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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is to share a subscription. You can lower the cost,

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Speaker 1: or at least get more fun and use out of

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Speaker 1: a subscription by finding someone with a shared interest to

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Speaker 1: share it with. Earlier this year, I finally decided to

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Speaker 1: subscribe to the Allure Beauty Box. I'd heard about this

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Speaker 1: subscription for years from people who liked the monthly shipments

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Speaker 1: of sample sized beauty products. I don't use a ton

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Speaker 1: of makeups or creams, but my daughter has been entering

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Speaker 1: that stage and she likes playing around with different products.

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Speaker 1: I figured maybe we could share a subscription. She could

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Speaker 1: take the cosmetics and I would take the wrinkle creates,

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Speaker 1: and that is what we have done. Whenever the box comes,

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Speaker 1: we open it and split the loot. It's been a

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Speaker 1: fun thing to do together, and we haven't had much

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Speaker 1: conflict over two takes. What possibly because I am an

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Speaker 1: adult and always give her first DIBs, but also because

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Speaker 1: we like different things. More of the products get used,

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Speaker 1: for sure than if I just had the subscription on

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Speaker 1: my own. You may not be into the Allure beauty box,

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Speaker 1: but perhaps there is some other subscription service that interests you.

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Speaker 1: It might be hard to justify spending the money on

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Speaker 1: something that's just fun. But if you split the subscription,

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Speaker 1: you and someone else could both get used out of

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Speaker 1: it and maybe each pay a little less. For instance,

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Speaker 1: maybe you and a neighbor both like reading The Economist.

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Speaker 1: That is not a cheap subscription, but maybe you split

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Speaker 1: the cost and you work out a schedule for each

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Speaker 1: of you sharing the issue that comes each week. Or

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Speaker 1: maybe you and a friend both want to work out

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Speaker 1: using an exercise video service. If you always watch the

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Speaker 1: videos and do them to gather in the same room,

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Speaker 1: it is perfectly legit to have one subscription for the

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Speaker 1: two of you, and perhaps the bigger bonus you'll get

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Speaker 1: to be working out with a friend. That's a lot

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Speaker 1: more accountability. Now. Obviously, there are some limits to what

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Speaker 1: you can do here. Netflix famously crack down on people

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Speaker 1: sharing passwords. You can share a streaming subscription service with

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Speaker 1: someone in your household, but probably not with a relative

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Speaker 1: who lives two states over. I think there's also some

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Speaker 1: question with stores that require a membership payment, whether you could,

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Speaker 1: for instance, buy things for your sister while you're there,

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Speaker 1: if you split the cost of a membership, I know

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Speaker 1: people do this, but I'm certainly sympathetic that the stores

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Speaker 1: might prefer you not do that. But what's something like,

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Speaker 1: let's say a clothing service. If you and a friend

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Speaker 1: are the same size, you could split what comes and

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Speaker 1: get the buy at all discount. You could subscribe to

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Speaker 1: a book of the month service, split the cost and

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Speaker 1: agree to share these books with a friend with similar

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Speaker 1: reading tastes. Each item gets more use or has more

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Speaker 1: of a chance of getting used. You get to talk

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Speaker 1: about the books with your friend, creating a mini book club,

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Speaker 1: and the cost is lower. It might be worth giving

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Speaker 1: it a shot. In the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura

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