Reader's Digest Pocket Guide: Penny Pincher's Almanac

by Reader's Digest Association

Shares hundreds of tips on how to save money on everyday expenditures through big-ticket items, offering a wealth of advice on how to stretch financial resources without compromising on quality, from medical care and dining out to home repairs and vacations. Original.

Genres: Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a global media and direct marketing company based in Chappaqua, New York, best known for its flagship publication founded in 1922, Reader's Digest. The company's headquarters are in New York City, where it moved from Pleasantville, New York.

The company was founded by DeWitt and Lila Wallace in 1922 with the first publication of Reader's Digest magazine, but has grown to include a diverse range of magazines, books, music, DVDs and online content.

Reviews

[Ladonda · Rating 4 out of 5]

The version of this book I read had 2,753 penny pincher ideas and was published in 2003. This book was give to me last Christmas as a joke, because I’m considered the penny pincher in our family, but it honestly had some great ideas in it as well as items I was already aware of. Because if it’s publication date, there were several things out of date, i.e. information related to computers, taxes, and retirement funds, but overall, many of the suggestions are timeless, like have an emergency fund, shop off season and sales, and save old Xmas cards and cut designs off the front of them to use as gift tags. What a practical suggestion. Wish I’d ran across it years ago. This book is a keeper for my reference book shelf. Two thumbs up!

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of great tips to save money from food to fitness to clothes and everything in between. Although not everything applies to everyone (i.e. babies, kids, and weddings for me), there are so many tips that you will find at least a few ways to save.