How cheap are you? Okay, let’s not call it cheap. Let’s call it frugal. Especially with costs going up EVERYWHERE, we’re all looking for ways to save money. We asked the question on our Facebook page: “I am so cheap I …” and the answers we received are mind blowing. Everything from using coupons at SAVERS to, “reading the comments on how I can be even more cheap.” We have compiled a list of some of the best answers in order to help you, our listener and supporter, become even more frugal. So without further delay, here are some of the best answers of “I am so cheap I…” Let’s get ready to save!

The cash register receipt shows a $230.28 savings to Brandie Mavrich for her extreme couponing at the SuperTarget store in Kansas City, Missouri. Mavrich uses store coupons, newspaper insert coupons and Internet site coupons to maximize her shopping dollar. (Photo by David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

• Kimberly C. says "I use coupons at Savers"

  https://www.savers.com/

  

  Facade with sign at Savers Thrift Superstore, a thrift store chain selling reused and recycling clothing and household items, Dublin, California, September 7, 2018. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

• Alexandra M. "Steal things from restaurants 😂😂 no sauce or side dish is safe. (I even have a skillet ) 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️"

• Jahmol G. "Made 4 different emails to get 7 day free trials for 4 weeks straight to finish 1 show 😅"

• Troy B. "I’m so cheap I would duct tape the insides of my shoes instead of buying new ones"

• Dylan P. "I take tobacco out of used poked out cigarettes and re roll them in joint papers...I'm getting my whole 12 bucks out of that damn pack!"

  https://sensiseeds.com/en/blog/top-5-hacks-for-when-you-run-out-of-smoking-papers/

• Alethea F. "Refuse to buy something for more money when I know Dollar Tree has it for less. 🤷‍♀️ But I'll also get it at Walmart if I know it's 97 cents and won't pay $1.25 at dollar tree"

  https://www.dollartree.com/

  

  CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – AUGUST 02: Customers shop at a Dollar Tree store in the Austin neighborhood on August 02, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Discount stores have seen a double digit increase in business as higher income shoppers look to the stores for a hedge against inflation that continues to chip away at their buying power. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

• Jennayy S. "Cut the toothpaste open to get the last of it 🤣"

• Hayley L. "Freeze veggie and bone cast offs to make broth. "

• Jessica D. "Take Bandaids and Disposable Gloves from the Doctors Office "

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• Sam V. "I'm so cheap if I have a small pile of clothes to wash, I'll wash it by hands and put them to dry over a space heater."

• Charlene N. "washing plastic plates to reuse. Same with plastic silverware."

• Giselly S. "I only shop in the reduced isle of can goods, manager special on meats"

• Thomas W. "Collect cans for money"

• Jorge M. "I bring an empty plastic bottle with me when I go to the gym and fill it up with the hand soap inside the gym’s bathroom."

• Rodriguez A. "I get snacks at the dollar store before going to the movies"

  www.dollartree.com

  

  CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – AUGUST 02: Customers shop at a Dollar Tree store in the Austin neighborhood on August 02, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Discount stores have seen a double digit increase in business as higher income shoppers look to the stores for a hedge against inflation that continues to chip away at their buying power. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

• Crystal T "I keep reusing coffee grounds…I just add a new small amount to them."

• Sara G. "Share streaming apps with my family. I'm more curious than cheap honestly."

  https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/01/share-logins-streaming-services/index.htm

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