More Things I Stopped Buying I Wished I Knew Sooner
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- In one point in time, you may think you must buy a set of items. But with time, your perceptions change, your priorities change. You may find out new methods that makes what you bought previously completely obsolete. This is the effort of this video. To make you realize you do not need these items at all and help you save money.
Items covered:
1. Ink Jet Cartridges
2. Phone Plans
3. Candy
4. Trash Bags
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Thank you for all your comments! Looks like Ting was a terrible choice and Mint might be a cheaper way to go. More than 50% of you that suggest an alternate service says to use Mint. $15/20 for 2/5GB a month. Pretty good!
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If you know a chef/cook or big family that uses a Kroger Plus Card (or any other Kroger owned store) to buy lots of groceries, you can ask them to take advantage of their credit toward phone services. It does not effect their fuel points or savings in any way; the phone points accumulate independently. You can actually have 2 separate cards funneling credits into your acct. It does use the Sprint network. Also, you do have to take the time to reload your acct from your credits each month.
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Ting has been perfectly reliable and easy to use app. Only for someone like me who's aware of their data use and is on WiFi most of the time. Ting can be good for someone like you because they have a very good referral program. You would probably have free or cheap phone service just because of all the referrals you get from viewers.
It depends on you. Dealing with freedom pop can be a hassel and not worth the time and lowers your productivity. Time & productivity is $. I have a decent cell plan $30/ month cricket wireless. I am very happy for the past few years
Just Reviews yh you are right beat the bush is ridiculous on this $30-$60 is nothing when u see all the time and energy it saves and convenience
Cricket the best. I got unlimited talk, text, & 5gb data for $30. The plan is 40 but I got a 2-line $10 discount. Also freedompop always talk about how it's free, yet they start you off with the paid plan & when you call to downgrade to the free plan......$15
I think perhaps I have honed my skill with Freedompop to require no additional amount of work per month to use it successfully. The changes coming may require some thought.
I use cricket as well...$35 with auto pay. Unlimited talk/text. 5gb data.
Bernice Acquah If you know a reliable person that always has their phone bill paid you can get grouped under their plan. $10 discount instead of the $5 with autopay. Meaning $30 a month instead of your current $35. Not sure if you can stack the $5 autopay on top of that as well, but worth a look
I love that you don’t use trash bags! I’ve been doing this for years too! Any bag that I get for bread or chips or from a store (which is seldom) or whatever, I use as a garbage bag. Yes, I go to the garbage can more often but my garbage also smells better too and I don’t have to throw some gigantic bag into the dumpster or garbage can. I have my recycling in a bucket and empty that out pretty often too. It’s no big deal! 👍🏼
You can store compost in your fridge for a few days and it wont smell. Increases your fridge opening times but reduces number of times you have to dump your compost.
great points Francis, here in Japan I just choose not to own a printer because all convenience stores offer the service at 10 yen per page. Its nice to not have the upfront cost of the printer, the power bill addition and having more free space in my house. not having a printer also means I only print when it is important because I have to go out to do it.
1) print stuff at work
2) empty fridge, 'healthy' life
3) just use any 'free' wifi around the house and public areas. Do some research around your city
4) use the small clear plastic bags they have in the produce department as more stores are now charging for the normal plastic bags.
1. Usually, they don't want you to. It's a grey area.
Love how funny you sound in the way you express yourself.
I live in London and top tips if you live in any high priced city is rent a room out longish term (obviously need to find the correct tenant who is quiet and does not affect your lifestyle ) - just got a tenant , PhD student and she splits her time between London and Switzerland, renting just 1 bedroom en suite (in my 3 bed apartment) for $1400 a month. Many people can easily free up a room in their home and is a good little side earner for an empty space.
There are risks with find a bad roommate even with all the precautions you can follow. What are the odds of that? From just good/bad stories, it's 30-50%?
