"looking after the pennies"

[cotswolds84]

My dh and I have very different attitudes to money. On numerous occassions he has brought things and been overcharged. Not huge amounts maybe 50p to £2. He never queries it.
Yey I have been known to go back or complain for 20p.
Just worried that I am taking it too far as today my dd said she would pay the difference. (She is 8 bless her)
I suppose we are the way we are due to our upbringing. I grew up in a home where we had very little money. Dh had a much more comfortable upbringing.
Should I try and not sweat the small stuff?

Its the injustice of beong short changed tho isnt it?

The whole idea of being ripped off.

It is small stuff, but makes me mad like you.

YANBU

IMO YANBU to make sure you are only charged what you owe, but that is because I don't have much money. If you and your DH can afford for him to let £2 slide, then don't sweat the small stuff.

And to add, i would be really mad as i save all my 50p peices as these accumulate and pay for our spends for our holiday...stand up for ripped off 50p's!

I always query when I'm overcharged. My grandparents did, and they were rather well-off. You don't get to that position by handing over more money than you owe. It's a good habit to be in, regardless of your income status.

I think some people don't want to appear as if they need the money. I don't have that problem.

YANBU!

These small amounts add up! There's a reason salespeople for Sky or whatever quote their prices in x amount per day. It makes it sound cheap when in reality it's hundreds of pounds per year.

My mum has always been like this, I think it comes from having had a very very poor upbringing where they literally did need to count every penny.

It doesn't bother me personally if it's a trivial amount of money, I just don't feel it's worth the effort of making a fuss. I have occasionally been undercharged as well so I guess it all balances out in the end!

I wouldn't go back for 20p but I would definitely say something if
I'd been overcharged by £2.

He either doesn't like confrontation or he thinks he's too posh to care about 50p. As long as it doesn't happen too often, don't sweat it.

I almost got overcharge 50p yesterday, but I am poor so will query it.

As my mum said "Take care of the pennies and the pounds take care of themselves" also " your own shilling is the best shilling" and "never a lender or a borrower be", served her well and seems to be working for me.

Yabu for the thread title - you sound like someone's elderly aunt and you are probably not and lovely