Comments on: Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel – Book Review and Giveaway http://financefreelancelife.com/2009/09/16/secrets-of-a-stingy-scoundrel/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:34:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: My Readers Are Stingy Scoundrels too | Personal Finance Firewall http://financefreelancelife.com/2009/09/16/secrets-of-a-stingy-scoundrel/#comment-55705 My Readers Are Stingy Scoundrels too | Personal Finance Firewall Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:02:03 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=1497#comment-55705 [...] for sharing their secrets. The sites I collected these other tips from are BudgetsAreSexy.com, financefreelancelife.com, MyTwoDollars.com and FabulouslyBroke.com. There are currently no comments highlighted. Share and [...] [...] for sharing their secrets. The sites I collected these other tips from are BudgetsAreSexy.com, financefreelancelife.com, MyTwoDollars.com and FabulouslyBroke.com. There are currently no comments highlighted. Share and [...]

]]> By: mrsmicah http://financefreelancelife.com/2009/09/16/secrets-of-a-stingy-scoundrel/#comment-55232 mrsmicah Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:25:32 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=1497#comment-55232 This contest is closed. Comments on crazy money-saving strategies are still welcome! :) This contest is closed. Comments on crazy money-saving strategies are still welcome! :)

]]> By: Caleb http://financefreelancelife.com/2009/09/16/secrets-of-a-stingy-scoundrel/#comment-55029 Caleb Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:42:38 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=1497#comment-55029 Towards the end of the Spring semster earlier this year, some kids on my hall decided to blow off some steam during finals week and toilet papered the hall and stairwell. I woke up early the next morning not knowing what had transpired and found the mess outside my room. Apparently they had gotten into the supply closet to get their toilet and just dumped all the excess they didn't use which ended up being forty or fifty rolls. Now I was getting a married a couple weeks after that and moving into the house we rent, so I took a garbage and filled it with all those unused rolls of toilet paper and took it to our new place. We still have plenty of toilet paper left. Towards the end of the Spring semster earlier this year, some kids on my hall decided to blow off some steam during finals week and toilet papered the hall and stairwell. I woke up early the next morning not knowing what had transpired and found the mess outside my room. Apparently they had gotten into the supply closet to get their toilet and just dumped all the excess they didn’t use which ended up being forty or fifty rolls. Now I was getting a married a couple weeks after that and moving into the house we rent, so I took a garbage and filled it with all those unused rolls of toilet paper and took it to our new place. We still have plenty of toilet paper left.

]]> By: Mrs. Accountability http://financefreelancelife.com/2009/09/16/secrets-of-a-stingy-scoundrel/#comment-54736 Mrs. Accountability Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:27:40 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=1497#comment-54736 My Grandma rarely flushed her toilet... instead she would keep a small plastic tub in the kitchen sink, wash her hands over it, or a dish or two, whatever she used throughout the day. When it was filled, she would go into the bathroom and dump the tub into the toilet, which would then flush the day's worth of "deposits" down the drain. She also had one bare bulb in the kitchen and at night would use no other lights but that one. .-= Mrs. Accountability´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/outofdebtagain/~3/qHF2W1rXeiw/" rel="nofollow">September 2009 Gardening</a> =-. My Grandma rarely flushed her toilet… instead she would keep a small plastic tub in the kitchen sink, wash her hands over it, or a dish or two, whatever she used throughout the day. When it was filled, she would go into the bathroom and dump the tub into the toilet, which would then flush the day’s worth of “deposits” down the drain. She also had one bare bulb in the kitchen and at night would use no other lights but that one.
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]]> By: Adam http://financefreelancelife.com/2009/09/16/secrets-of-a-stingy-scoundrel/#comment-54498 Adam Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:18:24 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=1497#comment-54498 (Should say "hasn't had to") (Should say “hasn’t had to”)

]]> By: Adam http://financefreelancelife.com/2009/09/16/secrets-of-a-stingy-scoundrel/#comment-54497 Adam Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:17:47 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=1497#comment-54497 My aunt washes and re-uses plastic wrap. She had to buy a new roll in years. My aunt washes and re-uses plastic wrap. She had to buy a new roll in years.

