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Top 20 frugal $ense tips
Here are the 20 best tips culled from your entries in this month's Frugal $ense contest. Click on any of the links to read a tip and rate it. You may rate as many tips as you'd like, but please only once per tip. See rules.

The tip with the highest average at the end of the month earns the tipster $100!

Tiffany Rodi, of Cumming, Ga., won $100, for her tip, which was rated No. 1 by Bankrate readers last month. For more information on this tip and its author, read our interview with the Frugal $ense contest winner.
 

Winning tip:

Turn odds and ends into TV gold
"Want to save $100 per month? Disconnect your cable or satellite. We built an HD antenna for free using plans from the Internet. The television reception is now clearer as all channels are in HD and we can get at least a dozen channels. The other benefit is we spend more time reading, exercising, playing games and talking, and less time watching TV. It didn't cost us anything and we save at least $1,200 a year -- enough for a vacation!"

Top 20 money-saving tips
ENTERTAINMENT
 Eating out has never been better!

MISCELLANEOUS
 Saving a bundle on kid's clothes.

HOUSE
 Mop cleaning pads for less
 Double the Juice, half the sugar!
 Stock the Staples
 Cheap Batteries
 Check Cable Prices
 clothing kids for next to nothing!
 wipes without breaking the bank
 Save on laundry detergent

 
ENERGY
 Cut your air conditioning bill
 Fans save money
 wasting hot water
 GAS Water Heater
 Shutting vents in unused rooms

VACATION
 Flying for less


INSURANCE
Cheaper Dental Services

GROCERIES
 Water is cheap!
 Eating organic
 

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