Tight people and the things they do to save money
Discussion
J4CKO said:
Unopened packet of ham, four quids worth flung in the bin as it goes out of date tomorrow
This drives me mad!I go to the fridge and find something's disappeared - I don't eat stuff that's mouldy (unless it's easy to scrape it off/cut the corner off) but hardly ever look at use by dates other than for stock rotation purposes. If it's not mouldy and doesn't smell awful it'll be fine.
Particularly when it's a best before date, not a use by!
john2443 said:
This drives me mad!
I go to the fridge and find something's disappeared - I don't eat stuff that's mouldy (unless it's easy to scrape it off/cut the corner off) but hardly ever look at use by dates other than for stock rotation purposes. If it's not mouldy and doesn't smell awful it'll be fine.
Particularly when it's a best before date, not a use by!
I do agree that this would drive me mental. Its nothing more than being thick, either, its not like its being forgetful like lights etc, just plain idiotic.I go to the fridge and find something's disappeared - I don't eat stuff that's mouldy (unless it's easy to scrape it off/cut the corner off) but hardly ever look at use by dates other than for stock rotation purposes. If it's not mouldy and doesn't smell awful it'll be fine.
Particularly when it's a best before date, not a use by!
john2443 said:
This drives me mad!
I go to the fridge and find something's disappeared - I don't eat stuff that's mouldy (unless it's easy to scrape it off/cut the corner off) but hardly ever look at use by dates other than for stock rotation purposes. If it's not mouldy and doesn't smell awful it'll be fine.
Particularly when it's a best before date, not a use by!
Had an ex who used to um and ah about food a few days before its best before. That said they were hysterical about health to a point of it being quite funny (early adopter of every fad or thing to be scared of). I go to the fridge and find something's disappeared - I don't eat stuff that's mouldy (unless it's easy to scrape it off/cut the corner off) but hardly ever look at use by dates other than for stock rotation purposes. If it's not mouldy and doesn't smell awful it'll be fine.
Particularly when it's a best before date, not a use by!
LordLoveLength said:
Car Dealers - why bother spending £10 to have number plates made with your name on them - yellow/white dymo. Job Jobbed.
Why anybody buys a car from someone who skimps a tenner on plates is beyond me. Where else have they 'saved' a few quid? Brake shoes? Oil & filter?
Yeah, I hate that, just leave the plates it has, or replace them with your own, otherwise it looks gash and fools nobody.Why anybody buys a car from someone who skimps a tenner on plates is beyond me. Where else have they 'saved' a few quid? Brake shoes? Oil & filter?
New plates can make a big difference on a car if they are scabby, as a money saving tip, if you are selling, new plates, quick refurb of the wheels with a rattle can, a valet and repaint of any black bits with Satin black (carefully masked) and it lifts a car massively, a days work can net you another £500 - £1000.
Neil H said:
Very true. In the US, there’s very much a feeling that if you want to be wealthy, it’s in your hands (the American dream) so people who have made lots of money are respected as being dedicated/ hard working. Over here there’s more a feeling that people who have made lots of money have been fortunate/ born into it/ “shafted the little man” to get it. I think much of the resentment comes from the class system.
I'd argue the latter is a far more realistic outlook. In the States many tend to exhibit a lot of magical thinking when it comes to financial security and prospects.SpeckledJim said:
Condi said:
Numbers on a bit of paper mean very little if you cant enjoy it.
Partially true.People with sufficient 'numbers on a bit of paper' to mean they never have to worry again if they don't choose to probably sleep very well.
Can't put a value on good quality sleep!
I'm not mega rich, but I'm doing ok.
The day I paid my mortgage off was a great feeling.
The day I realized I could live off of my investment income alone was an even greater feeling.
I don't need to spend money to enjoy life. I value the security I've created for my family more than material things.
anonymous said:
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The one that always confused me was when in my 20's the amount of mates who couldn't go out at the end of the month as they were skint, but would quite happily be blowing all their cash in the pub at the start of the month. If they're skint at the end of the month then getting a pay cheque doesn't mean they're not still skint at the start of the month.Benbay001 said:
How do some people spend £10 a day on work lunch food?
My lunch consists of 2 apples and a pack of asdas best cheese and onion sandwiches.
£1.60ish a day. And it tastes good.
