Monthly Archives: February 2012

Utilize Classifieds

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The Thrifty Nickel Classifieds want to help you sell or buy anything your heart desires. And you may have more to sell than you realize. If you at all want to buy something, check through your house and see if you already own similar items. Say you want a new sewing machine, well peruse our pages. But, say you also already have one or two older sewing machines. They work, but you just don’t want to mess with them to get them fine tuned, you’d rather start over. Put your two machines in our paper! Don’t have multiple copies of the same thing. That’s as wasteful as throwing good products in the garbage.

In case you can’t find exactly what you’re looking for, we have an entire section entitled Wanted: Have Cash Will Buy on our website OurThriftyNickel.com. You can place an ad there stating the specifics of the item you desire. You may either advertise it as PAY CASH, or even as a trade.

This is what people are looking for right now:

WANTED BED for 2005 Chevy pickup and factory aluminum wheels, 8 lug. 432-218-7010.

NEED TO Buy a set of Commercial aluminum and glass double doors. 432-923-3347.

PAYING CASH Gold, silver, watches, dolls, costume jewelry, coin & stamp collections, Any collectibles. 432-459-2488.

We also have a handy mechanism on our website that allows registered members to make a running search for any item that meets their specific criteria. If the item gets listed, our website will alert you by sending an email directly to your inbox!

Advertise or find your perfect services with us at OurThriftyNickel.com. It really couldn’t be easier. Head over, sign up for an account and then place an ad!  Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Try it out! $5.75 for the first ten words, .40 cents per each additional word. One picture free with each ad!  And because we love you and appreciate your business, we offer you a second week free!

For those who prefer a human touch for your business interactions, feel free to call in and place an ad. Our helpful and friendly staff are available starting at 8:15 every day of the week. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday our phone transactions and business locations shut down at 5 PM, Tuesday at 6 PM and Friday at 4 PM.

For the Odessa office place your calls to: (432)333-4184

For the Midland office dial: (432)580-7777

If you’re out on the town running errands already, we’re conveniently located at 2611 N. Golder, Odessa TX, 79761. That address works for mail-in ads as well! We also have newspaper stands in most of your local stores! If we don’t have a stand in your favorite store, call us and we’ll get one there, just for you!

Utilize the Thrifty Nickel Classifieds, serving the Permian Basin for over thirty years, reaching over one hundred thousand households!

Online Advertising for Odessa Texas and Beyond

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The Odessa, Texas based Thrifty Nickel provides online advertising for everyone in the Permian Basin, broadcasting their advertisements nationwide– worldwide, even.

OurThriftyNickel.com creates a venue for swaps, purchases and wants. You could put an ad in the paper asking for a car for car trade, one to advertise your gigantic house clearing garage sale, or one to request that anyone who can find you vintage toys that you’ll buy for cash.

The Thrifty Nickel online projects your advertisements from the Permian Basin out to anyone has a computer. Perhaps you have a website you’d like to advertise. Place an ad with the Thrifty Nickel and anyone could see your ad, plus a great majority of the Permian Basin as we reach over 100,000 households.

Use our People’s Corner to find that special someone. Are you this guy’s special someone?

MALE SENIOR Seeking lady friend going to garage sales with, occasionally eating out, just enjoy each others company. 432-940-4504.

Sounds like a real swell guy. Ladies, hit him up.

If you have a bizarre collection, call out nationwide in our Nationals section to create a bigger influx of said item:

WANTED YEARBOOKS $15 each for any High School 1940-1988 not in our collection. yearbookusa@yahoo.com 1-972-768-1338

Send your terrifying high school memories to those fine folks!

Find an awesome log cabin that you’ve always wanted in our Farm & Ranch section:

LOG CABIN $3800, (original price, $23,800). 768 square feet, expandable to 1152 square feet, 101 solid oak logs, fully dovetailed, complete precut wall set with all plans for stone fireplace, 10-1/2 foot high ceilings, porches, loft, stack walls in two days, add roof in two days, extra nice, will haul to Midland for $1850. 870-577-5757, owner.

