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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Credit crunchI live with my other half in a block of 700 flats, not a million miles away from the financial cesspool otherwise known as Canary Wharf, where the rent for your average studio flat (shoebox sized) exceeds £1000 a month. 1500 people live here, and the vast majority are
But since the credit crunch hit the banks in the past month or so, things have been very different - people lucky enough to still have their jobs are working 12 hour days, the bar is empty, and people are counting every last penny....
One guy has even gone to the effort of posting a notice on the forum for the flats, asking for whoever took his shampoo from the gym to please return it ASAP. Guess things must be really bad for him if a £1.50 bottle of shampoo is that important....
(, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 20:49, Reply)
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