I live in capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and it is by our standards high priced city. And my parents and I have house with 3 bedrooms, big living room, big kitchen, toilet, two corridor,balcony and huge backyard. And that house was just for rent,all of that space. And we rented it for just 125euros.Renting here is cheap. I wish I have my house in London:-)
My wife and I have had Republic Wireless as our mobile phone provider for a few years now. We love it. I'm on their older refund plan which is still available if you purchase a phone that works with that plan (I have a Moto 3). This plan only costs me about $13.00 per month total (yes $13.00). You have to purchase a phone with their firmware installed (used ones are readily available on eBay, etc.) - no other phones will work. The phones use WiFi when it is available for calls and data - if no WiFi, it switches seamlessly to cell service. Check out their website.
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
1. Inkjet is a waste of cash. 99% of us don't need it. If I really need a quality photo printed, the office supplies shop will do it better than a injket $500 printer.
2. Mobile phone plans... for sure! I spend $30/6mo. Lets me use it data if I really need it but at a high rate. There's free wifi at home, at train stations and all throughout the city. Download music & audiobooks and you can still be engrossed for hours. Home phone for calling friends/family/government/companies. Not needed!
3. I'm with you on the sugar sensitivity. Get my sugar from fruit and just don't buy snacks. I never crave it.
4. Plastic bags as trash bags is gone in Australia. Major supermarkets make you BYO bags now, don't even sell them. I buy proper trash bags in bulk, at least they're quality.
Make sure you build that PC yourself mate!
Does Aus. give bags out for your produce? That's what I use. Yes, I'm looking to build my own.
Yea sugar content could be pretty high for certain fruits.
I mostly stick to blueburries
BeatTheBush Nope. BYO or buy a fibre bag. :(
Brian Fruits have a lot of sugar, but they deliver it in the form of fructose, which does not give your body the glycemic spike that BTB is trying to avoid. Same deal with milk: it has a lot of sugar in the form of lactose, which takes a while to digest in your digestive system before being released to the bloodstream.
*you should Google everything I say, though, because this is stuff I learned from college some time ago.
Hey Beatthebush this is off topic but could you do a video on the new Propel card from Wells Fargo and American Express? Not to be confused with the old Propel card. This new card offers 3% cash back on eating out, take out, gas stations ride and transit "It looks like this includes Taxi and Uber rides," as well as 3% on travel, hotels, homestays, and car rentals. Plus it gives you special offers like at certain restaurants you get a free appetizer or bottle of wine when you pay with this card. To top it off it has zero annual fee, 12 months no interest, and $300.00 cash back when you spend $3000.00 in three months. I am not going to get this card yet but I plan to before I go on a trip to take advantage of the travel benefits. I think it's better then many cards with an annual fee.
If you would do a review on it this would be great!!!
Very sensitive to sugar, feel tired and horrible for hours. Fruit is nice though. ;D
Use a compost bin too. It reduces household waste very nicely.
For the cellphone, get 3 more friends to share a plan from MetroPCS and you get unlimited internet and phone calls for about $25 per line.
That's what I do.
Consumer Cellular is also a good phone plan. I get unlimited call and text, and either 1Gb/$10, 3Gb /$20, or 5Gb / $30, and so on. I never run over, because if I go over, they just upgrade me to the next plan up, and when the next month rolls around, I go to the website and adjust my plan back down, and do it again. Coverage is very good, except one small area way back against the mountains. The plan is marketed towards retirees, but I love it, because there’s no contract, and I can use any cheap phone I pick up from ebay, with no need to recruit or refer people.
Depending on the printer, you can get toner fill kits for around $11 on eBay. That brother printer can definitely be filled for that much. Make sure the kit you get includes the toner cartridge replacement chip, so that you're printer will register it as a full cartridge. I wouldn't fill the factory cartridges more than a couple times as the fusing roll does need to be replaced eventually and is part of the cartridge.
My last roommate told me about not buying trash bags. Using the plastic bags from stores for trash and the paper bags from groceries for recycling make more sense.
Great video! I don't buy candy either because I get so much of it each year. What I do to the candy is re-gift it so I save even MORE money!
Good one. Don't eat it... give it away!
I’m preparing to move out of my parents’ house in the next year/year and a half, and your videos are providing me with great wisdom. Thank you so much and have a subscribe!
