Airport Parking

Airport parking is way too expensive.  Even for lots in the hinterlands, you'll pay around ten bucks a day (more if you park closer in).  Lots of hotels near the airport offer discounted parking and free shuttles to and from the terminal.  Just be sure to check shuttle policies to verify you have a ride to your car if your flight gets in late.

Liquidation Sales Aren't Really Sales

Borders just declared that they were going out of business.  At the local store, numerous shoppers were walking out with bags full of books.

They all paid too much.

And that's because liquidation sales aren't really sales.  At Border's (at least right now), everything is "up to 40 percent off."  Most items are only 10 percent off original price.

You can get more than 10 percent off books just about anywhere, including Amazon.  The only real way to get a good deal at a liquidation sale is to camp out the store constantly or just be lucky.

Trolling for Deals

Ernest Hemingway once told his son, "You make your own luck."  Deals are the same way.  You've got to look for them in order to find them.  But the interwebs and the googles make this pretty easy.  One of the best sites to go trolling for deals is SlickDeals.  You can view in different ways (Grid may be the best so you can see a picture of the picture).  There's even iOS and Android apps available to check for deals on your phone or tablet.

And there's more - forums, coupons, local deals, category searches - all now typical of deal sites - are also available on the site.

More Cheap Reads

Buying books has one of the best methods for comparison shopping:  the ISBN.  To search for a specific title, go to Amazon where the ISBN is listed (you can pick either the 10 or 13 digit number).  After highlighting it, you can paste it into Google and then go to Google Shopping where you can see all the different prices.  Don't like Google Shopping?  Take it to another deal site like PriceGrabber.

Laundry Savings Are Not Static

There is no immutable law that states that fabric sheets can only be used once.  They can certainly be used two or three times, which reduces the cost of doing your laundry.