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Batteries been thrown away when they are OK
Over the last 6 months I have been checking batteries recovered from various items, remotes, kids toys, torches etc. I have found that approximately 60% were still fully charged, most items had only 1 flat battery which was obviously responsible for the failure or poor performance of the item, the other 2 or 3 in the item…
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New Year, New Me
I am going to set myself a target to improve certain areas of my life in 2014. I am in my 30s, Married and currently on adoption leave after adopting a toddler earlier this year. My DH is self employed and his earnings vary month to month. My Goals are as follows * Pay £500 extra off the mortgage * Pay off credit card debt…
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The Great 'joining clubs for discounts' Hunt Revisited
The Great 'joining clubs for discounts' Hunt Revisited Members of clubs and societies can often bag extra discounts and exclusive offers (eg, Martin's Money Tips subscribers get money for nothing and tips for free...). So we want to tap MoneySavers' collective knowledge on which clubs are worth joining and what the best…
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The 5k challenge!!!
I am Gothrockchic (aka GRC). I have moved over from the Debt Free diary board. I have been Debt Free for a month now. I moved to Edinburgh three months ago to find a Rock Band, so far so good and I have found a guitarist and hope to soon find a drummer and another guitarist. So the goal is to save £5000 :eek: £2000 will be…
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Can I bet on myself at the bookies to earn money?
I am coming at this from a totally naive perspective and haven't been able to work out the answer by googling. Ok, I need to love weight but am also looking to get my teeth fixed which will have to done privately and is likely to cost anything from £6-20K :eek: So given that my starting point is to lose lbs and gain £'s to…
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LA Fitness Direct Debit increase without notice
LA Fitness have increased my monthly DD membership fee from £26.99 p/m to £49.50 over the last couple of months without any notification! 45.5% absurd! Surely they can't do this without notifying me in writing first? :mad: Worse of all I have been ill for the past few months and didn't cancel or freeze my membership…
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My savings diary
Hello, Well I've been saving for the deposit on my first home and have been posting along with many others on the "We're saving for a deposit thread" admittedly intermittenly, but I do keep up to date reading it: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/789675 I've decided to now keep a log of my progress all in one…
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Pay for your 2012 holiday the Old Style Way - Come and Join in !
After a fantastic family trip to Disney World in October, we've decided we want to go back in 2013 (April). :j However, it's going to take a lot of tight beltening and saving money whenever and wherever we can to make this happen ! The idea is to NOT put the holiday/spending money on a credit card :naughty: I thought it…
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The Plan
Hi there! I've been using this forum for a few years now to read up on lots of money and saving questions and I thought it was maybe time to post something :) 2014 and 15 are going to be pretty big years for me as I am doing up my flat and my bf and I are planning on ticking something off of our bucket list - hiking Machu…
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Airline compensation
After your program I e-mailed AA about a cancelled flight last year. They have just offered me £1500 cash or £3150 in vouchers. Thanks for putting it on your program Martin. I was impressed all done in a simple e-mail :beer:
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So I've started saving...again.
Having been a reader on this forum for a while I thought it would be useful for me to start a 'savings diary'. I've always been a keen saver and previously saved a lot from my last job which I worked at from when I was 18. My boyfriend and I started living together last year at his nans, and obviously were able to save…
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Don't know where to start
Hi This year I am desperate to save as much money as I can. I hate constantly being worried about money and I feel like I will never be in a better position if I don't do something. The problem is I don't earn a great wage (and I don't think I can get a job with a much bigger wage as I don't have the qualifications) and I…
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saved with Dreams today!!
Happy New Year all, The base of my bed went late last year. Went into Dreams in Catford - South London today. I was introduce to three base units, two were £200 and one was £150, not bad i thought. I asked the shop assistant if he could drop the price, and he said he could possibly take a tenner off. I enquired about…
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cheap Boxing day meal
COLEMANS PIE Left over turkey White lasagne sauce Carrot, swede and potato mash Make like a cottage pie, by cooking carrot, potato and swede and making a mash. Cook white sauce on pour over unheated turkey in caserole dish. Place mash over the top, like a cottage pie. You now have a COLEMANS PIE!
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Decisions, decisions
Hello everyone, This is my first post after lurking for some time! I wondered whether anyone was in the same boat as me really, and would be interested to hear any previous experience or advice. My story, well I'm living and working in London with my partner and currently trying to save up to go travelling for a year.…
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Does anyone know of a virtual 'piggy bank' tool that I can motivate myself with?
I have been lumbered with a crappy, crappy task at work which I really don't want to do. It's almost the final straw, and to be honest I've really thought long and hard about even resigning rather than do it, but instead I've come up with a cunning plan instead that I think will get me through the six months that I'm going…
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Saving, and I love it!
Hi everyone :) So my current situation is, I have graduated from Uni with a Law degree, and have just started a job in a bank. I want to save as much as I can, partially because whenever I am ready to buy my own house I want to have as big a deposit as I can, rather than a giant mortgage, and because having seen first hand…
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My Savings Diary
Started this thread to try and motivate me; Current position 24, Living at home with parents, looking to save towards a house deposit! Hopefully...save 10k by the end of next year! I have no willpower when it comes to saving, known to randomly spend £20+ on my lunch times in Asda on random things...have decided now is the…
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£79.98 a month saved in just 2 phone calls.
Cancelled Vodafone £25 a month contract * 3 and took out 3 * £9.90 Three monthly Sim only Saving = £45.30 a month BT Phone = £20.60 a month BE Broadband £14.08 a month Called BE to cancel broadband (was going to go with Plusnet @ £2.75 a month) but as they're owned by Sky now, they offered me a ridiculous offer - Free Line…
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So disappointed with Sainsbury's
Regarding the great Antoine De Clevecy Champagne offer mentioned on this site. Having never made an order with Sainsbury's before I thought this a truly superb deal. Without delay I quickly placed my order on the 31st of October. Everything went smoothly and I added a £2 jar of drinking chocolate and selected a delivery…
