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- Wormfather, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6711. Get a trophy wife.
- racer108, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5911.GO ahead and buy that $150 extended warranty for your $450 computer. You're computer wont break until well after then but it's nice to have that "insurance"
12.Go ahead and give that guy in Nigeria your bank account number.He's a total stranger? So what, he's offering you a GUARANTEED $10 million! - Error601, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4014. Take The Consumerist seriously.
- Namco, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2912. When Apple releases a new product, no matter what it is, go out and buy it immediately. Even if you didn't think you needed it or it got bad reviews, buy it anyway.
- vondur, on 10/10/2007, -1/+25Get a new car every couple of years. That is the best.
- lOvOl, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2011. Let the government tax you mercilessly and spend your hard-earned money on anything they wish while you vote straight ticket for either of the major parties with the deluded belief that the candidate you voted for will be any different than the candidate he/she is running against.
- MCGrunge1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1715. Put last weeks paycheck on red 21.
- Hillsfar, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18"5) Go To The Little ATM At The Gas Station. A Lot. It's only 1.50, get over it. The bank is sooooo far away..."
That CAN sometimes make sense now that gas can be over $3.00 a gallon. What if your car does 20 miles per gallon and you'd have to drive more than 10 miles to get to the bank? - DogHumpsMonkey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Well, yeah, it actually is. I'll not be giving mine up anytime soon, but I can't honestly say that it is a necessary expense. If I ever had to start cutting corners, I think cable would be one of the first things to go.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12You can live pretty much two ways: Thrifty or not thrifty. Honestly it doesn't seem to vary much by income level, you can either buy the nicest things you can possibly convince people to let you buy or lend you money for, or you can choose to go a tier or two below that. It's not like there's some secret to living on a $30,000/year budget yet having all the niceties of spending $100,000 per year. You're going to be eating at Applebee's instead of that trendy new bistro, you're going to be driving a Camry instead of a Lexus, etc. Either you accept the sacrifice or you don't.
I personally am thrifty, and you know, some of my coworkers have nicer things than me and it is a bit frustrating sometimes. But I've got money in the bank and they're living paycheck to paycheck more or less... I think it's worth it. My stepfather's 60, hates his job, and still looking at working 3-4 more years due to all the expenses of living in the nicest neighborhood, driving the nicest car, etc. I hope to be long retired by his age. - Ventolin, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15But I require one new video game each paycheck!
- toogaloon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Dugg for "I rather be broken then LAME". Seriously.
- racer108, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Don't forget, everyone is going jump off a bridge next Friday.
- tehrob, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11If you are swindled by the Nigerians, then you can be compensated. I RECIEVED AN EMAIL ABOUT IT.
Attn: Sir/Madam,
COMPENSATION FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA.
Due to the Fraudulent act going on all over the world and and the involvement of the Nigerian Citizens in scamming and collecting money deceitfully(419) from people which has cause the image and reputation of our country Nigeria mourning like a dirt to the extent that investors find it very difficult to invest in Nigeria due to the bad records Scammers have given to Nigeria.
After the Inaugutation of the New President of Nigeria Alhaji Umar Yaradua, the senate president, Accountant general of the Federation and the Minister of Finance, we resolved that the Federal Government of Nigeria will compensate all the victims that were scammed by frausters during
the past years.
The FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA has mapped out $10 Billion Dollars for the compensation of those victims that were scammed by Nigeria Citizens in order to wipe away bad name/records given to us. This is to inform you that Federal Government of Nigeria is compensating you with the sum of $1.5 million for all the loss and damages you have encountered.
This payment would be made to you through draft which is internationally accepted.
Upon your response to this we will provide you the contact of the affiliated office which the draft were being deposited and every istructions have been given to them in order to despatch them to the
beneficiaries. Once again, we are sorry for the inconveniences these might have caused you and we appologise on behalf of the Nigeria Government.
NOTE: Your are advise to reply through this email address for further instrcution: secretaryfederalgovernmentnig@yahoo.co.uk
Yours faithfully,
Babagana Kingibe.
Secretary To The President(SFG). - lordtyros, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9She's cheating on you.
- Lesh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Unfortunately I know many people who act these things out on a daily basis.
- dodus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I'm dragging my roommate over to read this post right now.
- masterc, on 10/10/2007, -5/+12Just plain get a wife and... wait... I'm on Digg... nvm
- GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7You can trust a Nigerian Prince mun. What's the world coming to when royalty can't even send out an E-Mail without peasants questioning their motives.
- FaithclubDotNet, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Have a girlfriend.
- GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Yes, get broadband and BT it.
- GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Why pick one. Do them all at the same time.
- geometry, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Yes, men do bite dogs once and awhile, that doesn't make it normal.
