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Un presented cheques
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Washing machine warranties
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New Phone for £2.94
My home telephone broke today and not able to afford my pay as you go mobile phone at the moment.I was wondering what I could do and started to look round the shops for a basic phone without answer machine. Went into Asda and found a brand called Duraband Silver Corded telephone It includes last number redial,mute and…
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Tesco Club Card Deals
Thanks to Martin via his video podcast I have managed to book 2 return trip via Euro Tunnel to France for "free" with my Tesco Club Card vouchers. Before I would just redeem them at my local Tesco store. Since I use my Tesco Visa card (and pay the whole amount off each month) I was getting about £25 each quarter. So…
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Cashback Websites
Thanks to Martin, all at MSE and all the regular contributors I have become much more money 'savvy'since I found the site early last year. In particular I am proud of my £174 casback from TopCashBack.co.uk earned over the last 12 months. This is from 'normal' shopping and nothing out of the ordinary. It doesn't even…
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Heathrow Airport Parking/Flight Tickets
Hi For my next holiday using information from this site, I have saved the following! I saved 39.98 by using an airport parking discount code on this site! What a Bargain! (Quidco/Purple Parking/TIPO) In addition using the comparison sites shown at the bottom of the Homepage on Travel, and the Kayak site, I saved over…
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My £20k MSE Baby Adventure
Long post........ Once upon a time there was a woman who wanted so much to spend time at home when her new Baby that she embarked on a very big adventure. It was an exciting & sometimes scary journey….to save as much money as possible. OK, so my Baby brain is in full gear right now but you get the gist. That was me 6…
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car insurance
Hi there well i only passed my driving test 2 years ago and got insurend with norwich union, last year for the renewal they put up the price so i phoned around and found one for £138.00 less for that same stuff then i found out that it was under written by norwich union, aian this year they did the same so i went on to…
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gas & electricity saving
Sorry - this is not a "have saved" but could have saved.....I couldn't belive the difference. I was checking my daughter's Scottish Power gas & elec bill for the flat she stays in at University. Comparing it against my Scottish Hydro bills........she could have saved £60 if she was with them. So anyone with Scottish…
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Nominate Post Of The Month for February '07
UPDATE: The winner has now been chosen, well done sloppychops, please send MSE Archna a PM with your name and address. Vote for this months Post Of The Month. Please nominate your most Usefu/Helpful Post of the Month £50 award by replying to this post. Remember, you're nominating, NOT voting - there is a difference!…
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Holiday Inn 2 for 1
Came across the link for this offer while browsing this site several weeks ago (very sorry I cannot credit the poster as I didn't bookmark it) Paid £89 for two nights including full buffet breakfast for 3 people (plus Priority club points) VERY HAPPY, Thanks.:T
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Savings when buying/selling houses
We saved £300 by asking our estate agent to drop their fee when they sold our house. Without reading MSE, I wouldn't have even crossed my mind to ask them to drop their fee. As second-time-buyers (so first-time-sellers, if you see what I mean), the thread on selling houses was really useful. I don't know exactly how much…
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Stakeholder turned into a SIPP
About 4 years ago I decided to start saving in a stakeholder. IMHO stakeholder pension schemes are one of Gordon Brown's better ideas, because it's possible to put money in from any source - previously it was only earned income that was allowed - and still attract tax relief. Put simply, this means that for every 78p you…
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Natasha - Get Your Butt Into Gear Girl!
OK so first you spurn my advances in favour of smelly nelly and now I can't find the thread for Febs post of the month! :confused:
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Post of the Month January
Please nominate your most Usefu/Helpful Post of the Month £50 award by replying to this post. Remember, you're nominating, NOT voting - there is a difference! :smiley: Also, please don't lobby to win the prize - as Martin says, it's not cricket! Please include: A. A hyperlink to the specific thread/post - highlight the web…
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Just saved £21 on Car Insurance
Using Martins advice for a car insurance quote following Martins Post Office £50 back for new customers the cash back undercuts Norwich Union's policy by £21 so for just a few minutes work on my part, thanks to Martins Tip I've save £21 on exactly the same policy.
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Credit Unions, low cost loans at 1%
Here's a great way of saving cash and getting low cost loans, only 1% on a decreasing balance. No Credit checks, anyone can join, and it only costs £1 membership and two forms of I.D. Use them to pay of the bills that are charging the higher interest and save yourself a fortune. Want to know more just let me know!
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SAVED AROUND £800 FROM PPI in 9months
I had a loan for short while which wanted £90 a month to protect it..i didnt take out the ppi just the loan,but i came on here and found the same cover with pinnacle for ..ready for this??.........£7.81 a month...so i took it out and for the 9 months i had the loan i saved whatever 9 x £82.19 is!!!:eek: cheers
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Saved 300 pounds on Travel Insurance
Just got married in Tasmania (where my wife comes from). My father's employer paid for my parents to fly out as a 25 years service present for him, but my father wanted to pay travel insurance as he had a heart attack about 18 months ago. Price quoted by the travel agents was over 400 pounds, which was enough to make the…
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Holidays
I saved over £300 pounds on a holiday to Margarita with first choice i had 4 quotes 1 from the shop 1 on line and 1 from thompsons and after looking on this site i got 1 from eclipse travel first choices direct sales all these were for the same hol flight and hotel i would never have bothered to check before so thank you…