{"id":8968,"date":"2025-09-08T03:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T03:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/8968\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T03:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T03:10:15","slug":"frugal-people-share-30-things-they-never-buy-to-save-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/8968\/","title":{"rendered":"Frugal people share 30 things they never buy to save money"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saving money<\/a> is never a bad thing. And for those looking for economical solutions for how to cut back on spending, a smart place to start is taking an inventory of your spending habits<\/a> and what you buy.<\/p>\n

In an online forum of frugal people<\/a>, member TS1664 posed the question to fellow savvy financial members: “What\u2019s something you stopped buying completely and don\u2019t miss at all?”<\/p>\n

They continued, “For me it\u2019s paper towels. Switched to rags and microfiber cloths a year ago and haven\u2019t looked back. I used to go through a roll a week without thinking, now I just toss the cloths in with regular laundry. Saves money and space.”<\/p>\n

And they ended the post with some more insight. “It made me realize how many things I was buying out of habit, not need. What things others have cut out completely that turned out to be no big deal or even better without. Could use some inspiration!”<\/p>\n

The callout garnered some excellent real-life advice from frugal people. These are 30 things that thrifty people shared they stopped buying completely that helped save them money.<\/p>\n

\"save Make It Rain Money GIF by A Little Late With Lilly Singh Giphy<\/a> <\/p>\n

“Dryer sheets.” Super-Examination594<\/p>\n

“Starbucks – bought an espresso machine, took some time to learn how to dial it in and pull a proper shot. It\u2019s been 4+ Years and don\u2019t miss it one bit.” Fox_137<\/p>\n

“Makeup! Used to wear it every day and buy tons of it to try new products and such. Now I only wear it for special occasions. It works great \u2014 even just a little bit of makeup really pops when you hardly ever wear any.” VerschwendeMeineZeit<\/p>\n

“Soda. Too expensive now. Pre-pandemic, sometimes Kroger would have a sale (4) 12-packs for $10.” NotJimIrsay<\/p>\n

“Cigarettes \ud83d\ude0a.” rickety_picket<\/p>\n

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“Bottled water.” WorriedPermission872<\/p>\n

“Most fast food but especially McDonald’s<\/a> and bk. When I paid $20 for two adults’ meals, it stopped making sense, and I’ll cook better burgers and better sides fries at home for less.” diegothengineer<\/p>\n

“Cable tv subscription.” nombreusuario<\/p>\n

“Pizza delivery service. Frozen meals are just as unhealthy, but much cheaper.” The_Keri2<\/p>\n

“We started our pizza making journey by buying dough (under $2) at trader joe’s. it really lowered the barrier to entry. once we kind of perfected the bake etc, we started playing with dough recipes until we found one we loved. it sounds painful but it was a good learning experience and fun to do together.” suddenlymary<\/p>\n

\"candles, christmas sniffs GIF by Target Giphy<\/a> <\/p>\n

“I stopped buying scented candles. I used to grab them all the time on impulse, but they\u2019re expensive, don\u2019t last that long, and honestly gave me headaches half the time. Now I just open a window or boil some citrus peels with cloves if I want the place to smell nice.” HollisWhitten<\/p>\n

“Cigarettes and nicotine pouches! Been smoke free since august 2021 and pouch free since July 2024 :).” HueLord3000<\/p>\n

“Amazon Prime. We stopped paying for the privilege of shopping and making money for Bozo. Now, we just put stuff in the cart until there is enough for free shipping. I don\u2019t miss Prime, I never found anything on Prime video I wanted to watch once that wasn\u2019t a rental. We live in a rural village, so online is cheaper than driving 25 to 50 miles to a store.” cwsjr2323<\/p>\n

\"lottery, Animation Scratch Off GIF Giphy<\/a> <\/p>\n

“Lottery tickets.” evissamnoisis<\/p>\n

“Hair color. I\u2019ve embraced the gray!” phishinfordory<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ll add sandwich bread. I started making my own. It costs just over $1 for me to make a small loaf that\u2019s just enough for the 2 of us for a week. Plus no additives or preservatives.” BeerWench13TheOrig<\/p>\n

“Books. I go to the library.” Significant-Emu1855<\/p>\n

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“Broth. Have an ongoing ‘broth bag’ going in the freezer. Once I run out of frozen broth cubes, I make another round.” Colorfulplaid123<\/p>\n

“New clothes from shops! I’m now a charity shop and Vinted gal, my clothes are so much better quality and I spend less.” CorinaPhoto<\/p>\n

“Bidet toilet seat is cheap, easy to install, much easier and faster to use, and most importantly will keep you far cleaner while not wasting any toilet paper.” hopopo<\/p>\n

“Menstrual products. Bought a menstrual cup back in 2016 and have not looked back.” simply-misc<\/p>\n

“Chip clips. I buy cheap old wooden clothespins! Works great and if they break, no biggie. It\u2019s $2 for 24. I also use clear shower caps for dishes I have no lids for or it\u2019s something that can\u2019t have a lid, like deviled eggs. I use the shower caps. Much cheaper than those bowl covers they sell 8-12 in a pack for $1.25. Those bowl covers are kind of pricey and you get 1 large and 2 mediums and a bunch of tiny ones!!” Florida1974<\/p>\n

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“Alcohol.” Fit_Artichoke_523<\/p>\n

“Baked beans in the can, I literally keep everything on hand to make it so it was an excess purchase. Instant rice packs, I make regular rice, 20 minutes is not that long \ud83d\ude06 We keep getting gifted napkins but we don\u2019t purchase them.” Miss_Pouncealot<\/p>\n

“Soap in a pump bottle. Switched to bars (Costco). So much value, less trash and plastic, and a better experience. Why did we invent pump bottle soap??” thebiglebowskiisfine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saving money is never a bad thing. And for those looking for economical solutions for how to cut…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[11357,11232,138,246,5095,6017,5097,8975,5096,9279,11358,8970,111,139,69,244,245,8973,11359,915,5099,8262,11360,11361],"class_list":{"0":"post-8968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-budget","9":"tag-budgeting","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-finance","12":"tag-finances","13":"tag-financial-advice","14":"tag-frugal","15":"tag-frugal-living","16":"tag-money-advice","17":"tag-money-habits","18":"tag-money-management","19":"tag-money-saving-hacks","20":"tag-new-zealand","21":"tag-newzealand","22":"tag-nz","23":"tag-personal-finance","24":"tag-personalfinance","25":"tag-save-money","26":"tag-savers","27":"tag-saving","28":"tag-saving-money","29":"tag-spending","30":"tag-spending-habits","31":"tag-thrifty"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}