Stingiest things thread(op for R&R access)

OhHiMark

AlphabetCards wrote: »

Her Father let her off a few months of rent, how is this a difficult one? I'd expect them to show some gratitude. They have already helped a struggling business by letting them off a few thousand pounds! And no-one is required to 'help a business' that is more North American nonsense that needs to be cut out.

They probably literally cannot afford to give people freebies after being out of work for most of the last year.

Viscount Aggro

I know a guy living near Phoenix Park, NCR end.
He buys frozen fish with breadcrumbs, because its cheaper.
Then he hacks off all the breadcrumbs before cooking it.
Takes him about an hour.

Sardonicat

Viscount Aggro wrote: »

I know a guy living near Phoenix Park, NCR end.
He buys frozen fish with breadcrumbs, because its cheaper.
Then he hacks off all the breadcrumbs before cooking it.
Takes him about an hour.

Did you tell him ot would be faster to cook the fish first and then peel the breadcrumb coating off?

florawest

Yyhhuuu wrote: »

My friend who is very well off with a few properties rented out ( no mortgages mind you) including her own home and the granny flat. So not short of a few Bob. Mad for money but tight as a ducks arse. Her cat was knocked down by a car. She rang the DSPCA to say a STRAY cat was knocked down. They came out and took it to the vet and paid large vets bill. She then phoned them up to "adopt" her cat back.

I thought it was a masterstroke in stinge!

That was horrific, I would have reported her as there are some genuine people out there who need help with vet bills. Hope they charged her a very large adoption fee.

joeguevara

joeguevara wrote: »

Don’t know the DSPCA policy on injured animals. Do they pay external vets to perform emergency services on unknown animals especially when healthy animals are waiting to be regimes?

Do they pay external vets when they have their own veterinary team.

Finally do they pay large medical bills as a charitable organisation when they are extremely tight for money where they don’t know if cat is feral or not and countless animals need to be fed, cared for etc,

As I said I don’t know.

They used to use the services of the Irish Blue Cross. My sister is a vet and she worked for the IBC after college, but I think they only have one full-time vet — the rest work on an ad-hoc basis. Or, that used to be arrangement with the DSPCA.

Veterinary pay is shïte anyway, and drugs are cheaper than human medicines, it's usually very old/generic stuff, so it wouldn't be astronomical money you're talking about.

Not sure if this belongs in the stingy thread, but one thing that bothers a lot of vets is when people bring injured birds, mangled hedgehogs, feral cats etc to private practices and expect the vet to treat the animal, gratis, like an A&E. Nobody gets paid for that work, unless it goes through the local SPCA or the Irish Blue Cross.

It's quite common, and people usually think the vet can claim back theexpenses like some kind of animal medical-card. Most vets are happy to oblige, but there's a limit to how often you can reconstruct a hedgehog's pelvis!

2lazytogetup

i learned my stinge lesson. i didnt want to pay 2 euro cloakroom nightclub fee so i handed in my coat as a lost coat. come 3am go to pick up my coat by explaining i had lost my coat and if someone handed it in. told that i couldnt and given a number to ring. number rang out during the week. came back a couple of weeks later early in the night to see if they would be more amenable to me looking for my coat. never got it back, but still save the 2 euro.

Katgurl

AlphabetCards wrote: »

Her Father let her off a few months of rent, how is this a difficult one? I'd expect them to show some gratitude. They have already helped a struggling business by letting them off a few thousand pounds! And no-one is required to 'help a business' that is more North American nonsense that needs to be cut out.

He let her off one or two month's rent (so probably one) not a few. He didn't do this out of kindness, he did it because it made business sense. His losses would have been far greater getting a new tenant in not to mention the reputation he would have earned. Giving a freebie would be a terrible idea to such self entitled muppets, they'd be dropping in forever to take advantage.

Claw Hammer

Katgurl wrote: »

He let her off one or two month's rent (so probably one) not a few. He didn't do this out of kindness, he did it because it made business sense. His losses would have been far greater getting a new tenant in not to mention the reputation he would have earned. Giving a freebie would be a terrible idea to such self entitled muppets, they'd be dropping in forever to take advantage.

They probably only go in when they have a ladder in their tights so they can claim that the tights were torn on a chair and get the price of a new pair back as well!

