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Daily Top Chat Update (w/e 26/12/2004)
Click here for w/e 2/1/2005 Sunday:- 1. January Sales - Please Post Here = 3703 2. ARGOS SALE = 1990 3. CURRYS SALE = 1744 4. Dell 2.6ghz 512MB Base unit £151.57 = 1421 5. Dell Photo All-In-One Printer £34.99 = 1304 6. M&S sale - items can be viewed today!!! = 1302 7. christmas cheer massive sale now on 99% off = 1129 8.…
An uplifting tale
(Insert from martin: I found this an uplifting post from Stillworking. It formed part of the how much have you saved thread. So i thought i would give it one of its own.) ____________ Hi Martin I am a subscriber to your newsletter and would like to thank you, firstly for making the world of finance less of a 'black art',…
All time top chat topics as of 14/12/2004
191 LXDIRECT.COM CODES POSTED HERE! = 58267 TRY ME FREE HUNT = 54955 GREAT 0% BARCLAYCARD HUNT! = 46057 Unlocking mobiles = 46076 Any Tesco savings vouchers about???? = 44467 Great Virtually Free Stocking Stocking fillers hunt = 41007 Save on MOT Bills = 37598 Magazines offers - 3 for £1 or less = 28699 Gamecube from…
Daily Top Chat Update (w/e 19/12/2004)
Click here for w/e 26/12/2004. Sunday:- 1. Cracking Dell Deal !! = 2315 2. HP4.1m Camera & P7450 Printer Argos £99 = 1636 3. ARGOS CLEARANCE SALE MARK XXI = 1455 4. January Sales - Please Post Here = 1359 5. 90 days DVD rental for 1 pence! = 1025 6. BE QUICK - FUJI FinePix A101 - £30 ONLY = 1017 7. Christmas Eve bargains =…
Post of the Month Roll of Honour
There have been so many good Post of the Month contributions from now on each month's winner will be included in this Roll of Honour thread. 2004 November: Addictedmoneysaver: Boots/GOSH toy tokens December: Sawanderer: Half price train tickets 2005 January: Foxy for her overall dedication to Freebie-hunting February:…
All time top chat topics as of 7/12/2004
The Great 'Ways to Get an Upgrade' Hunt = 56348 191 LXDIRECT.COM CODES POSTED HERE! = 54990 TRY ME FREE HUNT = 54053 GREAT 0% BARCLAYCARD HUNT! = 45670 Unlocking mobiles = 42851 Any Tesco savings vouchers about???? = 42566 NEW: Ryanair May, June, July under £5 checker = 41220 Great Virtually Free Stocking Stocking fillers…
Daily Top Chat Update (w/e 12/12/2004)
Sunday:- 1. SONY 4million mega Pixs CAMERA for £104.99 = 11115 2. DELLS 2400 BACK = 1941 3. Gamecube from tescos! = 1264 4. Grab a 21" Colour TV for £69 = 1163 5. Dell Dimension 3000 and 15" TFT £289.11 inc. = 1062 6. ARGOS CLEARANCE SALE MARK XXI = 878 7. EPSON R300 - HOW CHEAP DO YOU WANT IT ? = 709 8. almost free…
How much have you saved on your Christmas Shopping
I have saved loads this year by shopping around on line, deals from Amazon and Play, I had never come across Play before using this site. I managed to take advantage of Boots 3 for 2 deals and even got a nice surprise in Body Shop when it was 20% off day on Saturday. Argos had some great bargains too. I have my 0% card…
Top chat topics 1/12/2004 to 27/12/2004
1/12/2004 to 27/12/2004 1. ARGOS CLEARANCE SALE MARK XXI = 30348 2. January Sales - Please Post Here = 22101 3. SONY 4million mega Pixs CAMERA for £104.99 = 18930 4. Great DVD Recorder Hunt = 18450 5. Postage Stamps 5% off until 25th December = 15883 6. Great Cheapest Christmas DVD Box Sets Hunt = 12492 7. Free Letter From…
Top Articles 1/12/2004 to 27/12/2004
1/12/2004 to 27/12/2004 1. Internet Shopping: Cutting Edge Time & Money Saving Techniques = 30532 2. Feed the starving at no cost to you = 27632 3. Reduce interest without applying for new credit - the Credit Card Shuffle = 22793 4. Freebies Gold = 21453 5. Ryanair Flight Checker: Finds the cheapest time to go = 19601 6.…
All time top topics as of 30/11/2004
Freebies Gold (Updated 4th Sep) = 58407 The Great 'Ways to Get an Upgrade' Hunt = 56002 TRY ME FREE HUNT = 53024 leather office chair £29.99 +free sandwich toaster = 52959 191 LXDIRECT.COM CODES POSTED HERE! = 51633 GREAT 0% BARCLAYCARD HUNT! = 45080 Unlocking mobiles = 42510 Any Tesco savings vouchers about???? = 42300…
All chat boards ranked by popularity for Nov 04
Last months position is in brackets. 1 (1) Quick! Grab it while you can = 934727 2 (2) Freebies Freebies Freebies = 298406 3 (3) Shop but don't drop = 296394 4 (4) Online Discount Vouchers = 186195 5 (5) Telephone Bills, Mobile Phones and Internet Access = 79930 6 (6) I wanna = 75625 7 (8) The Money Savers Arms = 67966 8…
Post of the Month - December
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 link to the specific thread/post B. Why you think they should receive the award (no more than one paragraph)
Daily Top Chat Update (w/e 5/12/2004)
Sunday:- 1. NEC e616V JUST £29.99 at CPW!!! = read 1971 times 2. Silver and Blue Mini Ipods at Boots =1404 3. Reestit Mutton: Referral Links = 1197 4. mystery shop...lots of availability = 1141 5. FREE CD WOW VOUCHERS & £1 off everything = 1087 6. Index.co.uk sale on Big Savings = 1013 7. Slimline PS2s Back in Stock! = 997…
I have a problem.
