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This has saved me so much!
Sorry didnt know this was NOT allowed!
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Got Martins book for 99p!!!
Not sure if this is the right place but... After borrowing The Money Diet from my local library (very MSE) and subsequently renewing 3 more times for a total of 12 weeks my library wouldn't let me renew it again, the swines!! So, yesterday I went on Amazon and bought it. £5.99 NEW I had a voucher for £5.00 from a survey…
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Can Mr & Mrs Average save £100,000
Hello :hello: This is my very first post. I am starting a savings diary as this is the month I will be turning 45 :eek: . I have always wanted to live the rural dream and I am hoping to save £100,000 towards it by January 2014. I hope to be able to leave work then. Perhaps not entirely, but certainly leave the job I am…
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Ashbart's MS Diary - £6k by June 2009
Ok, here we go... I need to save £6,000 by next June and I hope that keeping a diary will keep me on track. My aim is to make the money by incorporating the MS techniques I've learnt on this site, including many OS! I have opened an ISA (will open one in OH's name when mine is full) and will keep the money there until we…
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anyone added it all up?
I've saved a packet this year thanks to MSE :T However, I've always wondered what I've actually saved in a year. How much have I saved with BOGOFs, offers, sales etc.... Has anyone every counted every penny?? I've added up the more obvious things like Quidco, Bingo wins, PPI claim but not the full amount. So, I've decided…
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forget the christmas shopping
:money: Martin you are wonderful Thanks to you i have converted £120 club card points into £480 MFI vouchers and ordered my new bedroom furniture. I was saving them for my Christmas food shopping!
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Warm Front Grant saved me a fortune!
Through this site and applying for a Warm Front Grant I am getting my boiler repaired (plumber quoted £230 just for the part!), draughtproofing, gas vent (required in cupboard where the boiler is) and have been sent a pack of 12 energy saving lightbulbs.
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Making Huge savings
Hi i have saved myself just over £1000 since joining the site This week i cut my company phone bills down to £75 a month from £150 a month by switching all company mobiles to o2 after seeing free sim cards offer on the forum. As well as this i have got cheaper insurance and now changed way i spend money all thanks to MSE.…
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Xmas Savings
The mince pie taste test got me thinking about Xmas food savings. After Xmas last year, I brought jars of mincemeat for less than half price. The sell by date was early 2009 and I knew I would use them up this Xmas. I got jars of chestnuts which I froze too. At the time, I could have also brought Xmas Cakes and Puds with…
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Thank you MSE
Have just bagged 2 Ryanair flights to Venice for £0.00 each (£30 inc taxes etc):j £160 return altogether for 2 people. Although we've had to pay for a bag, airport check-in and handling fee (Grrr...), it's still a bargain. Going on Boxing day, coming back 2nd Jan, we are going to party :beer: in Slovenia! Thank you MSE -…
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Team MSE gets my M&S coat
Have a beautiful M&S winter coat which will last forever for the pricely sum of £15 - thanks to Team MSE. Coat seen on M&S website - sells for £79. Have £50 of vouchers through referring a MSE'r to Sky - so phoned local store to order it in (as predicted they didn't have any size 8's in store), told it would be in a week…
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Fed Up!!!
Hi to you all. Is anyone out there who is utterly fed up with all this credit crunch s**t and money saving?
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60;s music quiz
okay folks - answer the question and then ask a question who sang Your out of reach my baby my poor old fashioned baby sorry got this wrong, the song is entitled Out of Time
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** H A G G L E ** Oh my, how it works !
Hi ! I'm new to the forums today and just had to register to tell you how yesterday I saved £28.45 whilst Christmas Shopping..... just by haggling ! .... and of course the MSE restaurant tips... because, in my world, it's the law to have a meal and glass of wine at the end of a shopping day ! - so M, thank you for the…
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saved £160 on Sky+
Oh my god. It works!!! Just contacted sky about a price for Sky+ for my dad for xmas as i already had it and they said £150 + £60 for installation.I said for them to cancel my subscription and my parents subscription and thay gave me 08442414141 to ring about it and select option 5. Spoke to a very helpful chap who said…
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Martin deserves an MBE!
I cannot believe how much money I have saved in the last couple of months through this website. Martin deserves an MBE for his money saving site! Recently I have saved £100 on my car insurance, £250 on house insurance and £80 on car breakdown!!!:j All by using the help and advice on this site. Thanks, Martin!!:beer:
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Nominate Post of the Month October '08
This thread is now closed. Well done to James10999 for the Post Office cashback loophole: spend £15, get £143 back post. Please send me a PM with your name and address so I can get your winnings to you. Please nominate your most useful/helpful Post of the Month £50 Award by replying in this thread. Remember, you're…
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Up the creek without a paddle??
Not I :cheesy: thanks to this website & forum users. I'm by no means high and dry, but things could've been a lot worse had it not been for the advice & tips from folks on this forum & Martin (of course ;) ). It's given me the confidence to haggle and question what's on offer & not give in to rip off merchants. The site…
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Spending book
I have spent the past couple of weeks clocking my wastefdul behaviour and have made some inroads into it already. As it's the first of the month, I will now start a notebook noting down everything I spend. I will need some iron self discipline because I am changing some very longstanding habits. Unfortunately, I have to…
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*Baybee1984's MSE Blog*
Hi guys.. Well Ive been reading some of the diaries/blogs in this part of the forum and decided to create my own as feel it'll help me keep tabs on my finances. Will also be reading and keeping up with the other blogs here too so hopefully we can inspire each other! :) Okay well a bit about me. Im 24 and have a 4 year old…
