What is the most frugal (or cheap) thing you do to save money?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I save old cool whip containers and use them for tupperware type purposes. I like cool whip bowls specifically for this because they stack neatly, they come in different sizes, and they use the same size lids for the smaller and larger containers.

That is good until you get cancer.

From the plastic or the cool whip? I confess that I have never bought a container of cool whip. It seems so 1970s.

eh, I've known people who have used cool whip (and cool whip containers as tupperware) since the 70's and they don't have cancer. Not saying that no one has EVER gotten cancer from using Cool Whip containers like that...but, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

[Anonymous]

you guys are all over your heads. I never said I use stolen passwords. I said that I am in IT and know how to get stuff for free.
I exchange some of my accounts with others that have those services. I can get free accounts to say WWE mania, as well as Tennis TV through work. I then exchange those accounts for netflix, hulu etc.

You should get your head out of your asses and stop accusing people because you dont know squat. Everything I do is 100% legal

[Anonymous]

I blowdry my own hair at the salon after color appointments. I've never seen anyone else do it, but the staff doesn't seem to mind. It saves me $40 every 2.5-3 weeks, and I'm happy enough with my own styling ability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:you guys are all over your heads. I never said I use stolen passwords. I said that I am in IT and know how to get stuff for free.
I exchange some of my accounts with others that have those services. I can get free accounts to say WWE mania, as well as Tennis TV through work. I then exchange those accounts for netflix, hulu etc.

You should get your head out of your asses and stop accusing people because you dont know squat. Everything I do is 100% legal

The private school tuition is the one that gets me. So you make $1.4 million and expect other parents to foot the bill for your kids tuition? I don't care if they are the best basketball players (or whatever) on the planet, that's just greedy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you guys are all over your heads. I never said I use stolen passwords. I said that I am in IT and know how to get stuff for free.
I exchange some of my accounts with others that have those services. I can get free accounts to say WWE mania, as well as Tennis TV through work. I then exchange those accounts for netflix, hulu etc.

You should get your head out of your asses and stop accusing people because you dont know squat. Everything I do is 100% legal

The private school tuition is the one that gets me. So you make $1.4 million and expect other parents to foot the bill for your kids tuition? I don't care if they are the best basketball players (or whatever) on the planet, that's just greedy.

I assumed that one of them worked for the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you guys are all over your heads. I never said I use stolen passwords. I said that I am in IT and know how to get stuff for free.
I exchange some of my accounts with others that have those services. I can get free accounts to say WWE mania, as well as Tennis TV through work. I then exchange those accounts for netflix, hulu etc.

You should get your head out of your asses and stop accusing people because you dont know squat. Everything I do is 100% legal

The private school tuition is the one that gets me. So you make $1.4 million and expect other parents to foot the bill for your kids tuition? I don't care if they are the best basketball players (or whatever) on the planet, that's just greedy.

I assumed that one of them worked for the school.

And each make $700k? That would be high even for a HOS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:you guys are all over your heads. I never said I use stolen passwords. I said that I am in IT and know how to get stuff for free.
I exchange some of my accounts with others that have those services. I can get free accounts to say WWE mania, as well as Tennis TV through work. I then exchange those accounts for netflix, hulu etc.

You should get your head out of your asses and stop accusing people because you dont know squat. Everything I do is 100% legal

Legal, maybe. Ethical, probably not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:you guys are all over your heads. I never said I use stolen passwords. I said that I am in IT and know how to get stuff for free.
I exchange some of my accounts with others that have those services. I can get free accounts to say WWE mania, as well as Tennis TV through work. I then exchange those accounts for netflix, hulu etc.

You should get your head out of your asses and stop accusing people because you dont know squat. Everything I do is 100% legal

How do you get 90% off your grocery bills?

