Great Hunt: What was your biggest MoneySaving success of 2015?

Former_MSE_Sam_M · 4 January 2016 at 12:45PM

2015 may be over but that doesn't mean we can't celebrate its successes.

Whether you switched your energy provider and made huge savings, went coupon-mad or finally made it onto the debt-free roll, we want to know what your personal best MoneySaving success was of 2015.

Please share yours and read others' below:

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Happygreen · 6 January 2016 at 9:12AM

Good morning!

My best move was to ditch my O2 contract for a GiffGaff goodiebag. I am now getting the same bundle and free calls to my kids for £ 5 instead of £ 20.

bassitt74 · 6 January 2016 at 10:06AM

JAN - Managed to save 47% of income

FEB - Managed to save 46% of income

MAR - Debt free (finally!!) Managed to save 62% of income

APR - Managed to save 72.5% of income (was a push though)

MAY - Bought a newer second hand car for cash, sold old one for £300 (scrap yard/ we-buy-any-car only offered £25-45), now have cheaper monthly running costs by 1/3. Managed to save 64% of income.

JUN - Managed to save 63.5% of income.

JUL - Spent £700+ on fees and survey for a house I later discovered was full of Asbestos :sad:

AUG - Spent £20K+ but that went on deposit and fees to buy my first home :j

SEP - Spent £1600+ on furniture and other bits and bobs for the house, annual fees for tv license, phone line rental etc, did most furniture shop at Argos in sales, saved £525 plus earned £170 in their vouchers by splitting purchases. For everything went through cash back sites first and earned £400+ (BT got me a £75 sainsburys gift card plus £80 cb as new customer). saved 200+ switching energy providers from those given by the house builders

OCT - Set up loads of new savings accounts to self-save for next years bills/ services

NOV - Had a break. :beer:

DEC - Spent sainsburys gift card on xmas food shop and stocked up on food staples for most of Jan. spent £22.50 of the cash back and got everyones birthdays prezzies for the whole year in the sales (bar 4 which are for young nieces)

Bit of a major year really, spent a lot, saved a lot, debt-free, new car, new house.

Sherratthead · 6 January 2016 at 10:57AM

Hubby and I got £600 EACH in compensation for a delayed holiday!

Teacher2 · 6 January 2016 at 11:45AM

Thanks to Martin's Moneyfacts we switched our energy provider and saved £50 a month on the direct debit and had a cheque for £800 that BG was hanging on to, through the post. We also got a cheque for nearly £300 from Sentinel through following Moneyfact's advice. A big thank you to the site!

Alikay · 6 January 2016 at 12:00PM

I saved a lot of cash and got a few freebies for a trip to Las Vegas, Arizona and Nevada by joining MyVegas. I heard about it on this site, and I enjoyed playing the free casino games which is how you earn points. We ended up with a couple of free nights in hotels, free buffet dinners, heavily discounted Cirque de Soleil tickets and a couple of other treats...it was very worthwhile

tea_lover · 6 January 2016 at 12:02PM

Changed mortgage deal again and got a really good rate.

tain · 6 January 2016 at 1:22PM

Two big hitters for our wedding:

1. Was planning on putting a few grand behind the bar. Found the perfect venue that also did 'dry hire', and instead spent less money giving everyone free drink for the entire night (and for the next 3 months as there was so much left over!).

2. Same as above, but for food. Kerbed ridiculous charges of up to £65 a head for food + £10/head canap!s + £5/head table wine + £6.50/head welcome drinks + £20/head evening food by getting a venue with dry hire. Ended up spending less than £25/head for excellent food, endless drinks, with tons and tons of leftovers. Plus did the wedding cake as dessert.

We're going on our honeymoon next week. Sorry to say that there has been zero money saving on this

Edit: just to do the maths. 100 day guests, extra 20 in the evening. £11,050 if going with their pre-packed hire. £3,000 on DIY. £8,050 saving, plus the venue really was the most perfect we saw (Marks Hall Gardens in Coggeshall if anyone in Essex is interested!).

benidormgary · 6 January 2016 at 4:26PM

My new insurance quote in Dec.was £254,up from £195.Thanks to MSE,and, within 10 mins, I had a new quote elsewhere for £148 on the same terms which I accepted. Now,I know its not a big saving to most people,but its a huge saving for me.:)

Super_Consumer · 6 January 2016 at 5:17PM

Booked a family holiday on Christmas Day and following all the MSE tips got a £3,196 holiday in Spain for £1,625 saving a massive £1,571!!!::j:
We got a half board 11 night Thomson holiday at a Family Hotel we've really enjoyed before for just £271 each including transfers and luggage.:beer:
Savings made up of; Free Child places x 2, on-line discount, £180 off from a code found on the internet and on top of all that we should get a further £26 Cashback.
Now that's what I call saving money!

Thanks MSE for keeping us Money Wise.:T

[Deleted User] · 6 January 2016 at 5:46PM

Finally switching my current account after 17 years at the same bank.

Switching line rental over to plusnet and getting free broadband for 18 months plus cheaper line rental for the year.

Great Hunt: What was your biggest MoneySaving success of 2015?

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