People Share Things They Never Buy to Save Money
Frugal Friends Podcast
Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni | Backyard Ventures
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Even the experts aren’t buying what you think they are. In fact, many of them believe the best solution is something you probably already own. In this episode, Jen and Jill share another round of things people are not buying to save money but this time, the people skipping these purchases are professionals and experts who know the industry best.
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| 0:29.9 | People share things they never buy to save money. |
| 0:38.0 | Welcome to the Frugal Friends podcast, where you'll learn to save money. Welcome to the frugal friends podcast where you'll learn to save money, embrace simplicity, |
| 0:44.3 | and live a richer life. |
| 0:47.8 | Here are your host, Jen and Jill. |
| 1:00.1 | Hi, dermatologist here. Stop overpaying for skincare. Stop being gimmicky on the internet. |
| 1:11.2 | Welcome, frugal friends. I'm Jen. I'm Jill. And y'all have loved our series of how what people are doing to save money, what people are doing to save money on groceries. |
| 1:19.7 | And so this one we wanted to do on what people don't buy to save money, but we wanted it to be around what experts don't buy. So experts in their feel. So like cooking, skin care, health care, design, fashion, what they don't buy. |
| 1:33.5 | Because you can listen to Jill and I talk all day about the things that we don't buy. And you have. |
| 1:40.1 | Thank you. Right. So let's hear from like people who actually are experts in their field. |
| 1:45.6 | But first, this. Hey, frugal friends. I know you are conscious consumers and values driven spenders, |
| 1:53.3 | and I would like to appeal to you today on that. I have the opportunity with a few friends to run |
| 2:00.5 | the Disney World Marathon in January, |
| 2:03.1 | and we are doing it to raise money for Ronald McDonald House charities. Now, if you are |
| 2:09.0 | unfamiliar with Ronald McDonald House, it's an organization that does something incredibly |
| 2:14.2 | simple and incredibly powerful. When parents are faced with the unimaginable, a child |
| 2:21.1 | sick in the hospital far from home, Ronald McDonald House steps in and gives them a safe, |
| 2:28.4 | warm place to sleep, eat and breathe, do laundry, shower, store their stuff, and it's just steps from the hospital. |
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