Advertise or find your perfect services with us atOurThriftyNickel.com. It really couldn’t be easier. Head over, sign up for an account and then place an ad!  Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Try it out! $5.75 for the first ten words, .40 cents per each additional word. One picture free with each ad!  And because we love you and appreciate your business, we offer you a second week free!

For those who prefer a human touch for your business interactions, feel free to call in and place an ad. Our helpful and friendly staff are available starting at 8:15 every day of the week. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday our phone transactions and business locations shut down at 5 PM, Tuesday at 6 PM and Friday at 4 PM.

For the Odessa office place your calls to: (432)333-4184

For the Midland office dial: (432)580-7777

If you’re out on the town running errands already, we’re conveniently located at 2611 N. Golder, Odessa TX, 79761. That address works for mail-in ads as well! We also have newspaper stands in most of your local stores! If we don’t have a stand in your favorite store, call us and we’ll get one there, just for you!

Remember, we provide advertising for Odessa Texas and Beyond!

Advertising for Anything and Everything

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If you need to advertise for an event, for a car, for something you want, for something you want to get rid of, use the Thrifty Nickel at OurThriftyNickel.com. The Thrifty Nickel has advertised on behalf of sellers and consumers in the Permian Basin for over thirty years, trust them to get your stuff sold!

With the advent of the internet, the Thrifty Nickel is now more searchable than ever. Go to OurThriftyNickel.com and search any field with the convenient search bar at the top of the page. If we don’t have what you’re looking for this week, create an account with our site at no cost and set up an alert for said criteria. That way, as soon as someone posts exactly what you’re looking for, our site will email you directly to let you know of its existence. It really could not be easier.

Perhaps you recently moved to the Permian Basin. We all know how difficult finding perfect accouterments for your new pad can be, especially by way of furniture. Nearly every town I’ve lived in, every house I’ve lived in, has remained baren of certain comforts for half a year. You can thrift every day, but that doesn’t mean your perfect couch, automan or end table will be there. Using OurThriftyNickel.com as an additional pair of eyes could help you avoid living with a cardboard box table to eat off of while you sit on the half-couch you found on the side of the road.

If you need a new bed, we recommend this BLOW OUT MATTRESS SALE with Twin Pillowtop Sets $139.99. Full pillowtop $159.99. Queen pillowtop $179.99. King $269.99. Over 2000 mattresses in stock and ready for you to take home today. We beat all advertised prices. 432-550-8605.

Sincerely, I can’t express enough how amazing it is when you finally find a good couch. It imbues all of your daily activities with a little extra motivation because you know that at some point, you’ll get to sit on your amazingly comfortabel couch that matches your decor scheme to a tee. This one sounds very nice and not wholly unlike my dream couch: BEAUTIFUL RED Tapestry couch and loveseat with wood trim. Good condition. Purchased at Carter’s, $875. 432-978-5574.

Buying furniture directly from someone moving, or needing more space in their home, helps another human being you can meet and see directly. Isn’t that so much better than going to a store and giving your hard earned money to a faceless entity? Check out this COFFEE TABLE & 2 matching end tables $250. Cedar Chest $175. Large lighted china cabinet $425. Dining table & 6 chairs $325. Buffet $200. King/ Queen black 6 piece bedroom suite $375. 432-222-0553, Midland.

Please, help your fellow man by searching and placing ads on OurThriftyNickel.com. Just click the tab on the top of the page that reads Place An Ad! You can click any subheading underneath that. $5.75 for the first ten words, .40 cents per each additional word. One picture free with each ad!  And because we love you and appreciate your business, we offer you a second week free when you place your ad online at OurThriftyNickel.com!

Thrifty Nickel: Advertising for Everything!

Get Thrifty with The Thrifty Nickel

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The Thrifty Nickel

Thrifting, garage sale-ing, and buying used all make my heart sing, and with the Thrifty Nickel as my microphone any searching I could have done on my own magnifies tenfold. Aside from essentially being a garage sale in and of itself with all of the bargain listings in the Thrifty Nickel, they also have an entire section dedicated to the advertisements of garage sales all around the Permian Basin.

If you, like me, enjoy the feeling of searching through piles of people’s discarded junk hoping to find a coveted treasure, the Thrifty Nickel can help you on your thrifty archaeological dig. Or, if you, more practically, have something specific in mind, peruse the Thrifty Nickel pages to see what each garage sale holds in store.

