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Featured Reader: Kaaran, CO

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Kaaran from Colorado

Your Favorite Source for Bargains:

Ebay! I love to listen to CD's in my car, but refuse to pay store prices. I just got a favorite CD on ebay for 1.49, and it's brand new!

Your Best Bargain of All Times:

I'm still working on that one.

Your Best Money-Saving Tip:

Educate your children on how to be responsible with money, and raise them to understand the importance of saving their money. I did this with my son. He's 18 now, and he saves and understands the value of a dollar. He is careful about what he buys. Over the years, I have saved an enourmous amount of money because my son understands the difference between needs and wants.

The Worst Money-Saving Advice You've Received:

"It's OK to overspend, you deserve it" and "You cant take it with you when you die."

The Craziest Thing You Do to Save Money:

I buy the cheapest shampoo ($1), and use it for bubblebath and to fill the soap dispensers in all the bathrooms. I keep adding the cheap stuff to the bottles from Bath & Body Works, so people will think it's the expensive stuff. Those darn bottles have to be at least five years old.

What You're Doing Now:

Watching where every penny goes and saving, saving.

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