]]> By: Laura in Atlanta http://financefreelancelife.com/2009/09/16/secrets-of-a-stingy-scoundrel/#comment-54479 Laura in Atlanta Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:38:27 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=1497#comment-54479 My grandfater would go to fast food restaurants and take handfuls of ketchup, mustard, mayo packets . . . and take them home and squeeze them into bottles. He never ever bought food at these establishments, but he would stock up on their condiments! Also - My grandmother would put the extra rolls of toilet paper found in public restrooms into her purse and take them home too! (they were made for each other. ;-)) My grandfater would go to fast food restaurants and take handfuls of ketchup, mustard, mayo packets . . . and take them home and squeeze them into bottles. He never ever bought food at these establishments, but he would stock up on their condiments! Also – My grandmother would put the extra rolls of toilet paper found in public restrooms into her purse and take them home too! (they were made for each other. ;-) )

]]> By: Damon Day http://financefreelancelife.com/2009/09/16/secrets-of-a-stingy-scoundrel/#comment-54441 Damon Day Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:20:17 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=1497#comment-54441 I think my favorite one comes from my father. I remember growing up, he would, whenever he filled up his truck with gas, fill it half full with the premium 91 octane and then fill the other half with the cheap 87 octane. Of course that seems like quite a bit of extra effort so I asked him why he did that. His response was because he figured half a tank of 91 mixed with half a tank of 87 would be the same quality as the 89 middle grade. The difference was that he saved few cents per gallon by doing it that way rather than buying straight 89. Now I have no idea about the chemical composition of the grades and whether his hypothesis that 91 mixed with 87 creates 89, but when I looked at the prices, his math was correct, he was indeed saving 1 cent per gallon off of the 89. So he saved about 30 cents on the fill up :-) considering it took an extra two minutes or so to pull off the switching of the pumps I would calculate that he was saving 9 dollars an hour. Considering he was the CEO of his company making several hundred thousand per year, I think he should have saved the 2 minutes and went straight for the 89. But in a small way I think it gave him satisfaction to feel like he was sticking it to the man :-) Oh, and I have never tried this, I drive a diesel :-) .-= Damon Day´s last blog ..<a href="http://damonday.com/196/debt-settlement-companies-top-5-ways-they-can-screw-you/" rel="nofollow">Debt Settlement Companies - Top 5 ways they can Screw you!</a> =-. I think my favorite one comes from my father. I remember growing up, he would, whenever he filled up his truck with gas, fill it half full with the premium 91 octane and then fill the other half with the cheap 87 octane.

Of course that seems like quite a bit of extra effort so I asked him why he did that. His response was because he figured half a tank of 91 mixed with half a tank of 87 would be the same quality as the 89 middle grade. The difference was that he saved few cents per gallon by doing it that way rather than buying straight 89.

Now I have no idea about the chemical composition of the grades and whether his hypothesis that 91 mixed with 87 creates 89, but when I looked at the prices, his math was correct, he was indeed saving 1 cent per gallon off of the 89.

So he saved about 30 cents on the fill up :-)
considering it took an extra two minutes or so to pull off the switching of the pumps I would calculate that he was saving 9 dollars an hour.

Considering he was the CEO of his company making several hundred thousand per year, I think he should have saved the 2 minutes and went straight for the 89. But in a small way I think it gave him satisfaction to feel like he was sticking it to the man :-)

Oh, and I have never tried this, I drive a diesel :-)
Damon Day´s last blog ..Debt Settlement Companies – Top 5 ways they can Screw you! My ComLuv Profile

]]> By: thisisbeth http://financefreelancelife.com/2009/09/16/secrets-of-a-stingy-scoundrel/#comment-54440 thisisbeth Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:06:36 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=1497#comment-54440 I've heard of girls buying formal dresses/shoes, and they returning them the day after the event. I get appalled at the thought (and even if I wanted to do something like that, I couldn't. I'd spill for sure!). This book does sound entertaining!! I’ve heard of girls buying formal dresses/shoes, and they returning them the day after the event. I get appalled at the thought (and even if I wanted to do something like that, I couldn’t. I’d spill for sure!). This book does sound entertaining!!

]]> By: Tony http://financefreelancelife.com/2009/09/16/secrets-of-a-stingy-scoundrel/#comment-54424 Tony Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:54:41 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=1497#comment-54424 Lived with a guy that had bought some iron weights at a store. Used them for some time and then decided that he would take them back to the store that he bought them from. He did so and got his money back. He was pretty cheap and wanted the money and did not want to leave them when he moved away. If you ask me it was very un-ethical with what he did. Lived with a guy that had bought some iron weights at a store. Used them for some time and then decided that he would take them back to the store that he bought them from. He did so and got his money back. He was pretty cheap and wanted the money and did not want to leave them when he moved away. If you ask me it was very un-ethical with what he did.

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