I use my cellphone to call my girlfriend everyday. However, I have failed to see the costs are pulling me back from saving and investing until recently.
Extreme Frugality
I plan to buy a two-way radio that will allow us to talk whenever we are at home. Instead of using cellphones, which will cost us ten pesos for three minutes, we would use the two-way radio to communicate. The only expense? The two-way radio and the electricity for the two-way radio.
Radio battery charge costs should not exceed the cost of the cellphone battery charge cost. The cost wouldn’t even be felt.
Good two-way radios right now costs around P6,000 to P10,000. I plan to buy the P6,000 type that can communicate over a distance of two kilometers.
Things you should remember if you ever follow my plan
Do your research. Visit websites of manufacturers. Knowing something before entering a store, could protect you from buying something don’t you don’t like.
Know what you want before you look. List down everything you want and figure out if those options will be beneficial to you in the long run. Don’t let the salesman brain-wash you into buying what you don’t want.
Ask. The salesman commonly knows more than you. Ask everything you need to know and weigh everything out. Remember that the guy wants you to buy more that you need. Don’t fall for it.
In a nutshell…
We all have expenses that might have cheaper alternatives. The problem lies in how you find these alternatives. Whenever you are ready to find them, remember to do reasearch, know what you want and always ask.
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