Keyzer

Yyhhuuu wrote: »

My friend who is very well off with a few properties rented out ( no mortgages mind you) including her own home and the granny flat. So not short of a few Bob. Mad for money but tight as a ducks arse. Her cat was knocked down by a car. She rang the DSPCA to say a STRAY cat was knocked down. They came out and took it to the vet and paid large vets bill. She then phoned them up to "adopt" her cat back.

I thought it was a masterstroke in stinge!

Thats genius

Purple Mountain

Keyzer wrote: »

Thats genius

As someone who treats my cat like another child, I think it's disgusting.

pgj2015

Purple Mountain wrote: »

As someone who treats my cat like another child, I think it's disgusting.

It is pathetic and I would be mortified to admit that to anyone if it was my cat but I thought it was going to be much worse. As in it was going to cost 100 euro to fix the cat but 80 euro to get it put down and she went for the 80 euro option.

Keyzer

Purple Mountain wrote: »

As someone who treats my cat like another child, I think it's disgusting.

Its a genius idea... you have to admit that.

Disgusting behaviour though.

Antares35

joeguevara wrote: »

Don’t know the DSPCA policy on injured animals. Do they pay external vets to perform emergency services on unknown animals especially when healthy animals are waiting to be regimes?

Do they pay external vets when they have their own veterinary team.

Finally do they pay large medical bills as a charitable organisation when they are extremely tight for money where they don’t know if cat is feral or not and countless animals need to be fed, cared for etc,

As I said I don’t know.

I don't think they're as tight for money as they make out..also would the woman not have had to go through the adoption process, home checks etc. And adoptions aren't free anymore either. Presumably the cat wasnt chipped! that'd be an awkward conversation. I'm skeptical about them calling out too tbh. But agree it's the ultimate stinge!

Antares35

Purple Mountain wrote: »

As someone who treats my cat like another child, I think it's disgusting.

Same. I had a cat once who climbed into the car engine and shattered his leg on the fan belt. He was lucky he didn't lose his head tbh. Local vet said they could save him but they'd need to amputate the leg for 300. Or we could take him to an orthopaedic surgeon and get a plate put in for 900 or something. At the time I was so broke but I managed to beg and borrow to get it together for surgery. I couldn't look at the fecker hopping around the rest of his life for the sake of it!

eisenberg1

Viscount Aggro wrote: »

I know a guy living near Phoenix Park, NCR end.
He buys frozen fish with breadcrumbs, because its cheaper.
Then he hacks off all the breadcrumbs before cooking it.
Takes him about an hour.

And then you can sprinkle the breadcrumbs over an ice cream on a stick....
...and voila, you have a “Brunch”

Cork Lass

AlphabetCards wrote: »

I work late evenings, and I look in the vending machines when I'm hungry for a bit of chocolate. I only ever put the money in when it looks like they have packed it badly, and that I'll get two for one. Had a great one last week, two twirls and two small bags of haribo. Bring the stinge hate!




Thats not stinge - that's theft.

Piehead

I know a lad who disposes of all rubbish either in the fireplace or down the jax to avoid bin charges

punisher5112

Piehead wrote: »

I know a lad who disposes of all rubbish either in the fireplace or down the jax to avoid bin charges

Surprised he doesn't do what I see so many doing these days, full shopping bags, back packs full of rubbish into street bins....

Was talking to a council worker and he was saying there are people disposing of bricks, sheds etc where they put in bits at a time, obviously cut down to fit.

Capt'n Midnight

Yyhhuuu wrote: »

My friend who is very well off with a few properties rented out ( no mortgages mind you) including her own home and the granny flat. So not short of a few Bob. Mad for money but tight as a ducks arse. Her cat was knocked down by a car. She rang the DSPCA to say a STRAY cat was knocked down. They came out and took it to the vet and paid large vets bill. She then phoned them up to "adopt" her cat back.

I thought it was a masterstroke in stinge!

Someone in the UK must have seen this thread.


Microchipping pet cats will become compulsory under a wide-ranging new animal welfare plan.

Quazzie

punisher5112 wrote: »

Surprised he doesn't do what I see so many doing these days, full shopping bags, back packs full of rubbish into street bins....

Was talking to a council worker and he was saying there are people disposing of bricks, sheds etc where they put in bits at a time, obviously cut down to fit.

There's a road where I live, and I'm not sure what happened but on a turn one morning appeared a big load of rubbish. Like enough rubbish it appears a trailer broke or something and it tipped it's load.

The following day, when people obviously realised the council were going to have to come and fix the mess there suddenly appeared about 20-30 extra bags where people obviously saw an opportunity to bin their rubbish for free.

