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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:
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Thanks Martin
I can't put an exact figure on the total amount I've saved since using this website regularly, but I thought a few acknowledgments might at least go some way towards showing my gratitude to all at MSE. Starting with the biggies - I reclaimed well over £2000 worth of Bank Charges back, with the help of this site & the…
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buy a return ticket to THORPE PARK for £10
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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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What I have Saved/Earnt
I have been using this site for a while now and use it at least once a day. I have earn't £470 from bank charges refund, another £180 from quidco. Loads of free stuff too, from shower gels to free train tickets. Also found loads of cheap rail tickets, hotel deals. This month I have also won a new car. Martin, you have…
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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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£860 tax rebate
last month, i got notice of credit due for last years (temp job) overcharged income tax - was paying basic rate without noticing, as net was more than i had ever earnt before.. £830 tax back, £30 found in the street, interest boosted via online savings, with just the small matter of a creit card claim pending for capital…
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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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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…