[Anonymous]

that i can divulge. Go to mommy coupons. But its a combination of employee rate, ibotta, checkout51, extreme coupon stacking, gift card usage, cashback promos. It does not take time at all, my daughter does it for us. There are plently of blogs out there that tell you on how to combine all of the perks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:that i can divulge. Go to mommy coupons. But its a combination of employee rate, ibotta, checkout51, extreme coupon stacking, gift card usage, cashback promos. It does not take time at all, my daughter does it for us. There are plently of blogs out there that tell you on how to combine all of the perks

Yeah, but aren't you using employee codes when you're not in fact the employee was intended for? Just because you can't get arrested for it doesn't mean it's right.

[Anonymous]

again with the assumptions. Dude I have a family member working for HQ for Whole Foods man. And guess what I legally use their discount(its called friends and family). Tired of trolls

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:again with the assumptions. Dude I have a family member working for HQ for Whole Foods man. And guess what I legally use their discount(its called friends and family). Tired of trolls

Still not getting 90% off food bill bases on what you've divulged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how about this.
I am in IT so I know how to get most of digital stuff for free. So:
1. Free internet.
2. I get IPTV password from friend so I watch HBO/Cinemax/all channels for free
3. I have passwords for hbo now, netflix, hulu all for free
4. I rent out my 3 bedrooms in my basement which offset my mortgage 100%
5. My mortgage rate is 1%, due to me signing in for a special program(we talked about it here). I do have to go to a couple of classes a year
6. I greatly reduced my house taxes by applying and getting a tax abatement approved(down from 10k taxes per year to under $1000 per year now)
7. I get 90% off grocery bills by using employee rates, coupons, cashbacks, giftcard schemes, I barely pay for groceries, and I always go to Costco, Whole Foods, never to Giant, Safeway, etc.
8. When I pay for gas it is like 40c per gal again due to cashback schemes and programs.
9. When I need to shop at Kohls, Walmart, etc. I usually score 70% plus off again due to coupons etc.
10. My 2 kids go to private school for free( well close to free, like 2k per year total - cant divulge more)
11. We both drive 2016 Priuses and barely use any gas
12. just as anybody else no haircuts, my DW does everything herself.
13. We earn 700k each year and grow every year and are still like that but TBH this is how we became rich, by being frugal and reinvesting back.

My God, can you teach a class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:how about this.
I am in IT so I know how to get most of digital stuff for free. So:
1. Free internet.
2. I get IPTV password from friend so I watch HBO/Cinemax/all channels for free
3. I have passwords for hbo now, netflix, hulu all for free
4. I rent out my 3 bedrooms in my basement which offset my mortgage 100%
5. My mortgage rate is 1%, due to me signing in for a special program(we talked about it here). I do have to go to a couple of classes a year
6. I greatly reduced my house taxes by applying and getting a tax abatement approved(down from 10k taxes per year to under $1000 per year now)
7. I get 90% off grocery bills by using employee rates, coupons, cashbacks, giftcard schemes, I barely pay for groceries, and I always go to Costco, Whole Foods, never to Giant, Safeway, etc.
8. When I pay for gas it is like 40c per gal again due to cashback schemes and programs.
9. When I need to shop at Kohls, Walmart, etc. I usually score 70% plus off again due to coupons etc.
10. My 2 kids go to private school for free( well close to free, like 2k per year total - cant divulge more)
11. We both drive 2016 Priuses and barely use any gas
12. just as anybody else no haircuts, my DW does everything herself.
13. We earn 700k each year and grow every year and are still like that but TBH this is how we became rich, by being frugal and reinvesting back.

My God, can you teach a class?

I think you are being trolled now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make over 400k but:

1. One car
2. Bring lunch to work
3. Make coffee at home
4. Take the bus
5. Cook often at home
6. Groom our own dog
7. Clean our own house

Can we be friends?

We make about $350 combined but:

-have a 10 year old car
-our second "new" car was a certified pre-owned minivan
-i don't eat out except 2x max a week
-we basically live like college students 80% of the time even though we have 2 kids now and been out of school for 15 years
-our most expensive piece of furniture is a $800 dining table that we bought new. Everything else has been used for a very long time or inherited (from grandparents which we won't dispose as it's got sentimental value, and it still works)