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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far

There are a bunch of people on this planet with very contrasting and sometimes even surprising personalities. Some are kind and generous – others are mean and stingy. Sometimes it all depends on the way people raise their children, as most of one's character traits and quirks are adopted from their parents. However, it might also be that financial insecurity could've been influenced by the financial status of one's family.

Thus, a common reason why someone displays signs of stinginess is probably emotional trauma. People overlooked their family struggle and took their insecurity to adulthood, simultaneously believing that money is something that they "lack". Stingy folks have a hard time giving, and in fact, such a thing is not only associated with money per se, as it also affects the emotional aspects of a person.

An online user took it to one of Reddit's communities and asked fellow members to share their stories about encountering some of the stingiest folks ever. The post received over 2.3K upvotes and nearly 5K worth of gripping stories and comments.

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far I went for a meal with a group of about 6 friends. When it came time to divvy up the bill one friend said he hadn't got cash on him, but if we all chipped in the cash for our share he would put it on his card. He was also very keen to ensure we all put in a decent tip (in the UK, so tipping is common in a restaurant, but not 'required').

Our friend went up to the bar to pay, but unfortunately for him another member of our party went to the restroom at the same time, and was surprised to notice him paying in cash. We pulled him up on this, and it turned out the stingy bastard was using our tips to cover his part of the meal!

This chap has forevermore been ribbed as having short arms and deep pockets. He is trusted by no one!

Spruce-mousse , Luis Penados Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far My grandmother, as she didn't own a computer, had to mail in all her bill payments. One month she didn't get her water bill or it was delivered to someone else by accident. Whatever the cause, her next bill was for both that month and the previous month and included a late fee that was less than the cost of a stamp.

For the rest of her life she skipped the bill one month and then paid both the next because she saved a few cents by using just one stamp instead of two. This was a woman who had somewhere around a million dollars in the bank when she passed away.

BromanJenkins , SuSanA Secretariat Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far When I was a teen, a guy who i respected a lot paid me to rake his yard. After we're done, he drives me home and on the way we stop at the local country store to buy a soda and snack. I didn't expect him to pay for me because I had my own money now that I'd just earned raking his yard so I put my merch on the checkout counter and then he slides his stuff beside mine like he's going to pay except he didn't. The clerk looks to me since I had money out to pay for it and he looks at me too as if to say, "well, pay her." I was confused, but paid for it. He apologized later and I lost respect for him.

roonerspize , David Morris Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far I used to work as a waiter for a country club. I had a woman tell me she was done with her plate so I cleared it off the table. When I returned to ask if they wanted dessert, she asks "where are my leftovers?"

I calmly responded that she had no food left on her plate. Her response "oh I wanted you to box up the skin from my baked potato so I could give it to my dog."

Requested to see the manager. $80 bill completely free of charge. To this day I swear she had it planned the whole time.

pdayton04 , rjp Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far Well, my roommate, despite often bragging about how much money he has saved up and buying weed every other day (so he's clearly got plenty to spend)...

1. Uses my SO's and my toothpaste

2. Picks my used razors out of the trashcan and uses them on himself

3. When it's his turn to buy toilet paper, he buys a 4-pack of the smallest, s***tiest-quality TP he can find. I'm pretty sure he'd buy one roll at a time if he could

4. Used my shampoo and tried to hide it by putting water in it back up to full

5. When SO began his brewing hobby, roommate was all for helping out in exchange for beer... until he realized he was expected to chip in (and help with the process). That partnership ended REAL quick.

6. Broke the toaster trying to cook hashbrowns in it (and I don't mean the oval-shaped ones). Tried to buy one at a c***py thrift shop and complained he had to buy a brand new one at full price. A whopping $30.

Real winner, he is.

FecusTPeekusberg , Eli Duke Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far My mate lays out a certain number of sheets of toilet roll if you ask to use his loo.

noodlemandan , frankieleonFollow Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far I was working in a restaurant in Montreal and the staff decided to all have a picnic and a few beers together. We all pitched in to get steaks, salads and drinks. I invited a friend that didn't work with us and he showed up with a potato. Yes one potato. He drank the beer, ate salad and steak. Oh... and he ate his potato too.

Davowalshywalsh , Alexander Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far Went out to dinner, check came in. Let's say it was a total of $40 for 4 people. Three of us put in $12 each, for our parts and tips. The fourth person looked at the cash we put down, counted it, and put in $4.

