Get Premium
Dark mode theme is available exclusively for premium users. Learn more about the benefits of subscribing.
No fees, cancel anytime.
Dark Mode 
No fees, cancel anytime 
then open in external browser
and click "Open in External Browser" 
30 Cheapskates So Cheap, Calling Them Frugal Would Be A Compliment, As Shared Online
Most people know they should be puttin aside a slice of their income even if they don't. Saving is an important habit to get into for a number of reasons — it helps you cover unexpected expenses, manage financial stress, and plan for vacations, just to name a few.
However, on the other end of the spectrum, there are folks who are calculating every penny and can't loosen up. Interested in the way they see the world, Reddit user Jray1126 made a post on the platform, asking everyone, "What is something the cheapest person you know does?"
This post may include affiliate links.
#1
Some of the cheapest people I've known have been incredibly rich. One of them used to be a client of my dad's. He had a huge company that outfitted retailers and large businesses with equipment such as shelves, registers, various logistics equipment etc. Basically if you're wondering where supermarkets get their "furniture" from, he's selling it.
At some point he bought himself a yacht, at a cool price of 5,500,000 euros. It was a huge boat, and he'd hired a Malaysian skipper to captain it and no one else, because he didn't want to spend a lot of money on crewing the boat despite it being huge and needing more than one crew member. Also of course he got the Malaysian dude because he was cheaper than hiring locally. One day he's out at sea, just him and the captain, when the weather takes a turn for the worst. Nothing the huge boat can't handle but the wind blew off a cushion from the open aft deck. The sea was rough, and wind was blowing, but for whatever reason this man was so determined to not lose the cushion that he had the poor captain jump in the water and try to retrieve it, all the while he was circling the area with the gigantic yacht and making the water even rougher than it already was. He was at it for close to an hour, and at some point the poor skipper had trouble staying afloat himself and begged to be let on the boat, all the while the owner was screaming at him to get the cushion. Ultimately he relented and got the poor guy onboard again and abandoned the cushion, which he obviously had the money to easily replace. That poor skipper nearly drowned because his boss was such a cheapskate he was willing to risk someone else's life than buy a new cushion. I know it was probably an overpriced cushion but definitely not something that would put a dent in that guy's wallet.
That was years ago. I'm not entirely sure what he's doing now or if he still has the boat but I hope he hasn't pulled more stunts like this.
WindySwede 2 years ago (edited)
That's not frugal, that's just "I care more about a cushion that some hired persons life, also I have a life insurance on him...." 😶 edit: spelling
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Imagine. Human beings are less important than cushions.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Cats are the most important of everybody! *stretches from her front toes all the way to the tip of her tail* *pounces the stretchy tail*
Load More Replies...
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 2 years ago
Um... If there was only 2 people on the boat, how the fck would this person know what happened - if it happened at all? The "malaysian dude" obviously wasn't a friend and I doubt that the owner of the boat would have told this story. Sounds fabricated to me. Chinese whispers style.
RELATED:
#2
At the bar we drink in rounds. If there are five of us, one of us buys five drinks, and then the next person buys five, etc. In theory, if everyone buys one drink each, no-one loses money.
There's a guy I know who ALWAYS waits until the final round and leaves before he can buy one.
Occasionally he will buy his round but only, seemingly, when he knows people are having more drinks afterwards. Then when the round comes back to him a second time, he will leave.
I totally understand if you're hard up of cash. But it's simple to say, 'I'm only having one or two drinks today so I don't need to be in a round.' You don't have to divulge anything else.
It's a really weird and cringey way of conning your own friends out of money. It's so cheap.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
If he's doing it deliberately yeah. But you also get groups of friends who are heavy drinkers when you aren't. It's not uncommon to literally have people drinking twice as much, which makes the whole "your turn to buy a round" thing a pain. As the OP said, best suggestion is to say "I'll get my own" but sometimes people don't want to hear that.
Load More Replies... Jez Coates 2 years ago
"Then when the round comes back to him a second time, he will leave. " so that's after 9 pints? Who knows what the actual f**k is happening then??
Insignificant panda 2 years ago
Had a friend who did this. And he'd accept a drink from anyone and never buy one back. Then he'd brag about how he'd hardly spent any money that night
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 years ago
I used to work with someone like that. No issues at all with anyone saying they aren't staying long or prefer to buy their own for any reason at all, but if you join a 'round' system, the expectation is that everyone will get their round in. We started just getting him tap water (with ice & lemon and sometimes an umbrella) which is free.
#3
My procuring staff always buy us the cheapest protective equipment available in market. We work in a biohazard lab. So using s**t quality PE may kill us someday. The best part is she doesn't even enter lab. F**k her "it's not i'm the one getting endangered" I don't get it. It's not her money getting used. It's company money. She don't have a reason to be cheap. I'm sure she's embezzling it
Vasana Phong 2 years ago
Sometimes certain managers or whoever in charge on ordering supplies, get a bonus when it’s below the allowable budget for the month
White Sauce Hot Sauce 2 years ago
Or they're getting kickbacks from the supplier.
Load More Replies...
Mabelbabel 2 years ago
I work in an NHS pathology lab. We have a central services ordering system-the lab manager decides what we need each month, based on what we've used in previous months, and forwards that on central services. That's based at another site, nowhere near the lab. One month, the lab manager was told he was ordering too many disposable gloves, and they slashed his order by half, because we were ordering more than other departments (pathology-bits of tissue removed from patients, blood and body fluids, and lots of chemicals means every member of staff wore gloves which were changed several times a day, but some dopey admin numpty decided we should be doing it bare-handed).
Nikki Gross 2 years ago
At the lab I worked at we actually had a minimum of what we spent per lab, since the FDA, AABB, etc. They would come in and that was one of the things that they checked to prove that we were properly using our PPE. Inspectors would even check our back stock to insure that everything was being used properly. Trust me, you guys would not believe how heavily blood banks are scrutinized by various organizations.
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 2 years ago
It's a control thing, and she probably has to answer to every cent spent. Don't blame the admin people - they are only doing what they are told.
#4
ask me for a cigarette every time he is around and if I say I don't have any, he pulls out his own pack and lights one of his own.
DC 2 years ago
During school, I hated that. I got a solution that worked fine: Some 20+ years ago, this was, and "Roth Händle" were already considered old peoples' cigs, and they were also considered a lot stronger than they actually were ... but, as nobody but me liked them, I could even offer one to everybody, which during about a year resulted in like 2 of them taken. After that, I learned to roll them myself, and that was even better - stronger cigs, half the price, everything better, yay and stuff.
Tereza Zuzu 2 years ago
Have friend like this. Twenty years ago was normal to smoke in a bar and we were there often. She has NEVER had her own cigarettes always asking for mine. Shy at first later without asking. When we finished a package, she somehow didn't notice and I had to buy another one...
