Being Frugal

How to save and spend efficiently

Looking For The Best EV (Electric Vehicle) – 2018

After 1400 miles, the new car is quite efficient, we can drive over 120 miles. It really serves our needs. With full charge, got to work 24 miles, we still have 140 miles left with car pooling in the morning – average 40mph. We leased our first EV – 2015 eGolf 2 1/2 years ago,

Install Arris TM822G Comcast Voice and Internet Modem Self Activation

We’ve been using the rental Modem from Comcast and paying $10 a month for the last 5 years. This year resolution was to buy a modem that works with voice and internet to replace the old one we’ve been renting. I’ve heard so many problems of people trying to replace the rental unit due to

Ebay Bad Returns and Inaccurate Seller Feedback System

When you buy some inexpensive merchandises from Ebay sellers, some sellers seem to intentionally sending you wrong or less expensive model hoping that you wouldn’t return due to high cost of shipping back to them. Ebay is quite fast in helping you to return the wrong merchandise but never mention that the cost of shipping

New Cars To Avoid For 2016

Many of us have to drive long distance to work due to expensive housing costs in Silicon Valley. Our cars would rack up miles quickly and deteriorate faster due to stop and go on congested highways daily. When our kids graduated from colleges and need a car for their new jobs, we tend to help them

Buying Apple Products On Craigslist.org

I do like Apple products, very high quality and famous for reliability. At this time, I can buy an iPhone 6+ 64GB from Apple for $35/month for 24 months with 0% financing which doesn’t seem much for many people, but it’s for 2 years. The price of their products are pretty steep for me, I