TightwadsThere's saving money, and there's being tight: saving money at the expense of other people, or simply for the miserly hell of it.
Tell us about measures that go beyond simple belt tightening into the realms of Mr Scrooge.
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chthonic, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 13:58)
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Germans are worsethese days, completely obsessed with getting a bargain. Which leads to inevitable scandals with depressing regularity when some supermarket sells meat that's months out of date, trying to keep up with the competition's prices.
And of course the fact that Tesco, who are expanding all over at the moment (particularly in Eastern Europe and trying to establish a presence in the US) don't DARE to go near Germany because they can't compete with the prices in Aldi and Lidl, who own the market there.
And yes, being thrifty is good, but single-minded obsession with bargains to the detriment of quality is just stupid. Not to mention animal welfare - "I got this chicken for £3, bargain!" Yeah, that's because it spent its pitifully short life squashed into a cage being force-fed antibiotics. Well done you.
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