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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.
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Cheap Family Recipes, 80p a day each - Help Needed
Over on this thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2384579 Weezl and a group of helpers are constructing a resource for cheap family meals. The idea is to feed 2 adults and 2 teenagers for £100 a month, or just over 80p a day each and to include governmental health recommendations One planner, using meat,…
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First time post. It worked!!!!!
This has probably been said many times before. With the credit crunch affecting the wider community and my wife losing her job we decided to take a good look at our finances to see where the money went. We had a combined income of around £70K but this is now down to £40K We have no credit card/loan debt but do have a large…
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Cheap car wash.
I bought my Citroen berlingo car nearly 3 years ago. It was a new car straight out of the show room. I have never taken it to a car wash nor used a car shampoo etc. Instead I wait until it rains, and wait until the body work is wet through, Then I go out in the rain and using a micro fibre cloth, I wipe the body clean and…
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cw18's spreadsheet Q&A thread
I thought it might be handy to have somewhere central for all the queries, so that a] Cheryl can spot and answer them and b] so everyone else knows where to look for the answers instead of ferreting through the 2010 budget challenge thread. I'll go and tell Cheryl now;)
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saving tips - help
Is it possible to get a loan with a very low interests and save that money on a savings acc with a very high interests, then pay monthly loan instalments with monthly savings interests and save the remainder.
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Weezl's phase 1- recipe testing and frugalisation- come one, come all!
The vision: a low budget meal planner with recipes Hello :) I've been thinking for a while that what I'd dearly love to create is a resource. With meal plans and recipes and costings. For a 'normal' family of 4 (2 adults 2 teens). And I’d like it to prove itself to be healthy, and I’d like it to not be too much of a break…
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what UK site is it for army funeral allowances
I cant find the site where if someone served in the army they help out with funeral costs? Can anyone help? send me the site for this? For the army one. Thanks
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Paid debts off 16.12.09, now saving big stylee. Diary of an ex- money waster!!!
Heeey all!!! As you may gather from the title, I have paid off all my debts: a loan of £10,000 and an overdraft of £700. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!!!!!!!! Now time to save some serious cash. :j:j:j:j I had a diary of my time battling the debt which you can find here: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1944743…
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Save a Grand in a Day really works, thanks Martin - its working!
We would like to use this forum to let everyone know who grateful we are to Martin and the production team for all the help and advice we received when we were fortunate enough to appear on “Save a Grand in a Day”. January 2010 We are following the plan and we have saved an incredible £1500 already and that does not take…
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£650+ in 5 days!!!
I used to be a avid freebie hunter, bargain hunter, saver, ebayer, tightwad, cashbacker, survey taking, mystery shopping, couon using blagger The I stated to work longer hours and had a long commute to work and didnt have the time. Last Friday whilst off work for a week, i logged onto this site and had a scout round.…
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The Great "Extreme MoneySaving" Hunt: How far do you go?
In these credit crunch times, how far do you go with MoneySaving? Whether it's making your own lemonade in restaurants (ask for tapwater with lemon & add sugar), the old ‘reuse teabags ten times’ or more – then tell us all. Please click 'post reply' to post below. [threadbanner]box[/threadbanner]
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Static attacks all the time
I keep getting static attacks all the time, if I touch car door metal, in the home if I touch a metal tap. Is there anything I can do to stop this?
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How about this for a cheap family activity weekend
Family Tobogganing (Milton Keynes) - £55 (paid using £15 tesco clubcard vouchers) Family Skydiving Sim (Milton Keynes) - £166 (paid using £40 tesco clubcard vouchers and £6 cash) Stay in Travelodge Buckingham - £22. Meal before driving home - Bella Italia £30 (paid using £7.50 tesco clubcard vouchers). Total spend (At the…
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book?
Has anyone got any suggestions for frugal / budget cooking books please? I know there is a wealth on the board and I've gleaned some tips already. I'd rather get a book for practical reasons if I am going to do this big time. thanks Zoe
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Livewire's challenge...
Hi guys, Being new to MSE, let me tell you a little bit about myself and what my plan of action is... Having been in full-time employment at my current position for almost 3 years (and in total almost 9) I've recently been informed that my office is due to shut (following loss of business) and all positions there are to be…
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Testing
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Council Tax Re-Banding
Followed the advice on this site and happy to say I got a refund of 2k which I subsequently blew on a skiing holiday in Colorado ! It was worth it. Good luck to those who challenge their own band. Beware 3rd party companies who offer to do this for you and take a % it is very simple to do this yourself. 10 mins work:)
