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Archives for September 2008

kodak easy share printer
hi there does anyone on here know the website on tv please that give you the 3 in 1 printer the esp5 for £79.99 with a free usb lead it was on one of the music channels in the early morning once it had closed i think it was something like printervalue.kodak.com and it was on bless music channel cheers
Batteries Help
I was wondering if someone could help me please. My son has rechargable batteries in his Wii remote contollers, it says Ni-MH on them then 750 mAh. I have found it really hard to get these but someone told me that they use 1200 mAh ones in their controllers. My question is if I got these would they cause any damage to his…
Asda on-line evoucher?
I am trying to register with Asda for on-line shopping. There is a space on the form for 'evoucher code' but no explanation of what this is. Does anyone know - and will it give me a discount/£5.00 off first shop, more to the point??
Great Deal On Tetley Green Tea
Wilkinson have Tetley Green Tea usually £1.79 each now 2 for £2. However even better there is a printable coupon in the coupon forum for 40p off. So as buying two you can use two coupons so 80p off in total. Therefore £1.20 for two tetley boxes= 60p each instead of £1.79
Was going to leave - is this the best deal they will offer me?
Hi, I'm currently on a 2 mix (£20/month) package with £5 Sky Talk and £10 Broadband Max. Coupled with the BT line rental at £13, I need to save some cash so phoned up to cancel. I have been with them 2 years. They offered me free line rental for a year and Sky+ free, with a £60 installation. They didn't offer me any…
Anything else I can do to reduce supermarket spending?
Hi all Right, well I have spent the last hour trawling the Tesco website, getting prices for the products I buy. I have to go in either daily or every other day because I dont have a car to do one big shop so I buy each day for the evening meal. I've never really looked at how much I spend on food shopping which is why I…
Tesco "raincheck" type voucher
Think they call it a Special Offer voucher. Anyway, went shopping this afternoon and wanted to buy the Clover Light on offer at half price (85p) but there were non on the shelves and the offer end date is today. Went to Customer Services and was told that they only do vouchers for "2 for 1", "3 for 2" type offers - i.e. if…
i'm looking for alternative to ebay
I found a site on here which was an alternative to ebay but i can't find it now and can't remember what it was called. I think it may have had skip in the title somewhere but i would love it if any one could tell me what it was. You choose you county and it shows everything on offer in your area. Thanks.
AOL Flexi 8MB speed 3 months for £8.99
Here is how it works. AOL Wireless Flexi (one month contract, download upto 8MB and usage limit 10 GB per month; Wireless router included) From £4.99 for 3 months, £14.99 thereafter.One off set up fee £29.00. QUIDCO £35 for AOL Wireless Flexi. 3 months' line rental (3 times 4.99)= 14 .97 plus set up 29.00 is equal to…
news of the world voucher
will be available 3 weeks leading up to xmas.
tesco.com not working for me ...............
is tesco.com down for everyone or is it just me......... thanks skint x
How to NOT use Amazon Prime when you are a member?
Hi all, I'm not too sure this is the right place to ask but the forum is too complex, then I drop it here. I have an Amazon Prime account and I use it occasionally. Sometimes I buy things to use and sometimes to resell (when it's a bargain buy). Recently I received an email from Amazon saying that the Prime membership does…
Butter basted turkey breast joint £1.06 at Tesco
1kg Butter basted turkey breast joint which has pork, sage & onion through it - bar code 5051622701986 scanned at £1.06 instead of £5.:D Grab a bargain while you can!!
Cheap PS3 games on LoveFilm
Hi guys, Found PS3 games really cheap on LoveFilm today. Hope this helps! - http://shop.lovefilm.com/lovefilm/lovefilm/games/platforms/ps3/best-selling.list Cheers, Scott
Broken Laptop help
Hiy all, I hop my first post is in the corect place, feel free to move if not, just after a bit of advice if anyone can help.;) Bought a laptop back in December 2006 form Brighthouse ( I know:o never again, but im on my debt free journey now!) Six weeks ago it went totally kaput and I sent it back to them to be repaired…
large bottle of Oasis, 2 for £2 + get £2 of coupons!
In Tesco, the large (1.5l) bottles of Oasis are 2 for £2 (normally £1.47 each). Each bottle also has a (none store specific) £1 coupon on it with a long expiry date (28th Feb). The coupon is for £1 off your next purchase of Oasis 6 x 375ml packs, but if your store accepts coupons against other purchases this is a great…
Asda grrrrr
Hi, Please dont anyone bite my head off if this is in the wrong place, Ive looked and Im just not sure where to post this! I had an email from Asda this afternoon telling me an order I placed, the payment had not gone through and they would be taking the payment today. I initialy thought it was spam but looked into it and…
Orange Marmalade
Mr.T has his own orange marmalade, 907g, selling at 43p. The standard 454g pot is 44p. Have invested in several post, lond seel by date Hope this helps someone else
Quidco
Does anyone know if I can do my on-line shopping with Tesco via Quidco & get cash back cheers
Apple store USA
Hi, Does anyone know if the US Apple store will shop to the UK?? Or has anyone ever done it?? The Ipods are HUGELY cheaper on their site - £103 for 16gb instead of £149 on the UK site - so I would love to be able to save a few bob in the run up to [STRIKE]ripoffmas[/STRIKE] Christmas...

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