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What "frugal" tricks have you found to just not be worth it, either in time or money? (self.frugal)

submitted 10 months ago by IonAddis to c/frugal

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I've noticed sometimes that there's some half-baked videos or blogs or whatever that purport this or that frugal trick, but if you look at the time or math, it's not actually frugal for you.

What are some examples of that you've come across? The things that "aren't worth it"?

For me it's couponing. (Although I haven't heard people talk about it recently--has it fallen out of "style", or have businesses caught up to the loopholes folks used to exploit?)

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[–] alehc 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Except when your connection departs in 1h and there are 100+ in line for customs + other 50 in line for TSA checks. I still think they are worth it most of the time, but when flying internationally, I get why people tend to avoid connections as they can be super stressful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Oooh yeah I can see where international flights can make that much harder. I've yet to fly international and was purely talking domestic