RebeccaK21

Cork Lass wrote: »

AlphabetCards wrote: »

I work late evenings, and I look in the vending machines when I'm hungry for a bit of chocolate. I only ever put the money in when it looks like they have packed it badly, and that I'll get two for one. Had a great one last week, two twirls and two small bags of haribo. Bring the stinge hate!




Thats not stinge - that's theft.

No it's not, chances are someone else has paid for it and the thingy hasn't rotated fully to release their item.
I tried to buy a bar at work from the machine and it got stuck, so I stuck in another euro, figuring that the second would push the first down too. It didn't, and I didn't want to be stingy and borrow another euro from somebody, so abandoned it, was fuming :mad:. Hope the next person enjoyed their 3 twixes for the price of one

johndaman66

RebeccaK21 wrote: »

No it's not, chances are someone else has paid for it and the thingy hasn't rotated fully to release their item.
I tried to buy a bar at work from the machine and it got stuck, so I stuck in another euro, figuring that the second would push the first down too. It didn't, and I didn't want to be stingy and borrow another euro from somebody, so abandoned it, was fuming :mad:. Hope the next person enjoyed their 3 twixes for the price of one

The vending machines in my former work place would cop if your selection did not drop and leave you in credit until you did get your item or ask for your coins to be returned (not all vending machines may be created equal though!)

Strumms

punisher5112 wrote: »

Surprised he doesn't do what I see so many doing these days, full shopping bags, back packs full of rubbish into street bins....

Was talking to a council worker and he was saying there are people disposing of bricks, sheds etc where they put in bits at a time, obviously cut down to fit.

It’s scummy and becoming a real problem..

I live near a big green, there is a council bin on each corner, seemingly permanently now stuffed with household rubbish in shopping bags and people have left bags of household rubbish beside the bins... I’m out for a walk over the weekend and was attacked by two or three wasps as I passed the stinking heap.... :rolleyes: scummers...

thesandeman

Strumms wrote: »

I’m out for a walk over the weekend and was attacked by two or three wasps as I passed the stinking heap.... :rolleyes: scummers...

Bit unfair. #wasplivesmatter

Strumms

thesandeman wrote: »

Bit unfair. #wasplivesmatter

I’m waspist, I hate em. Evil.

thesandeman

Strumms wrote: »

I’m waspist, I hate em. Evil.

No flies on you boy.

bewareofthedog

I was driven home by a chap I worked with on the Friday, it was a one off because my contract was already up and I was doing him a favour doing extra days since they were short of staff. He made a stop at the super market cause he said friends were visiting and needed to stock up on drink.

Wait in the car anyway and he comes back and shows me the 6 Smithwicks he got for himself then with a big proud smirk on his face shows me another bag with super market branded cheapo beer for his visitors. It was like it was an achievement for him for something.

Never liked him and always thought he was a snide fecker, that just confirmed it.

A lad who owned a farm and was really well off used to visit our house to watch TV and have a can with my Dad once or twice or a week. He'd have a new car every second month, some old banger on it's last legs because he didn't want to splash out on something more expensive.

He never brought a thing for xmas when we were kids and he'd only bring the can for himself and only after there was a falling out over it did he bring drinks for anyone else, that didn't last long though before he was back to his old ways.

The local paper comes out on a Wednesday and he'd always visit those nights to read it and often bring it off with him when he was going home. The auld lad ( rest his soul ) should have told him to feck off for good.

Wildly Boaring

He arrived with a single can every time??

In his eyes he was a great fella for bringing it and saving your dad having to provide. The mind of a stinge

paw patrol

Jeremy Sproket wrote: »

Well, isn't it lucky my dad didn't take this attitude and turf her out?

Ah no, because he'd be vilified by the daily rags as a monster landlord destroying a small business.

Doing his wife's and daughter's nails would have been a nice token gesture. He never even got a verbal thanks or a card or letter of gratitude for the free rent.

your dad could have thrown her out but he wouldn't have rented the property out any time soon. it made sense to stick with the tenant he had - who is now up and running and paying rent.

There are stinges in this story but it isn't the business owner / tenant,

California Dreamer

paw patrol wrote: »

your dad could have thrown her out but he wouldn't have rented the property out any time soon. it made sense to stick with the tenant he had - who is now up and running and paying rent.

There are stinges in this story but it isn't the business owner / tenant,

Jesus we are still having to listen to this instead of actual stinge stories!