Buying new, especially for things like children’s clothing, makes very little sense. Brand new anything is expensive, but with baby clothes? Tykes grow incredibly quickly, leaving their parents with little baby clothing cocoons that, unless they plan on expanding the family further, have no real use once the babes are grown. Plus, the most amazing part of garage sale-ing is that, typically, the clothing you find, or the toys you see, are not from this year, or even last year. This allows you, the consumer, to find items more unique than you’d find in a store where everything sits in triplicate or quadruplicate on the shelves.

And, of course, there are other items to be found at garage sales and in thrift stores that are timeless, like tools. If anything, I trust a hammer that’s 20 years old more than a new one because it has proved it can stand the test of time. It’s also going to be a much more experienced hammer, having put more than a few nails in their place in its time, than the virginal no-nothing hammer you could buy at Walgreens.

So STOP WASTING Gas. One Stop Sale. 5715 N. Dixie. Thurs Sun. 9am 6pm. Everything From Books, Crafts, baby items, toys, china, crystal, household furniture, tools, collectibles, antiques, Just Ask we most likely have it or can get it. Call Joe 432-438-8137.

Or COME AND see us! Alladin’s Cave of Treasures. 2127 Kermit Highway, Odessa, 432-335-9177. 10,000 square feet of merchandise, collectibles, Oxen yoke, tools, CD’s, 8 tracks, books, glassware. Too many to mention. Looking for a certain item? Don’t give up till you visit Alladin’s Cave where you are welcome to browse at your leisure… See ya!

Please, indulge your thrifty urges by searching and placing ads on OurThriftyNickel.com. Just click the tab on the top of the page that reads Place An Ad! You can click any subheading underneath that. $5.75 for the first ten words, .40 cents per each additional word. One picture free with each ad!  And because we love you and appreciate your business, we offer you a second week free when you place your ad online at OurThriftyNickel.com!

Check the Thrifty Nickel for all of your Thrifty needs!

Thrifty Nickel Cars: A Better Deal Puts You Behind the Wheel!

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If you’re thinking about upgrading your transportation, check out Thrifty Nickel Cars for the best deals in the Permian Basin! For 32 years, the Thrifty Nickel Odessa has paved your way to better deals for new used wheels. Let us get you into a new ride today!

Did you just have your first child? Did you just find out that they’re not very compatible with sports cars? Well, rather than take your pristine Camero down to a dealership for a less than worthy trade in value, list your pride and joy on our website at OurThriftyNickel.com.

After you list yours, check out what our other patrons have posted. See their deals, find some steals.

Recently divorced? Check out this 1992 MUSTANG Convertible 5.0, automatic, $4,900. 432-664-8312, 432-664-2358. All the ladies will be up in your Ford grill for some lovin’.

A fan of the classics? Check out this 2000 CADILLAC STS, fully loaded, navigation, leather, new Michelin, 110K, runs & drives Excellent, Immaculate condition, Must See! $5,500. 575-420-3599. Sounds like a find!

Want something special? Try this 1982 CHEVY Custom short bed. Nice paint, new custom engine and transmission, titled street legal, good, extra parts. Must see. 1982 Chevy short bed for drag racing, runs good, extra parts, titled for non street. Will sell with/ without motor and transmission. Serious inquiries only. 432-661-5076, 432-218-6293.

Looking for a more utilitarian vehicle to help you tow and lift and carry? Look at this 2004 RUBICON, soft top. Perfect for towing. 432-337-7886.

If your’e a car enthusiast, we also have a myriad of auto parts listed in our classifieds to help you complete your dream buggy on a budget.

Is a motorcycle more your speed? Why not? It’s more economical what with the prices gas has been running for this entire century. Check out this 2011 POLICE Special Edition Harley Davidson Ultra Classic, XM, Stage 1, pipes, many extras, as new 1200 miles, $22,000 806 6703820, Amarillo russelldavis@suddenlink.net.

