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.
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The tip with the highest average at the end of the
month earns the tipster $100!
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Jacque Zirtzman of Manchester,
Iowa, won $100 for her cost-cutting 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:
Save money by reflecting sun away from
windows "When you are faced with unwanted heat coming
through windows, yes, you can buy lots of different things on the
market to keep the heat out. But if you go to the camping section
at your discount store, for approximately $1.98 you can buy a solar
camping blanket, all folded up.One
blanket will do three typical windows and reduces heat by 40 percent
or more, making the house dramatically cooler. If you use air conditioning,
this makes it work less hard. I did put a piece on the exterior
of my window air conditioner to repel the heat, and that helped
it work without so much effort. " Jacque Zirtzman, Manchester, Iowa
