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Original thread here..... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=88733360#post88733360

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For anyone interested the ranting & Raving forum has a brilliant thread about retail. On gaining access to that forum I spent 6 hours reading every post.
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razorblunt

kg703 wrote: »

This is hugely common. While it's unfair to waste someone's time and drinking the prosecco etc. is awful scabby, getting a knock off dress can make sense when they looking for 2-3 grand a dress and the only way to know what one is to try them on.....(I bought off a high street shop so I'm scabby in a different way:pac:.)

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Getting a knock off dress can make sense if you're willing to take the risk, wasting hours of a business' time and drinking complimentary booze is different entirely.

I've had to send measurements for suits away to friends in different cities before, I'd walk into a formal hire shop and say "I need to send measurements to a friend, could you size me up and let me know the measurements". There's never been an issue, if I do this in Suit Dept or Suit Stores they've often asked what fit is the suit and let me try on their versions.

If I walked into a custom tailor and got fitted while knocking back Peronis with the biys talking about my wedding then asked for the measurements I'd expect to be told to fock off and quickly!!

kg703

Stinge abroad: When I lived in Australia, the guy we rented from (also lived in house about 7 of us all together) was given the house by his wealthy parents. Inner city marketing exec who had a different girl in every week despite being fierce ugly and a massive fan of the marching powder. He was insufferable and I used to refer to him as Satan as even to this day, I don't think I've ever met anyone like him. 100% had to be a proper psychopath. Anyway, he had no problem taking things from other people including his friends car, who had to go to work, picked up his keys and walked out cause he wanted to use it. In 40 degree heat, with no air con, took the only big fan in the house into his room bragging that it cost over 200 dollars. Used to take our food, despite leaving notes and asking everyone please do not eat our food. Would walk in and take food, even off our plates. When we got a package from home, ate some of the Irish food (I actually cried)

I had enough and I baked muffins one day and filled a couple of them with death sauce(this stuff was lethal) Left them in the kitchen and was sitting playing xbox, he walks in without a word, grabs a muffin and walks out, I watched him go down the corridor, stop dead in his tracks and spit the muffin on the floor and run back to the kitchen to grab milk spewing profanities. Before we left we got our own back a couple of other ways but they can't ever be repeated

whoopsadoodles

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

From the negative person thread. It's the attitude.

Actually as it happens they're entirely unstingy and would never be found in this thread

enricoh

maryishere wrote: »

A work colleague was telling me recently of her sister. In December she went in to an Irish shop, picked their brains and looked at different sizes of something, and then bought online from abroad. The shop abroad sent her the wrong size, and she then tried to change it in the Irish shop. Some cheek.

Mate of mines missus used to have a bridal dress shop. Regularly the brides to be would come in with a couple of mates and spend a couple of hours trying on dresses, glass of prosecco, getting measurements etc. They'd select the dress to die for, take loads of snaps and then ask for the list of measurements.
So they could send the measurements to the Chinese website. After a few of these she said no. The nice as pie brides would go bananas, called every name under the sun! Id say if the future hubby's got sent the CCTV the wedding would be off!

talking_walnut

sligojoek wrote: »

Beat this.

Someone I know told me this about a friend of hers.
Her friend Jane went out with a guy named Tim for two weeks. <Not real names>

They split up and later Jane found out she was pregnant. Between hoppin and trottin they now have a three year old daughter and they hate each others guts. Last week Tim had the daughter for a day and at some stage she wet herself. Tom bought a 3 pack of underwear in Dunnes for 4euro. When he brought the child home he put the receipt on the table and demanded 2 euro from her for the 2 unused knickers. He thought he was being gracious by paying 2 euro for the one the child was wearing.

Here's the good bit. He was stopped by the cops on the way home and the car was lifted for no tax.

Ha. Reminds me of the time my step sons dad brought him shoe shopping. When he was dropping him off, we had the following exchange:

Him: Kids shoes aren't cheap!
Us: Yup.
Him: Well sure we'll figure out how to split the cost of them later. 50/50 is probably fair.
Us: ......

