CHEAP people....let's see your stories about those frugal folks that were smart or really annoying!

Remembered another one.
When I was a kid, my dad decided that he was going to redo the entire driveway at our house, it was about 80 feet long, single width as I recall. He got the sledgehammer out one day and started breaking it up. He also got my asshole brother to help, but I was too young at the time, though I did help load the broken pieces into the pickup we had.
Eventually it was all cleared out and ready to prepare for the new pour.
My uncle worked for a bridge construction company and brought over a load of prebent steel rebar, (think curb shape), which my dad then proceeded to straighten out and make mats for reinforcement. That project literally took weeks to complete, but I guess he saved a few $$.