4 Scams I Hate as a Frugal Minimalist

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Hey everyone. My name is Nicholas and I make videos most about my experiences with minimalism, frugal living, tech, and things of that nature 🌱. So if that sounds good to you consider subscribing and I'll see you in the next one ✏️

[jessicasblack]

People who teach minimalism, living frugal, or how to pay off debt but first you have to buy their book, their class, their app, their subscription service is probably the "scam" that makes me laugh the most.

[tashamoulton]

Tipping!! YES - outta control! Tipping used to be given after you received service, as gratitude for good service. Now, it's like you're expected to tip before you even get what you ordered. Also, there are self-checkout lines at stores asking for tips. SELF-CHECKOUT! WTF!

[roxtendo]

Yeah subscriptions are just cancer. I canceled so many and saved so much money now

[superfund]

only pay for Prime if you want the media aspect of it or it's actually an emergency. shipping is still free if you hit $35 and are willing to wait a week to get it, plus almost every time it comes earlier than expected, usually on the day they tried to make me pay $6 for faster shipping.

[RandyVazquez]

Dude, I’m so proud how far you’ve grown as a channel! I remember watching every single video before subscribing, and it was the most satisfying sub I gave after catching up…that was at like 18k 😅 look at you now 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[spencers-adventures]

Love the Nicole shoutout! She’s a huge inspiration to me and it’s great to see a fellow Canadian getting the nod

[deannamendoza]

Completely agree about the holidays. The only ones my family and I celebrate are Thanksgiving and Christmas, and we stopped giving gifts on Christmas.

[ree.formula]

As an Aussie, I've never understood the tipping culture of the US! It absolutely bewilders me that employees can't just be paid correctly. Super thankful that we don't have a 'required' tipping culture here, but I'm not looking forward to travelling to the US in the future and having to tip! Genuinely baffling to most people (I presume) who aren't American (or some EU countries too I think?)

[Kyla]

I really enjoyed nicoles whole scam series, its great to know you watch her too

[NothingHereForYou]

For me spotify has done alot for my music experience. Thats about the only one i cant live without.

[AnklePanker]

I feel like another “scam” no one talks about are reward programs. I can’t really see the disadvantage of them per se, but for the most part you get pennies on the amount you actually paid. I feel like reward programs are just another way to advertise and keep people going to their business.

[veilgray]

It brings about some special joy when my favourite content creators mention each other in their content. You both are amazing!

[romn]

that pause at the beginning before "lets get started" was awesome haha

[jayjm]

Hey, I just wanted to say how great your videos are. Sometimes days are rough and my stress and anxiety levels are through the roof but your videos help ground me and are a reminder that everything will be alright ☺Thank you, and keep up the great work!

[ultimateb]

I love all your videos, the relaxation, the art and just the simple editing is so neat
Keep up the uploads!

[ph]

"pancake day" is Shrove Tuesday in the UK - a means of using up eggs etc. before Lent. Tho' I'm not convinced many people still realise that. PS I agree with many of your gripes.

[DreadfulUtopia]

One thing I've been doing since quitting streaming services (besides piracy) is buying shows I want to watch on DVD or Blu Ray. Usually the only reason I'd consider signing up to something like Netflix is to watch a show that looks interesting to me. But if I can find that show on DVD on eBay for cheap, I usually just do that. And to ensure I maintain a minimalist space, I discard the cases and put the discs with their artwork into slimline sleeves which I then place into a shoebox. I don't "collect" either, I just curate stuff I really enjoy. I recently picked up the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy on DVD just because I wanted to watch those movies without signing up to Disney+ and I was pleasantly surprised how enjoyable the experience was despite being in standard definition, and knowing I own that DVD and can watch it whenever I want is a really nice feeling. You'd be surprised how cheap movies go for in charity shops/ thrift stores these days. I'm never bored or lacking content to watch.

[Jakub_Sobczyk]

Mi się zawsze raduje serduszko, jak dostaję powiadomienie z karty prepaid, że nie mam środków na opłacenie platform wideo. Jak pojawia się coś interesującego, to dopiero wtedy płacę. Przestałem też oglądać seriale, bo nic interesującego w nich nie ma. Dobre pojawiają się raz na rok, może dwa. Kompulsywne oglądanie seriali już na szczęście za mną, podobnie jak pionów. Jestem dzięki temu zdrowszy i szczęśliwszy. No i zostaje mi kasa w kieszeni.

[Kyla]

Im in canada and can confirm tipping has gotten out of control here too. I still tip at restaurants and stuff but i avoid going places that ask for tips now.

[ptylermccovey]

I NEVER knew that Chipotle is worth 86 billion! I thought they were in the millions but never BILLIONS! WOW!