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Own Your Own Winter Sports Equipment: Shel Horowitz’s Frugal Fun Tip, 1/08

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

As newlyweds in 1983, my wife and I went to a local sporting goods store with some of our wedding-present money. Among the things we bought: two sets of cross-country skis. Including boots and poles, they cost about $100 each, on sale.

Those skis served us faithfully for the next 23 winters. I did replace my boots after about ten years (for about $50)–but still, owning our own equipment saved us a ton of money. If you figure that we probably averaged about six times a winter using the skis on parkland or other public areas, (more…)

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