On This Edition of Cheap Bastard...

[ExtraSlow]

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I spent 2 hours on hold yesterday for Telus to have them "renew my discounts" on my internet bill. I had to go through the whole "I'm going to have to look at other providers" song and dance but they essentially just re-applied the same discounts and provided a credit for my inconvenience. I do this every 2 years and haven't paid more than $60/month for fiber internet in about 6 years.

THat reminds me, I need to threaten Telus here really soon.

[tonytiger55]

I bought loose leaf tea. I make Indian chaa(chai) every morning instead of biy tea and coffee outside. Its almost like a morning ritual..

[nismodrifter]

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I bought loose leaf tea. I make Indian chaa(chai) every morning instead of biy tea and coffee outside. Its almost like a morning ritual..

This is not being cheap it's just life in the day of an Indian. On trips we bring a baggie of cha supplies (lachi etc) because gotta have that cha. I had cha on the beach here yesterday in Hawaii lol. Desi life yo.

[G-ZUS]

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I had cha on the beach here yesterday in Hawaii lol. Desi life yo.

mack daddy

[tonytiger55]

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this is not being cheap it's just life in the day of an indian. On trips we bring a baggie of cha supplies (lachi etc) because gotta have that cha. I had cha on the beach here yesterday in hawaii lol. Desi life yo.

lmao..

[ThePenIsMightier]

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I buy dog toys off amazon (prime), and once my dog shreds it, i return it for "poor quality" for full refund (within the first 20 or 30 days).
I've been doing this continuously every month, for 3 years with no issues.

This is different. You're stealing. If you jumped through those hoops to be cheap, then this thread is for you.
I think there's already a thread for what you're doing.

*Not judging - just saying it's different.

[T-Dubbs]

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This is different. You're stealing. If you jumped through those hoops to be cheap, then this thread is for you.
I think there's already a thread for what you're doing.

*Not judging - just saying it's different.

ha ha free to judge!

I don't have an issue buying dog toys that last long (bought and kept lots of those too), but the ones that claim to be high quality and they last 5 minutes are ones that I choose to keep returning.

Not sure that I classify that as "stealing", but everyone is entitled to their opinion.

[2Legit2Quit]

Any dog toy that's cloth based of some sort is doomed if you have a heavy shredder/strong chewer, we gave up buying them as our dog would destroy them quickly.

West Paw made products are high quality and very durable.

[Ca_Silvia13]

The wife and I rolled all our loose change this week. That brought back memories of dumping a hand full of quarters on the counter to pay for groceries back in the day. Might happen again. Thanks Trudeau!

[Swank]

^Thanks for making me miss arcades

[vengie]

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I spent 2 hours on hold yesterday for Telus to have them "renew my discounts" on my internet bill. I had to go through the whole "I'm going to have to look at other providers" song and dance but they essentially just re-applied the same discounts and provided a credit for my inconvenience. I do this every 2 years and haven't paid more than $60/month for fiber internet in about 6 years.

I do this as well.
We pay $95/ month for telus cable (pick 6) and GB internet.

Same script every two years.

[Brent.ff]

$14 for fucking Stanley park?!

[ExtraSlow]

Shit my $200 pc should be in this thread not the black Friday.

[Recca168]

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I spent 2 hours on hold yesterday for Telus to have them "renew my discounts" on my internet bill. I had to go through the whole "I'm going to have to look at other providers" song and dance but they essentially just re-applied the same discounts and provided a credit for my inconvenience. I do this every 2 years and haven't paid more than $60/month for fiber internet in about 6 years.

I do this over chat now so that I don't have to listen to the annoying music

[ExtraSlow]

Telus normally won't renew any decent discounts over chat. The chat agents have less authority then the "loyalty" agents who only do phone. And they have even less authority than the real cancellation agents.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Sometimes I just dump the mini compost bin contents into the larger outside one. I tell myself it's because touching the sweaty baggie is disgusting, but deep down, I know that it's mainly because I resent having to pay 12¢ for each of those useless bags as we pretend that my carrot peelings being picked up by a third diesel truck to take them somewhere special makes any positive difference to anyone.

[ExtraSlow]

I have started buying candy and snacks at Dollarama instead of the grocery store. About 50% cheaper for same brands, and even less if I get the weirdo store brands like "meteor bars" etc.

[ThePenIsMightier]

I buy those dirt cheap batteries for terrible kids toys at the Dollar Store. Only for toys that you know they're going to forget to turn off and you don't want to spend $8/week on Energizers.

I recently purchased a pair of A23 batteries there but don't tell ThAcO because it's very, very important to him that I live the rest of my life unable to procure reasonably priced A23 or LR932 variant batteries. You see, he refused to help me because I NegRep'd him for posting in a ZenOps thread.

So two things are crystal clear:
1.) I am drowning in cheap LR932 batteries and loving it.
2.) ThAcO doesn't care about Rep. Nope... Doesn't give a fuck, at all.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

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I have started buying candy and snacks at Dollarama instead of the grocery store. About 50% cheaper for same brands, and even less if I get the weirdo store brands like "meteor bars" etc.

I’ve been doing this forever. Red bulls and rockstars are cheap there too.

[suntan]

In an attempt to stop buying so many lunches, I went to Costco and promptly spent $300.