Thread of CHEAP

[J____]

Alight, since the economy is pretty shits still and our city is getting raped up the ass in living expenses, lets hear of the ways you guys save money aka BE CHEAP. I'm not talking about riding the skytrain for free obviously but legal ways to do things for less.

Here's my trick i learned from a friend: if you live near a food asian food court, ie. richmond public market, and dont mind eating chinese food everyday, you can get those lunch specials for $5 to take out. Usually its either 2 or 3 items + rice, but some places if you tell them you dont want rice, they give you an extra item, but almost all places pack way more meat/vegies when you tell them you dont want rice. Then when you get home, cook your own rice and that $5 take out of 2/3 items will last you both lunch AND dinner. Make some seaweed or canned soup and your set for the meal. $5 + $2 for soup + rice = $7 a day for food (if you dont each breakfast)

anyone else?

[Vansterdam]

kents kitchen ftw

[Integgyy]

I live in a cardboard box and try to find the best food I can find usually in the nearest garbage can.
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[liu13]

i dont gotta worry cause i'm

[Greenstoner]

Originally Posted by liu13

i dont gotta worry cause i'm

you're lucky, my situation is a bit different

[SkunkWorks]

Originally Posted by J____

Alight, since the economy is pretty shits still and our city is getting raped up the ass in living expenses, lets hear of the ways you guys save money aka BE CHEAP. I'm not talking about riding the skytrain for free obviously but legal ways to do things for less.

Here's my trick i learned from a friend: if you live near a food asian food court, ie. richmond public market, and dont mind eating chinese food everyday, you can get those lunch specials for $5 to take out. Usually its either 2 or 3 items + rice, but some places if you tell them you dont want rice, they give you an extra item, but almost all places pack way more meat/vegies when you tell them you dont want rice. Then when you get home, cook your own rice and that $5 take out of 2/3 items will last you both lunch AND dinner. Make some seaweed or canned sound and your set for the meal. $5 + $2 for soup + rice = $7 a day for food (if you dont each breakfast)

anyone else?

Whatever happened to buying groceries and making food at home?

[classified]

if you do shopping at costco and live with a room mate or two your meals are almost under 5$ a day and its all huge meals.

if you can actually cook eating is extremely cheap

[Graeme S]

Originally Posted by classified

if you do shopping at costco and live with a room mate or two your meals are almost under 5$ a day and its all huge meals.

if you can actually cook eating is extremely cheap

And if you get the executive membership, and make costco runs with friends every week or so, not only does the membership pay for itself but you also get cash back from your friends' money.

Win!
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[J____]

Originally Posted by SkunkWorks

Whatever happened to buying groceries and making food at home?

that's great for a family or if lots of ppl live and eat together, but if you live and eat alone, it might not be the best bet. Most things are cheap in large quantities, if you cant eat it all most of the time you throw it away. It's real hard to live off $7 dollar groceries a day imo. Then you gotta factor in the time it takes to make the food and do dishes. Chances are you'll make a batch and end up eating the same stuff for a few days every meal and get sick of it. Food court you can have something different everyday and is still relatively healthy unlike mcdicks.

[classified]

^^ once again you can freeze things like meat which are the main thing in all meals and they will keep in the freezer for your food for the whole month, only things you need to go to the store again are for small cheaper things such as milk or vegtables.

[nns]

Originally Posted by J____

Make some seaweed or canned sound and your set for the meal.

Eating sounds must save you quite a bit.

[J____]

Originally Posted by nns

Eating sounds must save you quite a bit.

lol. as does smelling smells.

my mind is too quick for my fingers =P

[jmvdesign]

Originally Posted by Graeme S

And if you get the executive membership, and make costco runs with friends every week or so, not only does the membership pay for itself but you also get cash back from your friends' money.

Win!
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even more win if you go to costco in the states. you can easily save $3-5 on each item and they're way bigger in bulk/quantity/size compared to the costco prices here at home.

[J____]

Originally Posted by jmvdesign

even more win if you go to costco in the states. you can easily save $3-5 on each item and they're way bigger in bulk/quantity/size compared to the costco prices here at home.

ya i realized that, ive been downhere for 2 months shopping at costco. And costco gas FTW! 40 cents cheaper than shell per gallon lol.

[Qmx323]

dude just cross the border and shop at the walmart in bellingham

[hal0g0dv2]

I try and cook at home as much as possible
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[hotong]

Originally Posted by halogodv2

I try and cook at home as much as possible
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[PiuYi]

wow i've never tried to squeeze so much out of a 5 dollar RPM lunch but this cooking rice at home idea is definitely worth trying...

altho i don't trust RPM that much... bad parking and hella dirty, i usually go yaohan

[CorneringArtist]

My family (my twin brother and myself-HS students, single parent), tends to buy shit in bulk. For lunches, we eat basically those pizza pockets or the burger patties you can easily cook in the morning. We cook a lot for dinner so that way we can repeat the meal we had last night for breakfast.

I've recently decided to buy more canned meat so I can fry it up and eat it with rice for cheap. We can't eat out often unless my mom is feeling lazy and doesn't want to cook.

[J____]

Originally Posted by PiuYi

wow i've never tried to squeeze so much out of a 5 dollar RPM lunch but this cooking rice at home idea is definitely worth trying...

altho i don't trust RPM that much... bad parking and hella dirty, i usually go yaohan

yaohan's food tastes more like "cafeteria" food compared to RPM. for me i find it tastier and doesnt all taste the same. i've always parked 1/2 level below the 2nd floor entrance and always got a spot right away, never did i have to drive around.

[Nocardia]

I don't know about you guys, but I would rather eat healthy than save like $2/meal.

I think a big saver is making your own coffee, or watching hockey games at a friends house instead of the bar.

[hoking]

$0.50 hotdogs at Ikea

[fishing666]

turn down your furnace
turn off your tv get rid of tv subscriptions
turn ur backyard into a greenhouse/farm
raise sows/chickens .slaughter and freeze
ride a bike and take the bus
dont buy insurance(life.car.dental as examples)
don't go to the gym,restaurants,shopping centers instead go to the park, ur friends house, and the library

[bob_chan]

I'm a university student, so I basically need a constant flow of caffeine running through my system. The best way that I've found to cheap out for coffee is to get a starbucks card, register it, then use your own mug to get a TALL coffee. After your first coffee all subsequent refills FOR THE DAY AT THE SAME STARBUCKS will be free. Plus, using your own mug at starbucks saves you $0.15. Using this method, around exam times I've been able to squeeze out 5 mugs of coffee for under $2. Not bad if you ask me..

[Cereal Killer]

Originally Posted by hoking

$0.50 hotdogs at Ikea

I prefer the $2-something ones at Costco.