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Reclaiming M.E.A.F's - its as easy as this !
After reading Martins website I contacted all my previous mortgage lenders and asked them to look into what I had paid HALIFAX were first and easy to deal with They admitted I had paid £75 in 2002 on redeeming the mortgage when I should have paid £40 the 1998 fee when I took the mortgage out A £35 cheque in the post for 2…
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Thank you Martin!
I've just saved myself £433 thanks to Martin! I waited till he said "Switch" for gas and electric. I went through uswitch for the £40 wine offer, and they found me a deal which saves me £367 a year. Then, as my house insurance is due, I went to Tesco (as advised by you-know-who!) and got it at £234, instead of the £300 I…
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Quidco - Earnt £55
Have decided to follow Martins advise and change Gas and Elec supplier,from Scottish Power to E-On will save about 150 quid a year and get £55 from them through Quidco so well worth doing.
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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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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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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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PPI cash back
had a loan with egg used Martins teplate letter, they wrote back to me on the deadline saying they were looking for the tape. two weeks later another letter stating I had been mis sold the policy as all my questions had not been fully answered. a 10k loan 2.5k back from loan protection. Thanks Martin
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All this in just 3 weeks, thanks MSE
I joined this site on 7th January 2008 and was thinking this morning what influences it has had on me over the last 3 weeks I joined the lunch log challenge and have saved myself £100 I worked out if I bought my petrol when I visited my sister in a different town it saves me 5p a litre, which adds up to a staggering…
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what i have saved
well i joined this site and at first didnt think it would be any good but i have joined a few survey sites had great ideas on how to save, and in 3 weeks i have saved £500 mostly from my wages but also from selling on play.com which was free in january, i have had £30 from slice of pie £40 from one poll surveys, £60 from…
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Money back from redeeming mortgage
As advised by Martin, I got in touch with Bradford &Bingley as I found out I had been charged £235 for redeeming my mortgage about 2 years ago. Luckily, I had kept all the correspondence from them and knew my account number. To my surprise I got a reply within a few days to acknowledge my letter and a few days after that…
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Many Thanks
Hi Martin, We are going to France this summer, we didn't know whether to take euros with us or change them when we got there. After seeing your tips we decided to go for the Post Office credit card so now we know we'll not be paying over the odds for foreign exchange. Many Thanks Peter and Sandy.:beer:
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Thank you MSE
I just wanted to post a thank you to MSE. Since discovering this website we have saved money from: swapping our gas and electricity suppliers £50 free voucher from getting a new credit card (which we wanted anyway) making lots of lovely cheap new recipies (especially that hobnob one) using our savings to pay off alot of…
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Money Saving things
10mW Green Laser Pointer Pen GBP20.96+Free shipping Max Output: <= 10mW Wave Length: 532nm http://www.ucomshop.com/product_info.php?products_id=1966
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Money saved on new leather bed!
We recently bought a new leather bed in the sales from savings and wedding present money from Homebase. I had looked on the Internet and Homebase had the best deal at 219.99....kingsize with two drawers underneath, just what we wanted and I knew it was a good deal as I had shopped around. When it came to delivery, Argos…
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Savings to date for 2008
I am so grateful to this site for both making me more switched on about shopping around and also for highlighting sales and discounts available: So far i have saved: Baby clothes in sale for bump due to arrive March 2008 = £375.14 Gifts for birthdays in 2008 = £202.90 New kitchen cabinets = £212.24 Kitchen appliances =…
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Thanks To MSE
I joined the ever popular pigsback and managed to collect £290 in John Lewis vouchers and today took delivery of a Bosh washing machine for £9. Thank You and may 2008 be as sucessful!
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Thanks!
It's a little difficult to quantify yet, but thanks to the site we've just saved something! And will continue to do so.. My better half has been after a new laptop. So I found the right one (from Dell - on offer plus a 10% discount voucher) and they were offering a 12 months interest free finance deal. Great. Until I…
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Free Directory Enquiries 08000 192 190
Official MSE Insert: If you've arrived from Google, our fully researched Free Directory Enquiries guide may be helpful. Back to the original post... Good Morning Yesturday I came across the above number for A FREE DIRECTORY ENQUIRY SERVICE apparently the number is registered to the Mirror Group.:j The service is busy as…
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Savings Record 2008
Inspired by Jo_b from last year I'm going to have a pop at recording all my savings and occasionally updating this thread to keep me focused. I've got a nice spreadsheet which should keep track of all my savings. Up to now:* Printer Ink Cartridge reduced from £26.99 to £1.00 = £25.99 savings * 30 free photos from snapfish…
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Memorygirls Make Do and Mend for 2008 Thread
Inserted Intro From Martin.... This is MemoryGirls 'make do and mend' diary. You'll see the first post immediately below, then can scroll down for updates (with others comments in between). It's a fascinating, fun and inspiring insight into how to go thrifty and Old Style and well worth a read through... thanks for posting…