Spittnimage 2 years ago
My ex-sister-in-law would chain-smoke her cigarettes then smoke my brother's and mine too. My brother caught on and next time he let her smoke all her cigarettes and when she asked for one of his he told her no and not to ask me either.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Ughhh I quit smoking but nothing would irk me more than someone asking for a cigarette and then sticking it into a pack full of variety bummed cigarettes
cugel. 2 years ago
Smoking in 2023 may indicate some personality traits, but frugality isn't going to be near the top of the list.
Kat Lyle 2 years ago
I know people who will eat no name brand food to keep up their cigarette habit.
Load More Replies... #5
On more than one occasion, he would take a road trip. Get within 200 km of his destination. (Max tow limit of his CAA plan) Pull his fuel pump relay.... then call a tow truck to take him the rest of the way and save gas.
Bear Hall 2 years ago (edited)
Save on gas they said. Wait around for hours for the towing truck they said. Fight with insurance agents they said. It was a great trip they said??!
Gamin Coda 2 years ago
I knew a guy that would get wasted at the bar and instead of calling a cab he would call a tow truck to take him and his car home.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Real smart until you do this too often and then actually need a tow. Never in my life have I dreamed of pulling a stunt like this and I never have enough gas
#6
When he gives to a homeless person, he takes change.
This isn't a joke, my uncle actually did this. His wife told him to give the guy some money, he only had a $5 note, so he took change back.
Ace 2 years ago
Well, it a couple of dollars is all you can spare, what's the problem? I'm sure the homeless guy would prefer that than nothing at all.
Load More Replies... 
#7
My sister invited me over to dinner and didn’t put any sauce on the pasta she served me. When I asked if I could have some sauce she said she thought it was a waste of money to use sauce on pasta.
She owns a condo that she rents out as an Airbnb, and advertised free Hulu and Netflix. She didn’t want to shell out the extra $7 a month to share her streaming service account, and when one of her renters mentioned that every time they went to watch Hulu it said that she was watching, called them a pain in the a*s. I had to explain to her that people don’t like being told they get a thing and then having that thing not available, so she reluctantly huffed and puffed and upgraded her Hulu account.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Yup. Imagine, adding sauce to pasta. Some people are just so entitled!
WindySwede 2 years ago
Putting the food on plates, a waste of money for dish soap. Eating boiled pasta, a waste of money on water and electricity..
Load More Replies...
WindySwede 2 years ago
Can't ever imagine why Airbnb have gotten a worse reputation over the years...
Jaya 2 years ago
Funny enough, at this very moment I am actually eating pasta without any sauce. Not to save on money, just because pasta is already really nice on itself, so I enjoy eating a bit of it without any other stuff obscuring that wonderful pasta taste. But not a whole plate though, it does get boring faster than pasta with sauce.
Nay Wilson 2 years ago
I love pasta, it’s my favourite food, but I’ve never eaten it without some kind of sauce. I do like to eat it with ketchup and salt 🙂 cheapskate
DC 2 years ago
Oh my. First of all, as every opportunity to mention this should be used: Cooking tomato sauce will fail, unless you listen to Black Sabbath while cooking it. Just listen to them, just cook as you'd do anyway, end of, done, ready, good and well. Second, your Sis is missing something. Tastebuds. Reasonbuds, too. Maybe buds in general? Does she even own a Black Sabbath record?
#8
Not someone I know, and not something I've witnessed myself, but...
A friend who used to work in a supermarket told me about an elderly man who used to *peel bananas* and put them in a plastic bag before weighing them and paying.
Agfox 2 years ago
If they're sold by weight, eat an apple while walking around the supermarket & use the self checkouts. The core won't cost much. Follow me for more sh!tty life hacks /s
DC 2 years ago
How do I cook stuff that I want to eat for free, but need being cooked? Or processed any further in any way... What if the supermarket I'm steating in doesn't sell any cookery equipment? Shall I bring my own fire then?
Load More Replies... 
Maarten VP 2 years ago (edited)
I remember the newsstation filming in a store and accidently filming a guy who put some tomatoes on a scale, lifted one back up, press the ticketbutton and then puting the tomato back down. This was all happening in the background. Registered on Belgium's national tv.
Jaya 2 years ago
There used to be an ad on tv where a woman would rip of the pieces of vegetables that you don't eat, before weighing. I think they had a slogan like "Why pay for the parts you don't need". It was for a health insurance where you could choose which things you wanted to be insured for and which things you don't expect to need (and ironically it was still more expensive than some other insurances where you were insured for all of them).
RavenTheCat 2 years ago
Where in from a bundles pretty cheap but plantain's are costly
Load More Replies... #9
A bunch of us girls from work started meeting once a month to go out to dinner together. No place super expensive, just a treat of a night out. We always split the bill evenly and because we know we're doing that, we all order appropriately (no one drinks tons of booze, etc) so it all works out even. Chintzo would only pay her part of the meal as it was on the menu, not including tax or tip. I realized it once after we'd walked out and I wanted to die of embarrassment because we wanted to leave a good tip but when someone doesn't leave their share of the tip it made us all look cheap. We stopped going out together shortly after that. It was just so tacky.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Easy way round this ; stop inviting the cheapskate, if she asks why, point out her shortcomings and f**k the consequences. If she's that stingy when she's out, how stingy is she being at work with her time and energy ?
Vasana Phong 2 years ago
We would order Chinese food at work, this one girl would only pay her exact amount, we all ended up paying her portion of the tip for the delivery driver, we stopped ordering with her, one time she ordered by herself and gave the guy a .50 cent tip, I felt so bad I gave him $3 even though I didn’t order anything, if you can’t afford to eat out, just don’t
David Schauer 2 years ago
1. Separate checks. ( i dont get this check splitting thing) 2. Uninvite her
#10
If my mom wants a coffee, she drives to her bank and gets a free (although pretty terrible, essentially brown water) cup of coffee
Mila Preradović 2 years ago
Drives? It would cost me more for gas and parking than the coffee itself...
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I wonder if this is just an excuse to get out of the house, but it's phrased as "I'm going to get a coffee". Maybe the Mom is fighting with Dad, or annoyed at kid(s) and it's more about disappearing for 10 minutes.
Load More Replies...
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Probably far more than the brown water. If she can't afford a coffee maker, she could buy instant. It would have to taste better than the bank's brown water.
Load More Replies...
Simba 2 years ago (edited)
How far is the bank? Petrol/gas is not free nor cheap so it would have overridden or exceeded the cost of the free coffee. 🤦♂️ If coffee at Starbucks and cafes is too expensive, stock up 3-in-1 (i.e. coffee + sugar + creamer) coffee sachets & use hot water. Delicious and save money.