Sure enough, next months maintenance was minus half the cost of the shoes. Can't remember the actual cost but they were in the region of €60. Not cheap but not the worst. Thing is that it's the only time I think he ever bought him shoes and the kid goes through them about every 2-3 months. Never any mention of reimbursing us for all those other shoes I've shelled out for. To be honest though, I don't think it's stingy as much as clueless. He probably thinks the bit of maintenance he does pay every month covers half the cost of raising a child.

fitzparker

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057828619

Stinge alert

dartboardio

And another one my boss fell victim to. About 3 weeks before Christmas a young woman came into the shop we work in, not to be too judgemental but she didn't look like a drug addict or homeless person at all really. She looked upset, she came over to the side of the counter and kinda whispered to my boss that she'd lost her purse and had no money to get home about 45 minutes away from where we were. My boss being a kind person said hold on sure we will drop you home as we're finished in a half hour. She kept refusing the lift and wanted money promising she'd drop it back in the morning and that she worked in the hairdressers a few doors down.

After her sounding so genuine he handed her about 18 euro out of the till, with lots of thank you thank you from her.
Never seen her again!

And there was no hairdressers on our street.....

dartboardio

My boss used to wash those green plastic forks you see nowadays in the likes of centras, chopped etc and keep them and re use them!

Felt ridiculous!

loup

When my husband and I got married, his aunt, a notorious stinge with several houses, presented us with a massive glass crystal decanter. We were surprised at her generosity until we noticed later her name engraved on it as the winner of some recent golfing tournament....

retalivity

rushfan wrote: »

My daughter works in a local charity shop, haggling is a regular occurrence. Some of the stories are unreal.

Well? Dont be stingy with the examples

rushfan

krustydoyle wrote:

I was dropping a bag of stuff into a charity shop in carlow town last week and their was a woman arguing with the assistant over an item for Ã¢â€šÂ¬1.. She wanted it for 50 cent

My daughter works in a local charity shop, haggling is a regular occurrence. Some of the stories are unreal.

Spanish Eyes

Before I get banned I've no stinge story yet.

But I do think we need more "Gotcha" stories against the Stingies. They are great and make me want to do a high five.

krustydoyle

the purple tin wrote:

I saw a lady in a charity shop once trying to haggle from 3 euro down to 1 despite the fact there was a sign behind the counter kindly telling customers not to haggle.

I was dropping a bag of stuff into a charity shop in carlow town last week and their was a woman arguing with the assistant over an item for â‚¬1.. She wanted it for 50 cent

the purple tin

I saw a lady in a charity shop once trying to haggle from 3 euro down to 1 despite the fact there was a sign behind the counter kindly telling customers not to haggle.

maryishere

A work colleague was telling me recently of her sister. In December she went in to an Irish shop, picked their brains and looked at different sizes of something, and then bought online from abroad. The shop abroad sent her the wrong size, and she then tried to change it in the Irish shop. Some cheek.

Capt'n Midnight

From the negative person thread. It's the attitude.

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

The most negative person I know recently complained that they had lost a tenner on a horse....except they hadn't....the horse had won but they had forgotten to take the odds at time of bet so they would have won an extra tenner if they had. They actually stood there when the horse won saying "ffs, I lost a tenner on that".

EIREDriver

Some posts remind me of my own friends/family.

My mother joined a gym with me year before last. After a few weeks she had come to the conclusion that she was actually saving money by going to the pool each day. She had gotten the membership on a special deal, was saving money on not having to shower at home, and was using the towels left out for guests of the hotel the gym belonged to (regular members were supposed to bring their own towels), so she didn't have to wash and dry towels. She had no shame in telling everyone she met in the pool all about how they all had to be saving money.

She also started shopping in Aldi when she noticed all the local "rich" people were shopping in it. "Maybe that's how they stay rich..." She now gets her full shop in it after years of just assuming it was poor quality produce before she started copying the rich.

On the rich staying rich, my uncle lives abroad and owns property, is well off but you wouldn't know by looking at him. Dresses in old clothes when he's home. On his last trip, my brother who was a student at the time offered to run him up to the bus stop (45 mins away) to get the bus to the airport. Up he gets at 5 in the morning, collects uncle and the family and drops them to bus stop. Get to the stop and realise they're early. Uncle asks brother to stay around with them until the bus gets here as it's cold and they could sit in the car. Brother leaves car running for 30 minutes until bus arrives. Out hops uncle and family, uncle turns back "see ya then thanks for that." Brother was disgusted. His car was very heavy on petrol and he was a student. Any normal person would throw you 20 Euro. We all laughed when he got home, my mother knowing full well he'd get nothing out of her brother in law. "I'm telling you that's how people like that stay rich."

