Extreme Cheapstakes

[potluck6]

anyone watch this show on TLC enjoyed the woman who was only gonna spend 1000.00 for her daughters wedding and bought a wedding dress at a *bleep* shop but it smelled like urine. she did get it for only 50.00.that is just one of the people.Funny show makes you think about just how much money you can waste . Was looking at make-up couldn't believe how expensive some were will be looking at dollar stores.I mean 6-12.00 for lipstick come on now.

[metsrock69]

I watched It Once Or Twice . I Just Have Other Shows to Watch Most Of The time

[countrygirl12]

You can get a lot of good stuff at places like Dollar Tree where everything is just $1.  Awesome place it is!

[linsanna]

I was flipping threw the channels the other day, and came across that show Extreme Cheapskates. I know the exact episode your talking about.
I'm all for getting a great deal, however if it were my daughter She is worth way more than a pee stained wedding dress purchased at a *bleep* shop!!!
I also would not ask family and friends to bring food to a wedding I was inviting them to. I also seen an episode were a married couple shared the same
tooth brush and dental floss, Now that is just plain disgusting.

[nguzman1]

That sounds like an interesting show I will hate to check it out.

[makeblessed]

No, I tend to stay away from all of those reality type shows. I am amazed that some of these shows even get on television, I guess they have a following and are meeting a need for some; just not for me.

[loulizlee]

Another one of those shows I call "unreal" reality shows.  I like to watch something a little more challenging to my brain cells.  Most of them are just contrived "stuff" to make money for the TV show. 

[manders8]

It's a pretty interesting shows and it goes to show you don't need a lot of money to live on.

[bremer51]

That's sounds very entertaining.  I'll see if I can find it.

[darkxtsuna]

The series is just WOW ahahaha I really can't believe people would go that far.

[articx]

I was looking for something to watch and decided to take a look at Extreme Cheapskates when I saw it on. I saw the one you mentioned and others.

[Penwoir]

I only watched this show once, quite some time ago now. I was astonished at the measures that some people go to to save some cash. This couple that I remember used their teabags and then hung them up to dry for next time (ewwww). The second thing I remember was, it was their wedding anniversary and the wife said to her husband, you don't have to buy me anything, just take me out for a meal and promise me, they'll be no funny stuff (cheapskating I assume). He promised. The meal went well but then at the end of the meal, the husband went around the other tables in the restaurant collecting up the food the other people had not eaten to take home for later. I mean, I was horrified! I could not believe anybody would do that. 

[jkhanson]

anyone watch this show on TLC enjoyed the woman who was only gonna spend 1000.00 for her daughters wedding and bought a wedding dress at a *bleep* shop but it smelled like urine. she did get it for only 50.00.that is just one of the people.Funny show makes you think about just how much money you can waste . Was looking at make-up couldn't believe how expensive some were will be looking at dollar stores.I mean 6-12.00 for lipstick come on now.

I have never heard of this TV show.  Reading thru the replies here in the Forum, I know I won't be looking for the show!

As for wedding dresses, you CAN get a gorgeous wedding dress for way, way, way under $1,000 without buying a dress that smells like urine.

Case in Point:  For our daughter's first wedding, We bought a stunning ivory colored "Prom" dress.  The front was beaded and intricate.  She liked the back of a second dress, so we bought the dress with the beautiful front and I altered the back of it so it looked like the back of the second dress.  Then I added a tulle train and tulle roses.  Gorgeous. And NO ONE knew it was a JC Penney "prom dress".

She remarried several years later.  We went to a bridal boutique.  She tried on many lovely gowns.  All over the $1000.  We saw a "discount" rack that had "last Year's" dresses on it.  We bought a lovely white strapless gown for under $100.   I mean, does anyone know (or care) that your wedding dress was first out on the rack last year?

Just my two cents on the ridiculous prices on wedding dresses.

[potluck6]

The thousand dollars was for the entire wedding the venue,flowers which were fake I believe.the food people brought there own.the dress was 50.00.Don't know why she didn't tell them to go to a justice of the peace to get married.

[tashamjoy]

this show is WAY to extreme I mean you can save money in many ways that do not require this nasty unsanitary grossness they do eating food from garbage and peeing in a jar so dont use water its just disgusting like you are being so unheatlhy and unsanitary you are gonna end up getting sick and have fun paying for those bills cheapskates....