20 Terrible Ways to Save Money (That People Have Actually Tried)

Not eating for a month would technically save you a lot of money. So would no longer paying your heating bill, or skipping prescribed medication.

Of course, it's easy to see why those are bad ideas. You might save money for a bit, but the ultimate cost to you would be high.

However, there are other ideas that may seem like good ways to cut your costs but, in practice, don't actually save you money. The challenge is distinguishing good ways to save a few dollars (we examined 20 of them here) from bad ones.

Although the ideas presented here might seem like good money-savers, for most people, they don't work.