What's the cheapest thing you've ever seen somebody do ?

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  • Doug
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    • 08-10-05
    • 6324

    #36
    Tweek
    Feb 01, 2005


    I buy blazers at thrift stores. 4.60, stylish, lots of pockets, keep me warm. Makes any shirt you own a dress shirt.

    I have never washed one ever. When one gets a stain a tear or a missing pocket, I gently caress off the the thrift store and buy a new one. I must have at leave 12.

    I buy caffeine pills instead of Starbucks or energy drinks.

    At work, I take the scrap from the cleaning of entrecote and fillet and throw them in a crock pot. There is very little meat on the fat, but when you have upwards of 25 pounds of scrap it adds up. The fat melts off, I reserve that and use it for beef-flavored scones, and the left over meat becomes chili.

    Bones are saved in freezer until I have enough for a batch of stock.

    When an onion or potato get left out too long and begins to sprout, I don't throw it away; I plant it. I have an onion, some heirloom tomatoes, and some blackberries going from this right now.

    Ikea and Bed Bath & Beyond as-is section. More than half of my sleeping downs are from those two places.

    When I get home late from work around midnight and there are very few cars on the residential roads, I coast as far as I am able. Have gone over a mile and gotten down to 1 mph, only going further towards the end by turning the wheel back and forth to sort of drag the car forward.

    Wear a pair of jeans for over a month before washing them. I wear a uniform at work, and only ever wear the jeans a most a few hours every couple of days, and on my day off only if I go out. By the time I would wear them after the previous wear, they've had enough time to air out to not require washing. They're actually being washed today.

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    • keyboarding
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      • 07-30-09
      • 6817

      #37
      Originally posted by GELATINOUS CUBE
      I-hang-out-at-the-yogurt-store-all-day
      getting-froyo-refills-in-a-1-ounce-paper-cup.

      what-am-i-gonna-get-kicked-out-by-the-high-school-girls??
      No.
      This guy not getting a new keyboard.
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      • sundin4prez
        SBR MVP
        • 03-09-10
        • 1970

        #38
        dont know if you consider this being cheap .... but theres a guy that my dad knows that always has a empty tim hortons iced cap cup, when ever he wants his coffe he just goes in a says that he kid acciedntly dropped it outside and is there anyway to get a refill, and most times this works.... he makes sure to never go to the same times more then once a week and he goes at different times of the day...
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        • Doug
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          • 08-10-05
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          #39
          That linked thread is even better.

          reuse aluminum foil in the oven. I just flip it over to the clean side.
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          • Doug
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            • 08-10-05
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            #40
            At a fast food place with self serve drinks, I always order water then take what I want.

            It is theft, though.
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            • flyingillini
              SBR Aristocracy
              • 12-06-06
              • 41222

              #41
              I had an Uncle that passed away and left 11 Million Dollars to University of Iowa and not give anyone in his family a penny.
              המוסד‎
              המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים‎
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              • Doug
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                • 08-10-05
                • 6324

                #42
                Originally posted by flyingillini
                I had an Uncle that passed away and left 11 Million Dollars to University of Iowa and not give anyone in his family a penny.
                Fishhead died ?
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                • StraitShooter
                  SBR Posting Legend
                  • 07-22-09
                  • 10464

                  #43
                  when I was a maintenance man at Hollywood Dog track there was this fat dude named Wayne

                  He was always broke and lived in a crummy ole apt with his cat..

                  He would go to McDonalds at lunch-Grab like 20 packets of Ketchup-Add a cup of hot water to it and stir the shit out of it-He claims it made one hell of a tomato soup and was a free nourishing meal
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                  • flyingillini
                    SBR Aristocracy
                    • 12-06-06
                    • 41222

                    #44
                    Originally posted by Doug
                    Fishhead died ?
                    I am not related to Fishhead, I did enjoy hanging out with him though, very cool guy.
                    המוסד‎
                    המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים‎
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                    • odusmykal
                      SBR MVP
                      • 08-30-07
                      • 3426

                      #45
                      I've got a really good friend who will roll his cigarettes from leftovers he collects from ashtrays whenever we go out.. I'll even offer to buy him a pack when we are headed to a bar, just so he doesn't embarass me.. He'll get all the shorts out of the ashtray & roll them between his fingers at the filter to get the remaining tobacco to fall out into a lil tin container he carries around in his pocket.. All my other friends, (including myself) always give him a lot of sh*t for this, but it doesn't bother him..
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                      • SaviorTebow
                        SBR High Roller
                        • 07-20-10
                        • 219

                        #46
                        Damn, some real fvcked up stories in here. And I thought my buddy stocking up on Del Taco coupons for free 49 cent taco's that are given away at minor league hockey games and carrying them around like a wad of cash was cheap.
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                        • poochiecollins
                          SBR MVP
                          • 01-27-09
                          • 1782

                          #47
                          Lol, I love this thread. I'm going to quote my favs in my next post. Edit: never mind, the post got erased and don't want to read everything over.
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                          • Grandmaster B
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                            • 09-05-09
                            • 6035

                            #48
                            Originally posted by pavyracer
                            I'm surprised this one didn't come up. Filling plastic bottles of water with tap water and reselling it for bottled.
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                            • UntilTheNDofTimE
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                              • 05-29-08
                              • 9285

                              #49
                              I used to work as a manager at target and people wud always complain in the returns area so id have to go tell ppl how stupid they were so neways this lady was returning an item.

