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MMR 8: The Sillah Family

Please use this thread to discuss Make Me Rich 8: the Sillah family. See programme notes

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  • Fran
    Fran Posts: 11,280 Forumite
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    Hi the Sillahs!

    For anyone thinking of buying a Freeview box, Martin mentioned they are available for £40, well now you can get them in Asda for £29 - ish, probably also in similar supermarkets & other places.
    Torgwen.......... :) ...........
  • Sarahsaver
    Sarahsaver Posts: 8,390 Forumite
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    i was well impressed so far but my boys bullied me into watching king kong :(
    My son thought they had saved enough money by the ad. break!
    Member no.1 of the 'I'm not in a clique' group :rotfl:
    I have done reading too!
    To avoid all evil, to do good,
    to purify the mind- that is the
    teaching of the Buddhas.
  • Got to admit, 5 mins in when Martin told them they were already over £400 a month in credit, my heart sunk
  • still wearing those flares martin!

    keep up the good work though
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    I thought the husband of that family was really great. Every time Martin told him how much money he was spending he looked really really gobsmacked. Good tip about Sky though. I think I might ring up tonight and see if I can get 50% off.

    I love Martin's stripy shirts. My boyfriend wears a lot of shirts like that.
    2008 Comping Challenge
    Won so far - £3010 Needed - £230
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  • daveboy
    daveboy Posts: 1,400 Forumite
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    I was a bit :eek: when the Sky thing was mentioned as I think that's the first time Martin mentioned it in a big way.

    If everyone starts doing it, my thinking was that maybe we won't be so lucky with the discounts in future.

    I had to pause my Sky+ box when I saw the spreadsheet at the start - they were paying £1320 a month on a mortgage!

    It certainly is a case of how the other half lives.

    As I type this I haven't seen the programme from 20/12, but this was probably the best of the 8 so far for me.
  • youreds
    youreds Posts: 305 Forumite
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    Great choice of background music! Our House & Return of The Los Palmos 7 by Madness.

    On the subject of Mortgages I had my broker over a couple of weeks ago as my discounted period ends soon. Looking at the standard rates after the discount ends, I asked him "Do people actually pay these rates?", to which he replied "You wouldn't believe how many". After seeing this series I can now see his point.

    Youreds!
  • Amba_Gambla
    Amba_Gambla Posts: 12,107 Forumite
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    i couldn't believe it.... they were paying for the internet but couldn't get on :eek:.....

    but how did they get on this site :confused:

    How can one survive without it :confused:
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