Advertise or find your perfect services with us atOurThriftyNickel.com. It really couldn’t be easier. Head over, sign up for an account and then place an ad!  Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Try it out! $5.75 for the first ten words, .40 cents per each additional word. One picture free with each ad!  And because we love you and appreciate your business, we offer you a second week free!

For those who prefer a human touch for your business interactions, feel free to call in and place an ad. Our helpful and friendly staff are available starting at 8:15 every day of the week. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday our phone transactions and business locations shut down at 5 PM, Tuesday at 6 PM and Friday at 4 PM.

For the Odessa office place your calls to: (432)333-4184

For the Midland office dial: (432)580-7777

If you’re out on the town running errands already, we’re conveniently located at 2611 N. Golder, Odessa TX, 79761. That address works for mail-in ads as well!

Be sure to stop by the Thrifty Nickel Cars Section!

Check the Thrifty Nickel Online First!

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You’ve looked high, you’ve looked low, but you can’t seem to find what you want at a price that’s fair. Well, don’t despair! Check out the Thrifty Nickel Online at OurThriftyNickel.com. We have anything and everything you could possibly ever want. Everything from used cars to used farm equipment to painters, bakers and candlestick makers!

Need a job? We’ve got plenty! Are pets your passion? Good news, friend! SISSY’S PET Grooming is looking for a Bather. Apply in person Tuesday Friday 7:30am. till 12:00am, 3304 W. Illinois Ave., Midland. 432-694-2275.

Just love driving? Can’t get enough? Find what most people call a grind to be soothing, almost meditative? DELIVERY DRIVERS NEEDED. Great for Retirees and students or someone looking for extra money! Must be dependable. Have reliable, economical transportation and be able to deliver papers on Thursday’s. Apply at 2611 N. Golder.

Want to start something all your own? Good news! SASSY GIRL Fitness Pole Dancing Studio now has space available for rent. Would like hair/nail salon, gym, womens boutique or anything along those lines. 1800sf. 1926 E. 8th. 432-258-7245.

Is the kitchen your true calling? Share your gift! NOW HIRING Cooks. Dos Compadres, 4019 JBS Parkway, Odessa. Apply in person. No phone calls please.

Do you have a large heart, brimming over with love to give? HOME CAREGIVERS Visiting Angels of the Permian Basin is seeking experienced caregivers to assist our clients in their home. Call 432-943-5600. Competitive hourly fees. Visiting Angels, 303 South Allen, Suite 14. Monahans, Tx 79756. Bonded and insured.

Already have a job, one that you like, but it makes you ready for the weekend on Wednesday? Well, if you’re looking to blow off some steam, we’ve got solutions for that too! Attend the PRE-SUPER BOWL Party. Saturday night, February 4th, 8 pm. Live music with Barkin Spiders. Corky’s Bar And Grill. 6705 Andrews Highway, Odessa. 432-362-3232.

Maybe you’re looking for something very specific. Well, if you sign up to become a member of the Thrifty Nickel Online at OurThriftyNickel.com you can set up an alert for what you seek. As soon as an item matching your description gets listed, we’ll email you directly!

And if you STILL can’t find what you’re looking for, you can post an ad for it in our Wanted: Have Cash Will Buy Section! Right now the section includes listings for someone’s master plan. I WANT to Buy Old Theater chairs. 432-517-5559. Give them your theater chairs! What else are you going to do with them?

Instead of throwing away your batteries, get cash! WE PAY CASH for scrap BATTERIES, Call 432-530-0533. Or bring them to Battery Technologies 520 FM 1936. Odessa.

Advertise or find your perfect services with us atOurThriftyNickel.com. It really couldn’t be easier. Head over, sign up for an account and then place an ad!  Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Try it out! $5.75 for the first ten words, .40 cents per each additional word. One picture free with each ad!  And because we love you and appreciate your business, we offer you a second week free!

For those who prefer a human touch for your business interactions, feel free to call in and place an ad. Our helpful and friendly staff are available starting at 8:15 every day of the week. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday our phone transactions and business locations shut down at 5 PM, Tuesday at 6 PM and Friday at 4 PM.

For the Odessa office place your calls to: (432)333-4184

For the Midland office dial: (432)580-7777

If you’re out on the town running errands already, we’re conveniently located at 2611 N. Golder, Odessa TX, 79761. That address works for mail-in ads as well!

