Customer comments on this selection.
 Disappointed
After reading the reviews for this book I was excited to read it. I didn't find it very useful though. Most of the ideas in the book I've read online for free.
 Play Financial Defense
I believe that we play both offense and defense in our personal finances. Offense is the amount of money we earn through income, investments, businesses, and odd jobs. Defense is how much we save through being debt free, coupon clipping, getting great deals on cars or houses and saving. This book does an excellent job showing how to play good financial defense through really looking at our spending habits in all areas of our lives and then showing how to think differently and spend more intelligently. Whether it is food, insurance, telecommunications, cars, houses, weddings, funerals, this book covers it all and the suggestions should save you thousands easily in all areas. Whether it is stock piling sale items at the grocery store or using term life instead of whole life insurance this book has it all.
"The point of reading this book, assuming you accepted the spending smart philosophy, is to spend less money on things you don't care about so you can spend more on things you do care about".
"Positive life experiences contribute to happiness more than things do".
More reading suggestions for financial defense:
Dave Ramsey's "Total money makeover"
Joe Dominguez "Your money or your life"
Amy Dacyczyn "The Tightwad Gazette"
 Good book
This tiny little book packs quite a surprising amount of wisdom. Yes, it tells you to control spending (including lattes), but you can find coupons and other money saving tips on various items online. However, what I found most useful was the chapter on how to check one's emotional urge (call it being "shopoholic") when it comes to spending money. The author gives some excellent advice on how to have a goal and use that goal as an objective not to spend money on other impulsive purchases. Overall, a quick, crisp read (it took me all but 2 hrs to finish) that made me really think about my long term spending strategy.
 Good for those who haven't thought much about how they spend.
I read the book's description and some other reader reviews about how it was promised to be able to get the purchase price of the book back by using some of the book's information. Well, I guess I'd say I'm left questioning if I actually would recoup my purchase price by changing some spending habits. My career revolves around purchasing (which I've taken many of the tricks and applied to my personal expenditures).
I thought most of the suggestions in the book are grounded in common sense, but I didn't find the majority of them either ground breaking or new (to me). This book is good for those that really haven't thought about how they spend money, but not worth the money/effort if you actively manage your expenses.
Rather common sense approach to spending
It makes sense!!! If you want to save, you have to cut back on your spending and when you do spend, spend smart. Hmmmmmmm, what a novel idea in this day and age. Good book!
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