                              She had a receipt lets say totaling $32.47. And she was returning a item for 19.99. So the cashier gave the lady 19.99 back and she began to bitch and complain that were not refunding her correctly. She says we also need to return the sales tax on the item. Long story short she made a scene over it. So 8 cents x 20. Over 1.60 she bitched at my boss for 10 minutes lol
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                              • OldSchool75
                                SBR High Roller
                                • 08-22-10
                                • 155

                                #50
                                This guy from germany took his rental car over a large median to avoid a 2 or 3 dollar toll. It took us like 10 minutes out of our way so it made no sense
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                                • UntilTheNDofTimE
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                                  • 05-29-08
                                  • 9285

                                  #51
                                  Then you wud have people who would buy a TV on sale then try to return it after the price went up and they expected to receive 499 back when there receipt shows 375.....
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                                  • odusmykal
                                    SBR MVP
                                    • 08-30-07
                                    • 3426

                                    #52
                                    My girlfriend's dad retired & now he just sits around all day & clips coupons.. He'll go to the grocery store at least 5 days a week.. Everyday a different one.. Depending on the sales & specials that day.. He was bragging to me a few days ago how cheese was on sale, 3 packs for $5.. But he had a coupon for $1 off a pack.. He went on double coupon day, so they basically gave him $1 for taking 3 packs of cheese.. He will find deals like that all the time.. Its a great way to save cash, but no way i could put in the time he does.. Every few days, he's telling me another story like this one.. He cracks me up..
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                                    • elchampion33
                                      SBR High Roller
                                      • 01-22-10
                                      • 218

                                      #53
                                      this thread helped make my day lol love it
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                                      • tanner40
                                        SBR MVP
                                        • 03-24-10
                                        • 2129

                                        #54
                                        Cheap bastards

                                        I use hand soap instead of shaving cream.
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                                        • Killer_Demo
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                                          • 06-15-08
                                          • 8409

                                          #55
                                          i flicked a penny at a club bartender because she wanted a tip for walkin 5 feet and opening my bottle...needless to say i took her ego down a few notches
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                                          • shari91
                                            BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                                            • 02-23-10
                                            • 32661

                                            #56
                                            Originally posted by pavyracer
                                            I saw an old man next to me in church putting a $1 bill in the offering tray and taking $9 back as change.
                                            Originally posted by gryfyn1
                                            ok another one - working at a meat dept in grocery store, front end guy calls me up. A customer brought back a bag of fat trimmed off a steak, says he bought a Ribeye and it had too much fat on it and wanted his money refunded. We ask where the 'steak' was and he say he ate it -- seriously, work in a grocery store, you see some of the cheapest and most stupid people ever -
                                            Originally posted by keyboarding
                                            This guy not getting a new keyboard.


                                            Thanks guys. This thread had me giggling my ass off.
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                                            • xstud
                                              SBR MVP
                                              • 01-12-08
                                              • 1643

                                              #57
                                              at a bar here in SW Fl they have a 10 dollar all you can drink from 9pm-1am and you actually see homeless people pay for the 10 dollars in change. they then proceed to not tip 1 penny until the special is over.

                                              obviously better ones than this.. but i think this is the cheapest thing I have witnessed
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                                              • djefferis
                                                SBR MVP
                                                • 08-16-08
                                                • 1217

                                                #58
                                                Taking fire sauce from taco bell, buying 2 packs of ramen noodles and fixing a damn tasty meal for about
                                                35 cents

                                                in the old days, signing up for sears charge cards at the mall in a variety of names for a free pizza, a couple of 2 liters or whatever they were giving away

                                                once slept 5 nights on the underground in London. While eating 3 squares a day at an uncle ben's sample/demo station..and I had $$ (londons not cheap though)

                                                ducking under pay toilet doors or waiting for someone to exit and catching the door

                                                caught odd jobs helping out in 98 backpacking across Europe, kitchen help/dishwasher/bar to work for food and a bed..used my cash to bet wc games
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                                                • djefferis
                                                  SBR MVP
                                                  • 08-16-08
                                                  • 1217

                                                  #59
                                                  On dates, I have:

                                                  - taken a girl to gas station offering 2 dogs and a fountain drink for 1.50 and had a dog each and split a drink

                                                  - drove in the exit of a drive in movie w/ no headlights at night

                                                  - snuck in the player entrance to a minor league hockey game to avoid $5 admission

                                                  - double/triple dipped movies, paid for one..stayed for 2 or 3
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                                                  • Doug
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                                                    • 08-10-05
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                                                    #60
                                                    Here's one that would take some serious balls....

                                                    Crash somebody's wedding reception, sign the guest registry and everything, eat a $100 per head filet mignon and open bar and everything. It might work at a party with hundreds of guests. Who are you to the other guests....oh, I'm the Groom's 2nd cousin or something obscure like that. So many people and nobody knows who everybody is. Even the family would assume your with the "other" side of the family.