Sandy Price 2 years ago
My aunt used to drive 45 mins-1 hr to get a .99 Whopper instead of 5 mins down the rd&pay1.29 for 1 or 2.99 for a whole meal. She argued w/you like crazy if you said anything. Insisted she saved more doing it her way.
Kim Shannon 2 years ago
LOL, yeah, but the gas money? I once knew a couple that would drive an hour (round trip) to save 2 cents a gallon on gas.
#11
Rarely uses auto air conditioning, for the sake of gas mileage. In Phoenix.
Landithy 2 years ago (edited)
When we first moved to the USA (originally from Australia) Husband used to refuse to turn the AC/heating on, because those things were only for pampered Americans or something, and he though turning the central heating would send us broke. We lived in Tennessee and I could cope with summer OK but god the first winter there was miserable. I spent most of it hugging a space heater in my office with a coat on. Thankfully he eventually relented after having to spend a significant amount of time in the house. Also I have gotten significantly better at communicating my needs and sticking up for myself over the years.
Mouse 2 years ago
Phoenix hit 118 degrees Fahrenheit, or 48 degrees Celsius, on July 18, 2023 this summer.
Elio 2 years ago
It's been 120 F before. I live in this hellscape and the only reason anyone lives here is the air conditioning unit, the most beautiful invention in history.
Load More Replies... Sandy Price 2 years ago
My family 100%. They'd let you die of a heat stroke before using the ac in the car. None even in the house at all, only box fans. But they'd blast the heat in both, close all the windows and all smoke cigarettes.
Bear Hall 2 years ago
Well, I never use my AC. I don't have the money to have it fixed. Thugh I'm not sure about saving on gas because I have to leave the Windows open.
Min 2 years ago
Exactly this. Driving with the windows open also uses more gas, admittedly possibly not quite as much.
Load More Replies... Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
I read that the drag on the car from windows being open is as bad on the gas mileage as AC or is that a myth?
KieLeaHar 2 years ago
Here in Australia, it can easily get to 40°+ in summer (104°+ Fahrenheit?). My toxic mistake ex is would whinge and carry on if I used aircon in the car, then when I said I wanted to get it in the house, fought me on it.. so I put it in the bedroom and whenever it was on, purely just to be a tool, I guess?? He refused to be in there.: suited myself and my 5 furbabies fine though. None of us liked him. 🤷♀️ Longggg story.
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 2 years ago
Modern cars don't use more fuel with air con, as the motors are more economical now.
#12
This happened years ago but one guy in our group after going for dinner or drinks would hang back and take the rest of the group's tips and leave next to nothing
Hokuloa 2 years ago
God. Used to know a guy who did this. You couldn’t let him be last to put in cash on a shared tab or he’d “adjust the bill.” At times this meant he’d decide what was there was already enough and he would put nothing in. Ugh.
Beth H 2 years ago
Omg I knew someone who did the same thing. Shameful. Once we caught on we would take care of collecting the money for the bill and tip and tell him exactly what he owed
Load More Replies...
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
My friend used to go eat Mexican food every Tuesday with a group of friends. One friend insisted on paying with his card, so the group would give him cash. One time, my friend told the waiter that the restaurant must love having them there every Tuesday. The waiter asked why. Because we leave a nice tip. Actually, said the waiter, the person who pays with the credit card never leaves a tip. So he would keep everybody's tip money until they found out.
detective miller's hat 2 years ago
I knew a guy in high school who did this. Then he escalated to hanging back to take ALL of the money (the tips AND the money we left to pay for the food). We found out when we went to our favourite diner and the manager threatened to call the cops because we had eaten there the week prior and left without paying.
Catharina Geerts 2 years ago
That's soooo low, especially if this is in a country where servers depend on tips for a good deal of their income. Downright robbing!
#13
Only flushes the toilet once a day, boils his hot dogs in hot water, then uses the hot water for his instant coffee.
Agfox 2 years ago
Well, "If its yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down" may apply here on some days if you live in an area with severe water shortages
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Yeah, the first might sound gross but it's probably better for the environment. Heck the second is probably better for the environment too, but you've gotta taste it lol
Load More Replies... Daya Meyer 2 years ago
Why not both? Drinking hot dog flavoured instant coffee sounds absolut horrible.
Load More Replies...
#14
When I was a kid, the local newspaper had a contest that asked this question. The winner was someone who knew a guy that used the bathroom at other people's houses to save money on toilet paper.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
If it's 3 am, and the doorbell buzzes, it better not be the neighbor wanting to pee!
John Dilligaf 2 years ago
knew a person who would take rolls of TP home from work. That horrible 1 ply industrial TP that cheap corporations put in their bathrooms. They stole that.
#15
It's me. I'm the cheapest person I know.
I still wear the same swimming trunks that my mom bought me when i was 15. I'm 40 now.
I ride my bike most places around town instead of driving (i live in California, gas is really expensive here)
I won't buy clothes or shoes unless they are on sale. (Starting to do this with food too)
I only subscribe to one streaming service per month (i rotate through them)
I drive a 2012 beater nissan because it's paid off.
About 1000 other things in my daily life. I try to save money literally everywhere I can.... I am not poor, far from it. But i grew up poor.
Edited to add - my grandparents on Christmas, would open gifts with a pocket knife to cut the tape at the seems, so as not to rip the paper, my grandmother would then iron the wrapping paper to flatten it back out for reuse.
Roger9er 2 years ago
That last part about reusing wrapping paper is actually quite smart and....environmentally friendly!
Mila Preradović 2 years ago
Well, riding a bike is good for both you and the environment, especially in a nice place like Cali. 2012 for a Japanese car is almost as good as new. Clothes and shoes are so overpriced that I too would feel like a dùmbass for buying them at regular price. And you don't really need multiple streaming services, who has time for it anyway? I've had HBO for years, still can't catch up with everything. But the swimming trunks is where I draw the line 😁my God, how do they still fit? 😂
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Because he's riding the bike everywhere. Exercise is a useful thing for making clothes fit :P
Load More Replies... Nikki Gross 2 years ago
I spent years working 8-16 hours a day running around on concrete floors from the time I was 15 years old until 42. I would wear shoes until the soles were falling off, I would even use inserts to try and make them last longer. Because of that I ended with really bad feet, knees and lower back because I was to cheap and didn't replace my shoes. So now, I wait for a sale and will go buy 2 pairs of shoes with really good insoles and alternate between the two. I went from working in a high volume bakery in a warehouse to the healthcare industry and both require being on your feet 100% of the time. My point is that it's okay to want to save money but not when it becomes as an expense to you health.