Thanks for your sub!
BeatTheBush No problem! My secondary motivation is to have my channel one day gain a following like yours (or maybe even beyond)!
I had no idea the cost difference between ink jet and laser was so much! I rarely use my printer at all because the ink jet cartridges dry out and are a nuisance to replace. Definitely will consider switching.
It would be a quality of life upgrade to just recycle the printer and not buy new ink. A low cost monochrome is around $60-70. One at the end of this list is similar to the one I have: www.amazon.com/ideas/amzn1.account.AEOOWHHYNZA57ZCCAZNVXMFQMJNQ/1GEBHS4RWBK1L
I'm using Puppy Wireless for a phone plan for about 4 years. $29 per month, no contract. They have a variety of minutes/choices and you can get a very low dollar plan if you prefer. I don't necessarily recommend it, as they can be a real hassle with no customer service, but in my rural area, it is somewhat inexpensive. I ported in my own phone, kept my number, it was painless initially. Last year when I got a new phone, the lack of customer service was a real problem and I didn't have a phone for 5 days. Luckily Apple helped me out and over the phone, set up my new phone through the carrier or my new phone would have never been set up for service - as I don't have an Apple store within 5 hours, as I said I'm located very rural.
I love these types of videos. Hope you create more like this one ☝️
Excellent. Have just switched to laser printer, look forward to my savings as cartridges in UK are around $35 (£25) each change. Have reduced both coke and sweet stuff. We have a charge here for plastic bags so that encourages re-use and less to landfill. :-)
Do you get free plastic bags with produce?
No, there a charge of 5 pence (approx 7 cents) per bag, although no charge where groceries, such as apples, have been pre-wrapped in plastic. Many people keep plastic bags in the trunk of their car for shopping trips. It's a good system once you get used to it.
Really enjoy these episodes. Wish you have more extensive list. What about organic vs. inorganic food? Etc.
If you are interested, I have a similar video series under the 'Don't Buy It playlist' here: ruclips.net/p/PLAffnc1joZvYlT9iY_ED7mxw2qyoplyno
Could you do a video on buying food in bulk to save money?
Interesting. I don't have much to say on that off top. I guess I just do it automatically. Will think about this one.
you should save your candy up for trick-or-treaters or give it to a food bank?
Aviva Reim haha no I'm talking about things like rice, oats and dried legumes
Oh I love love LOVE your grumpy dinosaur!!😍😘😍❤😘
=D I guess that is why I like it the first time I saw him as well. =D
If you have 10 friends who all get on the same plan and split the bill in some companies it can give you more freedom such as unlimited data and etc for 40 a month. I did it with a big group of friends through sprint. Mine and husbands bill was 80 on the dot for 2 phones with unlimited everything and hot spots. 😉
I can relate a lot to this video.
My family used to have an inkjet printer, which cost like 50 bucks just for 40 coloured pages. The company basically sells the printer at dirt cheap prices, then charge a hefty sum for the ink cartridges.
We switched to laser jet printer a few years ago, and only had to buy one cartridge after 1 and a half years. Sadly, it started malfunctioning, so now we own an Epson Ink tank printer, which is like a inkjet printer but with really cheap and plentiful ink.
My family also does the grocery bag thing...bascially we have so much surplus grocery bags that we have a grocery bag to store all the grocery bags, lol. Never had to buy separate garbage bags. It's really worth it, and plus it helps the environment a bit.
I do the garbage bag thing too but I have a two tier system. I have regular garbage bags for just throwing things away and the grocery bags for food. I never really thought of it as a way of saving money but I suppose it is. I just wanted to keep my kitchen trash from smelling bad. Compost is good during the growing season when I have garden clippings. In the autumn/winter I return the bin and save like $12/mo.
Thanks for the tip on the printers. I use Boost Mobile for phone service $40 a month for unlimited service.. Do not have a wire to my house, The cell phone is all I need.
Hi BTB! :) would love to see a video on what you buy at the grocery store. I typically spend the most money on food and eating out. Keep up the great videos!
