I know this is not about bc but it may soon be

Rainbow_Butterfly

Two ideas which might be no help at all but hey. I use half the recommended amount of detergent in the washing machine and also put in 1/4 of a cup of soda crystals to make it go further. They are 39p a bag so saves us about £10 a month on detergent.

Also, there was a thing on the freebies board a while ago, bview.co.uk they give you amazon vouchers for reviewing businesses. They give you £10 for 20 reviews, I did it and got £50 for 100 reviews. They are doing the promotion til the end of July, so might be worth a look. I know you cant buy food from amazon, lol but you can get a lot else. xx

Scarlett.1974

Hi Dalip

Your water is pretty high @ £40 per month for just yourself and Mr Dalip - is that on a meter? We pay £39 a month on a meter and that's for 4 of us (so washing machine on every day, 4 showers a day etc) and I'm quite a lot in credit with that and should be able to reduce our bill to around the £20 mark soon.

Your gas and electric are nice and low I'm jealous

I'm sorry if that's not much help...... I can't see anywhere else you could trim your budget to be honest. Wishing you both lots of luck on the job hunting

dalip

Scarlett.1974 wrote: »

Hi Dalip

Your water is pretty high @ £40 per month for just yourself and Mr Dalip - is that on a meter? We pay £39 a month on a meter and that's for 4 of us (so washing machine on every day, 4 showers a day etc) and I'm quite a lot in credit with that and should be able to reduce our bill to around the £20 mark soon.

Your gas and electric are nice and low I'm jealous

I'm sorry if that's not much help...... I can't anywhere else you could trim your budget to be honest. Wishing you both lots of luck on the job hunting

Hi scarlett
Thanks for that.No we are not on a water meter. When other daughter was home she had a bath every night and i had W/M on every day. Will look into a meter(SIL works for severn trent;) )but do you have to pay to have a meter installed?

The gas and elect won't be so low in the winter:eek:

Am taking this all in never fear

Richard_S

Hi Dalip,

I'm sorry to hear you're having such a rough time;:eek::eek: it seems so unfair. Our neighbour is an ex teacher, and he's been playing the invalidity / disability benefit game for the last 10 years with his wife running an undeclared business.:mad: :mad:

I can't really think of anything that hasn't already been suggested, well not without embarrassing myself.:o

I guess it's just a case of hanging on in there until something comes along.

Rich

Scarlett.1974

dalip wrote: »

Hi scarlett
Thanks for that.No we are not on a water meter. When other daughter was home she had a bath every night and i had W/M on every day. Will look into a meter(SIL works for severn trent;) )but do you have to pay to have a meter installed?

The gas and elect won't be so low in the winter:eek:

Am taking this all in never fear

Our house already had a meter when we moved in, but according to this no, you shouldn't have to pay to have one installed:

http://www.uswitch.com/Water/What-Water-Meter.html

It *does* make you more aware (not leaving the tap running when you're cleaning your teeth etc) but I've certainly be pleasantly surprised at how much cheaper it's been.

I know it's only a little bit, but every little helps so they say

dalip

Richard_S wrote: »

Hi Dalip,

I'm sorry to hear you're having such a rough time;:eek::eek: it seems so unfair. Our neighbour is an ex teacher, and he's been playing the invalidity / disability benefit game for the last 10 years with his wife running an undeclared business.:mad: :mad:well thanks rich i feel so much better for that seeing as this is our first claim ever:rotfl:

I can't really think of anything that hasn't already been suggested, well not without embarrassing myself.:o

I guess it's just a case of hanging on in there until something comes along.

Rich

I am hanging alright by a piece of rope;)

Richard_S

dalip wrote: »

I am hanging alright by a piece of rope;)

Oe'er Dalip, that sounds kinky.:D:D

peachyprice

Jeez D that's rough.
Don't know what else to suggest to save money that hasn't already been mentioned, but I'm thinking of you hun XX

Waspeze

Hey D.. i'm sure i'm just saying something that's been suggested or that you've tried but have you put your numbers through http://www.entitledto.com/ ?

dalip

Richard_S wrote: »

Oe'er Dalip, that sounds kinky.:D:D

How did i guess you would come up with some reply like that rich:D

Waspy yes tried that but thankyou:D

Holmes thinking of me is just not enough:rotfl: but ta