Frugal Tips: Entertainment

Forget renting movies at a brick-and-mortar store! Why pay for a leisure book that you will read one, on average? Why pay for television when most are available for free online? Perhaps the following ideas cut down on your entertainment expenses a bit:

• Movies
• Missoula Public Library
• Free rental of feature, box-sets, and main-library movies.
• RedBox
• Cheap new release and main library DVDs are available only $1.00 per day.
• Blu-rays are becoming increasingly available for $1.50 per day.
• Netflix
• Provides $5 unlimited streaming movies and TV shows.
• Works on your broadband-enabled PC, Wii, PS3, xBox 360, or other device.
• Books
• Missoula Public Library
• Provides 28 day rentals on thousands of titles.
• The Book Exchange
• Trade in your books for book purchase credit.
• Goodwill
• A variety of book genres are available for only pennies.
• Music
• Free internet radio
• Pandora
• last.fm