About SmarterCents.com

Welcome to Smartercents.com! Your journey to saving your hard-earned money begins here.

“What is SmarterCents.com” I hear you ask? It is just what the name suggests…a smarter way to save your cents; eventually adding up to nickels, dimes, dollars, tens of dollars, hundreds of dollars, thousands of dollars….you get the drift!

A wise man once said: “A dollar saved is a dollar earned !”. That one phrase sums up the entire premise of this blog. As the admin, I will try to share as many ideas as I have around the topic, and the only thing I ask of you in return is to help facilitate a healthy discussion by posting comments about any ideas or feedback that you may have for saving money.

“Alright Mr.admin…who the h*** are you and what authority do you have on the topic?”… I hear you ask yet again? Well, as far as having any authority on the topic, let me tell you straight up front: I claim no such thing! I’m just your regular guy, doing regular everyday things and trying to save money while I’m at it. So anything that I post here is most probably something that I have come across in my endeavors to save some moola. But since you’ve asked, let me give you some background info about me: name’s Sudeep Bapat. Originally from Mumbai, India. Did most of my high schooling in Bahrain (Middle East). Was lucky enough to get a Bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (some of the best days of my life). My insatiable craving to learn more (yeah right!) led me to a Masters degree from Purdue University as well. I now work as a Supply Chain Consultant for a company that makes supply chain planning and retail specific applications.

An interesting tidbit: In my college days, my friends would call me by the name ‘Mooch’. As the name suggests, I was often associated with the task of squeezing out the most value out of my money. Some of my friends would accuse me of being a miserly penny-pincher, but I think they were just envious of me! Hey, I was a poor college student then, so bite me! But over the years, I feel I have learnt more about the value of saving money, and I thought it best to share some of these ideas with the rest of the world. So here you are…’SmarterCents.com’. Enter at your own (financial) risk!

PS: I intend to post at least one article each week. As the discussion grows, I may look at posting more frequently.