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Doing Well
Saved enough this week to treat myself to a game of lazerquest! Got a free cranberry juice thanks to Tesco Healthy Living Club, a few BOGOFs and went to a free festival yesterday and got some free sweets whilst there and a free bottle of water!
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Big saver......
Our biggest speding is normally on travel or home purchases including food, so I had about 5 credit cards all with balances coming in at nearly 20k so heres what I did. 1. Applied for loan to clear 12k over 3 years at a good rate, which let me clear and close 3 cards making my chances of other card deal acceptances…
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'finding money'
This week, I have had £18.00 in vouchers from manufacturers, managed to save £5 in pin money, and have been collecting my found 1p's (12p), have had my nectar card put on the electric bill so I got 1500 points that have been building up for some time on the electric account, have been given $3 (£1.60) from a market…
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Got a right result on my car...................
Been looking around for a couple of months, usual places internet, papers & when driving about. Last w/end we started in earnest narrowed down to three ibiza, getz or yaris. After looking around we plumped for a yaris, found one at our local toyota garage, told them we were int. It was on sale for £5750, well under price…
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Saving on a car
Thank you to the site members, I've have successfully bought a new car last week using a recommended link from the motoring section. (broker4cars) The saving was £730 on the cost from my local Citroen dealer, the car was supplied from a Citroen dealer in Staffordshire. I asked the local garage if they could price match,…
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Post of the Month - July
This month's Post of the Month Prize goes to... Frogling for the Children's Playcentre. 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…
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Two savings this week
A huge £365 over 18 months by changing mobile provider (plus 200 clubcards points for paying the cancellation fee on my Tesco Visa), and a months subs on my broadband for a faulty modem also. Thats a total of £382.99 saved !!!!! Karen
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Saved £90 this week thank you!
I put off for 4 weeks phoning round for house insurance quotes as I was sure my renewal quote was expensive. Thank goodness for MSE as I suddenly remembered to have a look for Martin's top advice and as a result I paid £90 less than I thought I needed to. Of course I've now gone and spent £90+ on an exercise bike! So thank…
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Post of the Month - June
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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All time top topics (chat forums) as of 29/5/2005
Great disguised own brand hunt = 163,577 views Argos Clearence Sale Mark XXII = 162,301 GREAT 'WHAT SHOPS DON'T WANT US TO KNOW" HUNT = 128,717 The old Tesco thread - now closed = 115,232 The Great 'Boots Bargains' Hunt = 98,906 E-? soon Nokia 3510i (PAYG) colour screen phone for £19.99 = 95,725 Magazines offers - 3 for £1…
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Recompense
After my recent success with McDonald's (posted on the 5 star board), I decided to ask for recompense from my broadband supplier. They supplied me (a new customer) with a faulty modem but wouldn't acknowledge or accept it until I'd made several calls to their help desk. I eventually got a replacement new modem. I asked for…
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Thank You
Thank you so much. This year I have looked at my term life insurance and saved £20 a month a total of £3360 on the life of the mortgage. I have just had 2 motor policy renewals and on one car saved £110 per year and on the other a huge £600 per year. I contacted the insurer to check the renewal was correct and they could…
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All time top topics (chat forums) as of 24/5/2005
Those topics without hyperlinks are no longer on the forum. Argos Clearence Sale Mark XXII = 160,686 views Great disguised own brand hunt = 157,994 The old Tesco thread - now closed = 114,158 GREAT 'WHAT SHOPS DON'T WANT US TO KNOW" HUNT = 111,239 E-? soon Nokia 3510i (PAYG) colour screen phone for £19.99 = 95,704…
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Cheap evening out......
On Weds evening we decided to take advantage of 'Orange Wednesday' and go to the Cinema 2-4-1. £5.20 for both of us (BOGOF). Before this we went to Brewsters for a meal, using a vouchers from my 'Big Fundraiser Book' ((which I got for £10 instead of £15 due to an offer from my employer - these books are great and also help…
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All time top topics (chat) as of 17/5/2005
Those topics without hyperlinks are no longer on the forum. Argos Clearence Sale Mark XXII = 159,974 views Great disguised own brand hunt = 145,335 The new improved TESCO codes thread!!! = 108,212 E-? soon Nokia 3510i (PAYG) colour screen phone for £19.99 = 95,669 Magazines offers - 3 for £1 or less = 88,407 191…
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Holiday MSE style
After much deliberation at the end of the caravaning season last year I decided to sell my caravan while it was still worth a bob or two and use the money to book a holiday in Florida and meet up with my friend from NZ whom I haven't seen for 14 years ;) First place to start was the Travel Boards, where thanks to Finish…
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All time top topics (chat) as of 10/5/2005
Those topics without hyperlinks are no longer on the forum. Argos Clearence Sale Mark XXII = 158,683 views Great disguised own brand hunt = 102,540 E-? soon Nokia 3510i (PAYG) colour screen phone for £19.99 = 95,594 The new improved TESCO codes thread!!! = 94,199 Magazines offers - 3 for £1 or less = 88,357 191…
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In 3 days ...
I've: * cancelled an online slimming club within their 7 day cool off period - £49.99 + £9.99 per month after 5 months * reduced my first week's shopping by between £22 & £58 * temporarily increased overdraft rather than draw cash on credit card - £unknown-but-could-have-been-anything * switched our energy provider - £tbc,…
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Top Articles so far for May 2005
1/5/2005 to 29/5/2005:- Mobile Override: Mobile calls at landline prices = 68,913 Best Balance Transfers (cut the cost of existing credit card debts) = 47,019 Beat stockmarket returns at no risk = 40,912 Instant Access Savings: Maximise Your Interest = 38,276 Broadband. Who's cheapest? = 30,556 Freebies Gold = 28,761 The…
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Top topics (chat) so far for May 2005
1/5/2005 to 30/5/2005:- GREAT 'WHAT SHOPS DON'T WANT US TO KNOW" HUNT = 111,540 Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt. = 57,659 [free* Admission] To Alton Tower, Chessington Adventures, Thorpe Park, Madame Tus.... = 24,758 New Free movie channel on Sky = 23,289 Latest top topics (chat forums) = 21,889 Mega-Cheap Nokia 1100 on…
