He kind of reminds me of my FIL. Old fashioned (which isn't a bad thing), but that puts him kind of out of touch with what stuff costs and what people are willing to pay. He's repeatedly shocked with what the prices of things are and is amazingly cheap. Always thinks there is a better deal somewhere, but is right maybe 25% of the time, and wastes a lot of his time in pursuit
We were at the beach several years ago. He's got an old float that needs patching in multiple places. Doesn't want to just buy a new float because he thinks they're too expensive. Goes to the Dollar General. Patches are $1. Puts them back, says he bets that the Wal-Mart (which is 20+ minutes down the road one way with traffic) has them for cheaper. Gets to Wal-Mart, they're also $1 (or maybe 89 cents or something). Frustrated, he says he'll just find a cheap float somewhere else later. He wastes about half an afternoon he could have spent at the pool/beach because of this. It's the damndest thing I've ever seen.