Vasana Phong 2 years ago
Well… when you grew up from having nothing, in adulthood some would still have the mindset to be careful with spending , while some go all out crazy, guess who’ll survive towards the end
WindySwede 2 years ago
Cries in Swedish: the gas/dieselprice... gas $1.92 per liter, diesel $2.34 per liter. Price per gallon, multiply with 4,55.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Tell me about it. When I bought my first car diesel was about 2/3 the price of petrol. So it made me really happy. Now it's more expensive :(
Load More Replies... #16
I knew someone who'd "buy" a pack of batteries or light bulbs, take out the new ones and replace them with the dead ones. The next time he'd go back to the store he'd take the dead ones back and return them saying they didn't work and got his money back. That man had not legitimately bought light bulbs or batteries in years
#17
My mother. She’s almost 90 and grew up on the back end of the Depression, raised by a single immigrant mother. She will rinse and reuse aluminum wrap and paper towels. Yes, paper towels! So that’s fine if you’re living on a fixed income, but she and my dad are very comfortable. Very. Old habits die hard, I guess.
Agfox 2 years ago
Newspapers used (maybe still are) to be delivered to your door wrapped in clear plastic. I knew someone who re-used the plastic to wrap their husband's & kid's daily lunches
hhh cubed 2 years ago
Ok, I have done this with paper towels myself, at a relatives place years ago; her husband complained about the cost of paper towels after seeing me take a half section of one for in front on my coffee machine. To make a point, I re-used it for a week, rinsing it, folding for squeezing the water out, then carefully unfolding and draping it over the machine to dry for the next day. This was almost 20 years ago. So now, I don't buy paper towels but instead, use cloth napkins and clean up spills and messes with a kitchen cloth.
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
My wife re-uses baggies after washing them with soap. She grew up very poor.
Sunshine Lady 2 years ago
We are well off, but I reuse aluminum foil - I have a big piece I use for covering pastries, bread and dishes, I use it rarely so I havent bought a roll in years.
#18
My Sister in law received private tuition for her two children from TWO different relatives by complaining she needed the money. She is worth many millions…
KieLeaHar 2 years ago
Sickness, even. Greed. Makes people do disgusting and crazy things.
Load More Replies... Timbob 2 years ago
A friend ‘s girlfriend canceled her garbage pick-up and started to put her trash in a nearby mall’s parking lot containers. The mall saw her mail, and sent her a legal action warning. She stopped. Started to bring her garbage to her boyfriends’s house 20 miles away. She was worth about $15 million !( Her boyfriend was even worse!)
#19
My cousins once got me a $5.00 Starbucks gift card for Christmas that had only $.10 on it.
Richard Michael 2 years ago
Next time, buy a new gift card, and give him the old one with the receipt. He will have a lot of fun explaining that one when he tries to return it.
WindySwede 2 years ago
Also the thing with giftcards. Spend good money on something that just can be used at one store/chain?
Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
That usually have a fee to activate. So the store gets basically free money now on the promise that they may have to give product in the future. So your paying the store to give them a no, effectively negative due to inflation, interest loan that they probably won't even have to pay off in full and even if they do it's with product that costs them less than the money and the person collecting usually gives them more money on top. Oh also they make great vehicles for money laundering.
Load More Replies... #20
A woman I used to work with years ago told me that her very elderly uncle only had one light bulb left in his house, so whenever he went into a different room he would unscrew the light bulb from the lamp in the current room and bring it into the new room and screw into the lamp in there. He refused to buy new ones because he thought they’d outlive him.
Landithy 2 years ago
Depending on their age/location, the "very elderly uncle" might have lived through the Great Depression or WWII rationing. I know a lot of elderly people from my grandparents' generation who had all kinds of odd habits like that as a result of living through extreme scarcity. I guess you could call it a mental issue, but it's basically a pretty normal trauma response.
Load More Replies... WindySwede 2 years ago
I would eventually end up accidentally sticking my fingers in the hole without bulb in it, when tired..!
#21
My buddy from college was generally extremely cheap to the point of absurdity. He lived with his girlfriend and her 3 roommates who were on the lease and he wasn’t. His girlfriend’s parents paid her rent and didn’t want her living with him, so he didn’t split it with her. But he also didn’t pay the roommates to offset their share of rent. They two of them didn’t pay for wifi, and instead would access a network that allowed 30 minute “trial access” if you put in an email. So every 30 minutes they’d get booted off and have to make up a new email.
Donald 2 years ago
They both sound like bums, match made in heaven right there.
Load More Replies... #22
A friend allways runs the car on almost empty gas tank. He has run out several times. He has money, but seems to hate to part with them. He also borrows $5-10 every now and then if we are in a shop or restaurant, even if he has thousands in the bank. If we go to a restaurant and have separate bills, he is very careful of what he orders. If we divide the bill equally among us he orders a lot of expensive items.
Sweet Taurus 2 years ago
Honestly running you car to E all the time is harsh on the fuel pump and will end up costing more money in the long run. If my Dad happens to get into my car and I have a 1/4 tank I get the talk lol. He's been a mechanic my entire life.
DJR 2 years ago
I once had a car that would burn up the ECU if you ran it out of gas. 89 Chrysler New Yorker (shared 100% of running gear with every other dodge/chrysler car late 80's to mid 90's).
Load More Replies...
#23
He has calculated how much money he saves by going to the restroom at work instead of at home. He tries to never do it during his lunch break, because then he will also get paid while he is in there.
Ash 2 years ago
Apart from the calculations obviously, that's just a waste of time
Load More Replies...
Anner Girl 2 years ago
I knew a lawyer who said he never s**t on his own time. He said he'd "think of a client" and then bill them while he was on the throne. We just had an estate tax done and our lawyer billed us for "talk with __" who had passed. Did they use an Ouija board or were they on the crapper, too?
alittlelights 2 years ago
boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that's why I poop on company time.
Load More Replies... #24
Haggles the price of already dirt cheap clothing at garage sales. Like $0.25 for a pair of mildly used socks. "Can I get 3 pairs for $0.30?"
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
Psychologists have found there are two mindsets to gathering resources. Type 1 tries to minimize cost. Type 2 tries to maximize savings. Type 1 will buy a bottle of mustard smaller than they actually need because the smaller bottle is $.30 cheaper. Type 2 will buy a larger bottle than they need because it has a $.30 coupon. The person who haggles at the garage sale is all about the savings, not the cost.
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
That is why I buy guacamole at Costco in the oil-drum size
Load More Replies...
michael Chock 2 years ago
I knew someone who did this for fun. It was a challenge for them to get the lowest price.
#25
Very wealthy exBF would buy clothes, wear them and return them anytime he went out or had an event.
WindySwede 2 years ago
Then he have to pay, this "nice guy" don't do that.
