The Good The Bad and The Ugly Wednesday

For those of you new to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Wednesday, I give you the run down on three sites with a similar theme. The Good is an interesting site, check it out if you have a chance. The Bad (bad as in cool) is a great site and you should definitely take a look-see. Now the Ugly, is an awesome site, you should drop everything and go check it out.


If you are like me, in this economy you need all the help you can get. So this week, I'm focusing on sites that can save you money.  I'm going to deviate a little and instead of pciking three to rank from good to great, I'm going to let each represent a category. The Good will be a site for saving money by getting discounts. The Bad will be for finding something for free. And the Ugly will be where we can learn to do something ourselves to save the time and money of hiring someone else for the job.
 
The Good - We all want to save a little money these days and while there are a million coupon and discount sites to choose from. many of them are already well known, so I wanted to share one a discovered recently that you may not have heard of. The Bargainist is a great site that is updated several times a day with listings of online bargains, freebies, coupons and sales. What's even better, you don't have to register, join  or download software to enjoy it. A word of caution, unless you're seriously strapped for time, be wary fo coupon sites that offer to send you coupons for a fee,called clipping services. You can find them for free on the same coupon sites, the clipping serices use.
 
The Bad - Ever been to a swap meet? Freecycle is an online swap meet. Free cycle is organized by location and there are groups all ove rthe US. You do have to join, but if your in the market for furniture, toys, appliances, and more you can often someone who is giving away what you are looking for. It also offers a great way to get rid of stuff you no longer use by giving it to someone who wants it and keeping it out of our ever growing landfills.  Since so many bloggers  and followers love books, I have to give an honorable mention to PaperBackSwap and Paperback Exchange. PaperBack Swap is a club you join and send in your used paperbacks in exchange for credit to receive a book. You just pay the postage. Paperback Exchange has new & used books at a discount. They also offer additional discounts when you send them your used books. They also offer hard back book rentals.
 
The Ugly- Need easy to follow instructions on how to do just about anything you would normally have to pay someone to do? Everything from repairing appliances fixing car scratches & dents to cutting hair to recovering furniture to home improvement projects. I actually found two great sites. If you can't find instructions on one you are bound to find it on the other. Fix-It Club and Find How.  The beauty of these sites, in addition to saving you money on hiring someone or paying for a service call, you learn a new skill.