Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to share a subscription. You can lower the cost,
Speaker 1: or at least get more fun and use out of
Speaker 1: a subscription by finding someone with a shared interest to
Speaker 1: share it with. Earlier this year, I finally decided to
Speaker 1: subscribe to the Allure Beauty Box. I'd heard about this
Speaker 1: subscription for years from people who liked the monthly shipments
Speaker 1: of sample sized beauty products. I don't use a ton
Speaker 1: of makeups or creams, but my daughter has been entering
Speaker 1: that stage and she likes playing around with different products.
Speaker 1: I figured maybe we could share a subscription. She could
Speaker 1: take the cosmetics and I would take the wrinkle creates,
Speaker 1: and that is what we have done. Whenever the box comes,
Speaker 1: we open it and split the loot. It's been a
Speaker 1: fun thing to do together, and we haven't had much
Speaker 1: conflict over two takes. What possibly because I am an
Speaker 1: adult and always give her first DIBs, but also because
Speaker 1: we like different things. More of the products get used,
Speaker 1: for sure than if I just had the subscription on
Speaker 1: my own. You may not be into the Allure beauty box,
Speaker 1: but perhaps there is some other subscription service that interests you.
Speaker 1: It might be hard to justify spending the money on
Speaker 1: something that's just fun. But if you split the subscription,
Speaker 1: you and someone else could both get used out of
Speaker 1: it and maybe each pay a little less. For instance,
Speaker 1: maybe you and a neighbor both like reading The Economist.
Speaker 1: That is not a cheap subscription, but maybe you split
Speaker 1: the cost and you work out a schedule for each
Speaker 1: of you sharing the issue that comes each week. Or
Speaker 1: maybe you and a friend both want to work out
Speaker 1: using an exercise video service. If you always watch the
Speaker 1: videos and do them to gather in the same room,
Speaker 1: it is perfectly legit to have one subscription for the
Speaker 1: two of you, and perhaps the bigger bonus you'll get
Speaker 1: to be working out with a friend. That's a lot
Speaker 1: more accountability. Now. Obviously, there are some limits to what
Speaker 1: you can do here. Netflix famously crack down on people
Speaker 1: sharing passwords. You can share a streaming subscription service with
Speaker 1: someone in your household, but probably not with a relative
Speaker 1: who lives two states over. I think there's also some
Speaker 1: question with stores that require a membership payment, whether you could,
Speaker 1: for instance, buy things for your sister while you're there,
Speaker 1: if you split the cost of a membership, I know
Speaker 1: people do this, but I'm certainly sympathetic that the stores
Speaker 1: might prefer you not do that. But what's something like,
Speaker 1: let's say a clothing service. If you and a friend
Speaker 1: are the same size, you could split what comes and
Speaker 1: get the buy at all discount. You could subscribe to
Speaker 1: a book of the month service, split the cost and
Speaker 1: agree to share these books with a friend with similar
Speaker 1: reading tastes. Each item gets more use or has more
Speaker 1: of a chance of getting used. You get to talk
Speaker 1: about the books with your friend, creating a mini book club,
Speaker 1: and the cost is lower. It might be worth giving
Speaker 1: it a shot. In the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,
Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura
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