Reader's Digest 99 Cent Solutions: 1465 Smart & Frugal Uses for Everyday Items

by Reader's Digest Association (Editor)

What's in the aisles of your favorite dollar store and how can you use them in multiple ways? 99 Cent Solutions contains 1465 smart and frugal uses for everyday items that save you time and money.

99 Cent Solutions helps you save money, time and aggravation with 1465 ways to use common, everyday items found at the dollar store, grocery store or hardware store! Save money on groceries, health and beauty, cleaning supplies, housewares, tools and more.

Did you know you can...

-Use bubble wrap to protect freshly planted trees?

-Use ketchup to make copper glow?

-Use a bandage to in place of a thimble?

-Use a bungee cord as a yoga strap?

-Use a party balloon as an ice pack?

-Use baking soda between paving stones to keep weeds away?



-Groceries

-Healthy & Beauty

- Outdoor Spaces

-Cleaning & Home Supplies

-Housewares

-Notions

-School & Party Supplies

-Tools

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Reference

256 pages, Paperback

Published June 29, 2021

About the author

The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a global media and direct marketing company based in Chappaqua, New York, best known for its flagship publication founded in 1922, Reader's Digest. The company's headquarters are in New York City, where it moved from Pleasantville, New York.

The company was founded by DeWitt and Lila Wallace in 1922 with the first publication of Reader's Digest magazine, but has grown to include a diverse range of magazines, books, music, DVDs and online content.

Reviews

[Ktmholm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Household hint books have been around for decades. This one’s focus is on using items normally available at your local ‘dollar’ store. It’s an easy and interesting read, though probably best read with pen and paper close by to list things to try immediately. My only quibble is that they could have been even more expansive with their indexing: When I wanted a remedy to remove adhesive residue from plastic, I couldn’t find it under ‘adhesive’, only under the headings ‘labels, removing’ and (found later) ‘sticker residue’. Recommended

[Kristal · Rating 2 out of 5]

This might be helpful to some people but I feel like most people already know the majority of this hacks. I know I've seen most of this on the internet over the last decade or they were simply things that older generations did and was passed down as common knowledge.