[deleted] , Free Images Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far My brother had an old Fiat 127, the gas dial hadn't worked for a while, so sometimes he would run out of gas. One time he was with my young nephew when it happened again. They pushed it for like half a mile, arriving at the gas station he realized it was rather more expensive than another station further up the road, so they pushed it for another half mile.

tttulio , Freggs Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far A school friends dad made her bread sandwiches because he didn't want to 'waste money' on pointless fillings when the bread would swell in your stomach with water. Oh and that sandwich fillings were a part of the capitalist machine that rules us all.

[deleted] , Karen and Brad Emerson Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far Was going to have a movie night with some friends. This one guy is a complete miser, told him to bring round some beers and party food. He doesnt bother with any beers, (says he forgot) just brings around his dinner (that he's just bought from tescos) that he wants to cook. Which he does, in my kitchen. Of course he drinks the beers that we all supplied... Halfway through the film he ups and leaves, saying he doesn't like the movie.

D_B_R , Rex Roof Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far A family friend of mine once told his parents that he was sharing his school lunches with a classmate, and that he was worried about this classmate's financial situation. His parents were concerned, too. They met with the principal. Eventually they asked their child which classmate, specifically, was in possible financial trouble. "[Redacted] Pritzker." (One of the wealthiest families in the country — billionaires.) "...we think he'll probably be okay..."

pkgirl061 , U.S. Department of Agriculture Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far A girl in undergrad lived off campus her senior year. While on campus she would fill her gym duffel bag up with university rolls of toilet paper, napkins, paper towels, etc. She said she managed the whole year off our schools paper products.

She would also go to thrift stores and search out patagonia fleeces. They have lifetime warranty so she would ship it back to patagonia saying the zipper was broken, etc., and they would send her a new one. She was master level stingy and scammy.

MsValerieFrizzle , Michael Pollak Report

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127points

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far Hang out with a group of friends around 6-7 people and we decided to chip in for a large meal except for one guy, he said he's not that hungry because he just ate. When the meal arrived we all started eating and chatting at the same time and that guy just kept eating and eating and once he's done he pretended he got a call and left us.

pandakun_ , Andreas Dantz Report

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121points

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far My dad once took a broken fork to the aerospace company he worked for and had a highly skilled welder weld it back together. This was a cheap s**t dinner fork.

gman1955 , hajj2006 Report

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108points

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far Worked at Wendy's one summer when I was in high school. This one guy would come in and order a large size of fries. Dump half of the fries in a bag and come back and say that he wanted fresh fries and that these ones tasted too stale. I only caught what he was doing because I had noticed that one of the times he complained the fries had just come out of the fryer.

sluke827 , theimpulsivebuy Report

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107points

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far My friend's dad would abuse Walmart's return policy. He would do things like get a gallon of milk, drink most of it, fill it back up with water, and take it back to exchange it.

Eskaminagaga , Mike Mozart Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far Went to a wine bar with a groupon, the place was super dirty and just not worth staying at and spending more, so we got up to leave.

They asked us to wait and brought us a tab, for like 40 cents, the tax... Never have I been taxed on top of a Groupon...

SamsquamtchHunter , Mike Mozart Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far I have a mate who doesn't believe in tipping (necessary here in .za; most waiters don't earn a wage and live off tips only). Rather than under-tip the expected 10% if the service wasn't 5-star, he'll use any excuse he can think of to not tip at all.

He's also known to round off his portion of the split bill.

Downwards.

flyboy_za , Joanna Poe Report

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98points

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far I've heard people admit they will go to Costco for "lunch" and just walk around to every sample table getting little free bites until they're full.

bob_koozie , Krista Report

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96points

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May 2 years ago

This one I'm fine with - it doesn't really hurt anyone

168points

Anthony Roberts 2 years ago

It hurts me, May. It hurts me. 😥

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DDmaybeandor 2 years ago

And they pay for the membership. One of the perks.

14points

JennaMae 2 years ago (edited)

Right, I thought that's what the membership fee was for... So you can collect on all the extras

10points

Ms.GB 2 years ago

When I was really broke I would go to Costco because you could buy a huge Costco hotdog and a drink for $1.50

8points

/bored_as_heck/ 2 years ago

I....I do this. Sorry. But I do this. It's amazing.

