Things cheap people do
Discussion
So said:
If people want to be cheap, it's fine by me as long as it doesn't affect me. All too often, though, cheap people cost other people money, which is high on my list of reasons to fall out with people.
That is so true...The restaurant condiment theives that have caused many places to start charging every normal person for sauce...
The old man swapping large eggs into a different box screwing over the person who wasn’t expecting someone to be that tight.
The couponer who springs the trap on you when infront at the checkout and only begins to unload their coupons after you have emptied your trolley onto the conveyer rather than warn you they’re about to waste half an hour of your time to save themselves a quid.... stick the stack of coupons on the end of the checkout and warn people ffs!
Trimming fruit and veg before weighing it - someone has to pay for what’s now waste at the per kg price & the shop has to pay someone to watch out for waste that no one is going to buy kicking about and contaminating other produce.
Ordering extra to get free delivery with the intention of returning it... basically tricking someone else into paying for delivery twice so you don’t have to pay once.
The majority of these tight arses cost other people much more than they save themselves. That said, the likes of knowing which cheapest local petrol stations are, having the best available utility deals, the cheapest available mortgage deal or having a cheaper mobile that still does everything you need is just being financially savvy and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Just realised I haven't posted my latest one from my mate who's tighter than a camel's arse in a sandstorm.
He works for a large insurer, and sends all his Xmas cards using their prepaid envelopes rather than buying stamps.
I presume he nicked a large stash at some point as we had a 'postage unpaid' note through the door. No idea what it was so my wife went to the local sorting office, handed over £2 and got the card.
Unfortunately they don't show you what it is before you pay the fee as, obviously, we wouldn't have paid it.
He works for a large insurer, and sends all his Xmas cards using their prepaid envelopes rather than buying stamps.
I presume he nicked a large stash at some point as we had a 'postage unpaid' note through the door. No idea what it was so my wife went to the local sorting office, handed over £2 and got the card.
Unfortunately they don't show you what it is before you pay the fee as, obviously, we wouldn't have paid it.
Some things I do and the wife calls me tight:
-20% mince for me as it tastes better and the extra fat content means more fuel for the machine
-I’ll buy a whole chicken for £3-4. Cut the good bits off for a meal every weekday. The raw carcass goes to the dogs.
-I make my own meals in advance as it saves me time too.
-I bought 8kg of pure peanut butter so I spent over the free delivery amount and way cheaper than the shops.
-I make my own no bake flapjacks that only have 3 ingredients.
-I use Quidco, topcashback ect
-Zeek vouchers to get more money off again
-I’m in the armed forces so ask for military discount everywhere!
-at work there’s a tea/coffee fund for £1 a week. The coffee they buy is minging so I don’t pay it and take my own with squash. Plus I think the boss uses the milk in his morning porridge.
-I refuse to spend my money in Brakes supplied restaurants
-I do my own car servicing and spend a hour or so tracking down the best prices for parts.
-I work away during the week and when I’m home I’m constantly turning the lights off after everyone. This Friday we were all downstairs but the hall, landing, 2 bedrooms and bathroom all had their lights on!
-I take my weekends dirty laundry back to camp and wash it there as it’s free. I know someone who would take their wife’s and two kids clothes back too!
-I absolutely hate wasting food for a couple of reasons. This weekends was a £2 bag of salad that had never been opened, a bag of apples and a complete packet of ham that was 5 days out of date. She has home delivery now which I dislike because they give you short BB dates and I feel like I’m missing out on the store only bargains. Plus she orders too much.
ETA
-being a baldie if not paid for a haircut in 12 years. I do it myself
-we get fed up with the way various groomers were returning one of our dogs. £25 set of dog clippers and I do a better job. Even the wife ad friend have commented on it.
-20% mince for me as it tastes better and the extra fat content means more fuel for the machine
-I’ll buy a whole chicken for £3-4. Cut the good bits off for a meal every weekday. The raw carcass goes to the dogs.
-I make my own meals in advance as it saves me time too.
-I bought 8kg of pure peanut butter so I spent over the free delivery amount and way cheaper than the shops.
-I make my own no bake flapjacks that only have 3 ingredients.
-I use Quidco, topcashback ect
-Zeek vouchers to get more money off again
-I’m in the armed forces so ask for military discount everywhere!
-at work there’s a tea/coffee fund for £1 a week. The coffee they buy is minging so I don’t pay it and take my own with squash. Plus I think the boss uses the milk in his morning porridge.
