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Holiday savings - thanks Martin!
I have saved ££££'s on the cost of package holidays for myself and friends over the past couple of years by following Martins haggling advice. I have just booked a week's B&B in Dusseldorf, for my sister and myself, for £160 each, booking the flight and hotel separately on cheap deals. A similar package through a city…
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Just paid off my last debt!
Well, thats it I have now paid off the last credit card. (its been at 0% for the last 15 months while I have saved furiously into my ISA). I first found this site in 2005 when I found out my new husband and father of my baby had a gambling problem I was distraught and very worried about the debt we had ended up in. Well,…
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How MSE Saved me Money
No wish to disclose personal information
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€10,000 needed for June
Hi I have been meaning to start a savings thread, moreso for myself and to keep me motivated.. We are not in debt other than mortgage but with baby number 2 on the way we do need a bigger car and with hopefully 6k trade in for one we have now we will need in region of 10K for a decent 7 seater so that it will last us a…
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How are you saving money this year?
Well, what are you doing? We've never been able to save much before, but have finally got my OH to see the error of our ways... ;) We have started buying our weekly grocery shop online. We have so far spent around £70 a week for a family of 4 (plus pets!). Prior to this, we were spending £100+ in the supermarket, even…
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Saving for a house is never ending....
Hiya everyone, Me, my partner and my little girl are currently with the parents!! Yes I am lucky..:D We have been living with the parents for around 1 year now and have been saving for a deposit for a nice little house. I have around 6k and my partner has around 12k. We aim to have around 30k within the next year to two…
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fixing things
Im so pleased with my hubby and the savings we made.He is a welder (when he had a job) but can turn his hand to most things. Lately, both our tumble dryer and our main oven packed up (they are only four years old, but out of guarantee, Im sure manufacturers put something into them to make them break just after the…
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Need to save to pay off my negative equity on my mortgage
Hi All, We are currently in about £18k of negative equity on our mortgate. We have just had a baby and are wanting to move to a bigger house, we are not able to afford this at the moment so we are going to try and save as much as we can over the next 3 years and that's when our mortgage runs out. I have joined a few survey…
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PPI Claims
I followed Martin's advice for PPI reclaiming, I managed to claim back £1,400 from a loan with HSBC. Who, weren't very happy when I initially called to ask questions about reclaiming. But, were very happy to help after I made a complaint about their staff. Also managed to help a colleague claim back £1,500, with another 3…
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I am 57 [ need advice ISA]
and have £650.00 i can save a month , have no one to [at home] ask, should i put it all in a SS ISA or Cash ISA . Advice would help !! I hope to give up work in 12mts , so this a last rush to save!!
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I found £40 worth of coins under my bed!
It's not really money saving and this might not be the right forum to put this on but I wanted to get this out somewhere on this site because it inspired me to go looking! After spending hours on this site reading through the guides I decided I needed to do something to sort out my future financial woes (I'll be in uni in…
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Dartford Crossing
Check the rejected coins slot, there is usually money in them. Thereby making your crossing free. Cant comment on the legality of this though.:j
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New to the site - saved already!!
Hi everyone! Just thought I'd say a hello, I only joined up to the forum today but have been browsing for a few days. I made one phonecall today thanks to some advice I read on the main site (about water meters - see signature) and am set to save over £200 this year. I plan on following more tips and advice and saving more…
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Saved £15 on Star Assault Game...
I got the game Star Assault free, on Play.com (UK) it is £14.99! :j
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bills
Saved about £200 a year by switching my E-on bills to online only! I didn't even know this was possible until I watched a TV program the other day. Highly recommended to anyone with internet access :)
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Discount cards to buy
Hi All, Are there any discount cards on the market sny one can get. i got one free what intials me to 20% food outlets at railways stations, Anyone know of any more... Thanks, Lee
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ZoeGirls Five Year Challenge
Having read different diarys around, I want one myself, just so I have a place to sort of write what I have been doing so I feel sort of accountable if that makes any sense? :confused: Anyway, to explain my challenge, I wrote up some goals to reach before I turned 30 (am 25 and a half now) and I am so keen to meet them I…
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Moneysaving mini break 2.
Last year, I started a thread about a trip away, where I'd bought a concert ticket, and tried to see if I could manage the rest of the trip for free in effect. I am doing it again. Twice in fact. The first one is a Neil Young concert I'm going to in Nottingham next month. My aim is to spend as little as I can as my initial…
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car insurance saving
Just had my car insurance renewal through from LV (liverpool victoria) at £205.61, i thought that was a bit expensive so i phoned up and said as much, the requoeted me as a new customer now paying £133.34 the only difference is i do not have fully comp european cover as standard. EASY PEASY
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Cheap Conservatory
I wanted a lean to conservatory and i had 3 companies in to do a estimate and all came back with a £5.500 mark,i went on eBay and looked in used conservatories and found the exact one i wanted the right size and everything and i got it for £360.00 I'm a very happy money saving bunny:j