5points

Hemlock Tea 2 years ago (edited)

I worked in a grocery store and had to cut up samples for my department. The cheap jerks who would take all the samples pissed me off.

4points

ChickyChicky 2 years ago

Trying to get past the hoards of sample vultures crowding the aisles to get what you want is a PITA.

1point

Sandra DeRosia 2 years ago

It actually does hurt the employees because they have a certain amount that they have to get people to buy based upon how many samples they give out so if they give out a bunch of samples without sales they could get fired. Source: I used to work at Sam's Club.

1point

YHZ 2 years ago

Except for raising product costs.

0points

Brian Bennett 2 years ago

Well me either - sort of - but don't you have to pay a membership fee of (in our area $2-300) to have the privilege of shopping there!

0points

BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago

I've done this and I'm not the least bit ashamed.

17points

Jenn Ryan 2 years ago

I used to work next door to a Costco. My coworkers and I did this most Fridays. Sorry, not sorry.

12points

Mistralok 2 years ago

Those things are NOT free. It takes a minimum of $60 a year for a membership.

9points

boredkitten 2 years ago

You need to pay membership to be able to shop there? How so?

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Brad Morgan 2 years ago

It's probably because I'm such an introvert, but instead of walking around a crowded grocery store on a Saturday afternoon (when they offer the free samples) I'd rather pay for a meal and spend that time doing just about anything else. To each their own I suppose.

6points

Alexander Neil 2 years ago

In Florida that's an old folks buffet. My mom and her sister used to go to Piggly Wiggly for lunch.

4points

Trevor Nicholson 2 years ago

That's really cheap since you can get the hot dog with a drink for like $1.50

3points

GoddessOdd 2 years ago

this happens all the time, apparently. I think the stores expect it.

2points

Trophy Husband 2 years ago

I used to hate going when I was full for a not dissimilar reason!

2points

Wise beauty 2 years ago

But their food is so cheap!

2points

Emmie Jensen 2 years ago

Well when you pay for a membership you should be allowed to take as many samples as you want

1point

Cass Malone 2 years ago

My MIL does this.

1point

laura lee 2 years ago

If it's not getting eaten it gets thrown away

1point

The Starsong Princess 2 years ago

Then they are stronger than I am. I never leave Costco without $200 of stuff I didn’t know I needed before I went into the store.

1point

R Singh 2 years ago

Same.

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jk nbt 2 years ago

I didn't know the recession had hit home so badly until I read this...

1point

Red Ruffensor 2 years ago

Even better if you sneak in.

1point

Mary Rose Kent 2 years ago

How do you pull that off?

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Atchaco-Leigh 2 years ago

I do this sometimes

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Shelly Graham 2 years ago

What's wrong with that? They actually advertise it as their "Free Weekend Buffet"

0points

Ashley Lyford 2 years ago

and...??? That's why the stuff isthere, is it not? Gimme a break, Karen! 😂

0points

Thomas Turnbull 2 years ago

That’s OK most of us eat the samples

0points

Nicole Holt 2 years ago

You can do the same at Central Market and Whole Foods on Saturdays ;)

0points

S. U. Mone 2 years ago

This is fine, if I bought a membership to free samples I'm getting free samples!

0points

Random Dog Owner 2 years ago

I eat the samples but i also eat regular food

0points

Regina phalange 2 years ago

I did that as a kid!

0points

Timothy Leung 2 years ago

There was a Japanese movie about a down-and-out family doing this same thing.

0points

Carol Emory 2 years ago

They used to do it at Whole Foods too until the pandemic.

0points

D K 2 years ago

I kind of miss the cheese and fruit samples

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BigFootToo 2 years ago

If you have a membership, it's a perk!

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Roxy Eastland 2 years ago

Costco make so many extra sales from their free samples, that's why they keep doing it. It's good business practice, but for it to work people have got to be comfortable with eating them. Nothing wrong with this at all. And I bet those people that think they're getting free lunch don't realise how often they think 'actually, that's really nice' and end up buying some later.

