Stingy things you do to save money

What are some power moves a brother can use to save a few dollars here and there? Things like stealing your toilet paper from the public rest room in the lobby or showering at the gym to lower your energy bill.

 

Eat less/ cook at home. Use as little electricity as possible, can do this by always turning lights off in rooms that you are not using or turning down the temp of your fridge/freezer. Make coffee at home/the office or go somewhere where it costs $1. Drink less booze, even if its one less drink every time you go out. More like jewish moves than power moves though.

 
tengleha:

Eat less/ cook at home. Use as little electricity as possible, can do this by always turning lights off in rooms that you are not using or turning down the temp of your fridge/freezer. Make coffee at home/the office or go somewhere where it costs $1. Drink less booze, even if its one less drink every time you go out. More like jewish moves than power moves though.

This is considered stingy? Also, get some LEDs. I swapped all the recessed lighting in my house with LED retrofit kits recently. It acts as air sealing from the attic too.
heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

In college I would offer to be the guy that organized rent and utilities and would collect all the money a month early so I could earn interest on it. Mind you this was like 4 years ago and interest rates at my CU were maybe .25% and I'd make less than a dollar a month. I also used to frequently offer to pay for everything on my card, then have everyone venmo me, I would take the points and turn them into cash back.

 

Are you a student... working.... I'd would hope that working in ECM as your profile may claim that you wouldn't have to steal toilet paper.... That being said there are other ways to save money... but really come on. You could be back office for life and I am pretty sure they don't even steal toilet paper and they wipe their asses just fine

 
ILikeDistressedStuff:
Intermittent Fasting / Warrior Diet, with cheap ass food during your 4-6 hour eating window

Intermittent fasting is good. But, at least buy some lettuce and canned tuna or something over ramen.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
AndyLouis:
pants with no pockets

This is genius. No pockets = no place to put money = no way to spend money...

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Holy $hit y'all are some stingy mother fuckers! I was thinking along the lines of cooking at home, drinking coffee at work instead of Starbucks, etc

but fucking toilet paper being too expensive?

I'm not even in IB and most of you guys make bonuses larger than my salary and I don't do any of these things...holy Christ.

What are you going to do if a female companion/escort comes over?

 
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yall are fucking idiots, you can't cut your way to greatness. you control your fixed costs and go from there.

  1. live in a small apartment, with roommates, potentially outside your target area (FiDi, Hoboken, etc.)
  2. think more along the lines of charles tyrwhitt instead of thomas pink
  3. cook at home, pregame hard, limit big nights out
  4. for vacations, think more bros' weekend at the beach instead of a week in europe. easier to bring drugs if you drive, and a lot cheaper.

you can be stingy as all fuck on things like power and water, but reality is, unless you stop showering or forgo technology/HVAC, it won't move the needle. put big stuff first, that extra $15 you save on power & TP every month doesn't add up to shit except for less friends and a bloody asshole.

jesus guys, get it together

 

Or find a girl who makes 2x what you do. That's what Goldie did. Do what Goldie does, as a rule of thumb throughout life. When faces with a dilemma, just stop and ask yourself, "What would Goldie do?" Make a WWGD keychain. Get a tattoo on that weird flap of skin between the thumb and and index if you must.

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 
GoldenCinderblock:

Or find a girl who makes 2x what you do. That's what Goldie did. Do what Goldie does, as a rule of thumb throughout life. When faces with a dilemma, just stop and ask yourself, "What would Goldie do?" Make a WWGD keychain. Get a tattoo on that weird flap of skin between the thumb and and index if you must.

Doesn't really matter how much she makes; you'll still have to pay for at least half of everything. But a good strategy is to then divorce her.

 
Tex35:
I honestly just gorge down on the office fruits and haven't spent a dime on breakfast nor lunch on weekdays. (I'll literally have like 6-8 bananas and a couple apples). The only times I actually spend money is on my corporate card for client meetings.

Sounds pretty fruity to me.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
Yankee Doodle:
Do any of you know how easy it is to steal from your college food courts?

Andy Fastow is that you?

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

I only "cheap out" if it (directly or indirectly) benefits my health. So examples would be: - rarely using Uber - no fattening desserts - never ordering take out (how it is not blamed for obesity?) - rarely shopping online - not paying for instant reproductive gratification etc.

savings go straight towards $200 dollar running shoes and $4,500 dollar racing bicycles, among other fitness splurges.

