Save Big: Cut Your Top 5 Costs and Save Thousands Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition

From the rear cover

Praise for Save Big

"If you follow Elisabeth's easy steps for how to save onlife's big expenses, you will change your life."
--Clark Howard, Host of The Clark Howard Show; New York Times Bestselling
Author of Get Clark Smart and Clark's Big Book of Bargains

"Using the suggestions in this book will save youthousands of dollars. It's a great return on your investment."
--Liz Pulliam Weston, MSN Money Columnist, bestselling author of Your Credit Score: Your Money and What's at Stake

"[Elisabeth] reminds us all in an engaging way that it's not just thepennies that count. It's just as important to find big ways to save."
--Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post, author of the nationally syndicated "Color of Money" column

Save Big . . . not small

Learn to make money-saving moves that actually matter.The conventional wisdom is that if you skip your daily latte, you canbecome a millionaire. But that's what author Elisabeth Leamy calls"Small Stuff Savings." Wouldn't you rather SAVE BIG?

Houses: You can buy low-flow showerheads and save $5.Or get a fast flow mortgage and save $103,536.

Cars: You can save $9 a month by inflating your tiresright. Or save $31,279 by choosing the right car.

Credit: Going to your own bank's ATM will save you $3.Calling your own bank could save you $1,272.

Groceries: Packing your lunch will save you $7 a day. Shoppingstrategically for those lunch fixin's will save you $7,904 a year.

Healthcare You can save $75 a year by canceling yourmagazine subscriptions. Or save $6,350 a year by choosingthe right medical prescriptions.

From the jacket flap

Praise for Save Big

"If you follow Elisabeth's easy steps for how to save onlife's big expenses, you will change your life."
--Clark Howard, Host of The Clark Howard Show; New York Times Bestselling
Author of Get Clark Smart and Clark's Big Book of Bargains

"Using the suggestions in this book will save youthousands of dollars. It's a great return on your investment."
--Liz Pulliam Weston, MSN Money Columnist, bestselling author of Your Credit Score: Your Money and What's at Stake

"[Elisabeth] reminds us all in an engaging way that it's not just thepennies that count. It's just as important to find big ways to save."
--Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post, author of the nationally syndicated "Color of Money" column

Save Big . . . not small

Learn to make money-saving moves that actually matter.The conventional wisdom is that if you skip your daily latte, you canbecome a millionaire. But that's what author Elisabeth Leamy calls"Small Stuff Savings." Wouldn't you rather SAVE BIG?

Houses: You can buy low-flow showerheads and save $5.Or get a fast flow mortgage and save $103,536.

Cars: You can save $9 a month by inflating your tiresright. Or save $31,279 by choosing the right car.

Credit: Going to your own bank's ATM will save you $3.Calling your own bank could save you $1,272.

Groceries: Packing your lunch will save you $7 a day. Shoppingstrategically for those lunch fixin's will save you $7,904 a year.

Healthcare You can save $75 a year by canceling yourmagazine subscriptions. Or save $6,350 a year by choosingthe right medical prescriptions.

Media reviews

Citations

• People Weekly, 01/18/2010, Page 56
• Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2010, Page 130