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Saved £195 today alone!
Today was the day for some huge savings: first I switched my telephone to the post office = £50 then I got some free books = £15 then - top marks for this - T-mobile will give me half price line rental for the next twelve months if i keep my contract = £120 I'm quids in!!! :j :j :j :j :j :j :j :j :j :j :beer: :beer:
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Post of the Month for February
Please nominate your most Useful/Helpful Post of the Month £50 award by replying to this post. Also please do not lobby to win the prize - it's not cricket! Please include: A. A hyperlink to the specific thread/post - highlight the web address of the thread/ post when you're viewing it from the address bar at the top of…
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£1131.50 better of this weeks thanks to MSE
I have had £1131.50 refunded to me by the Co-op Bank this week in respect of bank charges incurred over the last 6 years. These have been the banks charges for exceeding my overdraft limit, returned items and daily charges. This is all due to the advice given by dchurch24, available on the current account board under the…
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Bargain on your breakdown recovery with AA and get a 50% price cut.
My yearly AA breakdown recovery renewal was just round the corner. For Homestart and Roadside assistance it's normally £103.00p Came on this site to see whom does the best deal. Saw that, via Quoteline, Europ Assistance do a deal for £59.00p Told the AA if they would do a price match, they said they'd only do a price match…
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a little packet this week on the car insurance alone!
Well, we did the car insurance list a couple of weeks ago after getting our renewal notice from the AA just before New Year. Last year car insurance was £760 ( :eek: I know! newish car, bad record for 2 claims - neither our fault, one theft, one freak accident caused by another driver - and three points for me from a few…
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Martin's top articles read so far this month 27/3/2006
:money:Martin's top articles read so far this month 27/3/2006:money: 1 (2) Time to switch!Find the cheapest supplier and earn cashback = 121504 reads 2 (1) Cheap Flight finding = 117898 3 (3) The Best Balance Transfers: cut the cost of existing credit card debts (quick read) = 100509 4 (5) Best Mini-Cash ISA = 82039 5 (4)…
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Saving 10quid plus per month!
I would just like to say a massive thank you to this website and all who contribute, thanks to you I have managed to reduce dtrastically my major outgoing which was telephone.... Instead of paying upto 30p/min for mobile calls, I am now paying 1p/min Instead of paying 5.5p per hour for evening landlines I am now paying…
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Got £200 off Powergen Bill.
This has been going on for months and it may begin as a rant. (Sorry!) August 31st, we change supplier to Ecotricity. I provide a reading to Powergen for the final bill and one is taken officially. They never send me the final bill. I phone and phone. No return calls. Over the next few months, they do not return a single…
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£2 savers club
I've seen the £2 savers club mentioned - what is it?
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Most popular top topics (chat forums) ever as of 21/3/2006
1 (1) Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt. = 370,821 views :money: 2 (2)Tesco misprices thread - please only post misprices here = 312,982 Please read THIS 3 (3) GREAT 'WHAT SHOPS DON'T WANT US TO KNOW" HUNT = 311,271 :money: 4 (4) Free MoneySavingExpert Car Sticker! = 267,804 :money: 5 (5) Kit Kash 2006 = 262,899 6 (6) Tesco…
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Thanks you guys!
I have been paying over a £1000 a year to Orange,and wanted Sky Plus but have been quoted £249. Today, after much research on this site, (and feeling in quite a bad mood so ready to argue!) I settled myself down with phone in hand and proceeded to call Orange and Sky. Result: Orange: New handset free + 120 minutes anytime…
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Most popular top topics (chat forums) ever as of 13/3/2006
Commentary Along with chat topics started by Martin chat topics about Tesco and Boots continue to be popular. (The figures in this thread are cumulative since the start of the new chat forums and include both 1st time viewing of a thread and any revisits to that thread to view subsequent posts.) 1 (1) Great 'disguised Own…
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Thanks a lot Martin,
:xmassign: SInce first hearing how to save money by doing simple things, we decided firstly to change our mobile phone provider and instantly saved £70 a month, then moved mortgage provider ( we did have to pay a penalty as we were in a 5 year deal and still had three years to go, ) but by moving our mortgage and paying…
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Free Kit Kats!
My local supermarket is closing down (Two of them in fact :( ) and they had packs of Kit Kats by the trolley full, down to 59p. I thought they were a bit expensive to say the shop was closing down but stuck two in my basket anyway. Imagine my surprise when I get home to find out they were part of a multi buy offer, and the…
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grow your own
as a hard up mum of three i decided to look into getting an allotment my local council and maybe yours runs a club for kids giving out free seeds and paying for the allotment so we are quids in its also fresh air and a saving on gym membership :j
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Changed my whole way of thinking about money!
Hi All The most important thing I have got from this site is just to become more aware of what we spend & when. Not just a question of saving, its just not throwing money away on frivolous things. We are writing everything down that we spend & its a real eye opener! Savings so far per month: Changed ntl to SKY £25 Hubby…
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Tesco/Morrisons/Asda (bogof rotation)
This is a habit that I have got into over the past 4 months or so, and it easily saves me £120 per month on my shopping bill. Basicaly the 'big 3' Supermarkets (Tesco, Asda and Morrisons) all have bogofs (buy one get one free) on a range of goods at any one time. In my experience Morrisons is the best, then Tescos followed…
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The Most Popular Chat Tips Ever as of 4/3/2006
The figures in this thread are cumulative since the start of the new chat forums and include both 1st time viewing of a thread and any revisits to that thread to view subsequent posts. 1 (1) Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt. = :money: 367,732 views 2 (2) Tesco misprices thread - please only post misprices here = 312,173…
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Martin's top articles read so far this month 27/2/2006
:money:Martin's top articles read so far this month 27/2/2006:money: 1 (1) The Best Balance Transfers: cut the cost of existing credit card debts = 83625 reads 2 (2) Instant access Savings: Maximise your interest = 71609 3 (3) Broadband: Who's cheapest = 68949 4 (7) Gas and Electricity Bills:Find the cheapest supplier and…
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half term trip to London the MSE way
In the spirit of saving money so we can refurbish our bathroom, we decided to take the kids to London on a shoestring. I was pretty pleased with the amount we saved. El cheapo train tickets with family railcard - £50 Manchester to London for 4 of us! Bargain Travelodge family room at Battersea - £26 a night! 7 day…
