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2/27/2012 9:52am
We all have known, (or maybe you are), a frugal. Penny wise. A tightwad. Let's talk!
I know a guy who is so cheap, he re-uses coffee grounds and filters. He digs everything out through the little hole in vacuum cleaner bags, and re-uses them. Those are just a couple of examples. He has plenty of money, and buys a huge new SUV every couple years.
My wife and I were making coffee this morning, discussing how strong her coffee is, (I rarely drink coffee, but expect and enjoy a strong cup when I do). It reminded me of this guy, and how his coffee is, well... see-through.
I know a guy who is so cheap, he re-uses coffee grounds and filters. He digs everything out through the little hole in vacuum cleaner bags, and re-uses them. Those are just a couple of examples. He has plenty of money, and buys a huge new SUV every couple years.
My wife and I were making coffee this morning, discussing how strong her coffee is, (I rarely drink coffee, but expect and enjoy a strong cup when I do). It reminded me of this guy, and how his coffee is, well... see-through.
So the next truck he just bought outright with cash ($28k) so he could put just basic liability insurance on it and save $400/year.
Of course he also smashed it up into a deer, so he had to pay full pop for that repair bill, but hey, he saved $400 that year on car insurance!
That's disgusting.
My dad is the biggest cheapskate I know. He owns his own business and makes pretty good money. We don't have cable or a dish washer. We use the clothes drier probably once a month. He ONLY buys offbrand food that's been reduced in price. He goes through everyone else's trash in the house to make sure we aren't throwing away anything "valuable." he buys all of his clothes from the Goodwill. Everyday for lunch he eats 1 $1 Checker burger.
I get that he wants to retire soon, though.
I once worked in a massive multi-line dealership run by a wealthy family. Once the owner's wife was walking through the showroom and she got all excited because she found a penny. These people are multi-millionares. But I could tell she was really glowing from finding this penny.
The Shop
My father in-law is the worst.
Toilet paper hanging on the clothesline.
I'm a cheapskate when it comes to certain things. A 1 lb box of drywall screws at Depot is like 6 bucks. Fuck that. I'll buy the 25 lb pail for 35 bucks. I also sneak my own beer onto the golf course. I'm done with Starter tennis shoes though. The soles split out out within 2 months. I go to Big 5 now and get the reduced price stuff. LA Gear mostly. My favorite cheapout is tomato cages. They want like 25 bucks for a decent tomato cage. I buy the 6" x 6" concrete reenforcing mesh. It comes in a 4' x 7' sheet. Just roll it into a tube and wire it together. 8 bucks and it works way better than the high dollar cages. They're just too small for Beefsteaks or Better Boy tomatoes.
If it hadn't been for a deer he would have come out ahead in the long run.
Cheap would be him buying a $500 mid 70's chevy or ford, and using it in NYC.
When my grandfather died he had 4, five gallon buckets of nails in his garage.
3 were nails that he had straightened, the other was full of bent nails that he hadn't had a chance to get finished.
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