Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel: 100 Dirty Little Money-Grubbing SecretsPhil Villarreal is not a Harvard MBA or a professional financial advisor or a talking head on a cable television network focusing on business, but he can change your financial life—if you are willing to move into the gray areas of money and ethics. His advice is as funny as it is useful as it is a little bit evil. Instead of playing straight and saving money by cutting back on things you need or want, Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel has a better plan to save money by working the system and sticking it to “the man.” Here’s how to get free Internet service, never pay for ketchup and plastic straws, get refunds on already opened DVDs, clothe yourself using free swag from credit card promotions, benefit from the bonanza that is the garbage thrown out by college kids, how to get in free to sporting events, score free on-demand movies in hotels, and more! Hilarious, tongue-in-cheek, and sardonically practical, this is the book for everyone who loves rule-bending, loophole-exploiting, money-saving madness. In this economy, it’s every man for himself and dog-eat-dog—and this book can help. |
Contents
Watches Are the Devil | 5 |
Dont Smoke | 12 |
Your Backseat Artillery | 18 |
There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch | 26 |
Potluck Grinch | 29 |
Art of the Welltimed FightBreakup | 43 |
Cut the Cord | 58 |
Death from Above | 66 |
It Could Happen to Me | 150 |
Problem Management | 161 |
Unwarranted Advances | 169 |
Gross Mean and Just Plain | 173 |
Rags to Wiches | 179 |
Theres Mischief in My Pizza | 185 |
Longterm Rental with Benefits | 191 |
Your Place or Yours? | 199 |
Work over Banks Like a Loan Shark | 72 |
This Must Be What It Feels Like | 78 |
Show Me the Money | 84 |
Dont Poop on Coupons | 91 |
Bank of Best Buddy | 96 |
Everyones a Critic | 110 |
Hotel Dressdown | 123 |
Dotcom Doover | 143 |
Preempt Postpone Nuptials | 207 |
Thanks but No Thanks | 214 |
Its the Thought That Counts | 221 |
Now Boarding for the Departed | 229 |
Lose Weight in Your Gut Gain It in Your Wallet | 235 |
Acknowledgments | 243 |
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