61. Wineglass

Est. Cost (New): $9.99* for 12
Est. Cost (DIY): $0*
This invention can save you from getting a cut on your hand if you grip the base of your wine glass so hard it shatters. Just attach the cup part to an actual glass and drink it that way. Or pour it into the glass and drink it like orange juice.

Wineglass @diply / Pinterest
Don’t even use a glass, just drink it out of the bottle, maybe even while you’re still in the store. Wine glasses are pretty cheap. You can go to Bed Bath & Beyond and buy twelve Glassware Basics for $9.99, or you can go to Dollar Tree and buy one glass for $1.

62. Swingset

Est. Cost (New): $119-$159*
Est. Cost (DIY): $40*
This is the swingset version of the white van with the words “FREE CANDY” on it. One DIY’er decided to forgo the ridiculous price of swingsets and installation and instead attach broken lawn chairs to a rusted-out frame.

Swingset @JessB_21P / Pinterest
The result is a swingset that looks like a place where middle schoolers go to smoke cigarettes they stole from their parents. If you aren’t a fan of this, and we hope you’re not, you can actually get a pretty cheap swingset at Walmart for $119-$159. A full-size jungle gym will cost you a little more, likely over $1,000.

63. Improvised Gas-Cap

Est. Cost (New): $78-$83*
Est. Cost (DIY): $4.12*
Scotch tape costs $3.79 per roll, and a blank CD is $0.33, so this entire DIY project’s cost comes out to a little over $4. Compared to buying a new gas tank lid, which costs $78-$83, this solution is the more fiscally responsible one.

Improvised Gas-Cap @annaboudova / Pinterest
It’s remarkably easy to rip off the lid of your gas tank. You don’t have to be the Hulk to do it, either. Some of us (the same ones who drive off with a cup of coffee and wallet on the hood of our car) know that all it takes is forgetting to close the lid and then taking a corner too close. And then wham—no more gas tank lid.

64. Fork-Knife Hybrid

Est. Cost (New): $1.99*
Est. Cost (DIY): $2*
It’s actually more expensive and time-consuming to do this hack than it is to just go find a fork. However, one person didn’t do their dishes and/or didn’t want to get up from the table, so they came up with a fork-knife hybrid that is probably more effective than it has any right to be.

Fork-Knife Hybrid @CauisPinoBorisFlor / Pinterest
Attached to a plastic knife are four toothpicks, and they’re chained to the knife by rubber bands. This must have taken five or ten minutes to construct, by which time most of us would have given up and begun eating with our hands. So, we applaud the dedication.

65. Super-Safe Toilet

Est. Cost (New): $169*
Est. Cost (DIY): $38.09*
Port-o-potties are horrifying, but this takes it to a new extreme. One DIY toilet consisted of a wooden toilet seat (ew) with a traffic cone in place of an actual septic system. Though the funneling method works, technically, we guess, this clearly is not going to work for anyone living in a civilized society.

Super-Safe Toilet @FHI1 / Pinterest
It is cheaper, though. Traffic cones cost around $40, while whole toilets cost over $100. If you want a Port-o-Potty, first of all, why? Secondly, they’re even more expensive, costing between $600 and $700. We advise that you avoid buying a used one on Craigslist.

66. Porch Lamp

Est. Cost (New): $37.97*
Est. Cost (DIY): $10-$15*
The weirdest thing about this photo isn’t even the fact that someone took a lamp from inside their house and stuck it to the outside, in violation of probably every known fact about electrical safety. It’s the fact that the entire lamp is glowing with the flame of a thousand suns, including the base.

Porch Lamp @ReneeJusadiva / Pinterest
Porch lamps aren’t really that expensive, even if you get a classy one that looks nothing like this. They’re around $40, and, as long as you know how to hook it up without electrocuting yourself, you can probably spend only twice what you would on a regular table tamp.

67. TV on a Switch

Est. Cost (New): $599*
Est. Cost (DIY): $131-$141*
The engineering skill required to accomplish this is way more impressive than someone going out and spending $600 on a new TV. Light-switches like this one cost under $1 and 90s-era TVs cost $130-$140. Someone managed to connect a Sharp-brand television from the nineties to an actual light switch. Assumedly, when you flip the switch, the TV turns on.

TV on a Switch @improvememory / Pinterest
Personally, that would be cooler to us than watching someone turn on their brand-new TV with something as mundane as a remote control. A light switch activating a fat-back ‘90s television is a lost art, probably because it’s not art—it’s science.

68. Makeshift Mechanic

Est. Cost (New): $1,500-$,4000*
Est. Cost (DIY): $3.97*
This looks fine. Someone either rammed their car into something or got in an accident, and the DIY fix to a busted hood is tape. The car owner attempted to use nine pieces of tape (seems like a small amount, considering the damage) to seal off their broken hood.

Makeshift Mechanic @semicvetik8701 / Pinterest
For auto body repair mishaps, which this certainly qualifies as the price can range from $1,500 to $4,000 if not more. While fixing something minor like a broken hood release handle isn’t overly difficult if you have a screwdriver and wire hanger, a huge bust like this needs to go to a professional. Or apparently, you can just tape it.

69. Windshield Wiper

Est. Cost (New): $62-$84*
Est. Cost (DIY): $2.96*
Though windshield wipers really aren’t that expensive, costing between $20 and $30, the cost of labor will push their replacement up to over $80 in some cases. Clearly, one car owner wanted to avoid that expense, so, instead of replacing the wiper, he attached a kitchen sponge to the wiper stick.

Windshield Wiper @valeriemleon / Pinterest
The cheap fix might work for a tiny section of the windshield, but if more than one tablespoon of rain falls, he’s going to be in trouble. Luckily, it appears that the driver’s side wiper works, so he could drive around on this “fix” for who knows how long.

70. Door Stopper

Est. Cost (New): $2.58*
Est. Cost (DIY): $3.76*
One person was tired of people slamming the door into the wall, and they did what anyone would do—ripped the head off a toilet plunger and attached it to the wall as a makeshift doorstop. Oddly, this fix ends up being more expensive than buying a doorstop.

Door Stopper @marcoroncaglia7 / Pinterest
Plungers are $4 or so, while doorstops cost about half that. Repainting a wall isn’t cheap either, so there definitely needs to be some sort of barrier. Short of making the door super heavy, the DIY doorstop option wasn’t a bad idea until they could come up with a more permanent, less gross replacement.