family's lifestyle including washing dishes in a paddling pool.Melanie and Shawn O'Brien, from the US, refused to buy anything new and instead found ingenious ways of fixing their broken belongings leading them to make savings of £20,000.Appearing on an episode of TLC's Extreme Cheapskates, which was first shown in January 2020, the couple asked their son and daughter to help washing up the dishes after their playtime in the inflatable pool.Shawn said: "We save money on the water bill, we save money on the electricity bill.
Are we going to become millionaires off it? Not per se but it helps us allocate that money towards a better purpose."Other than saving money on water bills, the couple prefer to fix anything broken and find other tools.
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