Load More Replies... Mia Black 2 years ago
If to many people do this, this may lead to the decision that shops won't take back clothes even if they are not fitting. Abuse of the system I would call this and probably more poor people will suffer from this
WindySwede 2 years ago
It's always the few(?) who will f**k it up for the rest!
Load More Replies... Anner Girl 2 years ago
had customers who would do this with framed art. Boss knew they were having a party and let them do it anyway.
#26
Back in college we would go to a fastfood restaurant to eat. This one guy would get a burger or something that's it. Pick at other people's fries Towards the end of the meal he would grab someone's cup, even if they weren't and say you are done with that. Go get himself a free refill of soda.
Paul C. 2 years ago
Company I worked at put a table of fruit out for the staff once a week. Probably enough for everyone to have two or three pieces each. Whilst covering reception I caught one of the many consultants, who were being paid waaay more than normal staff, busily stuffing a shopping bag full to the brim with apples, bananas, pears, oranges and many more. Told him to take just a couple, to which he said butt out. Wrong answer. Moved towards him and said he had three options 1.He put them back or 2. I spoke to HR or best of all 3. I would do my best to, how shall I say, persuade him. He put them back.
The Deez 2 years ago
OHMYGOSH! My friend's husband owns a real estate company, and they had a bowl for their employees that they would fill with really good snacks. One morning, it was completely empty so, out of curiosity, they looked at the security footage and realized it was one of their couriers who had taken everything! If I'm remembering correctly, my friend mentioned it to him the next time she saw him and he got a little bit belligerent, so they kind of felt like they needed to let his boss know. (He worked for a third-party company) He came thiiiiiissss close to losing his job over some granola bars!
Load More Replies...
Nikki Gross 2 years ago
We used to have company picnics that were for an employees plus one. One lady would show up with 6 kids and bring foil, so that way she could load up 7 plates as full as possible and leave with her kids. I'm not talking about just cheap hamburgers and hot dogs but Brisket, ribs, smoked sausages, etc Stuff that actually cost money. She never stayed, just came for the food and would leave. After 3 years straight of doing this, the freaking president of our blood bank actually banned her from coming to anymore company picnics.
Kalon Suszko 2 years ago
Same with people at all you can eat buffets. See them walking back to their table balancing 3 overstuffed plates on each arm...stuffing the food into ziplock bags. Don't see all you can eat buffets much anymore...wonder why. :P
LadyVischuss 2 years ago
When our family used to go to a buffet my father would tell us to eat the meat not too much salads and stuff. He knew the meat was the expensive part and after all it died for you. Don't waste it. When I was a child, before kindergarten, our school used to have hotdog day or hamburger day. My mother was one of the room mothers so she would go on lunchtime and pass out the food when it was her turn. My father wouldn't give her the dollar and half for me to have my own lunch because he knew I would eat it all. So I went from desk to desk getting a bite here and stealing some chips there. I still tease my mom The days when I had to beg for food.
Load More Replies... #27
A friend of mine used to use a plastic sandwich bag as his wallet.
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
A plastic sandwich bag fits more bills than most, if not all, wallets. So he's not cheap, just rich. :)
Colt Seavers 2 years ago
yup, I used to keep all my change in an empty cigarette pack: worked a charm
Load More Replies... HotDog Water 2 years ago
this makes it easier to see what's in there. i use a clear sandwich bag for my makeup that i keep in my handbag. makes it easy to see where my lip gloss is so i can just grab it instead of digging around
White Sauce Hot Sauce 2 years ago
I don't even have a wallet. I just use a binder clip to hold my cards and cash together.
#28
Separating 2 ply TP into single ply. Replacing brake pads with blocks of wood found at construction sites. Turning water heater off during the day to save electricity. I could go on. . .
Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm 2 years ago
Replaces brake pads with blocks of wood??? Isn't that extremely dangerous?
Daya Meyer 2 years ago (edited)
Isn't turning an electrical device off if you don't need it the normal way to handle them?
Kalon Suszko 2 years ago
would be a site to see going down the road, if those wooden brake pads caught fire after getting to hot.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Most modern ones aren't "on" all the time, they have a thermostat so they only click on to heat the water as needed.
Load More Replies... Charley128 2 years ago
Actually, turning off the water heater, when your not using it, is a good idea.
François Bouzigues 2 years ago
Turning water heater off should be mandatory. Ours runs 4-5 hours a day, and it is more than enough for our family of 5.
#29
Anytime there's a cheap greasy spoon style restaurant where you go to the counter to pay he'll first take every napkin at the table in those dispensers then at the counter take every single toothpick and piece of candy. It's even more of a bonus for him if it's a Denny's type of restaurant and they put a basket of individual packs of jams and peanut butter. Eyes light up like it's Christmas.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
At wawa, people steal the entire canister of marshmallows off of the coffee bar. All the time. As soon as you put it out, someone steals it and they don't get that many in their shipments. So next time you are at wawa and there are no marshmallows for hot chocolate, just know that's why.
Cindy Brick 8 months ago
I had an uncle who was famous for doing this: "After all, we're paying for it..."
#30
My grandmother lived during the Great Depression and imparted some odd quirks on my father. The food choices were the strangest. He used to make me and himself sandwiches with tomato, peanut better and mayonnaise.
Agfox 2 years ago
My maternal grandmother, born in England in the 1890's, used to make us sandwiches with bread & dripping. For those not old enough to know, dripping is the solidified fats from roasted meat. I remember the sandwiches as being delicious
SheamusFanFrom1987 2 years ago
Some drippings are actually good. When having kebab or shawarma, NEVER forego the drippings. It would be your biggest lost ever.
Load More Replies...
Daya Meyer 2 years ago
Tomato and Mayonnaise Sandwich doesn't sound that bad, but definately not my first choice. But who on earth thinks that adding peanut butter is a good choice??
Bols 2 years ago
Someone who lived through the Great Depression..? I mean it had sustenance for sure, poor people in desperate times used to eat far worse things
Load More Replies...
#31
My husband wanted to wear a shirt that his ex wife got him in 1990 to our wedding in 2015. He said it was still in good shape.
I set him straight and he ended up “splurging “ on a new shirt.
It’s not a money issue because we’re very comfortable. It’s a “why would I buy something new when I already have something wearable” issue.
Also, he has a hat that he wears when he’s gardening or we are out for a walk. The front of it ripped. Rather than get a new one he sewed a piece of random fabric across the entire front of the hat. He only wears it if he’s going out alone because no one in the family will be seen with him when he wears it.
Ace 2 years ago
Yes, why would you buy something new when you still have something wearable? Sensible policies for a better world.
Rahul Pawa 2 years ago (edited)
I think wearing a gift from the ex-wife on your wedding day with your new bride is a reasonable exception to that policy. If it was any other event (or gift giver), it wouldn't matter.
