***DISCLAIMER***
To be up front I am not calling anyone here a cheapskate.
With that said...
My question to you all is---when does one stop being frugal and become cheap, chintzy, stingy, a cheapskate??
Just some mind candy
A question
August 23rd, 2008 at 09:58 am
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Actually I don't see any big difference or that it really matters so much. I think the only time that being very cheap matters if you put youyrself or your family in danger. Like for example if you refuse to fix a damaged furnace cause you are cheap but then your family dies from the gases it produces. That sort of thing.
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August 25th, 2008 at 04:14 am 1219634056
I could have stolen my mother's spare mattress for my own use. Very slightly unethical maybe, and it's old and stained, but I could have saved a tidy sum of money that way.
Instead, I went out shopped for a mattress of my own. Not even settling for the cheapest option available, I picked out one that seemed to be the best quality but still affordable option available.
Is there an ethical, financial, and a quality of life difference between the two? I think so.
Cheap people will choose absolutely the lowest-priced option available, even if it means taking advantage of someone else. Frugal people will choose the best bang for the buck-- the best value-- even if it's not always the cheapest option available. And frugal people won't take advantage of others. Frugal living is responsible and healthy living. Cheap living is not, because only money matters. Frugal people will do no harm. Cheap people will.