The Bargain Junkie

Twitter: @AnnieKorzen
"This blog is based on my book, BARGAIN JUNKIE: LIVING THE GOOD LIFE ON THE CHEAP. The market goes up, the market goes down. We’re in a boom, we’re in a recession, we’re in a depression. We’re told to “live richly,” we’re told to “spend cautiously.” None of this economic see-saw has ever affected me, because I’ve been a thriftaholic all my life. I was brought up in a Bronx railroad flat by poor immigrants. My mother would use a tea bag, then squeeze it dry, hang it up, and use it again the next day: I hated her for this. My father was a tailor, and he would make all my clothes: I hated him for this. I wanted to live like my friends, with spacious homes, trendy outfits, and all the other trappings of middle-class American life. Most of all, I wanted fresh tea bags. I enjoy those pleasures now, but have learned to respect my parents’ frugality. I rarely buy anything that hasn’t been pre-worn, pre-used, pre-loved. I’m such a compulsive re-user that when I’m in a restaurant and see the anorexic girl at the next table leaving a pile of food on her plate I have to fight the impulse to say “Excuse me, but if you’re not going to finish that, would you mind passing it this way?” My thrifty (thrifty, not stingy – stingy is nasty.) lifestyle has allowed me to have a comfy home filled with objects of value (the most valuable object being my Danish husband, Benni, and he was also pre-loved – I would never get a husband retail.) I’ve also managed to educate my child, travel all over the world, and give the occasional dinner party. I try not to do this last one too often: if God had wanted people to cook, She wouldn’t have invented restaurants. What my bargainista philosophy has not allowed me to do is to own a $150,000 Birkin crocodile and diamond bag, or even a measly low-end $9,000 Birkin bag. Somehow, I don’t feel I’ve missed much. I’m perfectly happy with my lightweight, washable, silver Sportsac. I got it on Ebay for twelve bucks. When the economy tanked, being a cheapskate suddenly became fashionable. And I thought people might be interested in hearing all the nasty little secrets of the thriftaholic lifestyle. So here I am, ready to share stories and tips that will help you live large while spending little. "
 

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The Bargain Junkie has a Wise Score of  7.71, which ranks it #760 among personal finance blogs.

Wise Score is an average of six statistics: MozRank, Number of Links to Domain, Klout Score, Twitter Followers, Alexa Rank, and Compete Rank. A Wise Score of 90 means the blog is better than 90% of its peers "on average". Learn more.

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2016-1-177607.712.9620718.605520,940,6130
2016-1-177607.712.9620718.605520,940,6130
2016-1-177607.712.9620718.605520,940,6130
2016-1-177607.712.9620718.605520,940,6130
2016-1-177607.712.9620718.605520,940,6130
 

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Klout Score18.60The Klout Score is a 0-100 rating of @AnnieKorzen's overall influence on Twitter.
True Reach0True Reach is the size of @AnnieKorzen's engaged audience. Klout eliminates inactive and spam accounts, and only include accounts that @AnnieKorzen actually influences.
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Amplification Score0.00 0-100 score of the likelihood that @AnnieKorzen's tweets will be acted upon by their followers.
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@AnnieKorzen needs to engage more with others or be more active to gain influence
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Referring Domains306Number of referring domains known for this item. If -1 then this number is not yet known.
Referring IPs240Number of referring IP addresses.
External Backlinks3,798Number of external backlinks for this item.
Indexed URLs6,339Number of URLs for given item type present in index - these are NOT backlinks, but rather URLs belonging to given domain or subdomain: this metric is useful as an indication of domain content size.