0points

Panda Parade 2 years ago

Well, first off, you don't need a membership to go to the food court or buy alcohol. So, I suppose if you tell the door guy you're going for a hot dog, you could just wander after that. More to the point, I've worked as one of the third-party advertisers handing out samples before. At least for the suppliers I've sold for, you have to move those samples, REGARDLESS of whether or not you actually sell the product. They're going to see the lack of sample distribution as you not even advertising, whereas if people take the samples and don't buy, it's a fair indicator that the product isn't necessarily of proper quality. It sometimes depends on what your product is because some companies don't actually care if their food is good, but that'd be stupid in the long run. But more often than not, they'd prefer to run out their samples first for marketing purposes. That way, no one can say it didn't sell because nobody tried it.

0points

boredkitten 2 years ago

I just read in comments you need to pay membership to be able to shop there? How so?

0points

Mary Rose Kent 2 years ago

They keep prices lower than most

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Robin Roper 2 years ago

I didn't go there for the purpose, but I did this once at Fresh Market. They were giving away samples of all the foods they were featuring from their preordered Thanksgiving meals. Every corner I turned was another person giving away a rather large sample of that side or main dish. It was my dinner that day.

0points

Mrs S 2 years ago

Yum

0points

Debbie 2 years ago

If the shop lets you do that then why not?

0points

Guy Incognito 2 years ago

Freshly cooked bacon. Best sample ever.

0points

Mary Rose Kent 2 years ago

Great smell as well

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BasedWang 2 years ago

Aint nothin wrong with that

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BO 2 years ago

I've watched adults push my kids out of the way to get Costco samples before them. It's crazy.

0points

Kimi Tomminello 2 years ago

If you're new to the adult world- Welcome. This is how lots of us got by just after college and finally on our own. This isn't being cheap, it's getting your moneys worth on your membership fee.

0points

Doc Gardner 2 years ago

Yepper. Whole foods and trader Joe's too.

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far My flatmate stole tp from his office when it was his turn to buy... only he stole 1 roll and thought that was equivalent of the 16-pack the rest of us buy (srsly, you don't have to buy that often and it's like 2-3 bucks for 16!)

scattyjazzy , Upupa4me Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far When I lived in Paris after college my housemate and I were really poor.

She worked out how much everything cost in each supermarket and would go to 3 supermarkets to get the best value from each (fruit from one place, meat from another etc).

She doesn't like sugar in her coffee, I do. Whenever we went for coffee (€1.50 espresso) she would take the extra sugar sachets for the coffee I'd have at home.

This didn't bother me at all, they're the perfect serving size.

Her mum came to visit us and just went out and bought a bag of sugar for us.

tama_gotchi , Marco Verch Professional Photographer Report

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93points

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far I have seen people picking through public ashtrays looking for half smoked cigs, my old roommate included.

kiloechoalpha , Randal Cooper Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far Guy I worked with used to unscrew the jar off the coffee dispenser on the wall & empty into a plastic bag and take it home, same with the sugar, cheap a**e office coffee!

Bishopnotaliens , Alan Levine Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far There's a big a** fishing tournament ever summer near me and the people that set it up go to home depo and buy like 2 grand worth of flowers and then just return them.

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far My uncle takes the back seats out of his 1990s minivan, to increase mileage.

proof_by_abduction , Ben Schumin Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far I once saw someone ask for discount in a charity shop.

motherchuggingpugs , allispossible.org.uk Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far My friend sat in his car for 3 hours on a Saturday night rather than pay a $5 cover charge.

1michaelfurey , Leo-setä Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far Bought a fake otterbox destroyed it and went to the otterbox shop to get a replacement.

chicquimonki , bfishadow Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far When I was a waitress, people would order water with lemons and extra sugar packets. Apparently, they would make ghetto lemonade. I started charging extra for the lemon slices. Like seriously? The lemonade is $1...

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far I watched a guy buy all his textbooks each quarter, then scan each page on his copier, and then the cheap bastard sent them back for a full refund. Also he took the libraries paper. To top it off, he would sell them in 3 ring binders at the end of the quarter from 20-30$. Granted most were business books so if someone were to pay for them they were most likely $100-200 each.

[deleted] , Andrew Kuchling Report

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30 Times People Were So Cheap That Folks In This Online Community Thought They Went Too Far Whenever I go to a coffeeshop with friends I take all the unused creamer satchets plus a handful more. They are the perfect serving size and I can't be f**ked to buy an entire tub from the supermarket.

dnagi , Ivo Jansch Report

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KitFrey 2 years ago

Quite a bit of these are stealing.

