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Christmas Savings Stamps 2009 Official MSE Discussion
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Ohhhh was hoping this was going to start soon. I am at the moment buying a few bits for christmas when i buy my normal monthly food shop (food stuff that can be stored) but wondering whether to save stamps too for the fresh stuff i need to get the week before Christmas.
Which supermarkets do you all go for? I was thinking Asda as it is more local to me. Also i think i read on here last year something when they gave you extra money for spending your savings stamps / card on a particular day in November too. Does anyone know how this works and if it is worth doing?
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Hi 3_cheeky_princesses,
It's worth having a good read of the article linked to in the top post, which describes exactly that.
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MSE_Andrea wrote: »Hi 3_cheeky_princesses,
It's worth having a good read of the article linked to in the top post, which describes exactly that.
Andrea
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in my excitment i didnt even see the link! Thank you Andrea :T Member of Thrifty Gifty ~ Making money for Christmas 2010:£2 Savers club member no 40 ~ £54Amazon Vouchers BingoPort ~ £10Dooyoo Challenge Jan ~ £24.07 / £20.00 Yippee over target :j0 -
I worry about doing this because we got stamps one year and a number of things that we wanted were unavailable in the shop we had stamp for so we ending up spending money in other places and using the stamps for purchases that we could have lived without.Taking responsibility one penny at a time!0
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Hope I am posting this in the right place
The info on the Tesco savings club isn't correct.
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/extra-christmas-cash
If you have at least £100 in saved clubcard rewards and/or top-ups they send you an extra £5 voucher with your Nov statement. I think they differentiate the savings and £5 bonus from the deals vouchers so they aren't eligible for partner rewards.
https://secure.tesco.com/clubcard/clubcard/clubs.christmassavers.asp0 -
Are the dates on the Asda one the right way round? It says the extra is awarded on the 17th so you should stick the money in by the 22nd. Surely you need the money in before the magic date.
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When can you spend on the ASDA card? All year round?
For the Morrison's ones, it reads:
'but the bonus can only be spent in November or December in a single transaction so wait until then'
What exactly does this mean? If you can't spend the bonus, can you spend the rest of the stamps at anytime? Is it just the bonus stamps you need to spend in a single transaction or the whole card?
Please can you make the explanation of the schemes clearer - every year MSE promotes this and the scheme details (ie the main point of the article) are very breif in their detail, making it hard to fathom out which scheme is of any use. 0 -
stphnstevey wrote: »When can you spend on the ASDA card? All year round?
For the Morrison's ones, it reads:
'but the bonus can only be spent in November or December in a single transaction so wait until then'
What exactly does this mean? If you can't spend the bonus, can you spend the rest of the stamps at anytime? Is it just the bonus stamps you need to spend in a single transaction or the whole card?
Please can you make the explanation of the schemes clearer - every year MSE promotes this and the scheme details (ie the main point of the article) are very breif in their detail, making it hard to fathom out which scheme is of any use.
I did the asda one last year to give my mum as a xmas present and no one (on the site or in my local Asda) could tell me when the money on the card had to be spent by, my funds or the bonus. Luckily she used it to buy a telly before the end of December but I'd lilke to know the answer for this year.0 -
I did the asda one last year to give my mum as a xmas present and no one (on the site or in my local Asda) could tell me when the money on the card had to be spent by, my funds or the bonus. Luckily she used it to buy a telly before the end of December but I'd lilke to know the answer for this year.
I have this years card and it states that you have to spend the total between the bonus date and 31 December to get the bonus. I guess if you don't you lose the bonus but keep the cash you have invested.Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein0 -
I'm interested in the Wilkinson saving stamps, but the link in the article does not work and I can't find anything on the Wilkinson website.
As I understand it if I'm going to spend £20+ in Wilkinson I can buy stamps first then spend them straight away to make the saving.
Have I got that right?
Also can someone tell me if I can buy the stamps with my credit card?0
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