nickel and dime
adjective
°Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.
"I bought my new ride from some nickel and dime used-car salesman."
verb
°To charge, or be charged, several unexpected small amounts of money, often in the form of fees, taxes, or related expenses to a venture, which when taken as a whole add up to a significant unexpected cost.
"I got nickel and dimed to death by the phone company's sneaky extra charges."
°To wear down in small increments; to quibble or obsess endlessly with (someone) over trifles.
noun
°Fifteen years.