Load More Replies... Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 years ago
I'm totally on board with the "why would I buy something new when I already have something wearable" concept, but I WOULD draw the line at wearing something to my own wedding that has been bought for me by an ex. That would seem a bit insensitive.
Daya Meyer 2 years ago
To wear the wedding dress from the first wedding would be weird. But wearing a generic plain white shirt no one would notice? Come on!
Load More Replies... Landithy 2 years ago (edited)
Isn't that normal? You have one formal suit and dress-shirt and wear them until they fall apart/don't fit anymore? And (particularly if you are over 40) when you finally have to replace them, you go back to the place you bought the original one when you were 22, and complain loudly to anybody who will listen that the store has closed down and been replaced by a McDonald's.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Perfectly reasonable on both counts, especially the hat ; My flat cap has several patches on it having been mauled by my dog, run over when it got blown off my head and got trapped under my neighbours moving car and, the one that nearly finished it off, when it fell into my mixer when I was mixing compost and grit for the garden. It is unique and full of character ; not a heap of c**p as my Wife calls it.
#32
If I don't think a paper plate is dirty enough I just wipe it off and use it again. I'm single though so it's not like I'm making other people use it.
I also put water in the bottle if I'm almost out of shampoo/body wash
Daya Meyer 2 years ago
The first one is silly. Why not buy real plates, wash and reuse it like a decent human being? You can do it many, many times without the need to buy paper plates. The second: Is that not the usual way to handle it? Back in the time before I had known about shampoo bars, that was a normal Thing.
Kalon Suszko 2 years ago
Maybe coz some of us single people are just to lazy to feel like washing dishes. They tend to pile up in the sink. Especially when you choose to live alone, it doesn't matter then.
Load More Replies...
Jihana 2 years ago
Doesn't everyone do this with almost empty shampoo bottles? Even if you can't squeeze any more out, there is still a ton left.
Daya Meyer 2 years ago
The same with tooth paste, shower gel or dish washing liquid.
Load More Replies... 
kath morgan 2 years ago
Did you know you can buy plates that are designed to be reused?? Wow lol
Kalon Suszko 2 years ago
I do the same here, bread crumbs ain't dirty. brush the plate off outside then the birds come and eat them up. Water in the shampoo/conditioner bottle, can usually get another week or two of showers out of that bottle.
#33
My father in law refused to pay for cable or streaming because real tv came free. My MIL wanted cable all her life and didn't get it until he died. He wouldn't get garbage collection and just drive his garbage 30 miles to the landfill himself every month. By that time it smelled bad, and he and his truck would smell bad when he made the trip. Drawer full of ketchup, mustard, soy sauce, and salsa. Left overs are a part time job.
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 years ago
You have to pay extra for household waste collection? In the UK this is paid for from our council tax. It's only very large items or excessive amounts of rubbish that need taking to the refuse & recycling centre.
Fran Morasco 2 years ago
Depends on the area you live in. Rural areas are far apart and you have to pay a trash company to come out. Cities and suburbs are collected through local government.
Load More Replies... Nikki Gross 2 years ago
Our sanitation and recycling fees are tacked on to our water bill in the municipal that I live in. Trash is once a week and recycle is every other week and if you want an extra garbage can like we have to use then it's an additional fee. Our city just started recycling less than 10 years ago so it took awhile for everyone to get used to it.
Sweet Taurus 2 years ago
I haven't had cable tv in decades. I have an air antenna from Walmart. I just don't watch enough tv to want to pay for cable.
#34
My dad unwraps presents very carefully and reuses the paper. He freezes the wrappers to butter sticks and uses them later to grease pans for cooking or baking.
Kalon Suszko 2 years ago
I love to use bacon grease when cooking breakfast!
Load More Replies...
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Again, this is frugal, not cheap. Frugal is when you save money in one area so you can spend it elsewhere. Cheap is when your frugality negatively affect others.
#35
I know a couple who deduct the tax, and the credit card charge before they calculate the tip, in a restaurant
Kim Shannon 2 years ago
I once knew a couple that carried a big bag of change and paid the tip out that way to the penny. The tip should be $.5.51? YOU KNOW they never rounded it up.
Tiffany Wilson 2 years ago
Went to Waffle House the other day and their menu clearly stated tax included in price. So nice to see here in the States!
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
First, tip culture is stupid and the "rules" have become too byzantine. Second, I have a job that is tip dependent and a majority of my customers don't cut out the taxes and credit card charges when calculating it. They understand that the tip is taxed as well. It also requires way less math.
Load More Replies... #36
My mate who owns a near million dollar property (without a mortgage), makes great money and has good savings, literally just won't eat some times mostly because he's cheap. I remember housemating with him, and his GF would come over at 10pm and be like "whatve you eaten today" and he'd answer "nothing" and absolutely not be kidding. This guy could order ubereats 3x a day and it wouldn't bother him financially. But he still just literally skips eating out of cheapness.
Ace 2 years ago
TBF it's probably more just forgetfulness than deliberately trying to save money. I don't do regular meals/times when I'm on my own, so sometimes I might remember late in the evening that I've not eaten anything all day and end up with a late-night snack rather than a proper meal.
René Sauer 2 years ago
My sister had a boyfriend who somehow survived on mostly Iced coffee (European version). She had to downright beg him to eat SOMETHING every day.
Daya Meyer 2 years ago (edited)
I am not sure about this. Wouldn't someone with an eating disorder lie about that to hide it?
Load More Replies... Kalon Suszko 2 years ago
You eat when your body tells you it is hungry. I weigh now at 60 the same that I did when I was a teenager, 6-3 and about 165 lbs. That is why 80% of the population in the US is overweight. This has nothing to do with being cheap, just not hungry enough to shovel food into my mouth.
#37
My father in law has millions in the bank, but he won't pay 50 cents extra for bacon on his cheeseburger even though he really wants it. It's the poor person he once was that will not let him get "extra".
cugel. 2 years ago
If I won the lottery, my bet is I'd do similar sorts of things, because it's not so much the money, but who you have been shaped into by circumstance.
Kalon Suszko 2 years ago
I'd be the same way, with two exceptions, an exotic car, and a kick azz PC gaming setup. Besides that would still be as cheap as I am now.
Load More Replies... Mia Black 2 years ago (edited)
This hard learned habit came with shame and emotional stress. It's hard to leave this behind. I am far from rich (in fact I have to live frugal at this point in my life) but I could treat me a bag of chips for example and still always feel guilty of it and have to think of is really worth it (I had this in slightly better times too)
#38
My dad used to save lead wheel weights. He'd stop the car and turn around to grab one. Once he had enough he'd melt them down to make fishing weights and the like. I always questioned if the lead smelting had some part in his health downfall. He left uckets of weights left in the garage along with lots of other things I'm in the process of organizing. He was the thriftiest person I've ever known, saving everything. Sometimes it came in handy, other times the habit was not so cool. Even worse, as my parent and role model, he programmed me to be the same way.
