Comments on: Borrow Is The New Buy http://almostfrugal.com/2010/02/22/borrow-is-the-new-buy/ Learning about frugality Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Girlwithamortgagehttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/02/22/borrow-is-the-new-buy/#comment-6937 Girlwithamortgage Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:18:26 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=4181#comment-6937 I love this concept. I recently moved into my own flat, and you would be amazed how much stuff I got just from people not wanting it anymore. I am lucky where I live there are a lot of apartments, and every fortnight there is a council cleanup where you put out large things you don't want and the council comes along and collects it to go to the tip. By the time the council truck gets there though, most people have taken the stuff! (it isn't rubbish, it is like furniture and big things). I got a huge kitchen table from out the front of someone elses flat, and with a bit of sanding and repaint, it is fabulous (and free). I love this concept. I recently moved into my own flat, and you would be amazed how much stuff I got just from people not wanting it anymore.

I am lucky where I live there are a lot of apartments, and every fortnight there is a council cleanup where you put out large things you don't want and the council comes along and collects it to go to the tip.

By the time the council truck gets there though, most people have taken the stuff! (it isn't rubbish, it is like furniture and big things). I got a huge kitchen table from out the front of someone elses flat, and with a bit of sanding and repaint, it is fabulous (and free).

]]> By: Angeehttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/02/22/borrow-is-the-new-buy/#comment-6935 Angee Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:36:20 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=4181#comment-6935 Great article! This sounds like an expanded option of freecycle. I will pass on the info. Great article! This sounds like an expanded option of freecycle. I will pass on the info.

]]> By: Austinhttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/02/22/borrow-is-the-new-buy/#comment-6924 Austin Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:59:40 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=4181#comment-6924 Sounds like a great site. I borrow books/movies from friends all the time, but I have a rule that helps the situation: only borrow from friends you see at least once a week. I always hated when people borrowed things from me, and then I never saw them again. This rule helps avoid this problem so the borrowing can keep on going! Austin @ Foreigner's Finances Sounds like a great site. I borrow books/movies from friends all the time, but I have a rule that helps the situation: only borrow from friends you see at least once a week. I always hated when people borrowed things from me, and then I never saw them again. This rule helps avoid this problem so the borrowing can keep on going!

Austin @ Foreigner’s Finances

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