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billison

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ok, so our hobbies cost money. What's your favorite trick or secret to getting the cost down? Coupon codes? Discounts? Sugar mama ?
 

90sickfox

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Junk yard...
 
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hoopty5.0

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Lots of luck. But I also keep an eye on classified sections for the right deal to come along and jump on the good deals.
 
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Black1987

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I'm usually hooking on the corner to feed the parts fund.

I also hang out at Lowes/HomeDepo and jump in the back of trucks to do yard work, dig holes and such.
 
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Mstng93SSP

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Mine is I buy stuff when it's cheap, even if I don't need it. Then when the time comes that I need it...I have it....and it was cheap. I have so much stuff in my garage it's crazy. 2 five speed setups, doors, fenders, engines, etc. Almost everything was a craigslist deal too good to pass up.
 

Dan02gt

mazing how much gas smell came from that tiny hole
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LMR6 is good for 6% at Late Model Restoration.
 
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billison

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There is a code for $40 off $100'at advanced I'll
Have to find.

Unrelated but "vetta" gets 50% off papa johns
 
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Mustang5L5

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I just sell crap I don't need on Ebay and build up a fat paypal acct.
 
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Black1987

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billison said:
There is a code for $40 off $100'at advanced I'll
Have to find.

Unrelated but "vetta" gets 50% off papa johns
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(Advance Auto) Use to be TRT41, but now you have to be a Speed Perks Member and its now TRT41R

Also if you go rent a $100 or more loaner tool and return it ( it cost nothing to rent but they do put a hold on your credit card while you have it). You get a $20 off of $50 dollar purchase or more and you can use it conjunction with the $40 off a $100 if it is more than $100.purchase.
 
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billison

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Black1987 said:
(Advance Auto) Use to be TRT41, but now you have to be a Speed Perks Member and its now TRT41R

Also if you go rent a $100 or more loaner tool and return it ( it cost nothing to rent but they do put a hold on your credit card while you have it). You get a $20 off of $50 dollar purchase or more and you can use it conjunction with the $40 off a $100 if it is more than $100.purchase.
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So $60 off $100? Cuz.. dang
 

Black1987

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billison said:
So $60 off $100? Cuz.. dang
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Yeah but you have to make sure it's still over $50 with one discount applied or the second it won't work.


I go in once a month and rent something and just return it, bc it takes a week or so for the Speedperks one to show up
 

Mustang5L5

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I gotta try that.
 
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Black1987

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Mustang5L5 said:
I gotta try that.
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Yeah that's how I got the Cardone ZM rack for $80 bucks after core
 

RaggedGT

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I do/did a lot of bartering/trading/buying and reselling.. as well as Craigslist and junkyards,although the last year or so I've not done much of any of it lol
 

mikestang63

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I just lie to my wife on how much i'm spending
 
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mikestang63 said:
I just lie to my wife on how much i'm spending
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Oh, about $(actual price/2 then rounded up to the nearest hundred).
 
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A5literMan

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mikestang63 said:
I just lie to my wife on how much i'm spending
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I got divorced and solved that lol. JK. Girlfriend and I have separate accounts and I plan on keeping it that way(I'm sure I'm just deluding myself).
 
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I got divorced and solved that lol. JK. Girlfriend and I have separate accounts and I plan on keeping it that way(I'm sure I'm just deluding myself).
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That'll work just as well. That way she can see exactly how much of her money you're spending.
 
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Mustang5L5

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A5literMan said:
I got divorced and solved that lol. JK. Girlfriend and I have separate accounts and I plan on keeping it that way(I'm sure I'm just deluding myself).
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That's how my wife and I do it. We regularly sit down and go through the budget for things like mortgage, car insurance, 529 and retirement contributions, etc. and then fund a joint account that the bills are paid out of. After that, we have our own separate savings and do what we please that that money. She can buy whatever she wants, and likewise with myself.
 
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stangboy

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Mustang5L5 said:
That's how my wife and I do it. We regularly sit down and go through the budget for things like mortgage, car insurance, 529 and retirement contributions, etc. and then fund a joint account that the bills are paid out of. After that, we have our own separate savings and do what we please that that money. She can buy whatever she wants, and likewise with myself.
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That's how my wife and I do it too. But she always asks to "borrow" money from me.
 
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