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Post of the Month November
Hi everyone, lots of fab tips nominated again this month. This month the winner is Adman for the QuarkExpress . Thanks to everyone that nominated :) Adman, please can you send MSE Jenny a pm? ___________________________________ Please nominate your most Useful/Helpful Post of the Month £50 award by replying to this post…
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just like to say thanks
thisi board has saved me loads of money. So thanks Martin and all the posters. Today is my DDs birthday and she wanted to spend her money on the new pokemon game gor the GBA. She would have paid £28 on play.com and had to wait till November before I found this site. But instead I got it for £18.49 from CDwow (which i…
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The most popular chat tips ever as of 3/12/2006
Tesco misprices thread II - please only post misprices here = 450,015 Tesco misprices thread thread 6 - please only post misprices here = 423,807 Free MoneySavingExpert Car Sticker! = 390,181 :money: Kit Kash 2006 = 345,160 Tesco misprices thread - please only post misprices here = 319,898 GREAT 'WHAT SHOPS DON'T WANT US…
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Contents/building Insurance
Got our renewal notice from Direct Line for combined contents and buildings insurance - a massive £616.90:eek: Went through Martin's link Insuresupermarket...decided not to go with accidental this time and got quoted £291 with Budget a massive £325 difference AND the policy included Home Emergency Call Out. FANTASTIC!
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Follow the advice!
Just followed Martin's advice and haggled over my home contents insurance. Current company lowered my renewal quote by £32! Thanks!!
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I think I have converted my OH into a MONEYSAVER!
we recently got engaged and are looking for our first house SCARY! :eek: we have a large family and they all keep asking "when's your engagement party" "Should we get something for your new house" which is really nice as all our family are wanting to help us out BUT... we've been going to all the places around our local…
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hello
i wanna learn saving tips fom here. hope youll help me
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Car insurance renewal
I had my quote to renew from churchill and went online to compare with tesco etc. and then checked churchill online the quote as a new customer was £45 less, so i challenged them and they have now lowered the premium for me. so its a case of Brand New Customers Only attitude, when hubbys car is due for renewal i'll do the…
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Sir Martin
Just to say what a fantastic service to the community this site has been. I consult this site for almost every aspect of my life, including fixing my PC! MSE has proven time and time again as an honest, trustworthy and invaluable source of infromation. Thank you so much to all the MSE team for your efforts! I think we…
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Post of the Month October
Update Note 31 October: The winner has now been chosen. To nominate for the November Post of the Month go to this discussion thread Please nominate your most Useful/Helpful Post of the Month £50 award by replying to this post (remember you're nominating NOT voting - there's a difference) :) Also please do not lobby to win…
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Got 3 rooms plastered for free...
We ripped out our old kitchen and my OH decided to keep it in the garage it was just basic units with oak doors,we had had fitted about 15 years ago. I was moaning about it and told him to dump it in the skip. We were getting a neighbour to come and give us a quote to plaster the kitchen, utility and bathroom and he came…
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well I never!
I sat down last night to work out how much I've saved thanks to Martin and the MSErs on this site and it was a bit of an OMG moment.I joined at the beginning of August,I was lucky I didn't have any debts I just never seemed to have any money left for the nice things in life.As a full time carer there's probably a lot of…
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barclycard CAN be nice
I have a Barclycard and after looking through this site i gave them a ring and cheekily asked if they would bring my interest rate down, and they did, from 19.9% to 16.9% and in a few months they will bring it down again. Oh and I think i've converted my my nan from her normal credit card to getting a cash back card as she…
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Bank charges cave in
A huge thank you to our hero Martin for saving me £220 on past bank charges from First Direct who (naturally) are “ mindful of the management time and irrecoverable legal costs we may incur in relation to such a claim. For those commercial reasons alone and without any admission of liability whatsoever first direct is…
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Thanks to Martin and everyone....
I'm feeling rather pleased with myself this morning, having saved some money and sorted a few stocking fillers out all thanks to Martin's newsletter. I joined the site recently, and signed up to the newsletter at the beginning of the week. Got the newsletter today and it contained the link for Martin's Money Diet book at…
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Not much but getting there...
WOW have done so well recently. Each month i put awy £250 towards my £25,000 house deposit in an ISA, and I started last month. I also put away £150 into a savings account for presents, and clothes shopping. I recieve a 10% profit share from work each year of £1375, which is going to go on holidays. So each year that is…
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Deposit for first house
I am trying really hard to save a deposit for my first house, but, property prices have increased at a faster rate than I can save!! Has anyone got any ideas of how to make a little bit of extra cash to try and make up the difference? I watched Martin n GMTV and have now sent of emails to find out about if any of my old…
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Asda Christmas Savings Card
Hello everybody Does anybody know the bonus date in 2006 when the bonus can be redeemed at ASDA stores for balances on the card.
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Downshifting and saving
Over the last few years I felt there must be more to my life than a working week and weekends with the family. This has became especially poignant after family illness. In 2006 I began to think more seriously about work-life balance. I have enjoyed the freedom that working at home one day a week has given me and wanted to…
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Everybodies money guru
Of course I make sure everyone knows where all the great tips come from. I must be responsible for 100 new subs to this forum. Just what I can recall: Saved £160 on house insurance Save every year on 2 lots of car insurance Remortgaged saving over £220 per month Switched fuel supplier Stoozing 0% credit cards Changed to…
