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The Tightwad Gazette II: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Amy Dacyczyn (Author)
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January 24, 1995
The Tightwad Gazette II

The Perfect -- and Cheap -- Home Chili Recipe! New Uses for Old Blue Jeans!

Make a Quilt for Ninety-five Cents!

In 1993, Amy Dacyczyn's first book featured advice from the pages of her two-year-old newsletter The Tightwad Gazette. Over 250,000 copies were sold, inspiring millions of people to profit through thrift. Now, The Tightwad Gazette II serves up all-new help and hints from the newsletter's third and fourth years, yielding still more savings for millions of converts to tightwaddery.

Save More Money! Save More Time! Save More Resources!

Some of the Exciting, Money-Saving Topics Include:

A Reader's Guide to The Tightwad Gazette
-- Penny Pinching Pizza
-- Car Maintenance Tips
-- Calculate Your Cost Per Muffin
-- How to Make a Solar Box Cooker
-- Store-Brand Common Sense
-- Think Small to Save Big
-- Where to Get Insurance Information
-- Breakfast Breakthrough
-- Picture-Framing for Less
-- Gas Versus Electric
-- Reupholstery Savings
-- Army Surplus Bargains
-- The Tightwad A to Z
-- Saving Space to Save Money
-- How to Stop Flushing Money Down the Toilet
-- Frugality and the Economy
-- Whoopie Pies
-- How to Fix Up a House
-- Should We Use Used Shoes?
-- Where to Get Something for Nothing
-- What to Do with Old Blue Jeans
-- Warehouse Clubs and Savings
-- Cheap Holiday Accommodations
-- The Femme Frugal
-- Shared-Housing Programs
-- How to Work Out How Much You're Saving
-- Mail-Order Eye Care
-- Budgeting and Keeping Records
-- Dumpster Diving
-- How to Shop Thriftily
-- Money-Saving Recipes
-- Homemade Goo
-- Coupon or Not Coupon?
-- Splitting Pills to Cut Costs
-- Stained-Glass Cookies
-- The Tightwad Christmas
-- Candles and Decorations
-- Practical Gift-Giving
-- Synthetic Motor Oil
-- Bartering and Exchange
-- Detergents Determined
-- CDs Versus LPs
-- Long-Distance Phone Call Charges
-- Moving for Less --

Just Look Inside For Much, Much More...


Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Dacyczyn no longer needs to be a tightwad herself, having earning a fortune with last year's best-selling Tightwad Gazette. Here are more moneysaving tips.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Inside Flap

The Tightwad Gazette II

The Perfect -- and Cheap -- Home Chili Recipe! New Uses for Old Blue Jeans!

Make a Quilt for Ninety-five Cents!

In 1993, Amy Dacyczyn's first book featured advice from the pages of her two-year-old newsletter The Tightwad Gazette. Over 250,000 copies were sold, inspiring millions of people to profit through thrift. Now, The Tightwad Gazette II serves up all-new help and hints from the newsletter's third and fourth years, yielding still more savings for millions of converts to tightwaddery.

Save More Money! Save More Time! Save More Resources!

Some of the Exciting, Money-Saving Topics Include:

A Reader's Guide to The Tightwad Gazette
-- Penny Pinching Pizza
-- Car Maintenance Tips
-- Calculate Your Cost Per Muffin
-- How to Make a Solar Box Cooker
-- Store-Brand Common Sense
-- Think Small to Save Big
-- Where to Get Insurance Information
-- Breakfast Breakthrough
-- Picture-Framing for Less
-- Gas Versus Electric
-- Reupholstery Savings
-- Army Surplus Bargains
-- The Tightwad A to Z
-- Saving Space to Save Money
-- How to Stop Flushing Money Down the Toilet
-- Frugality and the Economy
-- Whoopie Pies
-- How to Fix Up a House
-- Should We Use Used Shoes?
-- Where to Get Something for Nothing
-- What to Do with Old Blue Jeans
-- Warehouse Clubs and Savings
-- Cheap Holiday Accommodations
-- The Femme Frugal
-- Shared-Housing Programs
-- How to Work Out How Much You're Saving
-- Mail-Order Eye Care
-- Budgeting and Keeping Records
-- Dumpster Diving
-- How to Shop Thriftily
-- Money-Saving Recipes
-- Homemade Goo
-- Coupon or Not Coupon?
-- Splitting Pills to Cut Costs
-- Stained-Glass Cookies
-- The Tightwad Christmas
-- Candles and Decorations
-- Practical Gift-Giving
-- Synthetic Motor Oil
-- Bartering and Exchange
-- Detergents Determined
-- CDs Versus LPs
-- Long-Distance Phone Call Charges
-- Moving for Less --

Just Look Inside For Much, Much More...


Product Details

  • Paperback: 293 pages
  • Publisher: Villard Books / Random House; 1 edition (January 24, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0679750789
  • ISBN-13: 978-0679750789
  • Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #656,124 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Why I Recommend This Book for Families, October 30, 2000
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Heidi K. Rodeback (American Fork, Utah USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tightwad Gazette II: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle (Paperback)
I read this book aloud to my family in the car during a summer vacation. They loved it--my husband and kids alike. As I read, I came to realize that this book has enormous value beyond the kooky money-saving tips it is famous for. Please, in evaluating the Tightwad Gazette, consider these additional points most reviewers seem to have missed:

1. The book fosters critical thinking skills. So very many of Ms. Dacyczyn's articles present both the pros and cons of the issue, and her recommendations are based on sound and extensive research sprinkled with a healthy dose of skepticism. After being exposed to her thinking style, my kids will think twice before being sucked in by advertising.

2. The book fosters creative thinking skills. There is no better life skill than to be able to stretch your one remaining dollar to meet your five outstanding needs. At some time in their lives, your kids are going to need this skill.

3. The book will show you how to make informed decisions. Ms. Dacyczyn's basic strategy is to calculate, by whatever means available, the true cost of any given expense. And while you may really need to save a penny by making your own tomato soup, you're just as free to conclude that, at a penny a pop, it's well worth your hard-earned money to buy the canned soup. Knowledge is power, and by applying Ms. Dacyczyn's strategies, you'll be fully informed, forewarned and forearmed.

I highly recommend this book to parents.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent investment, June 7, 2000
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This review is from: The Tightwad Gazette II: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle (Paperback)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I would buy it for the same reason I would buy a dictionary: I keep referring back to it so much that if I had to go to the library I would use extra money for gasoline. If I had to go to the web for the same information, I would end up raising my electricity bill. It's more than the recipes and resources. It's more than the tips and techniques. The reason I love this book is because it's a source of encouragement. I don't feel powerless anymore over my money. I feel like I can choose what is important to me and what I should be spending money on. Not the other way around. That's really all tightwaddery is about and that is the whole point of this book.

If you really want to understand the philosophy side of tightwaddery, I recommend you search for the first volume of the Tightwad Gazette (which is out of print) or go ahead and buy the Complete Tightwad Gazette. It's a very good investment.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars More than penny pinching, September 16, 2002
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Heather Hadley (Orem, UT United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Tightwad Gazette II: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle (Paperback)
This is much more than a book on tips to save money. Along with Tightwad I and III, this is a bible for managing a household on less. Her philosophies on material goods and spending really resonate with me. These books are the most used and well-worn books in my library. I bought it in hardcover long ago, and thought it was worth every cent. Now that it's in paperback, I don't see any reason why one shouldn't own this book.
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