Comments on: Feeling Conflicted About Spending

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:20:30 +0000

@spaghetti - I actually tried Service Magic awhile back. I got some quotes but didn't like any of my options.

@newlyweds - Travel versus 'X' is always a question for me. I always dream of traveling, but often end up spending the money on something more practical.

@anonymous - It does seem like spending comes in waves for me. I can go months without pulling out a credit card and then go on a shopping spree roll.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:38:40 +0000

I am in the exact same boat. One thing has led to another and we went from having new wood floors and carpeting installed to purchasing a slab of granite to be installed in the kitchen for counters to a random stop at Macy's furniture that ended in new comfy chairs for our room and our sons room plus I just ordered new clothes for him from Gymboree and me from REI. When it rains it pours.

By: Newlyweds on a Budget

Newlyweds on a Budget — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:53:20 +0000

isn't that life? bleh.

we don't have a home to spend on, but i know if we did, I would be conflicted whether to spend money to update the home or to go on vacation. Two VERY important things to me...

By: spaghetti0625

spaghetti0625 — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:53:48 +0000

Have you tried ServiceMagic.com…or kudzu?
I know on Service Magic you can tell them that you're just in the planning stages. I like that b/c I'm a planner and I like to get different quotes first and figure it out from there.
We have used Service magic a few times…a friend told us about it AFTER we got a new furnace…we needed a new central air unit and used Service Magic. within minutes of me hitting the 'submit' button, 3 people called! I set up appts and 2 came (1 no showed and 1 showed up late then called to reschedule…losing brownie points!). I picked the guy that came on time and he was very polite and explained everything to me. He had printouts for furnaces too and I looked at what he woulda cost us instead of the guy we did use….half off pretty much…ugh. The guy that came late was 100 bucks cheaper, and I told the guy that, and he matched the price AND took another 100 off! They came a few days later to do the work….and they were great!
I used it last week b/c the motherboard on our furnace went. I have a best friend that's handy that can fix anything but since the furnace was under warranty and the fix would be free he didn't fix it…but for anything else in our house he's going to renovate for us.
I like service magic….you should give it a try…even if just to get planning/budgeting done for it 🙂