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Saved £128ish a year on Sky
I have been a Sky customer for 6 years with there top package. I phoned them up and complained that i was a loyal customer and that there are loads of cheaper options available and i wanted to leave. I was then offered a saving of £128 over one year, taking my monthly top package price from £42.40 down to £31.88. Thanks MSE
In three months...
So far, thanks to Martin and this wonderful website, I've been sent a cheque for nearly £4700 for being missold an endowment - even though I thought I couldn't claim, saved £93 on my car insurance, saved £175 in our mortgage pig thanks to a forum tip, cleared my credit card and got some really cheap flights and the hotel…
What do they all mean?
I'm sorry - I'm having a blonde moment... The signature on a lot of people's posts mention things like '£x saved in the £2 saver club' and suchlike... I'm a reeeeally keen newbie are there little saver club ideas in here? I can't seem to find any forums along these lines. Could anybody enlighten me? Thanks guys, Marie***…
Thanks to MSE
Hi everyone,I have made quite a few changes to the way I think AND spend and this is what I've done so far: Cancelled sports and movies package saved £23 pm Do old style shopping complete with menu lists saving approx £35 pw Moved credit cards to 0% (am now a tart)and actually cancelled one card!:D Helped with friends…
The most popular chat tips ever 8/7/2006
Tesco misprices thread - please only post misprices here thread II = 441,493 Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt. = 392,544 :money: Free MoneySavingExpert Car Sticker! = 339,772 GREAT 'WHAT SHOPS DON'T WANT US TO KNOW" HUNT = 331,815 :money: Kit Kash 2006 = 324,017 Boots Grabbit Bargains..Read first post for offers. = 296,654…
Save on SkyHD, DJs and get FREE food
Some Advise Want to be able to watch Sky and SkyHD for free? Then visit your electrical retailer such as Comet or John Lewis and remember to take a fold up chair. You'll be able to experience your favourite HD channel on a state of the art plasma for free- If anyone asks what you are doing say your 'trying before you buy'…
Ntl
Following Martin's advice. rang NTL (0800 052 9403) said I was a pensioner (correct) looking to save money. Monthly payment was £11 line rental and £17.99 for 1meg bb. Without hesitation they offered me an all-in package including line rental, 1meg bb and free weekend calls for £15.49 for next 12 months. Great result.…
Martin's top articles read so far this month (July 2006)
:money:Martin's top articles read so far this month 20/7/2006:money: The Best Balance Transfers: cut the cost of existing credit card debts = 56528 Reads Cheap Flight finding = 54306 Pay less for going out = 48354 The UKs Cheapest Home Phone Calls Provider = 46198 Reclaim lost assets for free = 31273 Regularly beat the…
Saved £1340
Hi thanks to MSE just got back from Halifax PLC £1340 in fines from unauthorised overdrafts and direct debits if I had never found this site I would not have known that you can take banks to court from them fining you for going overdrawn so a big thank you to MSE :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:…
Post of the Month July
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 the prize - as Martin says, it's not cricket! :) Please include: A. A hyperlink to the specific thread/post - highlight the web…
The most popular chat tips ever as of 25/6/2006
1 (1) Pigsback - Free Gifts for Clicks = 1,245,389 Views. Multi part thread. 2 (2) Boots Grabbit Bargains..Read first post for offers. = 1,066,369 Multi part thread 3 (3) Tesco misprices thread - please only post misprices here = 755,688 Multi part thread. Please read THIS 4 (4) Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt. = 391,865…
£55.93 worth of shopping for £4.89
Just had to post this. I visited my local co-op this moring and as always had a look at the yellow stickered reduced items. I think some-one has over-ordered on the meat section, anticipating BBQ weather which just hasn't happened up here in the wilds of Moray. I bought £55.93 worth of burgers, chicken, mince and Ciabatta…
Thanks to all MSE'rs - saved nearly £1000 already!!
Hi, This is my first post, although I have been reading the many helpful threads on this site for a while now. Just wanted to come on now and say thank you to all the MSErs, thanks to you lot I'm managing to save pennies, which quickly add up to pounds and gets nearer to my goal of paying off my Student Debts..once I face…
Saving vs spending....Thanks to MSE!!!
Hiya All!!! If it weren't for my work colleague who has introduced me into this wonderful site, I would still be(until now) be spending money like water and not actually thinking of money saving. Since the start of this month, I have managed to save £45. this doen't include the money which I have earnt from selling my old…
Thanks to this site...
... I now have an extra £130-150 per month in my bank. I'm not in debt but not rolling in it either, and by tweaking my outgoings here and there such as shopping more sensibly and being more careful with energy and phone usage, I now have this extra money which works out at about £200 per month pay increase. I can't…
100th post and money saved thanks to MSE
Managed to get the interest rate down on my partners credit card using the tips and seeing how others had managed it on MSE, will save us in interest every month. So thanks MSE!!! This is my 100th post too, maybe getting addicted
WOW, that was EASY!
I just wanted to say Thanks Martin! I am a fan of your slot on Jeremy Vines show and now use your site as a first port of call for 'best' financial companies practises. Generally we are very good with money and avoid debts, but (after paying for a recent car repair bill of £1000) our credit card debt has gotten a bit scary…
The most popular chat tips ever as of 13/6/2006
1 (2) Pigsback - Free Gifts for Clicks = 1,175,027 Views. Multi part thread. 2 (1) Boots Grabbit Bargains..Read first post for offers. = 1,109,234 Multi part thread 3 (3) Tesco misprices thread - please only post misprices here = 735,998 Multi part thread. Please read THIS 4 (5) Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt. = 391,205…
European Breakdown Service for £44.95
OH was looking for breakdown recovery as our car is no longer covered by the free RAC cover we got with it. He travels to Ireland regularly, so it had to have European cover, he was just going to ring AA/RAC and get whatever was going. Anyway, I trawled MSE and read Martin's recommendation for Europ Assistance thru…
thank you for my new way of thinking
i just want to say a BIG thank you to martin and this brill site....... first of all i have saved £150.. on my car insurance, and stayed with the same firm...just by phoning round on the free phone no...and getting quotes.. then going back to my insurer.. and telling them...so they done something called a price match, plus…

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