38points

Lea S. 2 years ago

Some people steal because they don't want to spend the money. They are being cheap.

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

I can understand when poor people go above and beyond to save money, but it's horrible when people who have plenty of money are still taking from others.

35points

greenbean 2 years ago

Probably that's their strategy to have plenty of money, which is both sad and how the world actually works.

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Ozacoter 2 years ago

My grandpa was a very wise man. He only told me that nobody gets rich by sharing. Sadly its true most rich people are horribly greedy.

4points

Anne Edwards 2 years ago

Rich or poor, a thief is still a thief.

2points

GirlFriday 2 years ago

I earn a good living and can afford everything I need, however, I will still hunt for the best bargain I can find, I hate to waste money. That being said, many of these are just downright theft.

26points

Sapna Sarfare 2 years ago

I love a bargain too. But we know some things need to be brought with more money. What we do is spend intelligently

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Rosalind Robinson 2 years ago

And people wonder why the prices keep going up at these places they have to cover all the theft SMH

11points

Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago

Taking one or two samples on occasion is one thing. Making it your regular meal may not be theft, but it is downright selfish. There is a fine line between thrift and theft.

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Jayne Kyra 2 years ago

A woman I once called a friend always expected me to pay for our drinks and would even take my smokes because 'she forgot hers'. Repeatedly. Had money to buy new dresses each week, her rent and car and dog were paid for by parents/boyfriend. Told her off in August and never looked back. Saved a lot of money, too.

8points

Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago

You did the right thing. Piddle on her!

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Patrick McKemie 2 years ago

My office used to do a Friday lunch every week until this one guy did the "I'll put it on my card, just tip well" thing. We all saw him pay cash. He was confronted and we never did a Friday lunch again...with him, or the three co-workers (who weren't there) that took his side.

7points

Sapna Sarfare 2 years ago

What a scum...

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Stannous Flouride 2 years ago

I grew up with a single mom and two siblings and most of my life I've been relatively poor. If I couldn't afford something I did without or figured out a way to save up enough to do it. It has certainly paid off now that I'm in a financially stable situation since I have very thrifty habits and am a careful shopper. I've never stolen anything or tried to game the system like these folks. Mostly because I couldn't live with myself if I did.

5points

Aubry Grant 2 years ago

I had a friend who once "lost" her credit card while eating lunch, so I paid. But of course, she "remembered" it when she wanted to buy a book later.

5points

madbakes 2 years ago

You should've found a book you also wanted, then make her pay for it.

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Jackie Lulu 2 years ago

Back in the day when I had roommates, we had one who traveled a lot. We all split evenly the rent, electric, etc, bills. Since she traveled, she would divide up her portion and only pay for the days she was not traveling. We put up with this for a few months (why? IDK). When she chipped in $.89 towards the oil bill, we called her on it. She got really mad at us, moved out, and left us with a huge amount of tolls on the phone bill. Good riddance!

4points

Brian Bennett 2 years ago

Like Sophia on the Golden Girls said: "Some people are so cheap they'd squeeze a nickel 'till the buffalo pooped!

4points

Eb 2 years ago

Sounds like some people don't know the difference between economising and fraud! Fine to save anywhere you can, not fine to do it at someone else's expense.

3points

buttonpusher 2 years ago

There's a guy who used to work with my ex and is a total scrounging shithead. Now and again he would call my ex out of the blue. He'd start off being all nice saying he is just checking in and all that crap. Then he'd ask for a loan and give a sob story.

3points

renee brack 2 years ago

It's not stingy to recycle or re-purpose clothing. It is not scammy to hold a company to the Ts&Cs of an offer like a lifetime guarantee. I wish there were more people in the planet like this girl.

3points

Rose the Cook 2 years ago

Former employer and his wife bought and sold houses and businesses regularly. They kept a copy of every set of keys and never shopped for food. Instead they entered the shops at night and the houses when the owners were at work and helped themselves to small quantities from each place. Who remembers exactly how many of everything is in the shop? In the houses who can be sure another family member didn't eat this or that? These people had a yearly income tax bill of $300,000.

3points

Reece Aster 2 years ago

That is so messed up. I hope they were caught and arrested.

