy as I understand it is just this: skip the temporary, one-time expenditures and spend the bucks on a more lasting investment (house/kids/business/early retirement/whatever YOU dream of). I received an economics degree not too long ago, and I recognized Amy's philosophy immediately as essentially the basic "guns-or-butter" discussion from ECO101, the basic problem of limited resources and economic choice. The idea in class, as in real life, would be to MAXIMIZE the VALUE received for the dollars, not just buy whatever until you're broke and then figure out what you got for it.
More than any other author I have seen, Amy challenges her readers to examine their own values and utilize all of their creativity and intelligence to maximize the value they receive for their money. This is NOT a "don't shop when you're hungry, use coupons, and gee, try to pay down your mortgage" book. Amy provides an impressive array of real, creative, effective methods to slash waste of <all> resources: money, time and the enviroment. The books teach you to THINK in a "tightwaddy" (economic) way and take real control of your future according to your own value system, instead of just throwing out a handful of one-time-only "tips". I can honestly say it brought microeconomics home to me and changed my life.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Other tightwad books are out there. Most of them are not by Amy Dacyczyn. Therein lies tjhe difference. Her books are original, well-researched, and full of ideas that will HONESTLY save you money. It's clear from the choices the Dacyzyns have made that they practice what they preach. The books are not padded with recipes, but those that do get included are usually good. I sorely miss the newsletter but reading through this book and the other two vols. is always a tightwad boost.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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As the successful founder of "The Tightwad Gazette," a penny-pinching newsletter, Amy Dacyczyn is the most dangerous woman in consumer America, the land where anything new is good, anything old must be thrown away, and you can't be too rich, too thin, or too much in debt.The Gazette is a combination of practical advice and investigative reporting, spiced with Dacyczyn's essays explaining her philosophy behind tightwaddery and debunking cultural myths. But the book is more than a collection of ideas on how to cut your family's food bill, shop for inexpensive clothing and in general obtain more for less. Dacyczyn's tightwadist philosophy is a unique mixture of New England make-do spirit -- epitimized by the phrase, "use it up wear it out, make it do or do without" -- and the consumer desire to have what we want. Being a tightwad does not mean doing without everything, Dacyczyn explains, but if you choose to do without things you do not care for, you can afford the things you want. Simple trade-offs like packing your lunch instead of eating fast-food, buying clothes at consignment shops, and haunting yard sales, can help you afford that car, that house, that trip that you really want.
It becomes apparent from reading the Gazette that penny-pinching can be a full-time job, but one that can yield astonishing rewards to those willing to take the trouble to investigate it. Dacyczyn's books offer promising, even heart-lifting advice that can help families find the road to financial security. -- Bill Peschel
It becomes apparent from reading the Gazette that penny-pinching can be a full-time job, but one that can yield astonishing rewards to those willing to take the trouble to investigate it. Dacyczyn's books offer promising, even heart-lifting advice that can help families find the road to financial security. -- Bill Peschel
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Good Old Fashoined Sense
From her wise sense of investing time and money right to her real way with child rearing Amy Dacyczyn is doing something right. Read more
Published on 6 May 1999
Please stick to thriftiness not childraising
I have read all three of Amy's books and have found them to be extremely written. They offer excellent ideas and encouragement for those wanting to obtain financial independence... Read more
Published on 1 May 1999
Tightwad philosophy and practical tips at their best
I have read all of Amy's books, and love her straight-forward philosophy on creative saving and the thrifty lifestyle. Read more
Published on 22 Nov 1998
A "MUST HAVE"
Anyone that is tired of having "more month at the end of the money" needs this book (and the other Tightwad Gazette books). Read more
Published on 15 July 1998
Book III has even more incredible stuff!
Where does Amy find all this info? She is absolutely amazing. Such an inspiration. I can't begin to compete on her level, but all the books have got me motivated to try harder. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 1997
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