                                                    I don't think you could get arrested...at worst asked to leave !

                                                    I bet it has been done before....of course dress sharp.

                                                    I'd never do it, but I think you could pull it off....if you looked good. It would have to be like 200+ guests.
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                                                    • 36mafia
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                                                      • 11-08-09
                                                      • 2389

                                                      #61
                                                      wendys had a survey option on that back of their receipts. if you called the number you get a code for a free rootbeer or a cheesburger.
                                                      friends and i called enough times to crack the code and we hit several wendys in rotation. they finally caught on and they stopped accepting codes from us.
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                                                      • keyboarding
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                                                        • 07-30-09
                                                        • 6817

                                                        #62
                                                        Originally posted by Doug
                                                        Here's one that would take some serious balls.... Crash somebody's wedding reception, sign the guest registry and everything, eat a $100 per head filet mignon and open bar and everything. It might work at a party with hundreds of guests. Who are you to the other guests....oh, I'm the Groom's 2nd cousin or something obscure like that. So many people and nobody knows who everybody is. Even the family would assume your with the "other" side of the family. I don't think you could get arrested...at worst asked to leave ! I bet it has been done before....of course dress sharp. I'd never do it, but I think you could pull it off....if you looked good. It would have to be like 200+ guests.
                                                        You do know there's a movie about this, right?

                                                        Originally posted by 36mafia
                                                        wendys had a survey option on that back of their receipts. if you called the number you get a code for a free rootbeer or a cheesburger. friends and i called enough times to crack the code and we hit several wendys in rotation. they finally caught on and they stopped accepting codes from us.
                                                        That is awesome.
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                                                        • donkdown
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                                                          • 07-09-09
                                                          • 4423

                                                          #63
                                                          I once shit on a girls stomach back in college. She knew i was doing it then we kicked her out of the house. The funniest thing is it was a bet with my brothers. I ate corn and everything most i could get out was like a rabbit turd. Thing that made us all puke from laughing is that she is sitting there saying it doesnt even smell.. Needless to say she is an international Lawyer now and I'm a degenrate gambler.. God got me back
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                                                          • unusialsusp5
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                                                            • 04-18-10
                                                            • 4199

                                                            #64
                                                            gobs of people take stuff from fast food restaurants. but the cheapest thing i ever encountered was a poker player who i fly to vegas with before 9-11 brought two 12 packs of coca cola with him on the plane that were on sale here so he wouldn't have to buy them in vegas. cheap cheap cheap.
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                                                            • Doug
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                                                              • 08-10-05
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                                                              #65
                                                              Originally posted by keyboarding
                                                              You do know there's a movie about this, right?

                                                              That is awesome.
                                                              I've heard of the movie, haven't seen it, yet !

                                                              Doing it is a whole different matter, though !
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                                                              • MJT1212
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                                                                • 02-16-09
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                                                                #66
                                                                I seen someone sell their grandmas soul for 100 bucks.
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                                                                • HauntingTheHoly
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                                                                  • 04-28-10
                                                                  • 1397

                                                                  #67
                                                                  Originally posted by 36mafia
                                                                  wendys had a survey option on that back of their receipts. if you called the number you get a code for a free rootbeer or a cheesburger.
                                                                  friends and i called enough times to crack the code and we hit several wendys in rotation. they finally caught on and they stopped accepting codes from us.
                                                                  I don't follow. You mean you called the number and they gave you a code like "09cf413" that you could bring to a store and get a free burger? How do you crack that code by calling a lot? And isn't each code only good once?
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                                                                  • Doug
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                                                                    • 08-10-05
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                                                                    #68
                                                                    Arby's does it, but I always forget to call it in.

                                                                    A guy rooting through their trash cans could probably get tons of free food, with just a phone.
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                                                                    • keyboarding
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                                                                      • 07-30-09
                                                                      • 6817

                                                                      #69
                                                                      Originally posted by HauntingTheHoly
                                                                      I don't follow. You mean you called the number and they gave you a code like "09cf413" that you could bring to a store and get a free burger? How do you crack that code by calling a lot? And isn't each code only good once?
                                                                      It's like any key generator. If you have enough data you could easily find the pattern. I'd imagine Wendy's wasn't that hard because they couldn't imagine people actually trying to crack it.
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                                                                      • HauntingTheHoly
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                                                                        • 04-28-10
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                                                                        #70
                                                                        Originally posted by UntilTheNDofTimE
                                                                        I used to work as a manager at target and people wud always complain in the returns area so id have to go tell ppl how stupid they were so neways this lady was returning an item.

                                                                        She had a receipt lets say totaling $32.47. And she was returning a item for 19.99. So the cashier gave the lady 19.99 back and she began to bitch and complain that were not refunding her correctly. She says we also need to return the sales tax on the item. Long story short she made a scene over it. So 8 cents x 20. Over 1.60 she bitched at my boss for 10 minutes lol
                                                                        Wow, why did it take your boss TEN ******* MINUTES to understand he hadn't refunded her correctly?
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