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Wanted help from W.A minti members.....Who are looking for a way to save extra money

carole32 by carole32 Standing(June 11th) (rank 500+)

My name is Carole. You may already know the information I am going to give you, for those who do I apolygize. I have a site set up to help families in particular save money. It is a free site, the information is free and the site is not selling

anything.

 One day I'll write a book and maybe people who have done RSM will buy it for a friend. That one day could be twenty years from now.                 

For now with times being tough for many families I just want to help people, no strings attached. But here's where your help comes in.           Many people see something and if there's no proof it works then they don't try it. So I decided I should publish proof. I would ideally like 20 W.A Minti families to take part in a trial. Why Minti families you may wonder, well the reason is that many of you talk to each other. Therefore even without realizing it you will be supporting and helping each other. Also you may talk on line about your experience which would encourage others who might need extra ecouragement to try something new. It's always hard for people to change their habits be them good or bad, shopping, even grocery shopping is just that to many people a habit. Many people go to the same shop, at the same time of the day, the same day of the week and if you ask them why this is so many can not really answer why, it just is.

I  want to put up on the  RSM Shop to Save website a page following the trial members progress. I think the trail should be shown over a period of 6 months. We won't put identities on the site. But we will put a family profile. An example might read like following ;

Family A; Dad 54, Mum 47, Child female 14yrs, Child male 12 yrs.  Pre trial grocery shopping habit, once a week. Currently has a budget.           Will be trialing RSM Quicksave method.                 

Family B; Mum 36, Child female 10 yrs, Child male 6yrs, Child male 5yrs. Pre- trial grocery shopping habit once a fortnight. Currently has no definite budget.Will be trialing RSM method.I guess you get the idea. I would like many diverse family situatations. It really doesn't matter how much you earn, or how many in your family.   As we all are in different situations, with different bills etc. None of that matters because RSM can suit almost anyone. It's weather you make the choice to do it. And at the end of the day what you do with the savings is the most important thing. Like anything if you get a real benefit from it then it's worth doing if you don't get any real benefit , then it won't be worth the effort to do. I need enthusiastic people, who really do need to find a few extra dollars to make their lives easier. You may not be in this catorgory, life might be going along quite nicely, even so you might like to give it a go. Maybe the extra shopping money you save might pay for you to sponsor a child for a year. Or something you've been wanting to do for a while but don't have that spare cash. If your one of these people then I would also welcome you to the trail also. In fact I will welcome anyone to taking part in the trial, as long as they really want to succeed. Because like anything you need to go in with a posative attitude. Then your sure to succeed, aren't you !!!!

Now I was going to get the web page set up first, but I think that's the wrong way to go about it.  

 The first step is for anyone interested to go to the site and have a look what it's all about. www.rsmshoptosave.com                                              

Next if your interested  respond to this so I can know who you are or if you prefer email me so I have you email address.   

The third step will be that I'll organise somewhere for us all to meet. I'll do a quick run through of what you need to know, make sure your all prepared to start with calendar etc. We'll also make sure everyones happy about the information that's going to go up on the site. I guess we'll call that a training seminar, it will probably take 1 hour at least.                                                                                                     

I really hope you can help me, to help others, at the same time as helping yourselves.       

Hows that sound, good Yeah. I thought so. I hope to hear from you soon.

Cheers Carole.                                                                                        

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carole32
September 22nd | carole32
Re: Wanted help from W.A minti members.....Who are looking for a way to save extra money

I never really got enough people who wanted to take part in a on line type study. It hasn't stopped me wanting to help people. I know lots of calendars have gone off the site. If any of you need any help in anything on RSM just send me a message either via the site or via this site, I don't even mind if you want to meet up or talk on the phone about RSM. I'd be happy to help .Anyway for those who were waiting for the meeting I am sorry that in never happened.   I have saved $820 this year on the quicksave method. Can't wait to spend it on something better that groceries. Something fun like my Bali trip in November.  For those giving it a go. Drop us a line on the site and encourage others. PLEASE. Cheers, hope to here from you soon 



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llmunchkin
June 12th | llmunchkin
Re: Wanted help from W.A minti members.....

Hi Carole, this is great, but it isn't parenting advice persay... The best places for you to target the people you need are in your own personal blog, the group blog WA & the bulletin board, as well as the savings or anything free groups.  You should cut & paste it there to get a better response.



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      carole32
June 12th | carole32
Re: Wanted help from W.A minti members.....

Thanks for the reply. I will try putting it elsewhere. Although I have to say you do find lots of articles/advice and questions regarding saving money, shopping and budgeting on this section of the site. But what I might do so people who are not looking for this info, Is to change the hearing to stop confusion. I do appreciate your comments.

Cheers Carole 



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           llmunchkin
June 15th | llmunchkin
Re: Wanted help from W.A minti members.....

Yes, there are a few articles, (including your own), that offer advice about ways to save money, shop sensibly and budget; however this isn't one of them.  This doesn't actually contain any practical advice that can be put to use; an advice article should stand alone, this is more of a blog, or news bulletin.  It is also very limited because it is for people in your area, where as this is a global site.



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                carole32
June 16th | carole32
Re: Wanted help from W.A minti members.....

In response to your comments, which firstly I do appreciate you making, constructive critism is always a good thing. However I really do wish to set you straight on a couple of things. It was hard to an advice article completely about how RSM and RSM Quicksave works, after all I have devoted a whole website to the basic working of it. And believe me it does work I have used it for many years and have gotten quite a few people doing it. For me that is not enough  with the financial state of the world. Hence why I set the website up in the first place.

And whilst I am calling on W.A members to conduct the trial it is only so that I can prove to as many people that read the site that it works by following their progress. The other reason it's W.A is so I can do the coaching before they start.

It can be done anywhere in the world. The problem I have in doing calendars for anywhere in the world is firstly I would need to know when the public holiday occur and secondly what countries would I pick to do calendars for, where would I draw the line. After all there are a lot of countries worldwide.  

And maybe your right it is more a blog or bullentin, however I do feel if one wanted to follow the advice of doing or at least consider doing this method of saving. They would then go to the link and really read the whole site.  And the site actually gives you the knowledge on how to set your own calendar. And on the site I do tell people that I would be happy to help anyone set there own area specific calendar. I guess I see the pracical advice that you could put into practice as being the advice, to read the RSM website.                                                             

Lastly I am sorry that you thought it didn't contain practical advise, I hope that you may take the time to look at the website itself, then you may know for yourself that it can be done by anyone, anywhere in the world and that it is in fact global.  



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                     chrisharry
June 16th | chrisharry
Re: Wanted help from W.A minti members.....

Hi carole, my name is Chris and i loved your advice and tips on budgeting. I live in perth and have sent you an email however we are having problems with our computer and cannot send emails only recieve them .I'm surprised you haven't had more replys.Just like to say well done on your website and hope you persavere regardless of any negative inputs , personally i dont understand, anyway thanks and i hope i can contact you soon



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                          carole32
June 16th | carole32
Re: Wanted help from W.A minti members.....

I'll be sure to keep you updated so you can take part, if you wish to. I'm a little surprised too. But I do believe things happen when they're meant to. Thanks for commenting, I be speaking to you soon, I'm sure. 

Cheers Carole



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                     llmunchkin
June 16th | llmunchkin
Re: Wanted help from W.A minti members.....

Anything that helps people to change their shopping/spending habits and save money is well worthwhile... However this is an advertisement for your site that teaches people how to do that; not an advice article.  That is why there are no other votes or comments on it, I am surprised that nobody has reported it... I would guess that the reason it remains is that your intentions are great and you have submitted some other good articles on the topic.



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