- LowRentDiggs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Applebees? C'mon you can do a lot better than that for the same price or less. Learn to cook for yourself (it's really easy) and you can eat a hell of a lot better than Applebees and save a ton of money. Then you can treat yourself every now and then at the trendy new bistro.
- gdfoto, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Well, the Mythbusters episode was testing AC only or windows down only, but not doing both at once. IE you should have AC on and the widows up, or no AC and the windows down. But not both, because that is truely being wasteful.
- RonDeline, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8Eh, I love them all, I just can't pick one. :(
- Davisourus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+612. Never keep cash on you.
- allenthar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I don't have cable, and I don't really see any reason to get it. So yeah, seems kinda frivolous from my perspective.
- DiggzDE, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Those kind of women are called "Starter Wives"
- homersaysdoh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4They left off "Eat out for lunch everyday instead of brown bagging it".
- patientXero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I think IOvOI is not referring so much to the level of taxation as to the reckless spending without oversight in the government and the mistaken belief that the two-party system works and/or offers true choice, especially when paired with a capitalist economy.
- dcoolidge, on 10/10/2007, -1/+520. Have a kid
- Arramol, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Studies have shown that people spend an average of 15% more when they're spending with plastic instead of cash. Learned it in a finance class, so no corroborating link, sorry.
- buckrogers1965, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4A lot of times you can have just as good of stuff if you are willing to wait a year or two. You can drive a Lexus, just two years old with 20,000 miles on it, let someone else take the $10,000 price hit of driving it off a lot brand new. You can have the intel quad core 2, after its been out for a year and just dropped in price by half. You can have the 42" plasma screen from a display model when it goes on sale for $810. You can get the PS3 after the price drops $100 and they offer 6 free blu ray movies and a free dvd controller. Stay back from the bleeding edge and not only will you save a fortune, but you will save a lot of grief and hardship from not buying the stuff that had serious issues.
Let other people alpha and beta test all the brand new stuff. - enginbeering, on 10/10/2007, -2/+511. Get the newest iPod at each release.
- christoast, on 09/04/2008, -1/+4i do almost everything without moderation. im pretty much addicted to pleasure because my life is boring. but for every high there is a low and debt is one of the most depressing things ever.
- petemcfraser, on 10/10/2007, -0/+316. Buy a Snorg Tee for each day of the year.
- hypeiv, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3"You need to play a MMORPG "
hmm... I remember the one year in college I played EQ... I saved hundreds I would have spent on beer because I was too busy with the game... $15 a month for 60+ hours of entertainment a week is a pretty good value... though I had no life. - rnwen2750, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yeah, I think he's talking about a hooker.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yes, and wave it around inside the gas station.
- dogstar0125, on 10/10/2007, -0/+313. Drive everywhere. What kind of loser walks or rides a bike?
14. Never plan ahead. If you're low on cash, don't withdraw any when you're at the bank. Wait until you're totally strapped. - mywhitenoise, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Wouldn't it be "ALWAYS keep cash on you."?
- aywwts4, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Of course it is unessesary, I get all my channels in HD for free*, and I get entire seasons of cable, HBO and Showtime movies delivered to my door comercial free for 14 bucks a month.
*Digital OTA television is about your only source of uncompressed full quality HD television out there, check on http://www.antennaweb.org if there are stations broadcasting digitaly near you, and what kind of antenna you need to get proper reception on your HD TV, OTA HDTV is much higher quality than Cable's crappy compressed feed, Ditch cable forever. - Thuktun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3An electronics extended warranty isn't always bad. Got one for my first laptop and it paid for a couple battery repairs as well as (due to the repair place's screwup) a new laptop after three years. Got one for our $3000 DLP HDTV and it's already paid to replace the bulb once and will probably do so again before it wears out. Both of these paid for themselves by replacing things that wear out over time, like laptop batteries and DLP bulbs.
This is only a single data point, consider extended warranty purchase carefully. We usually don't, but the two times we did were well-considered and paid off. - Nick22, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4How are they gaming digg?
- thedragon4453, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3This is mostly good advice. Ever met a self made millionaire? I know quite a few, and you can't tell by looking at them usually. My business's owner is worth at least 2 mil, but you wouldn't know it. He's incessantly cheap. He could be driving the new Lexus every year, but he just bought a Honda.
People don't usually get rich spending money frivolously. - dogstar0125, on 10/10/2007, -1/+412. Divorce your trophy wife after 5 years and 2 kids, and marry another one.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Geeze I know how to cook, it was just an example. But sometimes, especially when hanging out with friends or coworkers, it's much more practical to just go somewhere. Cooking for other people can be a pain in the ass.
- slipdisc2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3What a boring existence that would be. Remember folks, you don't have to spend like theres no tomorrow but, you can take it with you when your gone either.
- bbjohnnyt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Take out a home equity loan for that cool new car with 22" rims, and maybe a vacation.
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