Best of the Cheapskate Monthly: Simple Tips For Living Lean In The Nineties (Debt-Proof Living) [Mass Market Paperback]

Mary E. Hunt (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Debt-Proof Living | Publication Date: May 15, 1993

Mary Hunt is a self-avowed reformed spendthrift and credit-card junkie. When she and her family of four found themselves $100,000 in debt and her husband suddenly lost his job, it was time to tighten the belt.

Refusing to sacrifice her quality of life, Ms. Hunt systematically put to work every tip, trick and technique to turn her financial disaster around.

Translating that experience into her immensely popular newsletter, The Cheapskate Monthly, Ms. Hunt now tells you all you need to know to turn your own finances around for good.

Filled with first-person accounts, recipes, formulas, budgeting and recylcing tips, reader response and encouragement, The Best of the Cheapskate Monthly is a necessity for the '90s.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Hunt has become so competent at pinching pennies that she teaches others the fine art through Cheapskate Monthly."--Business Week

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 201 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (May 15, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312950934
• ISBN-13: 978-0312950934
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,504,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Debt-Proof Living founder Mary Hunt has authored 18 books on money management and becoming debt-free. Her nationally-syndicated newspaper column, "Everyday Cheapskate," appears in newspapers across the country and is also distributed electronically to opted-in subscribers every weekday. She is the money editor at Woman's Day magazine and is a regular guest on national radio and television shows.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars TOTAL REHASH OF HER OTHER BOOK, September 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Best of the Cheapskate Monthly: Simple Tips For Living Lean In The Nineties (Debt-Proof Living) (Mass Market Paperback)

I bought this book along with Mary Hunt's "The Complete Cheapskate." Over half of "Best Of Cheapskate Monthly" is in "The Complete Cheapskate." What a shock. Here I am reading this book thinking it all sounded familar. That was because Ms. Hunt took part of one book and slapped it into another. I feel very cheated. Do yourselves a favor, buy one or the other of the two titles-NOT BOTH!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Read the "Tightwad Gazette" books instead., July 30, 2000

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Fanshawe (SC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of the Cheapskate Monthly: Simple Tips For Living Lean In The Nineties (Debt-Proof Living) (Mass Market Paperback)

While this book is acceptable, like other reviewers I found it a bit over-emotional and feel Amy Dacyzycn's tightwad books are MUCH better. This reads a bit like a Heloise book, lots of scattered tips, some are good, some are obvious. Half the book is spent talking about credit cards. Yes, credit cards can be evil, but it all depends on the person using them. Overall, I was not very impressed with this book, and I'm glad I got it out of the library.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars good for beginners, December 3, 1999

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mom of twins "cdahlgrd" (Bothell, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of the Cheapskate Monthly: Simple Tips For Living Lean In The Nineties (Debt-Proof Living) (Mass Market Paperback)

Mary Hunt's books are good for the beginner. This is a rehash of her other book as the last person wrote, so only purchase one. If you want every possible option there is to save money, read the Tightwad Gazette 1-3.