TLC "Extreme Cheapskates" (video)

EWWWWW!  I know that doesn't contribute anything to the conversation, but seriously....what else is there to say?

I'm watching it, right now.Are they serious?This show is so disgusting.These people are worse that those Extreme Couponers!

PaWolf wrote: We watched too much...maybe learned too much. The couple that had goat head for dinner (no joke!) was where we finally had to draw the line. Now...this guy was really something else. Anyone see him collecting already-tossed wedding rice for a future dinner?

Yeah,he was something else.I can't believe he took other people's leftovers in restuarants!He is real lucky to have his wife for a wife.Not many women would put up with his crap as long as she has.Same thing with the man that ate the goat head's wife!What a bunch of scrooges!

I've been known to reuse aluminum foil and Saran Wrap and a lotta other things, but I'm sure as hell not gonna start reusing toilet "paper".

MrsHill wrote: What do the "reuseable toilet paper" people do when they have company?  Hand them a used rag?

Thor wrote: The least they can do is dye the rags brown first.

That is simply a terrible suggestion - would force people to use 'smell-check' before submitting their (p)articles.

I've done that before, Pa, and I agree, it works perfectly!  We still by coffee filters, though - the Aldi brand.

PaWolf wrote: MrsHill wrote: What do the "reuseable toilet paper" people do when they have company?  Hand them a used rag? You really need to watch the episode - she is far worse than you think. She is *special* - she participates in a communal day-care - when it is her turn, all the neighbors bring their kids to her place! You should see what she was feeding them - let's just call it "Free-Range Salad".

I'd be afraid to feed those kids what she fed them,because I'd be afraid they'd get food poisoning.

After watching the clips, I am going to hug my husband and apologize for calling him a cheapskate.....he flips over the ketchup bottles..he adds water to the dishwashing liquid when it reaches the bottom..he does use old rags but TO POLISH THINGS AND CLEAN FURNITURE  when I complain that he is too cheap to buy clorox bleach wipes (which I love). These people are FREAKING WACKY!! And the lady that doesn't buy toilet tissue...EWWWWWWWW!!!!! I would never eat at her house!! That is just NAAAASTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My mom does the detergent thing, but she does it always. She has an empty soap bottle that she puts a tiny bit of detergent into, and fills the rest with water XD Drives me nuts. I'll admit, I've gone numerous times to use the "refill" bottle instead of the diluted.

MrsHill wrote: My mother used to put water in the ketchup bottles to get that last bit, and I would always get angry when I ended up squirting ketchup water on a nice burger!    I do have a confession, though.  I am a bottle flipper.  I have a bottle of Avon Cocoa Butter lotion flipped over on my desk now.  The ketchup bottle is flipped over, as well as the shampoo and body wash bottles.  When I get to the end of the laundry detergent, yes, that one gets flipped, too.

If the price of toilet paper got me that upset and caused my budget to go haywire, then I'd sell the kid first. I mean really - is that the only way to save money? How utterly disgusting.