dodgy-ish things you do to save money

[Davey Boy 2.0]

thinking of doing the homemade wine thing again, tough for us to work our way through dozens of bottles of the same kinda wine though, and haven't been drinking much vino lately...anyway it's on the radar

snoots at festies is the obvious one i guess

[color:#cccccc]i also may or may not occasionally take the stalk off of portabello mushrooms when buying them

[bouche]

make your own chicken stock and do lots of soups. lentils, chickpeas, peas, and beans are CHEAP!

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

I operate on myself whenever I have problems with any internal organs. Luckily I have a good line on cheap nitrous.

[afro poppa]

making wine is great...in guelph there are a couple places that you can do it...the best one i think is right across the street from stone road mall, 90 bucks gets u 30 bottles, plus 1 dollar each for the bottle (if you dont have em)...takes about a month to make it but once you have it, its pure gold...or at least some really cheap form of imitation gold

[Davey Boy 2.0]

oh yes and i used "Dave's Part Mart" (on Merivale) for a new set of tires the other day- $125 for 4 new ones

::pencils in visit to DEM's Nitrous Palace of Wonder in very near future::

[Tooly]

ill admit to ditching porty stems too.

and once, i had 3 buns in a bag but declared only 2 to the self check out machine. i guess thats just straight up stealing isnt it.

[bouche]

I must say, the chicken stock thing isn't dodgy, but it's a cheap way to eat a healthy meal.

Dodgey though...Snoots all the way. You could also go door to door and offer to take beer bottles back.

[Alexis]

i always pump 10.03 or 20.03 or 15.03 worth of gas and only pay the even dollar figure if i'm paying with cash

[gentlemonkey]

On the OC- try and pass off pesos for loonies. That jig is up though, Im out of pesos.

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

Tuppence sometimes work on old parking meters.

We got hooked up with scam phone cards when we lived in Japan. They worked like a charm.

[Chewie]

lol...i've brought my own booze into bars many times...flasks, even hitting my cooler in the parking lot and bringing it inside

[MarcO]

the self-scan aisle at the grocery store can save you a bundle on bulk goods.

[Kanada Kev]

3/16" washers used to work like a charm as TTC tokens in the automatic turnstiles ... they figured it out years ago though

[CyberHippie]

Homemade weed is a nice way to save money too.

I find now that I'm not working a conventional job I'm spending way less money. Sounds strange doesn't it?

I guess the back and forth to work, lunches, work clothes etc etc really add up. Also I find I now have the time to do a lot more of the things that I would have paid some other professional to do. So while this doesn't make me any money it saves me money in the long run. Also I do a lot more service for service ie barter system.

I get most of my media/entertainment off the internet. I still can't figure out why I'm giving rogers so much money every month for cable. I gotta fix that.

Most importantly though, I use "the secret" to increase the flow of dollars, that's better than trying to spend less.

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[backbacon]

I roll through stop signs to save on gas and brakes. Also, my mom cuts my hair and I don't pay her a cent! Money in my pocket, money in my pocket!

[NewRider]

I cut my own hair then cover up the mess with my cowboy hat. Unfortunately I can't wear the hat to work (even on casual Friday) because my headset phone thingy won't fit over it.

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

I grow a beard so I can save on razors.

[guigsy]

[color:purple]i voted conservative last election.

[YearsAlongTheSea]

When you've underpaid for something, pretend you don't speak Engish and try to create enough confusion that the situation just dissolves and resolves itself....

[dimafleck: the living legend.]

i go to nursing home or retirment living communities, and use the buzzer to buzz any old lady that lives in the building....

when she answer's HELLO!?

i go

"hi grandma?"

to which she goes

"DAVID??"

or whatever other name her grandson happens to be...

i then proceed to tell her that i just got into a car crash right down the street, but that i'll be okay, and that i need 50 bucks to pay the tow truck driver as a deposit....

i then tell the concerned granny that "listen grandma, i need to stay by my car and fill out some paperwork, but my friend is going to come up and get the emergency money" ... i promise to pay her back, and call her as soon as things are straightened out....

i then take the elevator up to her apartment, and pretend to be the friend.....

i once made 500 bucks in one building alone.

[jayr]

I always tell the Zellers cashier that I thought what I was buying was cheaper and they give you up to 20% off. Its great for expensive purchases.

[Tricky]

You know when people ditch cabs??? Well, I do the same thing with hookers.

[boiler]

I don't save money, I spend it. Tis the reason I work, otherwise, I'd join a jamband and then I'd really have to live frugally. However I do admit to de-stemming portabellas, not to save money though.

Oh yeah, buy in quantity. eg if a 1/4 is 60 and a half 100 an oz should be 180.

[Booche]

I get Boiler Rat to give me drugs, hugs and nugs.

[boiler]

I get Boiler Rat to give me drugs, hugs and nugs.

That's not dodgy-ness, that's love. Feel it brother.