OK so it was within the gas price related to the distance, but what is your time worth. I'd say mine is worth about a dollar a minute.  I'd have lost about $50 in the time you saved $5. You did waste gas too. You need something to do. You're  why there's so many people on the streets driving around, looking for cheaper needlepoint yarn and tampons. Going somewhere to save $2. I think your nuts!!!

Absolutely agree. Wasting money at the local convenience rip off is one thing, but for the average to drive anywhere at the cost of gas and the environmental impact is ignorant as well as non frugal.

So this is a blatant excuse trying to find a point.

Your statement in defnese is bull.

Period!

Another reason why a fem doesn't belong on Capital Hill!

As I pointed out in that blog. If you do the math it's not worth it.  She says she gets 30mpg which seems high for city driving.  We can figure $3 gas which is low and come up with 10 cents a mile.  Say the store is 5 miles away and she saved $5.  Figuring the gas for both ways which I didn't do on my reply in her blog but should have she actually only saved $4.  Now being a smart shopper and former retail manager I grab the ads she used and go to my normal store.  I price match everything and save $5.  I made out a dollar better then her without wasting any gas.

So yeah I can claim it's not worth my Gas Money.  Because it's not.

Shop smarter not harder.  If the ad is something your local store will not match you gotta step back and ask why.  And most stores will even match buy one get one frees if you match them based on price.  Yeah you might now get two for Wal-mart's $2.99 but you will likely get two for Priced-High's $4.29.  Don't cheat at ad matching and the stores will do it.  If you become a regular they will not even ask for the ads anymore because they know you are loyal and not cheating them.  Support the stores that treat you right.  We should be rewarding businesses for their service not going around town and showing them all that matters is price.  When price is all that matter stores will cut costs which means cutting out the service you don't seem to care about.  And considering that these blogs are aimed at people who are poor that likely means jobs that many of your readership fill.

And no I'm not poor nor am I rich like the blogger seems to think all people who say that are.  I grew up on the government cheese.  I lived in public housing.  I learned the value of my time and my money.  I also learned that what keeps people down is working harder instead of smarter.  "It's not worth my gas money", is a statement based on working smarter.

I'll leave you with a quote that every person without connections or a college education should remember.

"People always quote the fact that it is 'us vs them', when it comes to employee/management relations.  The key to getting ahead is to get to the 'them' side as quickly as possible." -Aaron

Awesome comment Aaron. I am an independent grocer up against a Walmart Superstore and a beautiful Safeway in a town of just 7500 people.  I check prices almost weekley and have found that manufactures must move products in all markets. This means that any store, from independents to major retailers, gets special pricing at various times, on various items.  All consumers are being what we call, "high lowed" at any given moment.  Just because gas is cheaper across town does not mean that motor oil is cheaper.  Hence, Walmart cannot touch our meat prices nor our produce prices.

You want to save some real bucks?  Get yourself a "SAMS" Discover Credit card.  You will receive a 2% cash refund check once a year on everything you use the card for, even a McDonalds value meal. Buy your gas at "SAMS" and save .05 cents a gallon plus another  .02% for using the Discover card.  That figures to .11cents a gallon on gas or .09cents a gallon if you buy at Wal-Mart.  You will save .065cents a gallon if you buy elsewhere but it will probably cost more to begin with. We receied a check for $968.00 last year.  I even bought my boat with the credit card and saved $200.   Mention paying with the card after you strike a deal.  They will grump but probably go for the deal.

Cowboy, is that yer hoss tied to the fence out yonder?  Because he's putting out some methane...

Seriously, though, not everyone is lucky enough to have access to reliable public transportation or to live & work in a place that is safe for pedestrians or cyclists. So yes, some people DO need to drive.