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No fool like an old fool!
I saw the Betfair offer of £25 bet and your money back on the National. Cannot lose, I thought. In order to get betting you had to give a credit card number and £2 would be taken, just to verify your identity and age. Hey only £2. I got the £25 back. So only lost £2 as I bet it as well. But the credit card charged a £3…
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Saved my relationship - does that count?
This site helped inspire me to pay of 12k debt. I've now been able to take a 3k pay cut to do a job I love, I'm now stress free & a different person & OH can cope with me again :o :rotfl: :rotfl: Course, only with him till I meet Martin :rotfl: :rotfl:
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£34 car insurance!!!
Just thought I'd let ya know of my result when it came to car insurance today. Went through all the screenscrapers etc and got a best quote for £134.40 from Churchill - not bad at £140 less than my renewal quote! So then looked to see what cashback sites did Chruchill and see that Quidco offer £100, so all being well, once…
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Quidco
I got my insurance renewals through for car, buildings and contents from the post office. They had all gone up significantly, car £27 per month to £34 per month and buildings and contents from £17 per month to £20 per month. After reading throught this forum I joined quidco and got insurance through them. WOW what a…
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Thank you
Just wanted to say thanks to Martin & everyone who puts work into this site. I've got to grips with money for the first time in my life (47 a bit late to pull your head out of the bucket). I claimed back bank charges 4k, I checked my house insurance (now half the price it used to be), today I bought cat food on line (£7…
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Saving on Printer Ink.
Hi, I was spending £10 a time on the Black Ink cartridge alone for my canon pixma printer. I've recently found this site http://www.buycompatible.co.uk and a black cartridge was only £2.47!! I'm very happy. JJ
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worth ringing about insurance
:money: contents and building insurance hi i got saving of £197 i used confused.com and then i rang barclays who are my current provider this year they wanted £506 :eek: i told them i was going to leave they asked me a few questions and brought it down to £309 :D which i took as it was equal to the confused quote
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What a guy!
What can I say, Martin me old mate, you rock! The amount of cash I've saved listening to this young man is unbelievable! Not to mention the superb input from the members, the discount codes alone save me on average a fiver a week on my tesco shop, over a year that equates to a free Xmas shop! I've also dabbled in some of…
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hair care problem
hi friends , Can anyone suggest me solution for hair loss problem
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Nominate Post of the Month for March 08
March Post of the Month Winner: It was a very difficult decision as ever, as each of the nominations were well deserved. This month's winner though is toniq for the Necker Holiday or Instant Win Prizes thread. toniq, could you send me a private message with your name and address? Update 1 Apr: Nominations for March's Post…
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Broadband/Telephone service providers
A funny thing happened this weekend. I received a telephone call from BT, my telephone and broadband provider, to inform me that in view of my loyalty I had been awarded a reduction in my subscription from £17.99 to £14.99. I regret this starting me thinking about costs. My brother, who uses Tiscali recommended their…
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£50 Post office cash back
Thanks to this website, I got the best car insurance deal ever through the Post Office, due to start Feb 11th. However, thanks again to this site, the Post Office have introduced £50 cashback for new customers. I didn't qualify as they started the deal after I called to set up the policy, so I have just cancelled incurring…
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Bit of a wake-up call recently...
Hello! It's my first time to post here, but I've had a bit of a wake-up call lately. My spending had gotten out of control; Starbucks was a mainstay on my bank statements - regularly, I would spend £200+ per month there, as well as other random things that I didn't need. This all accumulated when, at the end of last month…
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It doesn't take much........to make me smile....
what little money-saving thing does it take to make you happy / smile to yourself? i have had a great day today - got to spend a few hours on my own doing what i like doing best, perusing the shops and charity shops. i went out looking for things that i do need, bargains and special offers. visited home bargains, poundland…
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GSF's Saver Diary £6000 in 9months....
Hey all, I have kind of been hanging around this forum for a bit, posting here and there, but the reason I am really here is because of my seemingly more and more impossible goal. But I am determined to make it work. I need to save £6000 by the end of September. This is to fund 10 weeks on an vlounteering expedition in…
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how much have I saved
I completed a money makeover and without too much effort saved £4740 per year.
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Your Home/Focus paint offer.
Bought Your Home magazine March issue as recommended on your forum. Took the voucher to my local Focus and chose tin of paint £10.99. At the cash desk I was told paint was special offer , two tins for £16. Got another tin , went to pay, and the full price of the voucher was taken off my bill. So I got two tins of paint and…
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Got £142.50 from C & G!!!
I'm so chuffed with this as desperately need the cash at the moment! Saw ML's post re: claiming back mortgage exit fees and decided to call C & G who dealt with my first 2 years mortgage. They said I did have a valid claim and was owed £100 - with interest this adds up to £142.50! I urge you all to phone your mortgage…
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Nominate Post of the Month for February '08
Congratulations to crazyposhgal for starting and regularly updating her Boots Grabbit Threads. If you've seen a post or thread you'd like to nominate this month then you can do it on the March Post of the Month Thread. Please nominate your most useful/helpful Post of the Month £50 Award by replying in this thread.…
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Thanks Martin
Since getting the email this week I have saved £50 per month on MPPI and Mortgage life insurances. Cheers :beer:
