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| The Complete Tightwad Gazette | 
 enlarge | Author: Amy Dacyczyn
Publisher: Villard
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (217 reviews)
Sales Rank: 6790
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 959
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.2 x 1.7
ISBN: 0375752250
Dewey Decimal Number: 640.42
EAN: 9780375752254
ASIN: 0375752250
Publication Date: December 15, 1998
Release Date: December 15, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Love This Book! September 3, 2008
Brilliant ideas that anyone can use to save money. More than just a how-to, it teaches a whole new mentality, and a creative viewpoint that spills over into every area of life. Once bit by the Tightwad bug, you will never go back to wasting your money. Amy Daczyczyn also has a wonderfully whimsical sense of humor that makes me wish she lived next door. Good reading.
 Well worth it... August 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am leading a frugal life these days after getting out of the rat race and finding that I have a great desire to not be a working stiff. Working part-time means an iron fisted budget. "Your Money or Your Life" is what got me started on this path, and "The Tightwad Gazette" was published with people like me in mind. I had heard about the newsletter for years, and finally thought to read this book.
As other reviewers have noted, frugality isn't a religion. You can pick or choose how involved you want to be. For me, the crucial discovery has been that there are many things I can abstain from without noticing a huge difference in the quality of my life. I will never give up travel... it is an essential part of my life. But there are other day-to-day things I don't miss at all. Since reading this book a few months ago, I have started making my own pizza and bread (VERY good suggestion; it cuts the price in half and is surprisingly easy to make, even without a food processor), I'm more conscious of turning off lights, and I've assembled a price book. None of this was difficult and it was fun. In the first two months, I managed to save $300 from an already meager budget.
What is difficult about this? Like any habit, it is a discipline. I have lost hours making bread dough, bargain hunting, and making my own tomato sauce. But I find that I enjoy the feeling of taking care of myself and not wasting money. I had great fun assembling the price book. I now know the lowest prices to expect for a lot of items, and it's fun to be on top of things.
As a single person, a lot of "The Complete Tightwad Gazette" did not apply to me. I skimmed over sections on kids' craft projects and clothes issues, of which there are a lot. I would say I picked up only a few ideas I'll implement over the long term, but it was still fun reading about others' habits. This is a fun book, well worth the price.
Love this book August 7, 2008
I enjoyed this book tremendously. She has a great style of writing and a lot of the information was helpful. Perhaps even more than the specific ideas, I think it helps me come up with my own ideas, be more conscious of unnecessary spending and less wasteful in general. I have already bought another one for someone else, who also loved it.
 Outdated, irrelevant, and time consuming August 6, 2008
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
Living frugally while raising a family and sending my husband to college full time while living on one income in Los Angeles is no easy task. This book was a waste of my time. It includes ways to make your typewriter tape last longer and how to save on encyclopedia sets. If saving time is as important to you as saving money, then this book is not for you. If you are searching for the book used here on Amazon.com, then you are already ahead of the game.
Indespensible, Essential, Entertaining Book July 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the essential book to have in your library. It is all three of the Tightwad Gazette books in one handy big, giant book. Written by Amy Dacyczyn who refers to herself as the Frugal Zealot, It is the most informative book on not just saving money, but adjusting you mindset to make it fun. I love the articles, It helps me come up with creative strategies to save my money for the things I want in life. I once loaned out my individual copies of this book to my brother's now ex -wife and regretted it bitterly as I never got them back. Now I have the Bigger compendium and It does NOT leave my house, not for love or money. I am going to buy more copies to give as gifts. One more note, I worked in the used book business for ten years all together and in that time, this book was often requested and rarely traded in, Just like all good books. Thank you, Frugal Zealot, I couldn't do as much as I do without your constant, in book form, support and guidance. You truly do change lives.
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