Are you good with money? 25 January 2013 at 3:59PM edited 29 January 2013 at 1:00PM in Money Saving Polls 5 replies 1.9K views

Former_MSE_Debs

Poll started 29 Jan 2013

How do you fare with money? There are two core skills, how good are you at them·

Budgeting – personal money management and spending within your means.

Product skills – regularly switching so you're with the best buys and not overpaying for products.

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jap200

MSE_Debs wrote: »

Budgeting – personal money management and spending within your means.

Product skills – regularly switching so you're with the best buys and not overpaying for products.

It would have been a good idea to give these definitions (particularly the product one) in the poll question. I said that I was "good with products" without really knowing what on earth it was getting at! I'm good at using shampoo - that's a product! Anyway, fortunately I'm also good at financial products so my answer still stands.

Anthorn

Personally, I know what financial products are but I can see that there will be confusion.

My vote:

Ok with products. I tend to stay with what I know and where I'm safe and getting an extra 0.2% interest isn't important.

Good with budgeting: I don't get nasty surprises and I'll eat a can of cheap spaghetti rings a day for a month if I have to.

Conrad

I am good with budgeting and money, however, I think I'm a bit wierd as I cannot abide people being tight where it impacts the living standards of others.

I will often give more money voluntarily.

I will always ensure any trades people get a good days wage out of me - why should thier family have to struggle just so as I can get a greedy baragin price, it would be immoral of me?

On holiday in Turkey I pay extra for things like veg from a nice little market stall guy. He has a short season and I know lives a very meagre existence. Cannot stand the 'big man' westerner showing off at how great he is at haggling with poor peasants.

itch_for_a_glitch

I'm good at budgeting, and products, then again, like 85% of the population I think I'm an above average driver.

andrewtarant

Money is one of the most important as well as basic requirement in human life and there are many ways where we can make or save a money.