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# Through the roof
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/through-the-roof-20080509/
- Published: 2008-05-09T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T19:32:35.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

With the price for seemingly everything on the rise, people are having to make tough decisions to cut corners and save pennies.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: What are you doing to offset the cost for everyday goods and services?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in the weekend edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 9, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/050908.pdf?ref=smdp.com)