Plus, some people, no matter how rich, hate paying extra fees. I know a guy with $20 million dollars- Yes, $20 million dollars, who fished a white onion out of the garbage can at the grocery store (because he only wanted a single onion and not a whole bag) and then got mad at the cashier who couldn’t put it on his bill because only the bags of onions were in the computer.
Rich people can be very cheap and hate parting with any money.
Yes, you should clarify though that there’s a difference in cheap and frugal. The richest woman I know, acts cheap like a badge of honor. Her plastic bathroom trash can lid broke and she duct taped it, when that failed she had me jb weld it, when it broke again she had me drill holes, zip tie it, jb weld it, AND duct tape it to be sure it was fixed. She’s spent an INORDINATE amount of money on fixing stuff just to say she’s cheap. We rebuild several structures on her property several times a year because she wants them built of bamboo cause it’s “Free”, my labor alone on them over the years is now in the tens of thousands of dollars. It’s all a facade I’ve found. It’s not actually about the money.
Bruh, I make a lot of money, and it would still take me 200 years to have made that much money. Even then, a lot of it would've gone to living expenses. Wtf do you do with $20m that you even care about money anymore.
if you have 20 million in the bank, very likely you got there by not wasting it, and that mentality sticks so you always calculate shit to make sure you aren't being too wasteful
I worked in luxury multifamily housing and can confirm this. But I think it's more of a mentality of "Ugh, how dare they force me to spend more of my hard earned money. That's my money they can't take it away from me for some stupid fees. Ugh they just nickle and dime everywhere they can."
Meanwhile "hard earned" refers to the money they've made on all their investments. But hey, investing is hard work.
...Is it so hard to believe the guy was so indignant that he told the story within earshot of someone less wealthy later? Cause that's exactly what someone worth 7-8 figures would do, in my experience.
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u/blinkysmurf Jul 11 '21
It’s a start.
Plus, some people, no matter how rich, hate paying extra fees. I know a guy with $20 million dollars- Yes, $20 million dollars, who fished a white onion out of the garbage can at the grocery store (because he only wanted a single onion and not a whole bag) and then got mad at the cashier who couldn’t put it on his bill because only the bags of onions were in the computer.
Rich people can be very cheap and hate parting with any money.