The tight gits thread ...

[TimberWolf]

Sod that - we pay more tax than the poor - let them work out how to save thier own bloody cash!

I am a tight git. Claiming back stamps through company? Pah. I look for letters that come in with little or no franking on them and use them again

You can also re-use the envelope. Spray teflon over stamps so that your friends can re-use them. May be illegal.

[TimberWolf]

Buy an auto-sleeper instead of a house. There’s no rent or poll tax (?) and moving house is a doddle.

[Board Game Geek]

Don't bother dusting.

After the first couple of layers, it doesn't get any more noticable or worse.

[PRC1964]

If you need a new pen, just pop into Argos. They have plenty of free ones.

[Denny]

Hot Saving Tips

Sell your gloves on e-bay and save the cash. To warm hands, buy a pack of Victory V pastels, suck one whilst holding your hands outstretched over your mouth and breath out.

Buy cheap plonk from Quiksave at £1.99 a gallon and don't recycle your old good wine bottles with label intact. Instead, refill them with the plonk to take to smart dinner parties. Ensure that you conceal the top and tell the host(ess) that it is an excellent vintage and should breath and will open it for them so they don't notice that it's already been corked.

For a fun weekend hobby. Forget expensive gas guzzling drives in the country or expensive booze ups at your local. Intead, crawl about on your hands and knees in your local busy highstreet on a Saturday and hunt around for dropped coins, using a magnifying glass to assist. You'll be surprised at how much you'll accumulate and it'll be great fun!

[TimberWolf]

Wear warm clothes inside the house instead of using the central heating.

[DiscoStu]

If you need a new pen, just pop into Argos. They have plenty of free ones.

Slightly O/T but it still makes me smile.

When I was a kid I'd often visit my grandparents. My Grandad had a bureau that he kept all his paperwork in, and there were always lots of those little pens in it. As a small child I thought he just did a lot of shopping in Argos.

Years after he died, I walked into a bookies for the first time, and it hit me straight away, maybe Grandad hadn't got those pens from Argos after all

[ferret]

For a fun weekend hobby. Forget expensive gas guzzling drives in the country or expensive booze ups at your local. Instead, crawl about on your hands and knees in your local busy highstreet on a Saturday and hunt around for dropped coins, using a magnifying glass to assist. You'll be surprised at how much you'll accumulate and it'll be great fun!

I like raiding the fountain at the local shopping centre, pretend the kiddie has fallen in and snatch a handful while "rescuing" her.

[johnreid]

Make people think ye have a dog by walking around the local park carrying a lead and a small plastic bag of sh|te.

[TimberWolf]

Pee in the toilet sink instead of the toilet. The sink is ergonometrically designed for the purpose and it takes almost no water to flush.