What's the pikiest thing you've done to save money

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Had a beer and chat with an old uni mate at lunchtime today and we remembered the things we used to do to save cash, such as re-using teabags, stealing toilet paper and cutlery from the Uni buildings etc.

The pikiest though was not paying the leccy bill for 3 months. We charged phones/laptops at uni and used candles to light our digs (not in the romantic sense).

So, what was yours?
 
Mr Nice said:
Had a beer and chat with an old uni mate at lunchtime today and we remembered the things we used to do to save cash, such as re-using teabags, stealing toilet paper and cutlery from the Uni buildings etc.

The pikiest though was not paying the leccy bill for 3 months. We charged phones/laptops at uni and used candles to light our digs (not in the romantic sense).

So, what was yours?
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Sold christmas presents and bithday presents on ebay ?

Shopped at FarmFoods in Acomb !

Visited Jumbos all you can eat Chinese Buffet and sneekly filled up tupperware boxes and feasted for a few days on it.

As above but did it in Pizza Hut on the lunch time buffet £5.99 joby.
We also used to eat about 24 slices of pizza and then you wouldn't wanna eat for about 4 days. Fill up your boxes and they freeze ok ! reheat in the oven for around 20mins. :D
 
Staking out the local supermarket at price reduction time. Also worked out which offers still came off (3 for 2's etc.) which resulted in them paying me to buy stuff. I then made sure I bought just enough proper price stuff to get a basket of shopping for pennies, rather than end up with a minus figure :o

I was also told to throw out the left over packs that we gave out to new students in the halls that I worked at/lived in. As I did so I kept all the pens and condoms that were in them. Was well stocked up for the year as we had stacks left :D

Blocked up the pockets on the pool table in halls. Whole night of pool for 50p.

Found that when someone bought something from the choc and crisp machine in halls and it never came out that infact it used to just get stuck near the bottom of the shoot. I'd give them their refund then go and retrieve my bounty.

I was a right scab in my uni days :o
 
YorkshirePadd26 said:
Visited Jumbos all you can eat Chinese Buffet and sneekly filled up tupperware boxes and feasted for a few days on it.
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***** - But cool!

Worked in maccy d's and always worked the close so I could take home loads of unsold burgers.

Used the same train tickets for ages just holding it up to the inspector at the station with a finger over the date.

Lived in Hatfield.
 
I always fart into the rings on my gas cooker, this turns back the gas meter and saves me a few quid a year.
 
never went uni but once ate a tin of dog food for breakfast coz dad hadnt done shopping and all we had was frozen non microwavable stuff and sauces in the cupboard . i was starving hungry in my defence and wasnt that bad.
 
Ricochet J said:
A mate I know washed his own clothes in a plastic tub handwash style.
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No idea why, but that really made me laugh!

dustiestrat said:
never went uni but once ate a tin of dog food for breakfast coz dad hadnt done shopping and all we had was frozen non microwavable stuff and sauces in the cupboard . i was starving hungry in my defence and wasnt that bad.
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:eek: I'd rather starve.
 
dustiestrat said:
never went uni but once ate a tin of dog food for breakfast coz dad hadnt done shopping and all we had was frozen non microwavable stuff and sauces in the cupboard . i was starving hungry in my defence and wasnt that bad.
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Eww :(
 
dustiestrat said:
never went uni but once ate a tin of dog food for breakfast coz dad hadnt done shopping and all we had was frozen non microwavable stuff and sauces in the cupboard . i was starving hungry in my defence and wasnt that bad.
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LOL, saying that, the grade of the meat in dog food is higher than kebab meat :o

If its yellow let it mellow if its brown flush it down, saves a fair bit on the water bill
 
I've fed dogs for 20 years and the smell of that stuff still makes me retch. I'd happily starve to death.
 
dustiestrat said:
never went uni but once ate a tin of dog food for breakfast coz dad hadnt done shopping and all we had was frozen non microwavable stuff and sauces in the cupboard . i was starving hungry in my defence and wasnt that bad.
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Where you barking afterwards?
 
dustiestrat said:
never went uni but once ate a tin of dog food for breakfast coz dad hadnt done shopping and all we had was frozen non microwavable stuff and sauces in the cupboard . i was starving hungry in my defence and wasnt that bad.
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It is if you know what goes in them, leftover bits of carcass and poorly cooked. Not good at all.

Based on pedigree pet foods, used to work there :(
 
dustiestrat said:
never went uni but once ate a tin of dog food for breakfast coz dad hadnt done shopping and all we had was frozen non microwavable stuff and sauces in the cupboard . i was starving hungry in my defence and wasnt that bad.
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I don't believe you.
 
you guys are right pros, worst thing I've done is make meatballs with really old mince (going brown/grey) or not wash my plate from yesterdays dinner.
 
Mr Nice said:
The pikiest though was not paying the leccy bill for 3 months. We charged phones/laptops at uni and used candles to light our digs (not in the romantic sense).

So, what was yours?
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Friends of mine moved into a house and for the entire year they never paid a single pound for electricity and gas (same company), and with a couple months to go they thought they better get it sorted out before they leave. Rang up the electric board and this was in June and was told they have no old meter reading so they are going to use the usage in the next 2 months and average it out for the year. So what did they do? Use candles for 2 months mostly! Being the summer they didn't need the heating or lights that much and the total was a tiny percentage what they would've paid !
 
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Used to only shop on a Tuesday so I could get the reduced items (which seemed to be prevalent on a Tuesday but not other days)

Worked at McDonalds to save me food money :D Stole whatever I could lay my hands on from McDonalds so I wouldn't have to pay for whatever it was :D Got sacked for stealing...

I know someone who couldn't aford to get home from Cornwall to Kent so he ripped a brake hose open and called the AA Relay out. That WASN'T me good kind Mr AA man :)
 
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