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Yet another 'savings plan', slightly unique
Hey everyone Its really interesting reading about everyone's plans to save money, and it's really encouraging that people are making it work. Having read the stories of others I thought I'd share my saving goals: - I'm 23 and currently have around £18000 saved. I aim to get this up to around £30000 by the end of the year,…
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Tesco - check your receipts !
I always look at the reduced sections and special offers before doing the rest of my shopping in Tesco, and initially looked at the receipt afterwards to see how much I'd saved. It was then I discovered that not all the offers had been put through at the offer price. Fortunately I live near the store and was able to return…
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Savings account for grandchildren:
I am probably on the wrong thread entirely but as usual, some kind soul will help. :A I have two grandchildren born after the £200 on birth government gift bond was stopped. I don't know what it was actually called. I want these two grandchildren to have some savings too so can anyone advise me on the best place to invest…
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My challenge to save 4k
I'm not the best at saving so am going to use this thread to log how i am doing. My aim is to save 4k by Oct 2013. I know i can do it If i put my mind to it. My ptoblem is unecessary spending so i am going to have to work on that If i want to achieve my goal. Saving now - £881.70 Still to go - £3118.30
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little and often
Ok, so after being together for 21 years, we've now decided we're able to start thinking about buying our council home. hubby has been in employment for just over 2 years after being a full time carer for his late mum, I've just secured employment after 5 years of caring for my mum (although mine was unpaid) So, together…
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Unexpected saving
Used a £5 off £25 coupon but then I found in an ad after buying from buyagift.co.uk a discount code that offered 10% off since what I bought was £80 It would have been better to use the 10% code, but for whatever reason this code was not published anywhere only inside ad banners so I contacted them and they gave me the…
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Unnessary bills......
I'm a great m'ser (or miser), extreme couponing, getting reduced food at the end of the day, finding bargains at carboots, charity shops etc. but I can be disorganised and lose unnecessary money. :( So far, this year, I've lost; £60 parking fine - I contested this, got refused and then forgot to pay within the time limit…
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Thank you Martin
The money over the years this site has saved me is brilliant A few weeks ago Martin advised us to get a fixed term deal on our gas and electric following his advice I went for the fixed price deal with EDF which to start with gave me a saving of £27 a month and the price is fixed until April 2014!!!! Yesterday EDF…
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How much on your Christmas grocery bill - including booze?
We have just finished doing our Christmas grocery shopping, and have bought everything we need except pork pies and the trifle which we get from Sainsburys. All the stuff we will need is in the pantry, freezer and fridge. Creams and cheeses are in date til mid January, and so are mince pies and nibbles, so we were able to…
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Thanks again Martin; another £19k
Just screwed AmEx out of 3 weeks, 5 star next summer, with 1st class flights thrown in. Total cost £1012.50, worth about £28k through Avios. This was amassed through usual spending for business and pleasure at around £12k a month, and a £140k bill I've put on last month in 7 goes for work (£26k limit). Thanks again Martin.
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How to get my laptop to pay for itself.
About a year ago I purchased a brand new Apple Macbook. I love it but recently have found myself wondering if it was worth the money. As I work in an office all day and spend all day staring at a screen, when I return home my first thought is rarely to turn my laptop on, however it is a beautiful piece of machinery and I…
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Saving Advice?
A kick up the behind would be helpful right now. I will need a newer second hand car by the winter time and so far I've only saved £500. I 'could' have saved £1000 by now. I know all the rules, I know how and where to make the cuts - I'm just not flipping doing it. I drew £300 out of my savings this month instead of…
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airmiles/loyalty cards
I can't help myself if I see a loyalty card I have got to have it! Back in 2002/3 I picked up a Tescos card and transferred the points to airmiles, over the years they accumulated and I ended up with 6000+ Last year this changed to Avios and it was suggested that you should use up your airmiles. I have a cousin in Boston…
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Investing or Saving
I am 29 years old have a joint mortgage with my partner of which I still owe around 80,000 and he owes 30,000. I also have an isa containing 12,000 and earn roughly 1,000 a month. My partner wants to get a second mortgage though to buy a property to rent out using my ISA money as part of the deposit, is this not risky?. I…
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How much have you saved?
10 secs by not loggin on tonight, ooops, there it goes again:D:D:D;)
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weezl and friends Phase 4 - recipe testing christmas treats!
Hi all, This thread is for people who would like to test our Christmas meals. Any friends of the project who would like to do this are more than welcome. :) Aless is following with more info :)
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Not able to save money !
Hmm, guys I am not able to save money after my all effort. At the end of the day I have nothing to save and it really concern me. Any assistance would be really great for me. thanks.
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Saving with Amazon?
Hi, I'm sorry I'm not sure this is the right section of the forum for this to be, but I don't know where else to try :/ I want to save money with Amazon for spending Christmas 2013. I wondered if anyone else has done this.... I know you can by e-vouchers by e-mail and you can select a delivery date for them I think? So…
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urgent: joint savings account
Does anyone know whether lloyds credit check if you want to set up a bog standard savings account. Going with OH to do this but will be v embarrassed if they refuse because of me.
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Massive savings on ipod touch screen protectors
Yes I know it's only a small item, but I when I went to my local Currys store to buy a packet of screen protectors for my new Ipod Touch, I was floored by the price they were asking £12.99 for a pack of 2!! ......... I told the assistant they must have made a mistake on the pricing, he checked the price and it was correct,…
