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How to Save on Your Fall Wardrobe
The fall season can be financially stressful, what with back-to-school spending and the upcoming holidays. No doubt you and the family need some new clothing, including pricey duds like coats and boots. We identified five strategies to help you save…
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Best Cheap High Chairs
New parents quickly learn that they only have about a month or two before they’ll be scouting for a cheap high chair. The market is saturated with a vast assortment of budget options produced by the usual players in the…
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Best Cheap Maternity Clothes
Finding out you’re expecting inevitably means a slow but steady dash to round up an assortment of cheap maternity clothes. You’ll only be wearing these garments for a few months, so there’s no reason to splurge. But that doesn’t mean…
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What’s the MPG of Your Fridge?
Saving money on energy costs and/or reducing a household’s environmental footprint are important to many consumers. We identified several ways to achieve these ends. The first is with Enervee, a website that rank orders the energy use of appliances and…
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How to Score a Free/Cheap Haircut, Teeth Cleaning, and Massage
There are certain necessities in life that we pay others to take care of for us — think teeth cleanings and haircuts. Then there are the luxuries in life, like massages, that we wish we could afford. We at Cheapism…
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Best Cheap Lipstick
If you’re in the market for a new lipstick — maybe yours has run out, failed to live up to expectations, or you just want a change of color — there’s a staggering array of cheap lipsticks to choose among.…
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Cheap Bathing Suits for the Family
It’s just about time for swimming pools, water slides, and beach days and that means cheap swimwear for men and the kids are must-have items. If the youngsters have outgrown…
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5 Cheap Swimsuit Websites for Women
The only thing more frightening than trying on a swimsuit? Seeing its price tag and shelling out big bucks. But fear not. Whether you’re a beach bum or a pool-side…
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How a Dent or Scratch Can Get You a Discount on Amazon
Have you ever walked into an outlet store and found a deal you couldn’t refuse? Perhaps it was deeply discounted cookware with an imperceptible scratch or a laptop bag that…
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DogDug.com: Man’s (Newest) Best Friend
Meet the “big dog” of price comparison search engines: DogDug, a one-stop source for locating cheap dog supplies, from nail clippers to flea and tick treatment. The site, officially launched…
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Portrait of a Walmart with You as the Subject
Walmart and high-priced art aren’t often mentioned in the same sentence. But artist Brendan O’Connell turns the discount shopping experience into upmarket culture. His Walmart Series paintings, which have fetched…
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What to Buy in Bulk
We’ve all been there – tempted to buy anything and everything in bulk. At the time it seems like a good idea to take advantage of lower per item costs…
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Best Free Cloud Storage
Online storage isn’t just for backups anymore. Mobile technology and online collaboration have grown dramatically in recent years, and thus the need for access to data with just about any…
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Best Cheap Yoga Clothes
You may not need much to begin practicing yoga — after all, it doesn’t even require shoes — but it’s very possible to spend a fortune on special yoga clothing…
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Cyber Monday vs. Black Friday: What to Buy When
Cyber Monday and Black Friday. Is there really a difference? Cyber Monday is a marketing tool created in 2005 by online retailers. Making the day following the long Thanksgiving weekend…
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Games and Puzzles
What’s not to like about cheap games and puzzles? They never go out of style, they teach kids about fairness and losing gracefully, and they provide hours of interactive fun.…
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Cheap Kids’ Crafts
Cheap kids’ crafts, as most parents and teachers know, keep young hands and minds busy. Fortunately, many grade-schoolers like projects that accomplish these goals. While pawing through the toy shelves,…
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Cheap Toys
We at Cheapism are hardly immune to the siren-call of electronic games, but for this guide to the best cheap toys for the younger elementary school set we’re sticking with…
