[frugalmel]

Cheapskate family on Good Morning America

I didn't get to watch the whole segment this morning, but they had the Economide family on GMA this morning. From what I caught, they do most of the stuff we do.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/AmericanFamily/Frugal_family_040427-1.html
http://www.homeeconomiser.com/

 

[AmyBoz]

Interesting! I love reading those types of stories. Thanks!

 

[FrugalWitch]

Cheapest family on 20/20 last night

Had to share this funny story! DH and I were watching 20/20 last night and when the segment about "America's Cheapest Family" came on DH looked indignant and said "Au contraire, we are America's cheapest family"

When the narrator mentioned that the featured family makes over 30k a year DH snorted and exclaimed "Amateurs! Try under 9k, then we'll talk!" He grumbled into his beard for the rest of the show, he can be so cute sometimes.:cloud9:

 

[i.m.cheap]

Some of us saw the Economides family on ABC's 20/20 last night. I am sure more than a few Frugal Villagers could challenge their title as "Cheapest Family in America". They do have a web-site: http://www.homeeconomiser.com/

 

[Palooka]

That's funny. The family cracked me up with the walky talkies at the store.

 

[emily_hope]

I thought that was cute, too.

 

[emily_hope]

I just wondered if that was originally their last name or if they changed it. LOL! So appropo!

 

[PrairieRose]

I wondered that about their name too and I thought....'now I know some pretty cheap families!'.... . :lol:

 

[FrugalWitch]

DH took umbrage at their title and thinks they are "amateurs", he can be so funny.

 

[marie_squared]

i missed this one! i cant believe i didnt hear about it. im gonna search for another airing.

 

[melina123]

I felt the same way. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary that they were doing on 20/20. I was shocked however at how amazed people were that some families live within their means.

 

[Marie78]

I liked the walkie talkies too, I also wondered how they came up with them as America's "cheapest" family. Why couldn't they have said frugal?

 

[i.m.cheap]

When I saw her small hand full of coupons, I said out loud "Is that all the coupons she uses in ONE MONTH?"

My coupons fill a three ring binder. I take that thing with me every time I go to the store. You never know when you will find an unexpected bargain, like they did with the mark-down lunch meat. You can use coupons on that stuff, too.

 

[crazyBMB]

This is just too funny. I wish I had seen that.

 

[bumplett]

:lol: over $30,000!!!!!! :lol: :lol:

 

[banana]

Thanks for posting the link I'm gonna check it out.

 

[Nada.Leona]

They make over $30,000? And that's the cheapest family? Wow...

 

[Cricket1]

There was a great article on that family a few years back in "Real Simple" magazine. The article was much better than their 30 seconds on 20/20.

 

[Nada.Leona]

Hmmm... I wonder what Amy D. would have to say about this family. Unless the Dacyczyn household has done a complete 180 since the end of TWG, I bet they could provide some pretty stiff competition.

God, I wish I knew what she was doing. I wish she'd come out and do just a one letter update, just one, to tell us how she is and how things are with her family. Her oldest, Alec, is probably through high school by now. I wish I knew how everything was going with them.

 

[FrugalMomof3]

Wow we live on less than that but dont think I could ever pay off my mortgage in 9 years flat, wow I am impressed (makes you wonder how much her mortgage was), I guess she had to live up to her name, lol, interesting though.