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15 Signs You're Cheap AF

I have a coupon for that!

Ilana Mekler
May 15, 2017
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15 Signs You're Cheap AF
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You can call me a cheapskate, that's okay, I just really like to save my money in many ways possible. I aspire to be one of those people on "Extreme Couponing" even though I have failed many times to achieve that title. If you're in college or about to start that journey, you have to learn the ways of a college students, which means balling on a budget. If you like free things and saving money, this article is for you! Here are 15 signs you're cheap AF:

1. Stealing ketchup packets from McDonald's.

2. Stealing all the sugar packets from Olive Garden

3. Refilling your soap bottles with water so you don't have to buy more soap

4. Picking up every coin you see on the ground, even if it's a penny so that you can save your change to bring to the coin counting machines at the supermarket

5. You use the Ibotta app to save money on groceries

6. Signing up for a free trial and canceling before they charge you

7. Going to school events just for the free food

8. You've used your student discount at McDonald's

9. Selling almost all of your stuff at the end of the year on your school's selling page on Facebook.

10. Trading in your books and games on Amazon Trade-In to get some extra Amazon credit to pay for your new textbooks.

11. Looking for the washing machines that have glitched so that you can get free laundry.

12. Contemplating taking a roll of toilet paper from a public restroom

13. Using the "you can only print 10 pages for free" rule to your advantage

14. Going to the job fairs for the free pens

15. Stacking up on napkins that you conveniently "borrowed" from Chipotle.

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