10 Ways To Be A $uper cheap A$$ in a Recession.
Posted on 07. Jan, 2009 by Chad in Making Money
- Use less toilet paper. That shit is expensive (excuse the pun) Is your ass really that big?
- Shower faster. Make it like a game and see how fast you can do it.
- Make soup. It is the cheapest food you can make. All those poor farmers can’t be wrong. Add lots of cheap salt too.
- Complain about your food. If your food taste like crap at a restaurant, start speaking up more and bitching. Discounts and free stuff will be in your future dine out.
- Inflate your car tires. This one is the easiest way to save gas but most people are too lazy to check them.
- Don’t store shit in your car. Check your trunk, have hockey gear, tools and crap. That extra weight cost you gas money.
- Drive slower. Ease up on the gas and float around the city. You’ll burn less gas and be less stressed.
- Stop watching Movies for one year. This one will hurt, but if you can give up the theatre and DVD rentals for a while, they eventually end up on TV. Just ask your parents.
- Steal someone else’s wi-fi. Why pay for it, when your neighbours already are?
- Drink Domestic water. In a restaurant when they try to up-sell you and ask, “would you like sparkling or bottled water?” just say, “I’ll have your domestic please…”
What are you ways to be a cheap A$$? Link to your lists in the comment section.
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16 Responses to “10 Ways To Be A $uper cheap A$$ in a Recession.”
Darcie
07. Jan, 2009
Hahahaha! I love the toilet paper idea. I’d say to steal TP from work and save a few extra bucks, but that stuff is like sand paper.
Chad
08. Jan, 2009
Or another one…always use public washrooms so you don’t need any toilet paper at home.
Mack
09. Jan, 2009
LOL! Love the wi-fi idea. Doing it now as I type this comment. For cheap a$$ people check out http://www.ueatcheap.com.
Edward Brown
09. Jan, 2009
haha…VERY FUNNY!!
I’m going to share this with everyone I know! lol…thanks for posting.
Have a great day!
Sincerely,
Edward Brown
http://www.edwardsmoneyblog.tk
Zipporah Sandler
11. Jan, 2009
Very clever and practical. Not only that – but you IMMEDIATELY caught my eye with the post – LOL – thanks.
Zippy at Champagne Living
Ana
12. Jan, 2009
Very clever way of saving. It may seem funny but it’s effective I guess.
Chad
12. Jan, 2009
Hey all thanks for stopping by, feel free to link to your cheap suggestions.
@Ana, it must be nice living the life of rich and famous!
Ryan
15. Jan, 2009
FKN hilarious man. I love it. Expect a few references on my blogs.
Jack
16. Jan, 2009
>>>># Complain about your food. If your food taste like crap at a restaurant, start speaking up more and bitching. Discounts and free stuff will be in your future dine out.
This seems to be the best… It works very fine most of the time..
Lyndsay Cabildo
23. Jan, 2009
Hahaha! That’s cool, I’ve read almost all the posts on your homepage, and its all funny, maybe you should change your domain to ComedySpace.com or FunnySpace.com…lol…I’m kidding!
save gas
25. Jan, 2009
Slowing down really does save gas here what I get in my prius
65 MPH 48 MPG
60 MPH =52 MPG
55 55
50 60
45 70
Tari Akpodiete
24. Feb, 2009
could save a ton just by ditching the car period: monthly payment, insurance, gas, maintenance, parking fees, tickets, etc. if you live in a big city, cars aren’t really needed, take public transportation.
and if you do need a car for something, you can rent one from places like zipcar which charge by the hour. my cheap ass bro noticed that zipcar charges 6 bucks an hour after midnight in Toronto. apparently that’s 1/2 price. so guess when he does his grocery shopping, and when he comes to my place to borrow the dvds he’s too cheap to rent or buy?
and for those who don’t have a credit card and think that prevents them from renting a car, go to money mart (Canada and USA, not sure about rest of the world) and get one of those prepaid mastercards and load it up with a few hundred bucks and you too can rent a zipcar for cheap.
Chad
24. Feb, 2009
Hey Tari, thanks for stopping by. Do those pre-paid credit cards work for stuff like renting cars???
Setai
06. Mar, 2009
Excesive bitching about food can be harmful to your future orders. If you annoy waiters too much the might decide to do something disguisting with your food. My most important rule in life is “never screw with people who are handling your food”.
PennyPhone
14. Apr, 2009
My suggestions to be thrifty:
1. Don’t buy “Cheap” things!
2. Forget to buy Needless things!
3. Always repair your quality things!
Jesse
16. Apr, 2009
Hate to comment on an old post, but I just caught this one. Absolutely hilarious but true also.. Great pointers