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In the last twenty years the amount of technology we have had available to us has grown exponentially. Then we may have had an Atari to player Asteroid and if we were lucky one of those new fangled VHS players. Now we have personal computers, laptops, mp3 players, personal digital assistants, cell phones, home theater systems, web appliances, tablet computers, flat screen televisions, all sorts of video game consoles, if someone has thought of it, we probably have it. All of these great epitomes of modern technologies don’t come for free though, they cost money. By following these tips, you can probably save over $1,000 annually.

The first thing you will probably want to look at is your telephone services. If you still have a landline, you are probably better served by just dropping it all together. Often times people pay around $40 per month for these services. We now all have cell phones and can make use of VOIP phone calls which sound better and better each month for just pennies a day. You should also reevaluate your cell phone plan. Often times people pay for features and minutes they never use. If you are not coming close to your limit, drop your plan down to something much less expensive. Doing these things alone could probably save you over $500 a year!

Quit paying the post office to send your bills off. Use an electronic bill paying service to take care of them. Most of the time your bank will offer them for free, and now you don’t have to worry about forgetting one of your bills. If you write out 6 bills a month, that’s almost $40 in stamps, envelopes and checks you’ll save each year!

Computers and other electronic devices can suck up a lot of power, even if they are turned off! Most of the time you actually have to unplug them before they quit using any energy! If you turn your computer off at night, you’ll probably save about $100 per year! Doing this all with all of your appliances could easily cut your electricity bill in half!

It may be tempting to go out and buy Apple’s new iPhone, or whatever the latest and greatest gadget is, but you will always pay a huge premium for the latest and greatest. Your current technology probably serves you just fine. Wait a year or so after a product comes out and you’ll easily be able to save about 30% on the price you’ll pay for a gadget.

When buying digital music, don’t get suckered in to the 99 cents a song pricing scheme. You can now listen to all of the music to your hearts desire for just about ten bucks a month through many of the subscription based music services such as Napster.

Hopefully you will be able to save a lot of money on the technology we all know and love. I know it may be the easy thing to do to go out and buy that iPod, leave your computer on, and leave your phone lines alone, but you could potentially save quite a bit of money!



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