#39
Had a friend who needed to buy a dryer but waited forever to do it. Maybe to buy it used. In the meantime, little bro tried to navigate the domestic arts and hang his laundry to dry. Somehow, this man didn’t know how to do it and was not hanging them somewhere they dried before becoming mildewed. He smelled like s**t for months. So gross. Edit to add: same dude also brought a gallon bag of Christmas ham that his mom gave him on a ski trip. He carted the warm ham to and from the mountain each day and ate fistfuls all week. He would throw loose granola bars and oranges in with the ham in the morning then use the bag to store wrappers and peels each day until he transported it back in the motel fridge. We had some weird stares that week. I remember one family moved away from us because they were so grossed out by him just munching, open mouthed, on a fistful of ham. I’m not usually embarrassed by frugality but I thought that one was just vile.
Stardust she/her 2 years ago
Dryers aren’t that necessary really. You just need to have a few hangers, clips and something to hang your clothes from to dry
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
The necessity largely depends on circumstances. I'm disabled and can't manage the task of hanging clothes on a line, but I can handle pulling clothes from the dryer. Also, it rains here a lot, and the only place in my house with enough room is the basement, which is damp. For me, it's a necessity.
Load More Replies... Landithy 2 years ago (edited)
OK that last bit isn't frugal, it's just gross. I hardly ever use my dryer though. It's the norm to hang washing out where I'm originally from, and I find it makes my clothes last longer. No idea where Little Bro was hanging his washing to make it that gross. Outside in the rain maybe?
Nikki Gross 2 years ago
It's way to humid where I live, plus I have really bad back problems and we have always had way too many people in our house for that to work.
#40
Ice cream where I live comes in plastic tubs. We often use those tubs as Tupperware.
Jihana 2 years ago
Doesn't everyone? I've been given Christmas cookies in an ice cream container by a friend, and she actually asked that I give it back to her.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I use a couple as dog bowls (for water not food).
Load More Replies...
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 years ago
The best way to reduce plastic usage is to reuse & reuse until it's too damaged. Plastic containers are so easy to wash out.
Stardust she/her 2 years ago
My teacher has been packing her lunch in an icecream tub for the past several months
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
All my "tupperware" is reused plastic containers from food. They're free and food safe.
Charley128 2 years ago
I save the plastic take out containers. They work great and are microwave safe.
#41
Carefully measures every bite of food. Knows exactly how many banana’s, eggs, slices of bread, etc that he’ll eat. Spent years going to a pay phone just over municipal lines to make a local call to his spouse at work. It wasn’t far and he worked out the cost including gas vs calling long distance from home. Would use exactly X number of charcoal briquettes on his grill, knew with reasonable accuracy how much cooktime he’d get from them and how many came in a bag.
Mouse 2 years ago
The first one might be eating disorder more than cheap. The 2nd one makes sense, long distance used to be hella expensive. The 3rd one feels a bit OCD, but incredibly efficient.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Actually the first makes sense too. Especially if you're a logical (engineer) type person. Most of us have a ton of food waste every year so why not work to minimize that? It's better for the environment and your wallet.
Load More Replies... #42
I work with a guy who rinses out his sandwich bags for reuse.
Daya Meyer 2 years ago (edited)
Guilty. Why should I throw away a good thing which is nearly clean? Throw the crumbs out, wash it and reuse it when it's dry. End of the story.
Rahul Pawa 2 years ago
I don't see how the money saved could be worth anyone's time.
Load More Replies... Vasana Phong 2 years ago
I do this all the time until I can’t anymore( way before the inflation) every thing is so expensive
Iampenny 2 years ago
While I feel this is good for the environment, why not just use a lunch box?
Xenon 2 years ago
That won't keep your food from getting stale. There are plastic containers meant just for sandwiches, I have a couple of those.
Load More Replies...
Nikki Gross 2 years ago
My Mom used to do that and reuse plastic bread bags for all sorts of things.
Kalon Suszko 2 years ago
plastic bread bags are great for wrapping lunch sandwiches in! By the time you get your next empty one, the previous one is all ready beat up and thrown away into recycle bin.
Load More Replies... #43
My mom cuts paper napkins in half.
Daya Meyer 2 years ago
We are using napkins made of fabric. Surprisingly, you can wash and reuse them for years.
Sweetie Dahling 2 years ago
I usually cut them in eight pieces, but only in half when we have guests.
#44
He wore his shoes to the point of them literally being completely fallen apart and you would have thought he got them in brown instead of white because of how dirty they were. He would rather wear them until they literally could not be worn than buy a new pair
#45
Save the margarine containers to use as tupperware
Ace 2 years ago (edited)
Well, apart from buying margarine instead of butter in the first place. Takes me back to my childhood when we literally couldn't afford real butter.
Load More Replies... Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm 2 years ago
But that's actually kinda smart? I know multiple people who save containers to use as Tupperware
Mila Preradović 2 years ago
On the Balkans we use ice cream family pack containers to distribute sarma to friends and family in winter 😁😁
Vasana Phong 2 years ago
I can’t remember the last time I’ve bought new plastic containers, everything now comes in one that you just have to wash out, best ones are the lunch meat containers and the ones from the Chinese takeout
Nikki Gross 2 years ago
I just said this in a previous post that those and cool whip tubs were our Tupperware for years because those weren't cheap.
Daya Meyer 2 years ago
I like glas containers more. You have a sturdy container with a lid which is screwed onto it and it can't pop off and I can clean it in the dishwasher.
#46
Still wears clothes she made in the 1970s
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I don't see why that's a problem if they still fit. If she can make her own clothes, they are probably good quality.
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 years ago
And could well be back in fashion again.
Load More Replies... #47
If we cook on the grill and dry laundry on the line, we can survive the summer without AC. My wife and I share a single car and walk, bike, or ride the bus so we don't ever have to drive.
Kalon Suszko 2 years ago
More people in the USA need to learn to live like this. Can read many articles like we make 150K a year and still live paycheck to paycheck, and 200K in debt. Hmmmm..I'm single make 35K a year, have 10K in savings and 10K in the market.
#48
dutch car wash: wash my truck with a bucket of rainwater and a sponge. turns out it gets it looking reasonably clean and i didn't have to use soap.
Donald 2 years ago
If you don't use soap most of the grit will still be in your paint when you wash it. If you don't have soap to lift it off the surface of the paint it will leave horrible swirls in your paint when you run the sponge over it and ruin resale value. OP is literally cutting off their nose to spite their face, FFS you can use dawn dish soap and still be better off.
Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
It's the thing you go to once a year after the snow stops to get the road salt out of the undercarriage.
