What do you do to save money?

I have a local tree guy taking out a big old tree that’s threatening our neighbor’s house. He quoted me $1000 to drop it and remove it. I asked what he would charge just to drop it and I’ll take care of removal. He said $500. I said “DONE!”
And how I’ll get it removed is to advertise free firewood on Facebook. You cut and haul. Worked on the last tree we took out. :D