-I refuse to spend my money in Brakes supplied restaurants
-I do my own car servicing and spend a hour or so tracking down the best prices for parts.
-I work away during the week and when I’m home I’m constantly turning the lights off after everyone. This Friday we were all downstairs but the hall, landing, 2 bedrooms and bathroom all had their lights on!
-I take my weekends dirty laundry back to camp and wash it there as it’s free. I know someone who would take their wife’s and two kids clothes back too!
-I absolutely hate wasting food for a couple of reasons. This weekends was a £2 bag of salad that had never been opened, a bag of apples and a complete packet of ham that was 5 days out of date. She has home delivery now which I dislike because they give you short BB dates and I feel like I’m missing out on the store only bargains. Plus she orders too much.
ETA
-being a baldie if not paid for a haircut in 12 years. I do it myself
-we get fed up with the way various groomers were returning one of our dogs. £25 set of dog clippers and I do a better job. Even the wife ad friend have commented on it.
Edited by dai1983 on Sunday 20th January 10:12
Tyre Smoke said:
You sound like a right barrel of laughs.
Do you always split the bill in a restaurant by what you've eaten rather than everyone throwing in their percentage of the bill?
No because if the lads from work go out for food then they go to ’Spoons* or other places you order at the bar. If I dine out with the family then I usually pay for it all! Do you always split the bill in a restaurant by what you've eaten rather than everyone throwing in their percentage of the bill?
- yeah I realise Weatherspoons is a Brakes supplied chain but if there’s a leaving do that’s where it usually is so no choice.
Edited by dai1983 on Sunday 20th January 10:39
Black_S3 said:
That is so true...
The restaurant condiment theives that have caused many places to start charging every normal person for sauce...
The old man swapping large eggs into a different box screwing over the person who wasn’t expecting someone to be that tight.
The couponer who springs the trap on you when infront at the checkout and only begins to unload their coupons after you have emptied your trolley onto the conveyer rather than warn you they’re about to waste half an hour of your time to save themselves a quid.... stick the stack of coupons on the end of the checkout and warn people ffs!
Trimming fruit and veg before weighing it - someone has to pay for what’s now waste at the per kg price & the shop has to pay someone to watch out for waste that no one is going to buy kicking about and contaminating other produce.
Ordering extra to get free delivery with the intention of returning it... basically tricking someone else into paying for delivery twice so you don’t have to pay once.
The majority of these tight arses cost other people much more than they save themselves. That said, the likes of knowing which cheapest local petrol stations are, having the best available utility deals, the cheapest available mortgage deal or having a cheaper mobile that still does everything you need is just being financially savvy and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Add the UK milk industry to the list. Supermarket milk in plastic cartons doesn’t taste half as good as the stuff my dad would deliver to people doors every morning. If I’m passing the local dairy farm I’ll buy some raw milk but I don’t go that side of town as often.The restaurant condiment theives that have caused many places to start charging every normal person for sauce...
The old man swapping large eggs into a different box screwing over the person who wasn’t expecting someone to be that tight.
The couponer who springs the trap on you when infront at the checkout and only begins to unload their coupons after you have emptied your trolley onto the conveyer rather than warn you they’re about to waste half an hour of your time to save themselves a quid.... stick the stack of coupons on the end of the checkout and warn people ffs!
Trimming fruit and veg before weighing it - someone has to pay for what’s now waste at the per kg price & the shop has to pay someone to watch out for waste that no one is going to buy kicking about and contaminating other produce.
Ordering extra to get free delivery with the intention of returning it... basically tricking someone else into paying for delivery twice so you don’t have to pay once.
The majority of these tight arses cost other people much more than they save themselves. That said, the likes of knowing which cheapest local petrol stations are, having the best available utility deals, the cheapest available mortgage deal or having a cheaper mobile that still does everything you need is just being financially savvy and there’s nothing wrong with that.
The Leaper said:
Agree about the milk: supermarket cartooned milk versus doorstep delivered milk in glass bottles. We avoid the cartooned stuff and have milk delivered to the door. Unfortunately, what was daily delivery has been reduced over the years and now it's Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
R.
I have my milk delivered and it comes in plastic bottles (4 pinters) the taste however is much much better than supermarket milk, the full fat I have from the milkman makes supermarket full fat taste like semi skimmed!R.
Sa Calobra said:
Wrong. Look at the boxes again; same brand and you'll see 'large' they actually load up to half in there that are small.