 
MonacoMonkey:
I only "cheap out" if it (directly or indirectly) benefits my health. So examples would be: - rarely using Uber - never ordering take out (how it is not blamed for obesity?) - rarely shopping online

1) Uber is awesome 2) Take out is fine - choose wisely 3) I get tons of deals on Amazon

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

I used to work in the FX dealing desk before. Our office was in a hotel building. In the afternoon to evening there's this small food kiosk that sells untouched hotel food at a fraction of the price, I'd buy lots of those, put it in the fridge and just stick it in the microwave. It was around 60-70% cheaper than buying the food from the restaurants around.

 

I'm in Southeast Asia. Actually I'm not really sure if it's buffet food, I just assumed because it was affordable compared to the hotel food.

Actually, in the morning until afternoon it's still not cheap but gets a 50% discount by evening so I get that for dinner too. The serving sizes are just big so I normally end up eating half of it and the other half for the next meal which is why I saved a lot of money.

 

Just cause he got a BB summer analyst offer, doesn't make him a banker yet. And even first and second year analysts are not ballers- many have student loans to pay off. Judging by the sound of it, this kid doesn't come from a wealthy family and probably worked hard to get his BB SA offer. I think you're the douchebag for caring how much money he's spending. Mind your business.

 

just tell him that you need a dollar....ha-ha....and if he won't even give that to you, then he ain't worthy of nothin'.. but seriously though, in his defense, if this is in nyc, taking the subway/ bus wouldn't be too frowned upon, prsonally i'd roll my eyes at a 20 year old boy who took me out with a limo or some shit like that

 

Your stingy friend might have a boatload of student loans, or be involved in expensive litigation. I applaud his creativity.

As a girl, I would have liked it if he cooked my dinner. Maybe he is just planning for retirement or weeding out golddiggers.

 
flyingmonkey:
As a girl, I would have liked it if he cooked my dinner. Maybe he is just planning for retirement or weeding out golddiggers.

Cool idea. I'd totally cheap out on the first date and if they don't call me back I'd know they're trolling for $$$$.

Besides, being underestimated by your competitors (but recognized by your bosses) is one of the best weapons you can have in your arsenal.

"We are lawyers! We sue people! Occasionally, we get aggressive and garnish wages, but WE DO NOT ABDUCT!" -Boston Legal-
 

This issue is very close to my heard, being a frugal guy myself. Id love to have a friend like that. All my friends think that I'm a cheap bastard because I like to walk everywhere in the city and not take a bus, train, or cab. Honestly i dont give a DAMN what anyone thinks of my spending habits.

I have a friend that purposely wears shitty clothing to see how people he doesn't know treat him , their tone quickly changes when they see him get into his Ferrari Enzo.

 
Guest1655:
This issue is very close to my heard, being a frugal guy myself. Id love to have a friend like that. All my friends think that I'm a cheap bastard because I like to walk everywhere in the city and not take a bus, train, or cab. Honestly i dont give a DAMN what anyone thinks of my spending habits.

I have a friend that purposely wears shitty clothing to see how people he doesn't know treat him , their tone quickly changes when they see him get into his Ferrari Enzo.

Props to your friend, I know a few people like that except they pretend to be clueless in order to ascertain people's true character. And walking in the city is fun / good fitness even, that's not even a matter of frugality IMHO (of course, for distances over 40 blocks or so I'd take a train/bus/cab).

Now to the OP's post, it's really none of your damn business as above posters have said. That said, I'll give you a little defense - I can't say I've ever heard of anyone taking a date...on a bus....to a bar. Either a cab is involved, or they're going to a restaurant - can be a dumpy place, I'm sure even you big-spenda have done that. In either event, it's really not yours or ours to judge him.

 
Guest1655:
This issue is very close to my heard, being a frugal guy myself. Id love to have a friend like that. All my friends think that I'm a cheap bastard because I like to walk everywhere in the city and not take a bus, train, or cab. Honestly i dont give a DAMN what anyone thinks of my spending habits.

I have a friend that purposely wears shitty clothing to see how people he doesn't know treat him , their tone quickly changes when they see him get into his Ferrari Enzo.

I know someone just like that. He dresses like an ordinary guy, refuses to buy anything other than Walmart sneakers. He uses those sneakers to mash the peddle on his 2010 Lamborghini LP670 SV.

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