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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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Nominate Post of the Month for January 08
January 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 Sammy_Kaye for the £100 food budgeting thread. Sammy_Kaye, could you send me a private message with your name and address? Update 1 Feb: Nominations for January's Post of…
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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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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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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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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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Playing the web
I am always looking for oppurtunities to save money, One way is to sign-up to some of the survey sites on the net. Some of these such as Ciao & Opinionworld pay cash, whilst others such as Ipsos & Harris poll give you points that you can redeem for goods or vouchers. Sign-up to Mutual points, they give you £25.00 for…
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Money Saving things
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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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2007 Savings Record
One of my many New Year Resolutions (most of which are already broken) is to keep a record of my savings. :) Week One: Saved £15 off a £30 clothing shop using Tesco Clothing Vouchers Had £26 line rental rebate after changing my phone company to Post Office Home Phone last year. Saved at least £17 off nursing bras in the…
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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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Nominate Post Of The Month for December '07
UPDATE 1 JAN 08: Well done to rheme who throughly deserves post of the month. rheme, can you send me a private message. Nominations can now be made for January Post of the Month Please nominate your most useful/helpful Post of the Month £50 Award by replying in this thread. Remember, you're nominating, NOT voting - there…
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Saved almost £100 on Car insurance!
Was annoyed this year when my car insurance renewal arrived - it had gone up again. Not sure why, I've got 8 years no claims, the car (Peugeot 206, nothing fancy) is 6 years old with very low annual mileage. Was suspicious as although they 'checked their suppliers to find the cheapest', I was due to be insured by the same…
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I am saving around £864 a year without trying
I know its not too exciting - but since not buying bottled water (£1) and latte's (£1.20) at work every day (20 working days a month), instead refilling the bottle at the water machine and making cups of tea thats £44 a month i am saving :eek: . Plus i used to take my car to be washed every sunday in and out, £7 per time,…
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ppi saving
I dont know if i,m posting this in the right place, Last week i recieved a letter from the Alliance & Leicester claiming they sold my policy Legitamately because they had a voice recording to prove it. Iwrote back telling them they would have to disclose it to the financial ombudsman because i was still going ahead with my…
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Ranked.
http://www.big-boards.com/ Sorry if this is posted in the wrong place. Money saving expert is ranked 158. Excellent news since there is thousands of forums listed.:T:T:T:T:T