Ultimate Penny Pinching by the Tightest Man in Britain

Posted on October 27, 2008

You will not like these but needs must when the devil drives! Welcome to ultimate Penny Pinching!

* Share the bath between the whole family. Cleanest goes first.
* Deliberately hang up after a couple of rings when you call a family member. They’ll call you back therefore saving your bill.
* Minesweep drinks in the pub. Minesweep means drink what people leave behind.
* See a penny, pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck – and you’ll be 1p up in the deal!
* Never buy pens. You can get all the pens you’ll ever need free at a bookies.
* Never buy toilet roll. You can get as much toilet roll as you need free from any public toilet.
* Never buy a newspaper – just read it in the shop.
* Any time you have to make a purchase automatically submit a complaint to see if you can get it for free.
* Turn your clothes inside out so you can get another couple of days out of them before they have to be washed.
* Sit in the dark. If all your are doing is vegging out in front of the TV then you don’t need the lights on.
* Every time you take a sip of Cola top the bottle back up with water.
* Make sure everyone knows when your birthday is coming up. If you start a new job then announce to your new workmates that you’ve just got engaged (even if you’ve not even got a girlfriend).
* Every time you go to a club let the DJ/ Bar Staff/ Doormen know that it is your birthday or you are out celebrating your engagement.
* Never buy sauce, salt or vinegar – they give it away for free at McDonalds! Same applies for cutlery and straws.
* Always nip to the toilet (and then out the back door) when it is time for your round.
* Get to know where the skips are in your neighbourhood. Every evening just happen to be passing by to see if there are any goodies.
* Cut the toes out of children’s socks before chucking them out. You’ll get an extra six months out of them.
* Take any Christmas gift you get back to the shop on Boxing Day to cash them in.
* Go third party only on your car insurance and max out the excess.
* If you are really dodgy then never buy a lightbulb again. See toilet roll suggestion as to where you can get these from. Same applies to toilet seats if you want to take things to extremes.
* Sand and wood are always available for free at your local beach and forest.
* Hide from the conductor on the train. On half of the train journeys I take I never get asked for my ticket.

I’ve got millions more of these up my sleeve! The truest saying of all time is “Necessity is the mother of invention”, and I’m sure if you’ve every been really up against it you may have tried some of the above. Don’t be ashamed – it’s life. Just make sure that when the money starts rolling in again you remember the old times and make sure to put cash aside to save ever having to go there again.

New FREE download available at http://www.uncommonadvice.co.uk Ross Taylor is the author of “Money, Mortgages and Magic” and “The No B.S. Credit Crunch Ready Guide to Buy to Let in 2008″. Ross is a successful Financial Adviser specializing in First Time Buyers and Buy to Let. He owns over £2million worth of property in the UK and regularly gives lectures on Financial Planning.