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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OxfamI have been paying to Oxfam for many years by direct debit. It starts off at £2 per month but thereafter they are forever calling and asking you to put it up to £5, £10 etc. Wouldn't have done it if I'd known.
What I hate most, though, is everytime I go into town to do some shopping I get mugged by hoards of 'smiley' people in the high street after money for this that and t'other. I want to growl at them.
(, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 14:34, 1 reply)
I do the £2 a month thing to Cancer Research. They kept sending me letters asking for more. I wrote in giant black marker pen on their letter "IF YOU KEEP SPENDING MY DONATIONS ON ASKING ME FOR MORE MONEY, I WILL STOP DONATING", and sent it back to them (in the supplied envelope) with the envelope they sent it in included.
No more letters since then.
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