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Dani Alexander 2 years ago

My faith in humanity just went down a bit more 😔

3points

Linda Ellis 2 years ago (edited)

You want cheap? When I left 1st husband he took me off HIS bank accounts & only gave me $280...& 4 kids. For divorce, I didn't have money to get to the state he filed in let alone pay for a lawyer so got nothing. This was at the beginning of the internet & I had never been on it & didn't know I could find help on there. Fast forward many years later. I found out I should have gotten part of his military pension and since I still lived far away from where the divorce was I had to hire a lawyer without much to go on. Turned out to be a bad lawyer. That was 2 hears ago. Ex was supposed to pay me until the Military started giving me part of his pension directly, about 9 months. Never got the back payments I should have for about 20 years, about $200,000. Even the money he gave me for those 9 months wasn't right amount & he skimmed about $1500 off the top. Had to jump through many hoops to file per se & have hearing next Tues to get my $1500.

1point

Heather Rawk 2 years ago

My father in law has a screen in the living room displaying the real-time utility bills.

1point

Unaffected 2 years ago

A friend of mine wanted to return damaged mattreses after his kids were jumping on them for about a month.I was so glad when the shop gave him a big no!

0points

Sapna Sarfare 2 years ago

One interesting thing which my mom says is that money comes to those who spend well... by well, i mean by buying things that is needed and not skimping unnecessarily. Splurge where it is needed. These misers will never have money come to them because they never spend when required.

0points

Ozoramaka Theresa 2 years ago

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KitFrey 2 years ago

Quite a bit of these are stealing.

38points

Lea S. 2 years ago

Some people steal because they don't want to spend the money. They are being cheap.

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

I can understand when poor people go above and beyond to save money, but it's horrible when people who have plenty of money are still taking from others.

35points

greenbean 2 years ago

Probably that's their strategy to have plenty of money, which is both sad and how the world actually works.

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Ozacoter 2 years ago

My grandpa was a very wise man. He only told me that nobody gets rich by sharing. Sadly its true most rich people are horribly greedy.

4points

Anne Edwards 2 years ago

Rich or poor, a thief is still a thief.

2points

GirlFriday 2 years ago

I earn a good living and can afford everything I need, however, I will still hunt for the best bargain I can find, I hate to waste money. That being said, many of these are just downright theft.

26points

Sapna Sarfare 2 years ago

I love a bargain too. But we know some things need to be brought with more money. What we do is spend intelligently

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Rosalind Robinson 2 years ago

And people wonder why the prices keep going up at these places they have to cover all the theft SMH

11points

Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago

Taking one or two samples on occasion is one thing. Making it your regular meal may not be theft, but it is downright selfish. There is a fine line between thrift and theft.

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Jayne Kyra 2 years ago

8points

Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago

You did the right thing. Piddle on her!

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Patrick McKemie 2 years ago

7points

Sapna Sarfare 2 years ago

What a scum...

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Stannous Flouride 2 years ago

5points

Aubry Grant 2 years ago

I had a friend who once "lost" her credit card while eating lunch, so I paid. But of course, she "remembered" it when she wanted to buy a book later.

5points

madbakes 2 years ago

You should've found a book you also wanted, then make her pay for it.

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Jackie Lulu 2 years ago

4points

Brian Bennett 2 years ago

Like Sophia on the Golden Girls said: "Some people are so cheap they'd squeeze a nickel 'till the buffalo pooped!

4points

Eb 2 years ago

Sounds like some people don't know the difference between economising and fraud! Fine to save anywhere you can, not fine to do it at someone else's expense.

3points

buttonpusher 2 years ago

3points

renee brack 2 years ago

It's not stingy to recycle or re-purpose clothing. It is not scammy to hold a company to the Ts&Cs of an offer like a lifetime guarantee. I wish there were more people in the planet like this girl.

3points

Rose the Cook 2 years ago

3points

Reece Aster 2 years ago

That is so messed up. I hope they were caught and arrested.

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Dani Alexander 2 years ago

My faith in humanity just went down a bit more 😔

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Linda Ellis 2 years ago (edited)

1point

Heather Rawk 2 years ago

My father in law has a screen in the living room displaying the real-time utility bills.

1point

Unaffected 2 years ago

A friend of mine wanted to return damaged mattreses after his kids were jumping on them for about a month.I was so glad when the shop gave him a big no!

0points

Sapna Sarfare 2 years ago

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Ozoramaka Theresa 2 years ago

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