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My 2008 Savings Diary
I managed to keep a record of my savings pretty much weekly on here last year and I'm now about to add up the totals!! :j I'll be keeping a record again this year and plan to do better as we have even less money to play with this year! :o Today's target is to hit the free bingo sites. I've just done closerbingo for the…
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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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MSE blog 2008
After encouragement from benbenandme (and yeovilmac) I've decided to start an MSE stylee diary. I've wanted to for a while, but wasn't sure where to put it (thanks for the suggestion MSEAndrea gave me here). I'm fortunate enough not to be a DFW anymore, so can't diary there....but want to get more focused on OS / MSE / DFW…
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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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When does saving become stingy!
Just wondering whats the worst saving you have done. The thing that made people think your stingy, im lucky iv always struck a balance but im sure some people on here have oversteped it ha ha:D
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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
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Combined Tesco / Nectar Rewards
It's my first post and I'm not sure if anyone has already spotted this so apologies if i'm posting 'old news' but I took out the AMEX Nectar Card to receive the bonus 5000 points and now shop at Tescos for food. By paying the balance each month we do not pay any interest, we receive Nectar rewards by the bucket load for…
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Thank you - tips for saving/making money
Hello all I joined this website in March this year. I absolutely adore it and have now started to see some BIG savings/gains. For example:- 1.I have shopped at Tesco for three years and never knew about discount codes. I have since saved £'s - at least £100 off my food bills so far over the last few months. Also - I am now…
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£180 saved on car insurance
Just followed your guide to car insurance. The best price came back from the Tesco price comparison site. My current insurer (Norwich Union Direct) wanted £515 to renew insurance on my wife's Renault Clio, with myself and our 19 year old daughter as named drivers. No claims in last 10 years, max protected no claim…
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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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My first EVER clawback!
Thank you to everyone on this site, your advice gave me the courage (and knowledge) to make my first tentative attempts to get a better deal. First off I phoned the AA and told them I wanted to cancel my membership, the very nice man on the phone offered me a discount and following advice from here I said 'No!' and…
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Nominate post of the month December 07
I propose DOOZERGIRL for her prompt reply - within 4 mins! - saving me £400 for advice and government reference about Home Information Packs. My agent said I needed one, but thanks to DOOZERGIRL I have been able to tell them otherwise. Link: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=7007649#post7007649
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The biggest fish
I'm a keen Money Saver but I only target the main things (ie I don't walk down the beach with a metal detector looking for loose change :D ) In order, which goods/services have you made the biggest savings on?
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Daily Top Topics (Forum)
[size=+2]This page is no longer Updated[/size] [size=+2]Friday 14th August 2009[/size] [highlight]Popular daily topics:-[/highlight] Today's newspaper summary can be found by clicking here Competitions ending soon can be found by clicking here Regularly recurring competitions can be found by clicking here All time Top…
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Top chat topics EVER! (17/11/2007)
Boots Grabbit Bargains..Read first post for offers. = 6,545,777 views Pigsback - Free Gifts for Clicks - Newbies Please Read the First Post!! = 4,677,647 Tesco misprices - please only post misprices here = 2,788,069 Reclaimed Bank Charges SUCCESS stories Tesco misprice discussion area Free cinema preview tickets - NO CHAT…
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Council Tax Re-banding
Thanks to this site/Martin's advice on a radio show, I succeeded in getting my Council tax Band reduced from E to D, this pocketed me a refund of £2950, it was the best feeling I have ever had, like winning the lottery, I have also saved money by making informed decisions based on information on this site, for example best…
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Council rebanding refund!!
Hi everyone, Following the threads on this site I have sucessfully appealed against my banding and it has been reduced from F to E. It has also been backdated for ten years when I first bought the house from new. Total sum I am getting back is £2468!!! so thanks Martin for this site. On the same subject, does anybody (that…
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money savings
Have just changed dual fuel from Staywarm to British Gas (thanks to you) and have saved £258 per year. Many thanks.
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Not sure exactly how much I've saved
. . . because I haven't been counting, but I know this site has helped me in several ways. For example, I've found out what the best savings and bond accounts are; where to go to get price comparisons for gas and electricity charges and how to go about changing suppliers; that I should use my Nationwide card abroad because…
