Money is an elusive thing that people usually use to get their aspirations and necessities. Everyone spends it on certain items that can help to maintain their life. Along with this, people tend to save money on some dispensable things. On an online community platform, people shared a few weird things people refused to spend money on.
1. Highly Advertised Mainstream Products
Certain renowned brands highly advertise their product in the mainstream for marketing purposes. Still, these products have the same quality as a much cheaper and non-branded equivalent. By substituting these brands with non-brand, people can buy better quantities and save money.Â
2. Bottled Water
Water is a naturally occurring compound, and every country has a sufficient source of pure water. Spending a few $ to buy bottled water is quite extravagant. Instead, one can fill a sort of container many times over the same price as one bottle of water. According to one person's perspective, bottled water trends cause waste of resources involved in production and distribution. A huge number of people use tap water instead of bottled water.
3. Mini Transaction in Games
Spending extra money on mini-transactions can give the user an extra advantage in most games. Most users avoid this according to their perspective. It's unfair and extravagant. It has ruined the gaming experience by creating a sense of inequality among the players. One user pointed out this as a sort of cheating because it is unfair to the players who will not pay extra money. As per another user's account for revenue, it is better to add a game rather than a mini transaction.
4. Beauty Products
Using beauty products to enhance beauty and confidence is therapeutic, but sometimes it increases daily expenses. One can save much money by substituting it with natural mineral makeup products. One voice in crowed claimed one can be made easily with that raw material to make it costs almost half of what the company charges. On the other hand, homemade remedies are also a substituent that people use to enhance beauty. These are not only cheap but organic too.
5. Hair Cuts
People often save their money by doing their hair cut. One person shared that he has been doing his haircut since High school, which helped him save a lot of money. It was a bit difficult to do your haircut at first, but you can get perfection with practice. Â
6. Gym Membership
Taking exercise at home with dumbbells with the help of YouTube tutorials rather than talking gym membership is money-saving. According to the perspective of a person, working out one muscle group is inefficient. On the other hand, playing sports is a much better use of time and usually works out your whole body, making you have all-around better health.
 7. Paid Parking
People usually prefer to avoid paid parking and search for free parking to avoid extra expenses. Usually, free parking is available a few miles from the main campus parking, so by utilizing them, people save money. Taking a little walk can benefit their health. A commentator said that if you are willing to walk farther and can almost always find free parking, you don't have to pay and get a little exercise.
8. Basic Maintenance of Vehicles
Basic vehicle maintenance is pretty simple, especially in modern times, where one can easily access the internet. People use to do basic maintenance of their cars, bike, and even trucks easily. As per account of one respondent shared that he used to do basic maintenance of his truck by himself, such as fluid change, cleaning, and tire rotating .he shared that these things didn't take much effort to learn on the internet.
9. Buying Diamonds
According to the perspective of some people, buying diamonds is useless. They don't do anything at all. Unless an expert, nobody can notice a real diamond. As per the respondent's account, the diamond is just a cleared rock. People like it just because of some social norms. He added I prefer to gift someone a useful thing like a toaster or oven rather than a diamond.
10. Exam Preparation Course
Few students refuse to spend money on exam preparation courses. They prefer to prepare by themselves with the help of their college notes and the Internet. According to a student in Denmark, he never paid for exam preparation courses; he believes that college has provided him with all the material he needs to do well. Along this exam preparation company can't provide information as one can get by searching.
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