Staying outdated

Submitted by georgiana on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 03:54.

Sometimes staying outdated can be an excellent way to save money. I don't just mean not buying the latest phone; I mean skipping entire generations of technology.

I have a little tv that has a VHS recorder attached to it. Now nobody is releasing new videos on VHS but there are plenty of old tapes floating around. If I check the giveaway ads on places like craigslist I can find people who have switched over to and want to get rid of the tapes that are just taking up space. Sometimes you can score a huge collection for no money.

Take the ones you haven't watched and pass the rest along. And remember, you may have seen Big a hundred times but your kids or your neighbor's kids or the kids at church may not have seen it at all.