I'll have to wait until I buy a huge stash of food next time around. My habits are in flux a lot though.
I don't know if you've looked into Google Fi. But it's a pretty good deal and you can bring your phone and phone number over.
I don't and have never had a cell phone plan. I use a "pay as you go" phone with AT&T & costs me about $25 every 2-3 months. I do have a a dinosaur land-line at home but only because it is bundled with my Internet service. Haven't found a way around that yet here in Hawaii...we are kind of limited in our options for Internet access where I live. :(
In dual cartridge ink jet printers, you can just load one cartridge. No need to spend the money for the 2nd ink jet cartridge. Or just try to avoid printering....just upload a document to Google drive and access it from your smart phone
2nd? The color one you mean? Ahh... I print mostly shipping labels. =D
It's funny to think people buy bags to essentially hold trash and throw out. I grew up using grocery bags as trash bags too. Now, as an adult, I'm still in that habit. Yes, some grocery stores charge 10c for reusuable plastic bags, but you can still use plastic bags from everywhere else (e.g. clothing stores, produce bags, the bag your double loaves of bread came in from Costco, etc.).
Agreed. Rice bag. Electronics bags. I get too many even without groceries bags.
I think you are so right....you have thought about true values....bravo!
The laser printers are great - I have a laser All-In-One: a color printer-scanner-fax devise myself.
I like it a lot. There is an important point I'd like to make though.
You see: if you want to print the best photographs, you have to get yourself a photo-printer.
And such a printer would be an INKJET one: it uses color inks designed specifically for creating photographs.
You will have to print 10 photos a week constantly to make a photo-printer worthwhile. These days, I just send them to my local photo developer. So depends on your volume.
Bottles of ink from texas are about $10 a set and carry about 4-10 refills per bottle. Not sure on the cents per page but entry cost is still a valid concern if you're merely using it for part time or seasonal level ebay. Additional I resize my labels about %33 smaller and make them kind of grey or light ink mode so I think I do pretty good.
Hmmm... I'm just glad I never have to unplug the inkjet anymore. That is a thing of the past for me. No more inkjet!
Besides the fact that ink of inkjet printers are costly, what I noticed from years of buying inkjet printers several times a year, it’s costly in the long run cos the ribbon gets dried it up fast once u don’t use it for a few weeks. Once the ribbon dries up, can’t use the printer itself anymore then I end up buying a new one again. I thought since it was cheap that was the only way to go but since I learned more about diff printers, ever since I got my laser printer, I never had probs anymore. It’s still working well and I can leave it for months without using it & it still works perfectly with sudden bulk documents to print. The printing is also more professional looking then inkjet. Best investment ever.
It's been 10 years that I don't even remember the hassle of using them. Yes, you have to 'get it working' again for an inkjet if you let it sit too long. Lol. Sometimes, it'll take a long time printing test pages wasting paper to get all the pixels in the nozzles to get cleared.
With that ying yang you reminded me of something. I know it's not finances channel, but could you share some of your life philosophies, points of view, how you do treat and act some things different than society? It could be made on your second channel. Of course if it's not too private for you and you would be willing to do it.
I guess it might always have reflected on the videos I make already. I don't have a 'grand' scheme I follow or anything.
Happy you touch on data plans. Do you just use freedom pop to up load your videos? Doesn't seem like it would be enough?
Freedompop cannot handle the data loads of uploading a video. I just use regular wired internet for that.
Totally agree with the switching to laser printer. Definitely more cost effective.
i just got a costco card ($60 a year) so i can buy cheaper gas there. i calculated I'll save about $250 a year in gas expense buying costco gas.
