15 Things You're Paying Too Much For

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This is one I do not agree with you about. Car maintenance should always be done at the dealer. It costs twice as much as your local mechanic because they generally don't have a clue what "them fancy fuel injected cars are supposed to do". Dealers may charge similar or slightly higher hourly rates, but you'll get the job done right. At least that has been my experience.

Robert 6:26PM March 03, 2009

Buy used. My local used CD/DVD shop sells 99% of what I want at 20%-40% of the new price. They guarantee everything, even the 99 cent trashed looking DVD's for a week to check it out. Sometimes their 50 cent CD section is a 25 cent section although most of that is obscure. They probably have around 30,000 - 35,000 used CD titles at any one time, and thousands of DVD's. They even have great vinyl.
Hit the yard sales. We've got a lot of stuff for the house and yard for next to nothing, sometimes for nothing at the end of the day. Many tools have a useful life span long past the time they get ugly. People renovating are often left with a lot of new, non-returnable materials.
craigslist.com. The great thing about craigslist.com is that it supports local community. In the present economy (all the time really) people find themselves needing to get rid of dead weight which for you could be anything you might want/need to acquire.
Recycle, reuse, rework, rethink.

David out west of CA 12:13PM March 03, 2009

Well some people like to rent movies. I don't. I like to buy my dvd's because I believe that I save more money. Then, to, I sometimes like to see different movies over again. Plus I have creaTED A dvd library in my home which is in my threater room. I think that it's a waste to keep renting movies, when you can own them.

Cathy of MD 2:32PM March 02, 2009