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So, it’s finally time to leave home and go to college to live on your own, huh? Sounds pretty awesome, doesn’t it? It is! These are the best years of your life, and you’ll soon realize that living on your own is pretty sweet. But you know what isn’t so sweet? Running out of money. How can you survive without money? Here are some ways that can help you stow away your cash so you always have some for pizza, beer and other frivolous expenditures.

1.       Buy Used Books Online

Perhaps the biggest way you can throw your money away is by buying books at your school’s bookstore. While buying used books from your bookstore is much cheaper than flushing money away on new books, you’re still getting ripped off. Go online and visit several of the most popular websites that sell books, and I guarantee you’ll find way better deals than if you strolled into the bookstore at your school without researching first.

2.       Limit Your Drinking to One or Two Days

College students drink alcohol. That’s a known fact. You might be tempted to drink your brains out up to three days a week, but that also gets really expensive for a kid with not much money to begin with. Also, if you must drink, do so before you go out to the bars to save a ton of money. You can get a six-pack of beer for about 10 bucks, but that same six-pack at a bar would probably cost around 50 bucks. Do the math.

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The Dangers of Craigslist

10News Investigates Craigslist Home Rental Scam

March 8th, 2010 . by Jon Modene

People are actually out there purporting to rent houses THEY DON’T REALLY OWN.

There have NEVER been more vacant houses in Perrysburg than there are today.

This weekend I had to check on 2 new assigned assets for a bank.  Both in Perrysburg.  Both long vacant.

It is neither hard to find them or to pretend to own/control/rent them.

Here is how they do it – and what it costs.

1.  Get a prepaid cell phone.  Use a false ID.  $120

2.  Find an empty house.  $0

3.  Jimmy the lock – put your own on.  $25

4.  Place a bogus Craigslist ad – $0

5.  Make the “deal” so good … that you have multiple takers.

6. Spend one day collecting the rental deposits.

7.  Vanish.

http://perrysburgblog.com/toledo-craigslist-scam-you-have-been-warned.php

TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - Police are warning folks about the potential dangers of selling items online after a Sandusky man says he was shot when trying to buy a video game system advertised on Craigslist.

http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=13865476

Toledo Police say a man is behind bars after he was caught stealing copper pipes from vacant homes.  The latest incident happened in the 1300 block of Page in Toledo. He was probably going to sell it on Craig’s List (Crime’s List).

http://www.13abc.com/story/15398440/a-man-is-caught-red-handed-stealing-copper-pipes

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