30 Cheapskates So Cheap, Calling Them Frugal Would Be A Compliment, As Shared Online

My buddy from college was generally extremely cheap to the point of absurdity. He lived with his girlfriend and her 3 roommates who were on the lease and he wasn’t. His girlfriend’s parents paid her rent and didn’t want her living with him, so he didn’t split it with her. But he also didn’t pay the roommates to offset their share of rent. They two of them didn’t pay for wifi, and instead would access a network that allowed 30 minute “trial access” if you put in an email. So every 30 minutes they’d get booted off and have to make up a new email.

A friend allways runs the car on almost empty gas tank. He has run out several times. He has money, but seems to hate to part with them.

He also borrows $5-10 every now and then if we are in a shop or restaurant, even if he has thousands in the bank.

If we go to a restaurant and have separate bills, he is very careful of what he orders. If we divide the bill equally among us he orders a lot of expensive items.

He has calculated how much money he saves by going to the restroom at work instead of at home. He tries to never do it during his lunch break, because then he will also get paid while he is in there.

Haggles the price of already dirt cheap clothing at garage sales.

Like $0.25 for a pair of mildly used socks. "Can I get 3 pairs for $0.30?"

Very wealthy exBF would buy clothes, wear them and return them anytime he went out or had an event.

Back in college we would go to a fastfood restaurant to eat. This one guy would get a burger or something that's it. Pick at other people's fries Towards the end of the meal he would grab someone's cup, even if they weren't and say you are done with that. Go get himself a free refill of soda.

A friend of mine used to use a plastic sandwich bag as his wallet.

Separating 2 ply TP into single ply.
Replacing brake pads with blocks of wood found at construction sites.
Turning water heater off during the day to save electricity.
I could go on. . .

Anytime there's a cheap greasy spoon style restaurant where you go to the counter to pay he'll first take every napkin at the table in those dispensers then at the counter take every single toothpick and piece of candy. It's even more of a bonus for him if it's a Denny's type of restaurant and they put a basket of individual packs of jams and peanut butter. Eyes light up like it's Christmas.

My grandmother lived during the Great Depression and imparted some odd quirks on my father. The food choices were the strangest. He used to make me and himself sandwiches with tomato, peanut better and mayonnaise.