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I am so grateful and surprised
I have been off work this last 2mths and spent a great deal of time on all of the wonderful ideas to save on this site.. Have saved on: Buildings & Contents Ins £12 per mth Life Assurance £14 " " Mortgage £20 " "£46 per mth Gas & Electric online saver annual £45 discount (scottish Power) New Buildings & Contents is free…
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Comet, Currys & Powerhouse
I am so pleased about this. I have been wanting a combination microwave for ages and there was a specific model I liked. Panasonic NNA554W. Having been reading the MSE website often, and reading Martins book, I printed off the online price of this microwave for both Currys and Comet. Both online prices were £128.88…
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Blanket cover saved me £167 on my household insurance
I received my policy renewal notification with a quotation for another years buildings and contents insurance for £384. This was based on a re-build cost given to me by the surveyor when we bought our house 2 years ago of £299k. I asked about ways to save money and the insurer offered me 'blanket cover' in relation to the…
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The Most Popular Chat Tips Ever as of 4/2/2006
1 (1) Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt. = 353756 :money: 2 (2) Tesco misprices thread - please only post misprices here = 310527 Please read THIS 3 (3) GREAT 'WHAT SHOPS DON'T WANT US TO KNOW" HUNT = 282791:money: 4 (5) Just Tesco grocery codes please, no discussion! = 241908 5 (4) Free MoneySavingExpert Car Sticker! =…
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Credit card saving
I had 2 credit cards up to their limits which I put on a new card as a 0% balance transfer thanks (partly) to this site. The monthly repayment is half what I was paying which will enable me to pay the BT card off quicker! YAY! That's gonna be one hell of a saving
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Post of the Month for January
Please nominate your most Useful/Helpful Post of the Month £50 award by replying to this post. Also please do not lobby to win the prize - it's not cricket! Please include: A. A hyperlink to the specific thread/post - highlight the web address of the thread/ post when you're viewing it from the address bar at the top of…
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Yabbadabbadoo
Thanks to everyone in the MSE club for helping me to become a better saver. My savings so far are: £27.50 / month Changed my sky package £9.00 / month gas & electric £6.32 / month prescription card £16.78 / month car insurance £4.91 / month mobile phone 5.6% on current account balance The car insurance is with the same…
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Top articles viewed so far this month - 30/1/2006
Top articles viewed so far this month Petrol/Diesel Cost Cutting = 161487 views The Best Balance Transfers: cut the cost of existing credit card debts = 142,466 views The UKs Cheapest Home Phone Calls Provider = 110279 views Earn 14% interest when saving for Xmas '06 = 97034 views Broadband: Who's cheapest = 86843 views…
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The Most Popular Chat Tips Ever as of 27/1/2006
1 (2) Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt. = 335406 :money: 2 (1) Tesco misprices thread - please only post misprices here = 309899 views Please read THIS 3 (3) GREAT 'WHAT SHOPS DON'T WANT US TO KNOW" HUNT = 277155 :money: 4 (5) Free MoneySavingExpert Car Sticker! = 229078 :money: 5 (9) Just Tesco grocery codes please, no…
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Cheaper AOL Broadband with just 1 call
Seeing the old TV series and how people have haggled with companies to get better deals I thought I would give it a go. First I tried with Sky TV - Saved £60 already over next 3 months, will probably be more when I call again in 3 months. My next victim was AOL. Been with AOL for about 6 years now. Currently paying £17.99…
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Martin's top articles viewed so far this month - 23rd Jan 2006
Top articles viewed so far this month Petrol/Diesel Cost Cutting = 145,684 views The Best Balance Transfers: cut the cost of existing credit card debts = 113,795 views Earn 14% interest when saving for Xmas '06 = 89,124 views The UKs Cheapest Home Phone Calls Provider = 80,834 views Time to Swith Gas and Electricity…
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around £100 this WEEK!
Yes I have saved well over £100 just this week! I've been scanning and copying my family's entire photographs so that I can have copies for myself. THE ENTIRE LOT for a family of 8 people (my parents and 6 kids) and my own little family (me partner and baby) is around 1200 photos which at the standard rate of 10p a picture…
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Thankyou, I've saved loads..
Thanks to this site I have reduced my outgoings quite a bit... Just changed house insurance: down to £300 from £600 for the year. Just changed gas/electricity providers with a projected saving of approx £100 over the next year. Balanced transfered £5000 to a lower rate card: saving over £850 in interest if it took me 3…
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£56.87!
Did my first haggle and got 10% off a very specialised sword I have commissioned for my OH's wedding gift. Absolutely nerve wracked about negotiating but got offered the discount right away, and over the telephone! Now wish I'd asked for it to be rounded down to £500!
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Most popular chat topics ever as of 17/1/2006
1 (1) Tesco misprices thread - please only post misprices here = 308,612 views Please read THIS 2 (3) Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt. = 285,305 :money: 3 (2) GREAT 'WHAT SHOPS DON'T WANT US TO KNOW" HUNT = 270,061 :money: 4 (4) Latest top topics (chat forums) = 220,083 5 (5) Free MoneySavingExpert Car Sticker! = 222,376…
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Top articles viewed so far this month 16th Jan 2006
Top articles viewed so far this month Petrol/Diesel Cost Cutting = 114537 views The Best Balance Transfers: cut the cost of existing credit card debts = 81475 views Earn 14% interest when saving for Xmas '06 = 78782 views The UKs Cheapest Home Phone Calls Provider = 62883 Budget Planner = 53022 views Time to Swith Gas and…
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Turkey was flying out!
I had the easiest to cook and cheapest turkey ever this year. Lidl were selling refrigerated vac packs half price at £2.49 each. I bought 2 of them which I cooked on Christmas Eve and after feeding family of 5 I now have one left for us and a guest for Boxing day. So my turkey today was just £2.49-no bones-no waste-just…
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superb site couldt ask for more
money saving expert has been a lifesaver for me i was seriousley stupid with money.me and the wife have relatively good jobs(bringing in £60k a year)three kids they never go without anything. we had a £33k mortgage and we were overdrawn every month,never had any second thoughts about what we bought just sepnt spent spent.…
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This website
Just like to say thanks for a brilliant website :j
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boots jan sale
i have just ordered £181 of stuff from boots online includinf perfume sets etc and used a £15 off code so all in for £94 saving of £87!! all my birthday prezzies for next year sorted thanks mse!!