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Saved because of this site
hi, i managed to save 250 pound on my car insurance by lowering my mileage and changing my job title and my fianc!e's job title and several other small things, dropping from 1080 to 830.
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How long does a ccj last?
Hi all, me and my girlfriend are in the process of getting a rent to homebuy property, the last hurdle was today... a credit check. Mine came back with an outstanding ccj. If i pay this in full next week how long would it take me to get a certificate from the court saying it has been settled? As we cannot move in until…
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smeg cooker
used megashop bot smeg cooker john lewis £999 we got it for £620 delivered! martin you have changed my life love it!
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Laptop Haggling 'Martin Style'!!!!
Terrific!!!! ;D ;D ;D Just saved £70 on a laptop plus got a printer thrown in after following Martin's excellent advice on haggling in store. Dixons price matched a laptop I found cheaper on the net and as I'd seen someone offering a free printer with this particular model I go that too. At this point I was then subjected…
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The excitement!!!!
I received the perfect present for Christmas 2009, a terracotta shaped pig for all my 50p's... The piggy bank I have is here And it is nearly full!!!!! So guess how much I saved have in 50p's!!..... you can see the shape and sizing on the website... I will cracked it open when I have received my new one!! (bargain price at…
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Deposit and Repairs
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What would you do about this.
We are in Thailand. LloydsTSB blocked our debit cards. This is how much time i spent ringing LloydsTSB Card services to get our cards unblocked. Almost 1 hour, ringing the UK using a mobile 'phone. It cost about £30 00. How can we get them to pay us this money back? 1st call at 1 17 p.m. local time, lasted 5 minutes 29…
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Cheap mobile phone contract/deal/staff discount or anything?
Hey guys Just wondering. I am living in Croydon, and am on a hunt for a awesome COntract deal by awesome i mean nice and cheap. 1. HTC Desire- (Need 300 mins and any text and internet) 2. Bold 9700 (Need 600 mins and any text and internet) 3. Iphone 3gs ( 600 mins and internet and any text) Now i dont mind if anybody can…
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Baby Pennies........
Good morning/day/evening! This is baby pennies blog. The penny in question is roughly about 4 weeks gestation, due valentines day! :) A bit of low down about the parents, we are both unemployed and have been for 6 months so it is going to be a very tight squeeze. Hope you enjoy reading and I will be updating daily.
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FRUGAL LIVING CHALLENGE 2010, part 2, April - June.
This is the follow up thread to the 'Living on £4,000 for a Year' challenge. It has been renamed and adapted to allow a more diverse range of budgets, depending on individual circumstances. The following links will take you to all the previous challenge threads. Introduction to 2010 Frugal Living Challenge Part 1 - January…
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cost of wedding
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could tell me what a reasonable amount to pay on hiring wedding crockery is? The wedding venue me and my fiance are looking at quoted us £900 just for crockery, (not including serving plates/spoons /glasses etc) we are not able to allow any outside caterers to provide the crockery for us. Is…
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taking it beyond the bone
In these still difficult times what extreme or some may say desperate measures are people taking to save even a 0.00001 of a penny as we all know these little savings can mount up over a period of time, Making sure you use the facilities when out and about or last thing before you leave work for the day thus saving on…
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Car insurance for 17 year old Boy !! Help !!!
Hi all, Recently passed my driving test and i am having trouble on finding a good insurance quote, I am a sensible lad and intend to drive within the law but why am being penalized before i have got behind the wheel..Anybody help.. (ideas??) Parents driven for 30 years plus no claims or convictions Dad is an ADI Instructor…
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Garden Furniture - We Saved £125!
OH and I visited Homebase on Thursday looking for a new garden furniture set. We found a great set 'apparently' reduced from £699 to £499 it's called the HAVANNAH set (Acacia hardwood and dark reddish/pink parasol and cushions). Knowing Argos is a sister company, we found the exact same set, but called the CHATSWORTH with…
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FRUGAL LIVING CHALLENGE 2010, part 1. (Living on £4,000 a year)
This is the follow up thread to the 'Living on £4,000 for a Year' challenge. It has been renamed and adapted to allow a more diverse range of budgets, depending on individual circumstances. The following links will take you to all the previous challenge threads. Introduction to 2010 Frugal Living Challenge Part 1 - January…
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Polishing silverware help !
Since retirement have been delegated 'head silverware cleaner' and am desperately seeking a GOOD silver cleaner because the ones so far have been given to use are hopeless and there just has to be a really good and simple one to apply and use easily somewhere - can anyone help me PLEASE ? (If this is the wrong site please…
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Home & Contents Insurance
Last two years wife has arranged house & contents insurance with Direct Line, this has been £475, tried to put the payment up last year but wife contacted them to haggle down to original price (£475). This year the renewal price was over £900!!! My wife contacted them and they would only reduce it down to £800, this was…
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My free kitchen floor
Just wanted to share my moneysaving today - feeling really pleased with myself. I needed/wanted £80 of stuff to redo my kitchen floor so I spent this morning at a car boot clearing out the clutter - made £49, took advantage of discount days and vouchers at the DIY stores and got £14 discount - used £17 worth of points…
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under floor heating
Does anybody know anything about this, is it easy to lay, expensive to run or buy. Would be grateful for any imput.