Please also write down your estimated time waiting in line vs. a generally no busy but no line place. If you time it right, there could be no line but it's usually 10 minutes where I am.
about 7 minutes. i can wait. :)
I go at night just 15 minutes before they close and there is barely anyone, so no time wasted
The cheapest way to save money on fuel is to drive less. I used to do a lot more driving, about 20,000 miles/year. down to about 6000 miles/year now. Mostly because of bicycling. Cycle to work, cycle for groceries. I await your excuses as to why this won't work for you. Follow Beat the bush's honeybadger example: if it's raining, cycle, too far, cycle, too much to carry, get a pack, and cycle.
bootsowen because....exercise sucks and driving is more convenient and takes less time and energy that could be spent doing better things 🤷🏾♀️ that’s my excuse. It would be if I was paying any bills. Can’t just pretend there isn’t a huge trade off with convinience, comfortability and time. Lots of time. Just gotta decide if the opportunity cost is worth saving money. If it is (which it usually is) then I’d do it🤷🏾♀️ but yea, there r valid excuses to not bike everywhere. Especially of ur supermarket, commute, or wherever it is people got to is far as hell.
I invested in a water distiller and quit buying bottled water, a huge savings!!!
As far as sweets.........eat pitted dates.......mmmmmmmm!!!!........nature’s natural Twinkies!
Oh noes... pitted dates... not a thing I like. =D
I only eat dates when baked into a cookie recipe. They are like eating spoonfuls of brown sugar on their own. Yikes.
I went old school and use Tracfone for my cell service. I purchased the 60 day smartphone plan for almost a year. After I accrued my minutes and texts, I switched to paying $50 for one year of service. Now I really only add 1GB of data for $10 when ever I need it.
My Brother laser printer is fine and I've had it for years. My phone plan is under $30 CAD. I rarely by candy, and like you prefer fruits for sugar. I buy compostable bags. And like you I don't care what people think.
That's the way to do it. Looks like you save plenty already.
I signed my parents up for a cricket plan. For 3 lines it’s unlimited talk, text, and data (3Mbps). They share the cost so each user only pays $30 a month.
We live in a digital age.
I don't even own a printer at home.
Needing for printing shipping labels mainly. Or to return online items.
I go to kinkos/UPS store when i need to print something (about every 6 months). it's 25 cents a page, still cheaper than owning a printer +ink cartridge.
Your frequency certainly is important. But going to kinkos might cost you $1 per round trip? ($0.25-0.50 per mile in gas and car depreciation/maintenance)
greentealatte good point! some folks also have access to printers at work and such depending on how much you need to print. The inkjet to laser was a great tip! we battled with like 3 inkjets and paid hundreds in refills before I broke down and bought a laser. Stinks we dont have color but our prints have gone to a fraction of the cost (I know there are color lasers too).
Haven't had a printer for about 5 years, but every once in awhile wish I had one. Normally swing by a printshop or library, even ups or something, very rare.
I’m pretty sure I have the cheapest/best value cell phone plan in Ontario. We have unbelievably high rates (3-4 years ago for 2.5gb with talk and text at the company I worked for was 95 bucks) now I’m with a prepaid company that piggybacks off one of the huge company’s towers and I get 6.5gb with unlimited talk and text for 49 bucks CAD. No overages and no contracts and I buy used phones
I want to get my brother to watch your videos. Good tips. I like to imagine you're teaching these lessons to all your homeschooled plushies.
Lol... someday they will not need me.
I use rechargeable batteries for my clocks, room light and massage machine. I had to spend the battery charger in the beginning and cost looks like more expensive than regular batteries, but massage machine especially need to change batteries every 2 months so it is worth to use rechargeable one.
You can make your own died fruit in the oven or invest in a dehydrator!
WOW! Great job on the effects and editing!
Awesome energy in this video too!!
Thanks!
You also don't need soap for your body, just use water. I havn't used soap to wash my body's skin in a year, and I don't smell. Only use soap for hands everyday , and some shampoo for hair twice a week.
Switch to Mint Mobile. It uses the t-mobile network and reduces your bill to $16 with unlimited text talk and 2gb. Need more data they have $20 or $25 plans as well. Been using them for over a year.
=D Sounds pretty good. I'm glad they are month to month.
Great video! I would suggest things a single person should not buy. When you have a family with kids it’s very hard not to have cell phone family plan, kids love sweets (but you could tell them it’s bad for their teeth), toss trash at local parks and gas stations to save on trash fees.