Clearly I'm pushing the boat out with my £2.99 Boots meal deal with the 30p off voucher I got last time I bought one. This thread is making me feel like a bit of a skin flint My lunch consists of 2 apples and a pack of asdas best cheese and onion sandwiches.
£1.60ish a day. And it tastes good.
bimsb6 said:
A local restaurant owner told us of a customer who comes with a group ,the group splits the bill plus adds a tip then the customer on paying the bill hands the cash over and pays the difference on their card effectively taking the tip money to pay towards their portion of the bill!
A former boss had a colleague who did that twice when groups from work went out for a meal. He never got invited out with them again.This has gone from being a thread for funny stories about tight people, to a thread where tight people bore the arse off the rest of us with stories about how they are "considerably richer than yow" and then bleat about jealousy when they don't meet with universal approval. Boasting about your wealth is irredeemably vulgar, chaps.
Anyway, have we done the one about the bloke who writes his wife's birthday card in pencil so he can take it back and re-use it the next year? Guess which county he's from.
Can't think of any more examples at the moment as I tend not to mix with short-armed people; they suck pleasure from the world
Anyway, have we done the one about the bloke who writes his wife's birthday card in pencil so he can take it back and re-use it the next year? Guess which county he's from.
Can't think of any more examples at the moment as I tend not to mix with short-armed people; they suck pleasure from the world
Some people have strange principals with their spending, I guess we all do to an extent. I have a colleague who works from home and lives in an area that has fibre internet, but he adamantly refuses to pay the £10 monthly premium for it. Every week I seem to join a web conference where he'll try and speak but will instead turn into a garbled robot, before dialling in by phone.
The same man spends hundreds most months on various hobbies and is no skinflint in a social setting.
The same man spends hundreds most months on various hobbies and is no skinflint in a social setting.
The mindset of the tight person boggles me. I can understand it in older folks where they have been brought up with no shoes and not knowing where their next meal was coming from but my parents are tight and they although from humble backgrounds were not poor by any reasonable estimation.
As a result of tightness combined with fairly bad managment of money on a bigger scale they arent well off to show for a lifetime of being tight.
I think if you cost your own time out properly a lot of these measures just dont add up. I would always prioritise speed and convenience over cost. I do this a lot in my business, often paying more than I strictly need to in exchange for reliability and convenience. It makes life easy. I dont count rounds in the pub, normally get more beers bought for me than visa versa but its easy come easy go. I think if you allow some money to flow out as well as in without stressing over it you'll end up better off.
As a result of tightness combined with fairly bad managment of money on a bigger scale they arent well off to show for a lifetime of being tight.
I think if you cost your own time out properly a lot of these measures just dont add up. I would always prioritise speed and convenience over cost. I do this a lot in my business, often paying more than I strictly need to in exchange for reliability and convenience. It makes life easy. I dont count rounds in the pub, normally get more beers bought for me than visa versa but its easy come easy go. I think if you allow some money to flow out as well as in without stressing over it you'll end up better off.
I've never thought of myself as being tight but my girlfriend has made me realise I am. For my work lunches I buy two packs of sliced cheese that'll last me about a week an a half, bread for free as my dad works at a bakery, I only drink tap water and fill my own bottle up from home - probably works out at about £2 per week. If I've spent more than £20 over the weekend I'm disgusted with myself. It's pretty bad now I've typed it out 
Mercury00 said:
I've never thought of myself as being tight but my girlfriend has made me realise I am. For my work lunches I buy two packs of sliced cheese that'll last me about a week an a half, bread for free as my dad works at a bakery, I only drink tap water and fill my own bottle up from home - probably works out at about £2 per week. If I've spent more than £20 over the weekend I'm disgusted with myself. It's pretty bad now I've typed it out
I don't see an issue with that - I have 2 slices of toast for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, and make a big pot of bolegnese / chilli / etc for dinner and that will last about 5 days. Besides that, tap water and coffee during the day. I don't like wasting money but at the same time I don't mind spending £30 on a night out / day out once every couple of weeks or so. Money is to be enjoyed, not squandered on s
t. And I am far from rich! No free bread for me though, that would be nice!
Mercury00 said:
If I've spent more than £20 over the weekend I'm disgusted with myself. It's pretty bad now I've typed it out
Unless you are properly skint then just go and blow some cash on stuff you want man! In 10 years you will never say, christ I miss those cheese sandwiches and weekends of being a tightarse! Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff