And I’ve actually got no desire to be a TV star… if they want me to organize their TV shows, that’s a different story ;o)Wow that’s crazy. Waymond Lee, Actor: Superstrata. Then, nearly overnight it seemed, I switched over to a couple hundred visitors a day and my inbox started filling up with some really bizarre junk mail.A small offer of $10-20 to write a guest post for a blog. Waymond on Extreme Cheapskates. Believe me, going on a reality show does NOT make you a TV star, quite the contrary actually. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It makes you wonder how much of those TLC Extreme Cheapskates shows are actually fake :-/ Thank you so much for sharing!Also, I’d love for you to do a post on how to vet out the legit small bloggers offer to guest post vs. non-legit people looking to guest post.
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I enjoyed a few episodes but what troubled me was the number of times people (who are supposed to be extreme cheapskates) were doing things for the first time. Spread the word: ... Taylor Lee says: September 8, 2014 at 8:41 am Ugh @ reality television producers. Learning the news that my sister had been killed by a drunk driver sickened me.I just saw Waymond Womano on an episode of extreme cheapskates! Looking for some great streaming picks?
I started working out what I was going to say and was literally in the middle of filming it when I got another call from them.It was the same casting director and she called me to pitch me the first idea she would want me to work on with them. Your experience proves the point that media will do just about anything to get the ratings they are after!
It definitely confirms most of our beliefs that the only “reality” is making money off of people. It looked horrible, but they did it and the husband looked like he was enjoying himself. For months I sort of plodded along in my own little world here, with a couple dozen visitors who I started to consider friends. Our conversation focused entirely on my thrifty ways. It’s unfortunate they aren’t willing to show the truth about our frugality, because really, it’s way more entertaining than the stuff they make up for “reality” tv. Thanks for sharing.Holy cow, that’s insane!!! This reminds me of a friend of mine who had the opportunity to go on Jerry Springer. He was at a dumpster diving cooking class. (But, gentlemen, I do absolutely expect you to So… there’s several hours of my life I will never get back. It was so crazy. Dear God. Once he got there, they gave him a story. Or whatever that’s called. Legit smaller bloggers looking to guest post on my blog (which is a post in itself on how to vet that mess).And then the most intriguing offer of all so far – an email from Extreme Cheapskates.And I immediately received a reply TLC and we started a conversation about how they were considering adding a role of someone who acts like the voice of reason and provides commentary on the craziness that’s happening in the episode and general advice about how to moderate the madness and still live a frugal lifestyle but Seriously, my craziest thrifty trick is to water down the end of the liquid soap to get the last little bit out.
Wow, now that’s a crazy story. Video Transcript. It may make them look dumb who would want to date the girl who did that to the last poor guy?Wow, that’s crazy!
And one of the most awkward phone calls I’ve ever had while I tried to not yell at this crazy woman that she’d lost her ever-loving mind. 87 Extreme Cheapskates Money Hacks That Are Pretty Normal. Stupid, very obviously heavily scripted "reality" show. Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up. "On this season, Meet Victoria, who is so frugal she refuses to shower at home in order to save on her water bill. It seems like they are reaching out to a lot of personal finance bloggers and asking them to pretend they are cheap when they are not.Yeah. I wanted to pull the plug, but my friends and family goaded me into pursuing it, so I did. I lost faith along time ago in “reality” TV actually being real!So, I had a very similar conversation with a casting director from Extreme Cheapskates. Reality TV is such a sham! Workaholics is a television sitcom that premiered on Comedy Central on April 6, 2011. 100% Upvoted. Because as I’ve recapped above, supposedly TLC’s Extreme Cheapskates were looking for someone a little less on the bat-shit crazy side.I sent in my questionnaire and made it to some next level of interviewing/auditions and had a lengthy phone call with one of their casting agents.This was my first big red flag. Apparently you don’t have to be!
Ben throws a party on a $4 dollar budget and Roy shows how he freezes his assets. Amazing.Frugality is the mental approach we each take when considering our resource allocations. That’s crazy! While that was definitely a legit conversation we should’ve been having, she kept pushing and asking things like:Hmmm… this is all going in a questionable direction. Extreme Cheapskates Ben and Roy show off their frugal lifestyles. The root canal was going to cost 1,800, so she inquires about the cost of a tooth extraction, which the dentist tells her will be about $180…(my dentist charges $92, but ya know) … So she asks if it would be cheaper to pull the tooth sans Novicain…and of course he says she shouldn’t because the pain will be too great. Don’t lure me in by making me think you’re looking for someone to dispute their madness. For another great story about someone who did go on TLC’s Extreme Cheapskates and then wrote about what a load of crap it is, check out Jordan’s story over on My Media Guy. To ask you to date randos to get dates paid?
Close • Posted by 6 minutes ago. He was at a dumpster diving cooking class. I think you should go dutch! I’m not even sure I qualify as moderately cheap. It would be hilarious if not for it wasting your time like that, but wow, what a story to tell! Really, I’m positive I’ll never forget this little gem of an episode… The lady was all about saving on medical care. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness.Travelling or based outside United States? Yeah, I wrote a post about this because I got the same questionnaire.
I know Cat has told them to get lost several times now (though I suspect she does it nicely! Stealing toiletries from hotels and keep them, was totally absurd!Whoa! Can she convince her boyfriend Steve to conform to her ways and move in?