Be sure to stop by the Thrifty Nickel Online Classified!

Advertising in Newspapers; a Centuries Old Tradition!

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People have been advertising in newspapers ever since a printing of the Boston News-Letter included the first ad seeking a buyer for an estate in Oyster Bay, Long Island in 1704. A little time after that, Benjamin Franklin began publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette in Philadelphia. His gazette included pages strictly dedicated to new advertisements.

The Thrifty Nickel in Odessa Texas carries on Mr. Franklin’s grand tradition but on a larger scale. We solely provide pages upon pages of advertisements for you to peruse and find the ultimate deal you seek.

While the incredible power of advertising was slowly discovered, it’s now been exploited to the point of the average American receiving over 100 advertisement inputs into their subconscious before breakfast. Such an inundation of pictures, catchphrases and other sub-psychological agendas forces most Americans, in some way, to purchase these new products.

Rather than provide you with the same fodder, the same message to buy new and buy new and buy new, the Thrifty Nickel facilitates an even older form of commerce, independent seller to independent buyer. We encourage, and help, you buy used. Just because the television proclaims a product superior to its successors does not make that a true fact, nor does it make buying new a financially viable or ecologically responsible idea.

Our lives, homes and planet already amass more junk than we know what to do with. Go ahead, walk around your house right now and tell me that the new Swiffer you bought for 34.91, which requires you to continually buy wet-packs and weird Swiffer pads at an additional and seemingly never ending cost, is better than a mop that cost startlingly less at around 8 dollars and does not need constant purchasing to make it run.

It’s the impulse purchasing of these products, slightly modified from their now seemingly primitive (but more largely effective) ancestors, that put us at an ultimate loss for cash when it comes to big purchases.

We at the Thrifty Nickel want to help you in any way we can. Both by providing you with a website that allows you, the consumer, to search for the exact product you desire without additional input about WHAT you should want to buy, and by collecting the largest amount of used items for you to search through.

Advertising in newspapers is a good way for you to unload all of the unnecessary gizmos and gadgets accumulated across a lifetime of commercialism. Find all of the things you never use, all the while knowing that somewhere else, someone else is thinking of buying exactly that, NEW. Which, is ridiculous.

Please, help your fellow man and ultimately the planet we all call home by searching and placing ads on OurThriftyNickel.com. Just click the tab on the top of the page that reads Place An Ad! You can click any subheading underneath that. $5.75 for the first ten words, .40 cents per each additional word. One picture free with each ad!  And because we love you and appreciate your business, we offer you a second week free when you place your ad online at OurThriftyNickel.com!

Think before you buy. New is NOT always better and in many cases, is actually worse.

The Thrifty Nickel, Odessa Texas, Bring Your Family Business To Our Family!

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The Thrifty Nickel in Odessa Texas opened its doors in 1980 when two youngsters with the dream of raising a family needed a plan. Tim and Gail Engelgau happened upon the opportunity to become the middlemen in dealmaking for everyone in their Permian Basin community.

They started small, with an office and a few layout tables, nurturing an office family the way they began to nurture their own with a new baby fresh out of the oven in 1987. Both the baby and the business grew.

While that growth allowed the Engelgau’s to expand to a Midland location, the heart of their operation remained, and still remains today, a neatly hewn family tree. Employing 25 full and part time staff at the Odessa branch, the paper remains incredibly local with the aim of bringing better deals to all who seek them. This is no conglomerate run by fat cats with slicked back hair and greasy ties. This is a business run by a family with the desire to help your family.

The Engelgaus balanced raising a family and business to provide you with opportunities to grow your own pursuits into gigantic bean stalks with not even the sky as their limit.

Do you dream of owning your own business? Let the Thrifty Nickel Odessa Texas assist you. Gail and Tim sent their children to a myriad of Odessa day camps and day cares to enrich their children’s social, motor and cognitive skills as well as to provide them with time to provide for you. Check our want ads for child care listings! Send your kids to MIRACLE ANGEL DayCare. 7-6 pm Mon Fri. 0-12 yrs. Meals included. WTO Accepted. Surveillance Cameras. 432-385-7430. West Odessa. www.miracleangelday care.com.