Since hearing Martin on radio four years ago, I took at look at this site. What I read on all subjects interested me so much that now, retired through ill health, I try to enter these "hallowed" halls at least twice a day. The problem is, it is SO time consuming. One needs to adopt a strict discipline and remain on the…
All time top chat topics as of 23/11/2004
All time top topics Freebies Gold (Updated 4th Sep) = 57051 The Great 'Ways to Get an Upgrade' Hunt = 55267 leather office chair £29.99 +free sandwich toaster = 52887 TRY ME FREE HUNT = 52084 191 LXDIRECT.COM CODES POSTED HERE! = 47441 GREAT 0% BARCLAYCARD HUNT! = 44651 Unlocking mobiles = 42211 Any Tesco savings vouchers…
Top Chat Topics Mon to Thur (w/e 28/11/2004)
Normal service will resume on monday Thursday:- 1. DELL PROJECTOR £20!!! = read 9405 times 2. ARGOS CLEARANCE SALE MARK XX = 3510 3. Gamecube Console Bundle £34.99 at WOOLWORTHS !!! = 3032 4. Great DVD Recorder Hunt = 2544 5. Upto 50 % PCWORLD!Only today!25th = 1944 6. Tescos Frozen Foods Mega Reductions = 1546 7. iceland…
Curry's and Martin's name?
I'm not sure if I made a saving or not ??? ??? Me n hubby went to Curry's a few weeks ago to buy a steam generator iron. There were 2 I liked, both Tefal Express, one was advertised at 139.99, the other 99.97. They were identical, so I picked up the cheaper one, went to the till and was told it was 139.99. I argued "the…
Martin is helping me save for my wedding!
Well,, not him personally, but his website and book is! ;D All my debts are now transferred onto 0% credit cards, with the exception of £5000 on Barclaycard 2.9% LOB offer. I also have 10,000 'stoozed' (remainder of balance of Egg cc and M&S cc credit limits). I think this is quite good considering that I have only applied…
£10 Pampers Voucher- spent it at Asda
we bought 4 packs of pampers baby wipes @ about £2.60 each. In one of the packs, nearlly all the wipes were dry. Rang customer line + told them we bought 4 and 1 was dry + they sent us a £10 voucher- 5* service or what. Took the voucher to Asda and saved a cool tenner off our shopping. Pampers just wanted the lot number…

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Winter Fuel Payments to be reinstated for millions – Martin Lewis explains how it'll work, what it means and if it's an improvement
All State Pensioners in England and Wales will receive a Winter Fuel Payment this winter, though those who earn over £35,000 will see it clawed back through the tax system. It means nine million pensioners will get the £200 or £300 top-up. Here MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis shares his instant response and analysis, and we include answers to your key questions.
Winter Fuel Payments to be reinstated for millions – Martin Lewis explains how it'll work, what it means and if it's an improvement
All State Pensioners in England and Wales will receive a Winter Fuel Payments this winter, though those who earn over £35,000 will see it clawed back through the tax system. It means nine million pensioners will get the £200 or £300 top-up. Here MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis shares his instant response and analysis, and we include answers to your key questions.
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Winter Fuel Payments to be reinstated for millions – Martin Lewis explains how it'll work, what it means and if it's an improvement
Winter Fuel Payments will be reinstated to all pensioners in England and Wales this winter – but will be clawed back automatically from those earning over £35,000 a year, the Government has confirmed. It means nine million pensioners will get the £200 or £300 top-up. MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis shares his instant response and analysis.
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Winter Fuel Payments extension confirmed for this winter – watch Martin Lewis' instant response and his message to the Chancellor
Winter Fuel Payments will be extended to more pensioners this winter – though not to everyone – the Chancellor has today confirmed. However, exact details of who will now qualify still remain scant. Watch MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis give his instant response, as well as his key message for Rachel Reeves.
Nationwide Fairer Share: Free £100 bonus confirmed for 2025 – here's who will get it
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Forced onto a prepay energy meter? You may be due money back as 10,000s to be compensated
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