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I stopped saving and I am spending again
Our safety net of savings is in place and we enjoy living here in beautiful rural England, so don`t splurge on holidays as every day is a holiday since retirement and moving. We reached the point when we were saying `what is the point of more savings` so now we are buying a few nice, luxury items. We are naturally os and…
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Returns overpayments & jagers
I returned a £120 pair of Diesel jeans because I decided I didn't like them. It took significant willpower to leave without a replacement pair. Go me. Also, been making the max overpayments on the mortgage each month since March. In the battle between frugality and lavish extravagance, the former has taken the upper hand…
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Gas & Electricity: Top comparison site: Saved £200
Yesterday, I used Uswitch. After considering, I decided to switch today. So I went back to the site. To my surprise, the recommendation made yesterday, using the same data, was not even on the first page and the top saving was £80 less. I phoned Uswitch and was told this can happen as offers can change. So I went to the MS…
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Ecovisionenergy
I have not seen much about the firm, but a local radio station announced that the firm were offerig free solar panels with fitting etc. Roughly outlined as Ecovision would 'own' the panels for 25 years and that the home owner could save about 30% pa. Who are these people and does anyone have any good or horror stories.…
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Save save save
I want to put £2K plus into savings per month and dont know where to start. Anyone doing the same that can advise me?
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Premier Inn
Just a quick note to say thanks on the discounted rooms from Premier Inn. Saved the company over £9,000.00 by pre-booking rooms in Manchester for the next 3months rather than paying £75 per night x 3 rooms. Thanks Again Danny
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double rewards for online shopping?
I recently joined quidco, which is great, and I can see the potential for earning a bit of cashback on purchases. However, we also have a nectar card... and going via their website can earn points. I am wondering, for those sites where there is an overlap, is there a way of earning both cashback and nectar points, or am I…
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The "don't spend a penny" challenge. Anyone want to join me?
I am currently 19 living with my dad about to start a new job sometime late next week or early week after. Possibly will have two jobs, don't know yet got interveiw on wednesday Basically the idea of this challenge what I am doing (and you, if you want to join) is to not spend a single penny OR LOOK AT YOUR BANK BALANCE.…
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Spill the beans ... What's your biggest money blag?
Spill the beans... What's your biggest money blag? [IMGRIGHT]http://images.moneysavingexpert.com/images/spillthebeans2.gif[/IMGRIGHT] What's the biggest MoneySaving gain you've made, on the back of sheer charm, chutzpah, dogged persistence or teensy tweaking of the truth? Don't be shy, MoneySavers ... Spill 'em!…
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Can you claim back house insurance if you have 2 policies running at the same time?
I have 2 different house insurance policys and have done for a few years. Out of pure laziness i have never cancelled one of them. Does anyone know if there is anyway i can claim the money back on one of them? I have made a claim on one of them.
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Stormywaters saving diary
I've been inspired by all of you to start a diary, to keep track of my saving goals. Once upon a time, I had savings, but after I was made redundant and couldn't find another job, they soon went. So I'm haing to start from scratch. Not easy! So far, my saving's ISA has £644.63 in it - I have had to borrow some from it…
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Are you too frugal for your own good?
These are tough times. It is important to look after the pennies these days, but be warned, you can take things too far. There is a thin line between being frugal and being stingy. Here are 12 signs you may have crossed it. 1. You used to be good company You would chat to your friends for hours about love, travel, celebs,…
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£10,000 pounds what do i do??
Hi people i just recieved £10,000 and dont know what to do with it?, spend and have a good time for me and family or tuck it away into a savings account, dont have a clue about ISAs or stocks etc etc, please help...
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Domino's Pizza Discount
I got an email through from Domino's with £15 off if spend is over £25 or something like that. (basically a free pizza). I went to use the code a second time...it still worked, but said it could only be used once per person/per household. I have used it more times now that I can count. I was wondering what they would do if…
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tesco clubcard vouchers
WOW just got £23 of unused tesco vouchers to spend , nice little treat for me:j
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My savings diary
So I'm 18 and saving for a house deposit (might aswell start now deposits are expensive). Working full time, living with parents and other half. Trying to keep track of my spending and saving and need to talk about it somewhere else before I bore everyone else to death. I start this with... £10479.50 - In cash ISA £200.00…
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"Just keep saving, saving saving...."
Having read Domino's saving thread, I feel like starting my own. I have been posting on the House Deposit Thread but its not necessarily the sort of thread where you can really post a blow by blow account of what you're doing to save money.......I don't really know how this diary will work, how much I'll use it or the sort…
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what is cheaper to cook than buy?
I am sure this has been discussed before but I can't find it. I make ricotta and bread and I think both of them are cheaper to make than buy - the bread is certainly nicer. What else makes sense to cook from scratch?
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good saver
I have been saving for the past few years ,although I have not kept track of it. I save about £80 - £120 a month on movies ,tv shows and music by getting unlimited movies,music and tv shows for just 9 euros a month from rapidsahre which is a great saving. They have lots of good movies and tv shows and so on ,even software.…
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Impressed by how much I have saved
I've been sorting my finances out in the last few days and already saved hundreds. I've swapped gas & electricity suppliers from British Gas to Eon and according to uswitch will save around £500. Even if they follows suit and hike prices up it will still be much cheaper than BG. I had my car insurance renewal through in…
