Comments on: 10,001 Ways To Live Large on a Small Budget Giveaway

By: GloombergNews

GloombergNews — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:36:34 +0000

Lazy Man,

I wanted your readers to know that should they not win, I have a giveaway on my site featuring the same book…click on my name to check it out!

As for my story (had I want to enter the contest)…it would probably pay for my domain/hosting because my dog ate it?

Thanks!

By: Caity

Caity — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:51:59 +0000

My finance and I are supporting ourselves through college, earning full-ride scholarships to our state university. Enjoying the Wisebread website to try to stretch our outside earnings farther for living expenses, we’d really enjoy a copy of the new book!

By: Austin

Austin — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:13:41 +0000

I’m a recent college graduate who is still applying for work. Unfortunately, I just went through some family conflicts which revealed that it would be best if I moved away. Besides having to face these challenging decisions, my new home will be in unfamiliar territory because I won’t have any close contacts. I would be grateful for this book because it would offer useful guidance for an uncertain financial future. Thanks.

By: Rajeev Singh

Rajeev Singh — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:14:35 +0000

I will give read the book and then gift it to the local libraray meant for everyone’s consumption.. Guess this is not good enough a reason.. but would still love to get it …coz its free…

By: Rishi

Rishi — Sun, 24 May 2009 04:40:17 +0000

I don’t have a sob story to tell just to get this book. You have a book to give away and I am interested in getting this book, so will be happy to receive it.

By: shannon hoffman

shannon hoffman — Sun, 24 May 2009 04:02:23 +0000

because I am awesome.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:13:32 +0000

I’ve been in the Army National Guard for nearly 12 years.

I serve as a Medic in the Guard and on the civilian side I work as a phlebotomist. In short, I don’t make much money and I could use the book.

If you choose to give it to me, I’ll pass it along to family and friends to read also.

By: Zach Younkin

Zach Younkin — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:27:55 +0000

I deserve a copy of this book because I am currently living on a small budget (about $400 a month after taxes) and would love to live large on that budget!

By: thisisbeth

thisisbeth — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:35:19 +0000

I’m closing on my first house on Thursday. I’m single, so I’m doing this on my own.

Unfortunately, while I’m easily amused, I don’t have a long attention span, so the further I can stretch my dollar, the less stressful my finances will be!

By: shiwala

shiwala — Sat, 23 May 2009 01:44:29 +0000

You should send me the book and live large vicariously through me. That, and I live in the Bay Area so it would be cheap to ship…you could just drive by my place and throw it in the yard!

By: Andy Hough

Andy Hough — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:46:37 +0000

I could use the book to come up with my next 10,001 post ideas. Also, if I win I promise to give mention you if I ever write a book.

By: Corporate Barbarian

Corporate Barbarian — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:29:26 +0000

Who couldn’t save a few extra bucks? I’m a regular reader of Wise Bread, and of your site, too. You didn’t say no kissing-up, right? I could do a review for my site. Good luck with the move.

By: Lech

Lech — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:14:43 +0000

I live in a country where a good income from job is about $540 (USD). And cars costs more than in US. And petroleum costs $5 per gallon.

By: Clint

Clint — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:57:10 +0000

I am getting married in July, my finace is still in school full time with at least a few years left. I teach 8th grade so my teacher salery, with the little extra from coaching doesn’t go a long way after mortgage and untilities. To top that we are in line for adopting a child who was being neglected and was found with third degree burns on his hands an feet. Winning this book would help us until we can get two incomes coming in.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:24:52 +0000

Dude, three good reasons (using bullets):
* I’ve been out of work since 1/29/09
* I’m thinking of starting a personal finance coaching business and need good reference material
* I’m just too damn lazy to go get the book myself

By: RYAN

RYAN — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:56:42 +0000

I could really use this book because I have taken a 30% pay reduction this year and can use all the tips I can get.

By: Jon Anderson

Jon Anderson — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:51:10 +0000

Space aliens will hold your puppy hostage unless you give me the book. One lump sum payment equal to whatever I will save as a result of having this book would be fine as well.

By: Lulu

Lulu — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:45:17 +0000

I would like to win this book because I currently operate on a small budget and I am continually trying to cut down expenses so I can have more money to:
* pay off debt
*save
*invest and build wealth

I used three bullet points too….so I hope my entry makes the cut.

I recently shared my blog with a friend and encouraged him to open Mint and ING accounts (gasp!! he did not even know what those were) and now he is starting debt snowball to eliminate credit card debt. He is thankful for the advice and things like that just make it worthwhile…someone is actually listening to what I have to say.

By: Tonya

Tonya — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:45:11 +0000

Hmmm…I’m a stay-at-home mom with no degree of any sort and now my dear husband is losing his job. We’ve always been careful with money so if we kick it up a notch (or ten) we’ll be fine for a while. That’s about as sob story as our story gets at this point. Thank you and have a nice day! (Do I get points for being polite?)

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:07:39 +0000

Although my wife and I never knew anyone who was deaf we were blessed with a son who was. We’ve had to learn sign language, spend huge amounts of outlay to pay for sign language classes, hearing aids, doctor visits, audiologist visits, cochlear implants, surgery, equipment costs, meetup groups, special education, additional field trips, and the list goes on and on.

We have been required to spend so much money that we live a very meager and humble life of thrift. If there was anything we could do to improve the quality of our lives and those of our two children by living larger with our smallest of budgets it would be a great boon to our family life.

I can’t put into words how hard we’ve had to work just to get our son to say, “I Love You Dad” even in sign language and for him to truly understand what it means. Anything helps. Thank you.