Hmm...I guess there are work arounds haha
Can't believe an electronics engineer wouldn't be assembling his own computer. These days, no soldering required, plus it seems like you'd enjoy being in control of the specs. Can't wait to see what you unbox when you finally get what you want.
You can send all your candy to me 😂👌🏼👌🏼😋
Postage costs more than the candy.
BeatTheBush damn. It was worth a shot 🤦🏻♀️🤣
Here’s a hack for you guys. I work in the cellular industry . Option #1: Find someone over the age of 55 and get them to open an account for you at t mobile and ask for the senior citizen’s discount ($70 for two lines). This is $35 (per person) for premium unlimited service that normally costs $70 for one line alone. OR if you can find 6 people, try to get someone that has military affiliations. This will give you 7 lines for $140, which would be $20 per person. Taxes included in all these plans btw. It’s the best bang for your buck if you can manage to acquire the discounts.
Your fridge is like mine empty and minimal 😁
=D I eat everything in it. Trying to get it even more empty. Stupid sodas are sitting around until the next time I need to remove rust.
same here I leave nothing to waste.. you can donate the soda if its really bothering you.
an empty refrigerator is inefficient. fill half of the fridge up with 2 liter bottles filled with water, to act as a "cold battery". when u open and close a mostly empty fridge, the cool air inside leaks out faster, versus having something in the fridge that retains the cold.
1MinuteFlipDoc I do that already
Lol, in my country (Brazil) no one buys Trash Bags, as far as I know, almost everyone uses the grocery store bags, just as you said.
Interesting!
2:26 the ting gos skraaa
A tracfone with a 1 year plan is great! I have saved a lot of money by not paying monthly service fees.
Okay I’ll try the bags from grocery store good idea!!! Thanks I don’t buy candy either 🍄🍄🍄
Some stores even have biodegradable plastic bags for your compost bin.
You’re the man
=D
As phone plans go, when you live in a rural area like I do, you go with what works, not cheaper or cheap.
You can buy more Stuffed Animals with all the money you saved!!!
Sure, but I think I have enough.
I’m taking it those were gifts from viewers?
When you live in US or Brazil where you can get free supermarket bags you have no reason to buy trash bags, but in Europe you need it.
Also we aren’t allowed to put out trash in anything BUT trash bags but I definitely limit the amount by using shopping bags in each room and stuffing the trash bags more full than having a trash bag in every room every week
If you bought a big computer, would you build it yourself, buy refurbished, or buy new? Mac or other? Any opinion on Apple products?
Depends on how good. I'm looking at a high end one. So build is cheaper. Every Apple product I bought has eaten me alive on depreciation. So I will go with a PC. Of course, if you are roped into Apple ecosystem, then I cant say much about that.
Yet that is the bind many folks are in - they are "roped into" an Apple Ecosystem, and if anyone out there has a path out, they would get millions of hits. Apple isn't coming out with any kinds of great new hardware phone or laptop wise until *maybe* next year and their RAM limits really cut off functionality on their more portable laptops. However, if your brain is trained long-term to use mac, and you're a bit older, its no easy feat to switch back -- but what if you're faced with a big cut in your budget? I guess if you can't say much about it, then that's that. Just my 2 cents. :) Thanks for your vids, I find them helpful!
Also, and more importantly, I'd love to see you tackle things like that that might not be your own personal problem. Alternatively, are you thinking about posting any videos about what's happening with the current economy and how to prepare for an unpredictable, possibly volatile market? Thoughts on stocks, bonds, tariffs, currency? This seems really big-picture and very important for every day folks -- like it will have a big influence on that money you're teaching us how to save. Curious about your thoughts as you must pay attention to financial news and think about it, right?
On the HP plan you pay $4 /month for 50 sheets no matter how much color or how large the print. They mail you new cartridges when your printer is low. Ink jet!
That's $50/month. In 10 years you will spend $500. I had my printer for close to 10 and spent 0. Watch out for those monthly expenses, they add up over the years.
No, it’s four dollars a month flat rate and unused pages carry over. Its an amazing deal. I have a laser printer but it only has black ink. Im a paper crafter so I print a lot of photos. I love it!!:)
Opps... $4/month = $48/year = $480 in 10 years. So if you print more than that, then it is worth it for you.
BeatTheBush I had stopped printing anything because of the high cost of printer ink. Now that HP has this deal I print out my limit every month. If it’s something I know I’m going to print I will use up those pages. The app tells me exactly how many pages I have left. They have plans for more pages at the same unbelievable price. If you are a person that prints out photos for scrapbooks it’s a real money saver. I long to simplify my life but at this point can’t seem to let go of much. I’m disabled so if I need something I can’t just run out and get it. I have it or I have to wait until I’m having a good day to get it. I’m the girl that always has everything you need in her purse. It makes for a very heavy purse:(I just get so much glee from having something someone needs and making their life a little easier. God bless! Thank you for getting back to me :). RUclips can be a great way to have friends everywhere.
Fruit is like candy to me.
Brownmahfun Fruit is good for dessert.
Hit, yes it is and I like ice pops made from fruit.
Huh... good for summer. =D
Bruno Jakob true. However at the same time calories are calories and carbs are carbs.
Fruits is as expensive as candy
Can you do a video on your custom pc build? Or will it be a manufacturer built one?
Didn't build one yet, going to mull over when to pull the trigger.
LoI I have no printer since I very rarely print anything. I don't have phone plan since I use company phone. I VERY rarely buy candies since I don't have much of sweet tooth and nowadays companies are well-stocked in this regard anyway. I'm still guilty on trash bags though since the ones you get from restaurants/stores are too small for my kitchen trash...
Do you compost? Or have a separate compost bin? If you do then it greatly reduces landfill trash. Your landfill trash doesn't smell anymore if you do so.
Im grandfatherd into an old verizon plan for $51/mo. unlimited talk/text 250 megabytes of data. I only really need the internet service while at home so i get it from wifi. Verizon tries to get me off that plan and onto a newer plan but i wont let it go because for that cheap of plan from verizon the service is excellent. If i use up the 250 mb it will roll over into 1gb and charge me for it, but i never needed it. If im away from wifi i turn on my data for a quick check on my emails or stock price, then i immediatley turn it off. So for a $51 Verizon plan, im not complaining.
Hm, I knew about the laser printer thing long time :D btw, give away all your candies during Halloween :D
Mint Sim $15/mo for 2GB or $20/mo for 5GB data prepaid. Using Tmobile network. $180/yr, not bad...
I used to have Cricket. $35/mo and I do 10 referrals/yr for $25/person for years, to get it down to $10/month but then, I get lazy advertising referrals to websites so I switched to MINT SIM.
=D Wow... mint seems super popular with everyone. About 50% plus.
I highly recommend Google Project Fi phone plan.
I see it but then I would consider it middle tier cost.
Mobile phone... I use Prepaid Red Pocket, 1GB data a month (with AT&T network). It's $15/mo. (caveat you buy the yearly plan of $180/yr).
I recommend Republic Wireless. A gigabyte of data and unlimited text and calling costs 20 dollars a month. It is pretty good. And you can get more data by paying 5 dollars extra. The issue is that it seems that the service doesn't support iPhones at the moment. It is probably because it uses a separate texting app.
Seems mint is offering 5GB for the same price?
Just go with project fi phone plan. You get a discount on the phone and the plan is cheap.
Thats crazy we tried the prepaid phone plans and they did not work for us we currently have verizon and pay $200 a month for 2 phones..but we have rollover data and we burn through 12gb some months but besides streaming services our phones are entertainment because we do not pay for cable
Thanks
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Tello, redpocket on ebay and mint have cheap phone plans. Also H20 has top ups that never expire.
Never expire sounds great. Or if you want to use a few more gigs of data that month, that would be good too.
H20 is still alive? WTF? lol I remember when they used to have some interesting slider phones back in the 2000s.
Jeez, I would buy a Honey badger shirt, but that's not what you have taught me over the past year I've been watching you :D
Personally, when I have obtained a lot of value from somewhere, I would look to contribute somehow. The t-shirt is one way and it is up to you really.
