Looking at this list, I can totally understand why some people would pay to have these services done for them. It’s a convenience thing. Plus, I don’t hate any of these tasks; if I hated doing something, it wouldn’t be worth, in my mind, paying for.

As much as doing the following list of things isn’t exactly a picnic, the stubbornness in me refuses to let myself pay for them. So here we go!

1. Tire Changing

Let’s be honest, changing a tire is damn easy. People that don’t know how just haven’t learned yet. You only need one tool, and the tire that you’re changing. I can’t fathom paying $25/tire for somebody to change mine over.

The only exception is if the tire that I’m changing is not already on it’s rim. I don’t have the right tools to put a tire onto it’s rim, so that needs to be done by the professionals.

2. House cleaning

I’m sure that one day, I will change my mind about this, but as of right now, I’m a young able bodied individual. I can clean my own bathroom, put my own dishes in the dishwasher, and dust all by myself.

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I can’t imagine shelling out $50-$60/hr (or even $20-$30 if you have connections) just to avoid cleaning my windows. Plus, cleaning can be a great workout, and there are few things as satisfying as having a spotless house that you worked hard to scrub.

3. Hair removal

I can also see why some people go to the professionals for hair removal, but it’s not something I require. I’m blond. Even if I let my eyebrows go untouched for two months, you wouldn’t be able to notice that much, unless you were hanging out a foot from my face, and I would then kindly ask you to get the $%^* out of my bubble.

As demonstrated above, I also don’t like people being all up in my business. Even though salons only charge like $8 for eye brow threading, plucking, or waxing (and, of course, more for leg and.. um.. other waxing), it’s just not worth it to me.

4. Banking

Well, I think by now anyone whose ever read this blog knows that I’m a big fan of ING. ING is great for many reasons, but one of those is that they don’t charge banking fees on a chequing account. Why should you have to pay to access your money?

I cheat the system a bit by keeping my TD Canada Trust account open. Since I’m a student, I can have a free account with TD, but as soon as I’m not a student and therefore have to pay chequing fees, I’ll be out of there like my dog when threatened with a bath.

I also try not to pay interest fees or overdraft fees, but sometimes it happens so I can’t say that I refuse to pay them.

5. Full Cable

I’m not a huge TV fan, because everything I need to or want to watch can be found commercial free either online or on Netflix. I don’t even pay for basic cable right now, because the only time we ever turned on the TV when we did have it was on a rainy or cold Saturday afternoon, and at that time nothing is on.

I’m spoiled though, because at the gym they have HGTV, so I watch it while I’m on the treadmill.

6. Renovations

Well, okay, I’m a little bias on this one because I have carpenters as a father, boyfriend, and step dad. Why would I need to pay for renovations?

But, even if I didn’t have  all of these talented family members at my disposal, there are a few renovation items that I would never pay for.

a) Painting

Why would you pay somebody to paint your house when you can do it yourself? It can even be fun! Then again, if you have a monstrosity as a house, I can sort of understand.

b) Demolition

Unless we’re talking ripping up concrete (which requires some serious tools and safety precautions), I can do a demo. All you need is a hard hat, safety glasses, and a grow bar, or a hammer. Drywall is easy to bust through, and it’s seriously pretty stress relieving.

Just be careful that you’re not demolishing a load bearing wall. That would suck.

7. Moving

Once again, my circumstances allow me to not ever have to pay for moving trucks or services, but I find this a total waste of money if you know somebody – anybody – with a truck and a few hours.

Boyfriend has an SUV and my dad has a truck, so in two loads, all of our furniture is at the new place. Boxes can come with me.

However, once we start getting bigger places with more stuff, and we don’t want to totally waste a full weekend and several tanks of gas to go back and forth, I might change my mind on this. In fact, I know I will.

What are some things that you refuse to pay for?

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