Load More Replies... #49
My wife mixes water with the last 10% content of the shampoo bottle
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 years ago
Why you you even consider throwing away a decent amount of something that is fairly expensive?! Although, to be fair, I've recently started using supermarket-brand baby shampoo which is MUCH cheaper than what I was previously using and has far fewer of the chemicals that tend to irritate my scalp, so win-win.
#50
A miserly person just loves to hear the screams of all those pennies when they are pinching them. I know I do but for different reasons as in truth I, like many others have no choice but to pinch them because everything is so damned expensive, and you may not eat if you don't. N. S
#51
I have a friend that always get us pizza every time we (a group of 10) go out (we split the bill) he always have coupons i don't know where the heck he gets them
#52
Me, I am cheapest person I know. I will literally cook my own food, find the cheapest discount and make any excuse possible not spend any money that's unnecessary. Also as an hypocrite I spend a lot on my ciggs.
Daya Meyer 2 years ago
In my family, this is just the normal way to live. Except the cigarettes because no one smokes here. And the word you are looking for is not hypocrite, it is addict.
Kalon Suszko 2 years ago
I buy Native American cigs, costs me 11 dollars a carton. Check out Three Feathers Tobacco.com
Load More Replies... Mia Black 2 years ago
I am frugal to myself most of the time (even in times where I must not) but I am never frugal when inviting friends because I like to host them and treat them well
Vasana Phong 2 years ago
I’m the same way, I guess because I know myself as not being happy with buying things for myself, but for my love ones I’ll go all out ( within reason)
Load More Replies...Explore more of these tags
What do you think ?
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
Most of these aren't cheapskates. A cheapskate by definition avoids paying their FAIR share. No one is harmed if you re-use containers as tupperware. Using everyone else's tips to cover your dinner is a cheapskate.
Mabelbabel 2 years ago
The cheapest people I met were the couple I bought a house from (two house moves ago). They accepted my offer, then sent through a list via the estate agent listing everything in the house-they wanted me to pay extra for the fireplace and mantelpiece, extra for the door plates on the internal doors, thousands extra for the kitchen, extra for the shower cubicle in the en suite tc. Anything that they'd spent money on in renovating and refitting the house while they lived there, they expected me to pay them back for it. My lawyer and estate agent reminded them what "fixtures and fittings" meant, and warned them that legally they had to make good any damage if they removed light fittings or curtain poles. In the end, they removed every light bulb, every plug, and changed the internal door handles from the modern stainless steel ones that had been in the house to horribly tacky plastic ones.
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
My friend had a cheap burner stove that used a gas canister that you swap out when empty. It broke, and he is cheap and loves to tinker. Of course it blew up in his face and hands (he is a guitar player) so he had to spend months in the hospital on morphine until he healed. This was in Thailand, so he could have paid some Thai person (who would know what they were doing) to fix it for probably 300 baht or so. ($12)
Mimi M 2 years ago
I'm a big time cheapskate. I never split checks, always ask for my own. But also I always tip at least 20%. I don't spend a lot of money on clothes (rarely buy clothes, just keep what I have which wasn't expensive to start with). My rent is always low and when I travel (which is most of the time nowadays), I stay in cheap lodgings and eat where the locals eat. In other words, I live so that my expenses are never more than half my income - which is okay, but not super high. The reward for this is that I have less stress and I save every month. I don't have enough saved to do anything dramatic with, but it is enough so that it takes away worry should I need to cover myself for a few months. And if an unexpected expense arises (currently I need a couple of dental implants - which natch, being cheap, I'm having done at a good dentist in a cheap location), I'm able to cover it without stressing about it. TL:DR: I'm cheap b/c living well below my means is a way to lower stress and save $.
MagicJacket 2 years ago
Cheapest and most disturbing one I ever knew was my ex mother in law. They had a cat that was old and needed to be put down. Rather than take it to the vet, they put it in the car with the engine running and the garage door closed. Put a hose from the tailpipe into the window and asphyxiated it, like someone trying to unalive themself.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago
Most of these aren't cheapskates. A cheapskate by definition avoids paying their FAIR share. No one is harmed if you re-use containers as tupperware. Using everyone else's tips to cover your dinner is a cheapskate.
Mabelbabel 2 years ago
The cheapest people I met were the couple I bought a house from (two house moves ago). They accepted my offer, then sent through a list via the estate agent listing everything in the house-they wanted me to pay extra for the fireplace and mantelpiece, extra for the door plates on the internal doors, thousands extra for the kitchen, extra for the shower cubicle in the en suite tc. Anything that they'd spent money on in renovating and refitting the house while they lived there, they expected me to pay them back for it. My lawyer and estate agent reminded them what "fixtures and fittings" meant, and warned them that legally they had to make good any damage if they removed light fittings or curtain poles. In the end, they removed every light bulb, every plug, and changed the internal door handles from the modern stainless steel ones that had been in the house to horribly tacky plastic ones.
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
My friend had a cheap burner stove that used a gas canister that you swap out when empty. It broke, and he is cheap and loves to tinker. Of course it blew up in his face and hands (he is a guitar player) so he had to spend months in the hospital on morphine until he healed. This was in Thailand, so he could have paid some Thai person (who would know what they were doing) to fix it for probably 300 baht or so. ($12)
Mimi M 2 years ago
I'm a big time cheapskate. I never split checks, always ask for my own. But also I always tip at least 20%. I don't spend a lot of money on clothes (rarely buy clothes, just keep what I have which wasn't expensive to start with). My rent is always low and when I travel (which is most of the time nowadays), I stay in cheap lodgings and eat where the locals eat. In other words, I live so that my expenses are never more than half my income - which is okay, but not super high. The reward for this is that I have less stress and I save every month. I don't have enough saved to do anything dramatic with, but it is enough so that it takes away worry should I need to cover myself for a few months. And if an unexpected expense arises (currently I need a couple of dental implants - which natch, being cheap, I'm having done at a good dentist in a cheap location), I'm able to cover it without stressing about it. TL:DR: I'm cheap b/c living well below my means is a way to lower stress and save $.
MagicJacket 2 years ago
Cheapest and most disturbing one I ever knew was my ex mother in law. They had a cat that was old and needed to be put down. Rather than take it to the vet, they put it in the car with the engine running and the garage door closed. Put a hose from the tailpipe into the window and asphyxiated it, like someone trying to unalive themself.
You May Like 50 World’s Weirdest Jobs That Pay Out Quite Well 40 Companies That Deserve A “Corporate Darwin Award” For Destroying Their Businesses Employee Denied Time Off After Covering A Crisis All Weekend: “The Stupidest Person Alive”
Aivaras Kaziukonis
Viktorija Ošikaitė
Dominyka Proškėnaitė
Related on Bored Panda
