Besides displaying unhealthy practices, some of the cost-saving methods depicted on Extreme Cheapstakes were downright disturbing to viewers. Take, for example, Vickie, a mother of five, who was shown taking her family along to find roadkill, which she later prepared and served for their dinner. One commenter on the YouTube video for the episode wrote, "This is child abuse. Those little kids need good nutrition."
According to Huffpost, millionaire Victoria Hunt is featured in an episode, and she claims she urinates in a jar rather than a toilet to save costs associated with flushing, but that's not all she does. She also dumpster dives as a means of foraging for food. Meanwhile, another self-made millionaire named Aimee is shown serving her friend a tuna sandwich, which isn't made from regular tuna — it's made from tuna-flavored cat food, which she claims saves her 30 cents a can (via YouTube).
While strange and unusual acts can sometimes draw audiences, acts such as these might have driven viewers away. Even so, anyone who is curious can now watch old episodes of the series on discovery+.
