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The ultimate money saving honeymoon
DH spotted this story in today's Telegraph. A couple collected enough cans and bottles to pay for their honeymoon flight. They took them to a Tesco recycling centre and converted the club card points which they earned into air miles. This is truly impressive money saving.…
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£300 -6 months shopping list help needed
My Mum has helped us out by giving me another £250 on tesco gift cards. So £300 in all. I don't want to waste the money on rubbish so was thinking. £60.00 -20 packs of fresh mince (buy 2 1kg for £6) £20.00 -20 packs of walls sausages £1.00 each £30.00 -30 bags of 800g peas £1.00 each £50.00 - Salmon 8 pieces £5.00 a bag…
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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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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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Thanks MSE for my Energenie energy saver
I won one of the energenie standby shutdown thingies. Ive plugged it into my boyfriends xbox 360 as he always leaves it on standby. It works! thanks a lot xxx
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Yorkshirechicks MSE blog
Well I've been reading a couple of the other blogs, and have decided to bite the bullet and start my own, so I can keep track of my spending, which this month has been hideous :eek: Well I'm 27 and live with my OH who is 28, and our DS who is 8 months. Also our dog and 2 cats. I'm on maternity leave still, but am back in 2…
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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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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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£160 a month saved... without leaving the house!
Followed MSE's advice and changed fuel provider - £23.83 a month saved Followed MSE's advice and changed home insurance provider - £31 a month saved Switched to MSE's recommended 0% balance transfer credit card - £ 53 a month in interest saved Transferred 5K credit card debt to existing (unused) card with 0% balance…
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Cheap day out tomorrow in Edinburgh courtesy of this site!
Tomorrow me and my dd are going up town for a cheap day out in Edinburgh courtesy of all the stuff I have gleaned from this site! First we are going in my dds car as she has recently passed her test - not moneysaving you think? but no! - she is disabled and I found out from here that as she was under 25 she was entitled to…
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refund from the bank £1972
thanks to this forum and the templates i got just under 2k back of those greasy scumbags at hsbc. nice one
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Success Story - Martins tips on comparing insurance prices!
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Nominate Post of the Month September '08
This thread is now closed. Well done to lilmiss1982 for her free iPod shuffle for writing reviews 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 nominating, NOT voting -…
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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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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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Stoozing
I think that I've understood Martin's stoozing method involving the Egg card - is it really worth considering if I'm in the higher rate tax band?
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Just wanted to say thank you, thank you, thank you!
Really, thank you to the site and all of you who post your invaluable money saving tips on here. Newbie here who is absolutely astonished by the amount of money I've saved recently. I've spent some time over the last few weeks (although I'm not finished yet!) reviewing all of our finances for 2 reasons really - firstly to…
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saved £242 on home & building insurance :)
:j Hi In July I had my insurance renewal invite in come through with Halifax for £42 per month, this was an increase of £4.00 per month as we were paying £38.00 last year. This was for the following cover: Building with accidential damage contents with accidential damage Home emrgency cover Personal Belongings Took my time…
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Mumknowsbest.co.uk & Money saving expert
Incredible...whilst on holiday in Anglesey I was listening to radio 2 and heard some fab advice from Martin Lewis re: capping energy bills to save money over the next year. I went to my computer and couldnt remember which sites to use however, a day later I received an email from Mumknowsbest.co.uk on exactly the same…
