You know you're cheap when you...

ShamikaT · #1 10-12-2006, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by NOWorNEVER

Interesting. My friends tell me I'm "always devising ways of beating the system." LOL

I call and get my returned check fee waived EVERYTIME. I usually just sweettalk the associate. They can really do it if they want to. If it doesn't work the first time, I'll call back to see if I can catch a "brotha" or a "sista"

I haven't paid retail for clothing in yeeeears, don't plan on paying it, and I still look good.

Aiight aiight. A few times, I've packed a blonde hair (blonde so they don't think I did it) in my bag and planted it in my food as I was halfway through my meal to get it free. I learned this from my father. He used to catch a roach, kill it, put it in a medicine bottle, and bring it to the restaurant.

There was a murder in the apartment complex I'm moving in. It wasn't random or anything and it wasnt a break in. The guy who was killed was a parole officer and one of his parolees did it. I already knew this a long time ago, but I called the leasing office "distraught"

and said the whole situation didn't sit well with me and I was considering not moving in. How bout I get the first 3 months 1/2 off in addition to a discounted rate for the whole year. That's whats up!

LAWD! I'm taking notes from your posts!

Lemme ask you a querstion? How do you not pay retail? Do you "borrow" the clothing?

Yall, lemme think some...

ShamikaT · #2 10-12-2006, 05:57 PM

When you put holes/dents in the wall you use white out instead of paint to fix it up.

You sneak in TO GO boxes at buffets. Talkin' about "Alll you can eat!".

I gets change from everywhere. I go into everyone's coat pockets in my house and at my friends' and extended family's houses. Of course I don't take it all, that would be dumb, they never notice. The last time I sent the coins to coinstar, I made $22.75!

This is my favorite method of petty theft. You need two people for this technique. We take a paper shopping bag, place it next to a spinning display of earrings and necklaces. You spin the display and then tell your peep to suddenly stop it. When it stops, some of the jewelry drops right into your shopping bag! Even if you get caught it's no big deal, just pretend that it happened on accident. You can either keep the jewelry, sell it on ebay, or give it to someone as a gift.

Before I got saved, I used to get drunk off of Scope. That's THE cheapest buzz. 1. You don't have to buy alcohol at clubs 2. If I went to a party, I didn't have to spend money BYOBing. 3. It's even cheaper than a flask, you have to buy the alcohol for the flask.

Drolefille · #3 10-12-2006, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ShamikaT

When you put holes/dents in the wall you use white out instead of paint to fix it up.

You sneak in TO GO boxes at buffets. Talkin' about "Alll you can eat!".

I gets change from everywhere. I go into everyone's coat pockets in my house and at my friends' and extended family's houses. Of course I don't take it all, that would be dumb, they never notice. The last time I sent the coins to coinstar, I made $22.75!

This is my favorite method of petty theft. You need two people for this technique. We take a paper shopping bag, place it next to a spinning display of earrings and necklaces. You spin the display and then tell your peep to suddenly stop it. When it stops, some of the jewelry drops right into your shopping bag! Even if you get caught it's no big deal, just pretend that it happened on accident. You can either keep the jewelry, sell it on ebay, or give it to someone as a gift.

Before I got saved, I used to get drunk off of Scope. That's THE cheapest buzz. 1. You don't have to buy alcohol at clubs 2. If I went to a party, I didn't have to spend money BYOBing. 3. It's even cheaper than a flask, you have to buy the alcohol for the flask.

Dude, cheap is one thing, but stealing other people's money and shoplifting? Not something I'd brag about. I hope those people aren't really your friends...

Someone mentioned taking straws from fast food places, in college I'd take plasticware and condiments from the food court. I hated doing dishes so I had a ton of free disposable utensils.

thesweetestone · #4 10-13-2006, 03:09 AM

I almost never buy the product brand. I buy the "off Brand" product.
ex. Equate or Great Value.

KAY10 · #5 10-13-2006, 05:17 AM

I haven't bought trash bags, paper cups or paper towels in over a year. I get them from work.

AKA2D '91 · #6 10-13-2006, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ShamikaT

Before I got saved, I used to get drunk off of Scope. That's THE cheapest buzz. 1. You don't have to buy alcohol at clubs 2. If I went to a party, I didn't have to spend money BYOBing. 3. It's even cheaper than a flask, you have to buy the alcohol for the flask.

Scope?

4. You will always have fresh, minty breath AND innards! LMAO

Gina_Belle · #7 10-13-2006, 05:59 PM

If I have to mail something to a friend in the same city or close by I will reverse are names and just drop it in the mail without postage. It gets stamped "Return to Sender" because it is without postage and they get the letter free. I was so bad, I even did this one year with invites to my childs B-day party.

KAY10 · #8 10-14-2006, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Gina_Belle

If I have to mail something to a friend in the same city or close by I will reverse are names and just drop it in the mail without postage. It gets stamped "Return to Sender" because it is without postage and they get the letter free. I was so bad, I even did this one year with invites to my childs B-day party.

LOL

southernelle25 · #9 10-14-2006, 07:14 PM

Thanks for the tip.

KAPPAtivating · #10 10-16-2006, 04:51 PM

The one thing I used to do when I had credit card debt...I would call the number on the back of the card and ask them could they lower or eliminate my intrest rate. Many of them will lower it for six months, or eliminate it for six months at a time.

I also had an addiction to those POLO overnight bags. When I used to go to a major department store they would always have the bags as a free gift with the purchase of cologne. I would buy the cologne and get the bag, and then a couple of days later go back to the store and return the cologne either saying I got an allergic rash, or I got it as a gift and I hate it. I accumulated about six bags doing this!

crimsondanger10 · #11 10-17-2006, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Gina_Belle

If I have to mail something to a friend in the same city or close by I will reverse are names and just drop it in the mail without postage. It gets stamped "Return to Sender" because it is without postage and they get the letter free. I was so bad, I even did this one year with invites to my childs B-day party.

LMAO! That's a good one!