An old supermarket trick.
Same with twin pack of steaks, small one hidden behind very large label
Mixed weight eggs then.An old supermarket trick.
Same with twin pack of steaks, small one hidden behind very large label
As for the steaks, the total weight of meat will be printed on the pack. Although the inferior quality steak with excess fat will invariably be hidden behind the label.
Edited by av185 on Sunday 20th January 12:00
Unsurprisingly you are more likely to have greater success in sourcing bargains at so called 'whoopsie times' at supermarkets in upmarket and non chav areas.
Residents within these catchment areas do not generally want to be seen associating with the great unwashed stalking the bargains sections at the most opportune time.
To be directly involved in the daily scrum for the sake of saving a few quid on some curled up sarney is way beneath them even though they would no doubt seize the opportunity if they thought there was definitely no-one around that they knew and could possibly judge them being an obvious tightarse.
Residents within these catchment areas do not generally want to be seen associating with the great unwashed stalking the bargains sections at the most opportune time.
To be directly involved in the daily scrum for the sake of saving a few quid on some curled up sarney is way beneath them even though they would no doubt seize the opportunity if they thought there was definitely no-one around that they knew and could possibly judge them being an obvious tightarse.
av185 said:
Unsurprisingly you are more likely to have greater success in sourcing bargains at so called 'whoopsie times' at supermarkets in upmarket and non chav areas.
Residents within these catchment areas do not generally want to be seen associating with the great unwashed stalking the bargains sections at the most opportune time.
To be directly involved in the daily scrum for the sake of saving a few quid on some curled up sarney is way beneath them even though they would no doubt seize the opportunity if they thought there was definitely no-one around that they knew and could possibly judge them being an obvious tightarse.
Possibly for some. I have been skint, and used the 'benefit buffet' but now I'm not, so I leave it for those who it would help.Residents within these catchment areas do not generally want to be seen associating with the great unwashed stalking the bargains sections at the most opportune time.
To be directly involved in the daily scrum for the sake of saving a few quid on some curled up sarney is way beneath them even though they would no doubt seize the opportunity if they thought there was definitely no-one around that they knew and could possibly judge them being an obvious tightarse.
Sa Calobra said:
Wrong. Look at the boxes again; same brand and you'll see 'large' they actually load up to half in there that are small.
An old supermarket trick.
Same with twin pack of steaks, small one hidden behind very large label
Absolutely not the same. Meat is sold by weight, not surface area.An old supermarket trick.
Same with twin pack of steaks, small one hidden behind very large label
Saleen836 said:
The Leaper said:
Agree about the milk: supermarket cartooned milk versus doorstep delivered milk in glass bottles. We avoid the cartooned stuff and have milk delivered to the door. Unfortunately, what was daily delivery has been reduced over the years and now it's Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
R.
I have my milk delivered and it comes in plastic bottles (4 pinters) the taste however is much much better than supermarket milk, the full fat I have from the milkman makes supermarket full fat taste like semi skimmed!R.
I buy 100 toilet rolls on groupon and have them sent to the house when I’m away working so the wife has to take them in.
She rages each time, especially as I put in the notes to have them delivered to the fancy (considerably richer than yaaaaaou) neighbours for her to collect if she’s not at home. Haha
Yes I’m a b
d.
At first I started doing it solely because it bothered me how much a 16 pack filled the trolley in the supermarket and having several toilet training kids that thought it was 1xroll per visit I decided to bulk buy.
But now I see how much This annoys her I can’t help myself
She rages each time, especially as I put in the notes to have them delivered to the fancy (considerably richer than yaaaaaou) neighbours for her to collect if she’s not at home. Haha
Yes I’m a b
d.At first I started doing it solely because it bothered me how much a 16 pack filled the trolley in the supermarket and having several toilet training kids that thought it was 1xroll per visit I decided to bulk buy.
But now I see how much This annoys her I can’t help myself
carreauchompeur said:
Saleen836 said:
The Leaper said:
Agree about the milk: supermarket cartooned milk versus doorstep delivered milk in glass bottles. We avoid the cartooned stuff and have milk delivered to the door. Unfortunately, what was daily delivery has been reduced over the years and now it's Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
R.
I have my milk delivered and it comes in plastic bottles (4 pinters) the taste however is much much better than supermarket milk, the full fat I have from the milkman makes supermarket full fat taste like semi skimmed!R.
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