The things we do to save money...

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

HI!
My recent adventures have led me to want an alienware laptop, and well... to get one I need a job... which is not easy to find. But on the bright side, my parents give me a 25$ a week allounce, just for vacuming and cleaning the bathroom and sweeping... But however I want to get one soon, like as a birthday present. So I am saving all of it up for the next 18 weeks to get a bit over 50% of it paid for, and my parents will throw in 100 on my birthday. and from money from friends/ family, I can get it, but nothing I would want to come with it... So I have devised the following plan to get some extra money for games/ an optical drive

My mom give me 3 bucks a day for lunch, I buy the lunch (2.25) and usually get a fruit roll up (.75) for lunch... BUT!

If I just cut out the fruit roll up for 3-4 days, I can save up to 50$!!! in quarters...
But however, if I just cut out lunch completely and just take a granola bar or something to school for lunch for 1-2 days a week, I can save up to 90$!!!

So yeah, thats my weird way. HOW 'BOUT YOU? what weird things do you do to save money?

 

[smearyllama]

I do not recommend Alienware. They're overpriced and not all that great.
Get a nice Toshiba. Better laptop, cheaper than the fancy brand.

OT: To save money on music, I buy almost no CDs, and no MP3s. Since most of my listening is at home, I simply bring up a youtube video of the song and listen to that.

Also, I use Steam to get a lot of games now, which is way cheaper than buying the console version.

Morrowind on Xbox? Memories and fun whenever I get to play my old Xbox.

Morrowind on PC? Mods galore! More hours spent with mods = less money spent on other games.

In the month of January I only spent $26 on games or so.

MGS3 and Minecraft.
Technically, I could just play those and last myself a long time.

 

[Vryyk]

I wish I got allowance when I lived with my folks I suppose the main way I try to save money is by carpooling with co-workers when I can, it saves me 200-300 a month in gas money.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

I do not recommend Alienware. They're overpriced and not all that great.
Get a nice Toshiba. Better laptop, cheaper than the fancy brand.

OT: To save money on music, I buy almost no CDs, and no MP3s. Since most of my listening is at home, I simply bring up a youtube video of the song and listen to that.

Also, I use Steam to get a lot of games now, which is way cheaper than buying the console version.

Morrowind on Xbox? Memories and fun whenever I get to play my old Xbox.

Morrowind on PC? Mods galore! More hours spent with mods = less money spent on other games.

In the month of January I only spent $26 on games or so.

MGS3 and Minecraft.
Technically, I could just play those and last myself a long time.

I honestly hate toshiba... I have had terrible experences with the brand. I know that alienware desktops are uber over priced, so I will never get one of those... unless it's free... free things are good.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

You will see fiery in the eyes of the counter guy if you bring in 50 dollars in quarters.

My parents will gladly exchange the 200 quarters for a 50 dollar bill- simple because when they gamble with thier friends, they use quarters..

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

I wish I got allowance when I lived with my folks I suppose the main way I try to save money is by carpooling with co-workers when I can, it saves me 200-300 a month in gas money.

I ride a school bus for free. Though I hate most of the people on it, annoying pot smoking kids who are nearly 18, and are still freshmen.

 

[smearyllama]

I honestly hate toshiba... I have had terrible experences with the brand. I know that alienware desktops are uber over priced, so I will never get one of those... unless it's free... free things are good.

Just not Alienware. I'd go with a better value for your dollar.
There are plenty of other brands that don't bank on "Look cool while you play video games in a public place!" and actually give you high-quality products that won't get you funny looks.

 

[x0ny]

You say $50 as if it's alot of money. Kids who work at Mcdonalds get that from a day's work.

 

[Vryyk]

I ride a school bus for free. Though I hate most of the people on it, annoying pot smoking kids who are nearly 18, and are still freshmen.

I meant I carpool to work, I'm done with school . But yeah, buses suck big-time. I heartily recommend drowning everything else out with an mp3 player whilst riding one.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

I honestly hate toshiba... I have had terrible experences with the brand. I know that alienware desktops are uber over priced, so I will never get one of those... unless it's free... free things are good.

Just not Alienware. I'd go with a better value for your dollar.
There are plenty of other brands that don't bank on "Look cool while you play video games in a public place!" and actually give you high-quality products that won't get you funny looks.

Meh, I wouldn't game that much in a public place, I want a laptop for the personal options of it, no one in my family would mess with it, seeing as how I can't have a desktop all to myself. I agree, the are a bit pricy, and look odd, but not that odd.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

You say $50 as if it's alot of money. Kids who work at Mcdonalds get that from a day's work.

It's a lot of money for a 14 year old kid, and seeing as how that can get me a game I want, I won't complain.

 

[bak00777]

You will see fiery in the eyes of the counter guy if you bring in 50 dollars in quarters.

i can vowge for that, i used to work as a chashier and once some old dude payed for a 18 dollar squirt gun in quarters, what rly sucked was that they were just loose quarters. So i had to count all of them out, and when it only came to $13 he had to dig through his pockets. Created a long line.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

Oh god, Now alienware is tempting me with advertisments... GAAAAHH!!!

 

[smearyllama]

I honestly hate toshiba... I have had terrible experences with the brand. I know that alienware desktops are uber over priced, so I will never get one of those... unless it's free... free things are good.

Just not Alienware. I'd go with a better value for your dollar.
There are plenty of other brands that don't bank on "Look cool while you play video games in a public place!" and actually give you high-quality products that won't get you funny looks.

Meh, I wouldn't game that much in a public place, I want a laptop for the personal options of it, no one in my family would mess with it, seeing as how I can't have a desktop all to myself. I agree, the are a bit pricy, and look odd, but not that odd.

Just out of curiosity, why do you want Alienware then?

There's much better options, some of them are more expensive, but in the end, it's up to you.

 

[Mimssy]

I live off of $20 a week. I get Publix (store brand) brand yogurt and a banana for lunch. I also get a Publix brand 2lb bag of pretzels which lasts for almost 2 months. A giant bag of brown rice (which lasts forever!) and frozen veggies are pretty cheap and are good enough for dinner. It's not fancy, but I get by. I usually get some kind of fruit juice as well.

I walk a lot and take the buses which are free for university students. We also have a theater that is free for students.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

You will see fiery in the eyes of the counter guy if you bring in 50 dollars in quarters.

i can vowge for that, i used to work as a chashier and once some old dude payed for a 18 dollar squirt gun in quarters, what rly sucked was that they were just loose quarters. So i had to count all of them out, and when it only came to $13 he had to dig through his pockets. Created a long line.

My brother and his friend payed for 4 packs of pokemon cards in pennies, about 897 of them... That poor cashier...

 

[bak00777]

You will see fiery in the eyes of the counter guy if you bring in 50 dollars in quarters.

i can vowge for that, i used to work as a chashier and once some old dude payed for a 18 dollar squirt gun in quarters, what rly sucked was that they were just loose quarters. So i had to count all of them out, and when it only came to $13 he had to dig through his pockets. Created a long line.

My brother and his friend payed for 4 packs of pokemon cards in pennies, about 897 of them... That poor cashier...

ouch that had to rly hurt

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

I honestly hate toshiba... I have had terrible experences with the brand. I know that alienware desktops are uber over priced, so I will never get one of those... unless it's free... free things are good.

Just not Alienware. I'd go with a better value for your dollar.
There are plenty of other brands that don't bank on "Look cool while you play video games in a public place!" and actually give you high-quality products that won't get you funny looks.

Meh, I wouldn't game that much in a public place, I want a laptop for the personal options of it, no one in my family would mess with it, seeing as how I can't have a desktop all to myself. I agree, the are a bit pricy, and look odd, but not that odd.

Just out of curiosity, why do you want Alienware then?

There's much better options, some of them are more expensive, but in the end, it's up to you.

1. Pretty lights
2. Portable, so I could take it to my school and use it for my technology class
3. Has a good graphics card, I can play my favorite games that my home PC can't!
4. It is very appealing to me, rather than most laptops I have seen.

 

[Mariner]

i stopped throwing quarters at pigeons.

Thats wasteful. quarters are very versatile you know?

I honestly hate toshiba... I have had terrible experences with the brand. I know that alienware desktops are uber over priced, so I will never get one of those... unless it's free... free things are good.

Just not Alienware. I'd go with a better value for your dollar.
There are plenty of other brands that don't bank on "Look cool while you play video games in a public place!" and actually give you high-quality products that won't get you funny looks.

Meh, I wouldn't game that much in a public place, I want a laptop for the personal options of it, no one in my family would mess with it, seeing as how I can't have a desktop all to myself. I agree, the are a bit pricy, and look odd, but not that odd.

Just out of curiosity, why do you want Alienware then?

There's much better options, some of them are more expensive, but in the end, it's up to you.

1. Pretty lights
2. Portable, so I could take it to my school and use it for my technology class
3. Has a good graphics card, I can play my favorite games that my home PC can't!
4. It is very appealing to me, rather than most laptops I have seen.

If you are going to get a new laptop I recommend getting one of the Asus ones if you dont care much about the weight. Also how much are you planning to save?

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

i stopped throwing quarters at pigeons.

Meh. Time to stop making coinshot shotgun shells. XD