I think I'd rather be poor than be stingey. You can't bring it with you so what's the point?

AllForIt

sligojoek wrote: »

For the third year running I got aftershave from the "Bargain Basket" from the same person. .

I've had a beard for the last twenty five years.

Maybe they just wanted to buy you gifts that would last a lifetime.

Oranage2

There should be allowed 2 replies made to each stinge post, I can see how endless discussions on something trivial would get annoying but part of the fun is discussing something.

Like that woman using the shower, she might not have hot/running water or maybe her shower just isn't as good as the one at the club. I'm not saying she isn't a stinge but that alone doesn't qualify someone as a stinge.

Dan Jaman

First, they came for the Stinges.
And I sed nuttin'
Cos I didn't want to be banned.

downwesht

Female member at my local Golf club used to order a mug of hot water.no charge,and the sneak a tea bag into it when she got back to the table!All to avoid paying 1 euro!

tomwaits48

enricoh wrote: »

There's an aul dear that's a member of the local golf club that comes in to it every day to have a shower, not to golf. Too tight to use her own leccy, the other members call her wash n go!

What’s stingey about that, assume she pays a members fee like everyone else

job seeker

enricoh wrote: »

There's an aul dear that's a member of the local golf club that comes in to it every day to have a shower, not to golf. Too tight to use her own leccy, the other members call her wash n go!

Has she not got running water? That do my head in!

My contribution!

For Christmas, my brother give my parents a check of €1,000 .. The stinge being that he owed them this money since the start of February 2017!

NufcNavan

enricoh wrote: »

There's an aul dear that's a member of the local golf club that comes in to it every day to have a shower, not to golf. Too tight to use her own leccy, the other members call her wash n go!

Must be very cheap membership if she's saving money by doing that.

enricoh

There's an aul dear that's a member of the local golf club that comes in to it every day to have a shower, not to golf. Too tight to use her own leccy, the other members call her wash n go!

sullivlo

gordongekko wrote: »

How do you know he wears designer underwear?

Because he lived with us for the summer and I was doing his laundry.

Chancer3001

my sister is the stingiest person in the world.

She cant help herself.

She cooked a pizza today that was meant to be for both of us. Tried to take it all and run off to her room leaving me without dinner.

I was gonna leave her off but the mother went down and told her cop on. (sister is 27 by the way....)

So she sent me back up 1 slice of the pepperoni AND SHE HAD TAKEN ALL THE PEPPERONI off!!

the purple tin

jcd5971 wrote: »

that's what you took from that story?

anyway stinge in-coming

A lad I work with was without a car for a while and had to walk to and from work.
I started earlier but finished same time so brought him home as it was more or less on my way, just took a slightly longer route.

this went on for about 6 weeks. He got his car back and that was that.

fast forward a few weeks and there is a meeting in dublin we both have to go to, he offers to drive i accept delighted.

Half way up he pulls in for fuel, i pop into shop get him a coke and one for myself, jump back into car and he goes "right i topped her up 25 is your share"

I looked at him and laughed thinking a joke but no dead serious.
I pointed out that I brought him home for weeks for free. he gets in a huff and says fine then we're even now.

meeting ends at 4 and lo and behold fcuker leaves without me stranding me in dublin with no way home. Ended up gettin a taxi to bus station and having to wait an age to get bus home.

When work found out my manager was shocked and said your man had got mileage for going up and all.

he ended up cutting his mileage in half and giving me half (happy days as it was a nice bit)

your man didnt speak to me again after that ever unles he absolutely had to.

Win-win situation

gordongekko

sullivlo wrote: »

He only wears designer underwear.

How do you know he wears designer underwear?

_Dara_

ligerdub wrote: »

Not so much stinge as more a reflection of the callous, "up yours" mentality that the courts and partners have towards fathers who break up with the mothers of their children.

[monotone]Oh great, let's drag gender politics into the stinge thread. How delightful.[/monotone]