What's your opinion on buying dupes off of Wish? Was just looking at sneakers and some of them look really cool and avantgarde but just aren't branded. From the reviews they appear to be half decent.
Ink also has a much shorter shelf life.
Ying yang lmfao 😂
I use t-mobile pay as you go I get to about 10$ a mount for the past 4 years!
Nice! A lot less than most people. I think I paid only about $40 or so past 4 years. =D But then the quality is likely a lot worse than what you got at t-mobile.
Laser Printer shopping time!
What are all your investments, apart from rbay
I love your channel.
Did the blue monster kicked out the yellow Pea from the pod? You have to supervise your Zoo a bit;)
B the B, thanks for the info and the considerations you put in to your vids to help us learn how to be more efficient with our budgets. I have a question for you. I have been "playing around" with my AC thermostat (I live in TX. We are having a long string of 100+ degree weather). What is the most cost efficient setting for temperature differential? At +/- 1 degree, the AC unit comes on more often, but is less work to cool the house to the set temp. At +/- 2 degrees, the AC until comes on less often, but takes longer to cool the house to the set temp. What is your experience/suggestion? Thanks
Temp differential. Ignoring 2nd order effects. There is startup costs of the machine. Lower diff means more cycles. But lets assume that doesn't lower the life of your AC. The energy cost will be roughly the same since the average temp is the same, you just fluctuate more around that avg. temp.
Save more on AC? Insulate more. Use a smaller space. Plug up holes leaking hot air in.
Thanks for your response. I keep up with all your vids. You provide a great service. I have 24 inches insulation in the attic, underside of roof decking is painted with some sort of heat resistant aluminum paint, and all outside walls have solid foam insulation. Like all homes, I'm sure there is heat loss/gain at windows and doors. I was just playing with the temp differential to see if there would be a difference--RE: easier for the unit to maintain a setting than it would be for it to overcome more heat.
I’ve been told by a/c guys that it’s more energy efficient to have a smaller differential. I don’t know how true that is, but they were both convinced about it.
Other than being told, I rather have a logical explanation. Smaller differential would cause the AC to cycle more often. I think those things probably have limited on/off cycles since it is doing such a large on/off load. That might just be a relay fix though.
Where do you live in the bay? I have to bring my own bags :) Everything else I already do. Good stuff man.
I'm a very frugal person but there's a happy medium. Buying a free or 5.00 a month cellphone plan from an unreliable carrier is over doing it. What if you have a time sensitive call, a medical emergency, or need data for a map? Just use Cricket, Metro pcs or Boost mobile, it's the SAME NETWORK as att, sprint or verizion at a 33-50% discount. I pay 40.00 a month/ 480 year for unlimited calling and 3.5 GB's of data and get coverage out in rural Kentucky to nowhere Texas.
LOL! A bit too crazy? I guess so. I should switch one day.
I really enjoy your videos, I just had this one nitpick.
Ohhh I loved this! BeatTheBush, do you have any plan for meeting fans or something?? 😊
I do. Sometimes when I travel, I've had gatherings in those cities. I did on in San Francisco and San Jose. So perhaps I need to redo one in home base. Looking at Fremont/Milpitas.
Dried bananas are loaded with extra sugar. That's why they're so good.
At least they have fiber to go with it.
RingPlus didn’t go under due to finances, they went down the tubes because sprint cut off their usage of their towers. It was a mess.
I go to the library, That's how seldom I print anything.
I bought a burner at Walmart, I don't use data. Talk and text. $27.00 a month.
Candy sucks. If I'm going to eat any candy it better be > %90 cacao once or twice a year. It's supposed to be a treat, Not a staple.
Use shopping and produce bags for garbage.
PS My next phone is going to be a flip phone, Because between "Bloat ware", And update hogging memory I'm over the whole Android smart phone thing.
Beat the bush try Cricket or Metro PCS they have planned for $25 a month
Seems like I am leaning towards Mint at $20 or $15/month at 5/2GB