Utilize a home care service such as BETTER CLEANING By Julie. 12 Years experience. Inexpensive. Dependable/ Honest. Windows extra. Use own supplies. Home, office, make ready work. 432-528-0671. That way your abode can sparkle as well as your career!

Get your new office or home painted in your dream palate by QUALITY PAINTING. Residential/ commercial, Specialize in repaints, interior/ exterior, Also. Floors, doors & windows, drywall repair. 20 years Experience. Call Today for Free Estimates. Senior Discount. (We show up.) 432-260-8750.

Clear out all of the negative energy in your home or office to begin fresh and new with YOUNGBLOOD’S TRASH Service. Burn Barrels emptied $7. Appliances hauled, 16′ Trailer, for rent. You load it, I haul it. 432-381-5167.

The Thrifty Nickel Odessa can help you with absolutely anything you need. We raised an extra family in the Permian Basin to help you with all of your families needs. It sincerely could not be easier to buy or sell with the Thrifty Nickel Odessa Texas just head on over to OurThriftyNickel.com and place your ad today! Or head over to 2611 N. Golder, Odessa TX, 79761 to meet our business family!

See you soon!

Pick Up A Thrifty Nickel Free Newspaper When You’re Out!

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If you need a new set of wheels, I’ve got the free newspaper for you. The Thrifty Nickel, residing in Odessa and Midland Texas with 600 plus locations near the Permian Basin area, prints 36,000 papers a week and reaches over 100,000 households providing you with more choices and opportunities to buy and sell than any other want ads newspaper.

The practicality of shopping used resonates with all of us these days. It practically reverberates when it comes to large ticket items, like vehicles of any sort. And boy, do we have a myriad of automobile choices for you.

Perhaps you need a heavy duty vehicle to escort you through your hunting and fishing adventures like this 1976 FORD Broncho factory 302 V-8 factory 3 speed 4X4, dealer changed from column to floor shift, body in great shape. Small amount of rust on the floors in kick panel area. Recent maintenance on engine. Tune up and fuel system flushed out. New tires. I purchased from a 81 yr old rancher who put all the miles on it but 3000 miles. It would be easy to restore. $3800.00 or best offer. 432-934-2455. This broncho runs great!

Maybe you’re a hobby mechanic looking for a project. Check out this FOR SALE 1948 Packard. New paint. Running. Interior in good condition. $9,000 or best offer. Call 432-260-8228. How amazing would it be to fix up an old 1940s mobile and drive it around town?

Or if you’re a step ahead of the game, you already have your own vehicle, you just want to soup that bad boy up, check out our free classifieds for auto parts and accessories like these TRUCK SPOTLIGHTS: GO LIGHT searchlights and spotlights for sporting or work sites get the job done. West Texas Off Road, Odessa. 432-550-8070. Or these TRANSMISSIONS. 1981 to 2005 Chevy pickups/ suburbans. $600. 432-352-3458.

The best part about the Thrifty Nickel Classifieds is that we regularly stock news stands at all of your favorite stores. You can pick our paper up at any 7-11 , HEB’s, Albertson’s, Lowe’s Grocery stores, any La Bodega Restaurant,  and Stripes convenience stores. If none of these happen to be on your errand route, give us a call and we’ll supply them to your favorite store as well.

We’re all about convenience at the Thrifty Nickel, which is also why we provide a digital copy of our paper weekly over at OurThriftyNickel.com, as well as all the online ads for perusing.

In addition to the internet and all of the Permian Basin, we have over 170 fraternal newspapers across America. Any ad you run with us has the option of being forayed into other sibling papers countrywide. Not to mention the exposure gleaned by internet advertising.

Whether you need something, are selling something or just need to sell something check out OurThriftyNickel.com. Just click the tab on the top of the page that reads Place An Ad! You can click any subheading underneath that. $5.75 for the first ten words, .40 cents per each additional word. One picture free with each ad!  And because we love you and appreciate your business, we offer you a second week free when you place your ad online at OurThriftyNickel.com!

Check out the Thrifty Nickel free newspaper at your local grocer today!