Saving money in the bad times ...

Take a look at this Harris Poll of 2293 adults and see what others are doing.  Some results:

The largest proportions of all adults making these changes to save money are:
•64% who have been purchasing more generic brands
•47% who are brown bagging lunch instead of buying it
•43% who have been going to hairdressers or barbers less often
•36% who have switched to tap water and refillable bottles instead of bottled water
•34% who have cancelled one or more magazine subscriptions

Smaller numbers, but numbers that represent many millions of people, have also:
•Cut back on dry cleaning (22%)
•Cancelled or cut back their cable TV service (21%)
•Stopped buying coffee in the morning (20%)
•Changed or cancelled their cell phone service (15%)
•Been carpooling or using mass transit (14%)
•Cancelled their telephone landline service and are only using their cell phones (12%)

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