 You might be a cheapskate if you find yourself haggling at thrift stores, if you save gas by putting the car in neutral going downhill. You just might be a cheapskate if you've shopped for an engagement ring at a pawn shop. The so-called world's cheapest man was on TV. He pulls grapes off the stem at the supermarket before buying them. He once gave his wife flowers, then admitted they were from a dumpster behind a funeral home.