Money saving Ideas!!

marsden_pete

hi iv been looking around and seen a few ways different people are saving money and this has got me inspired to sort me debt out!
Can people list below JUST there ideas so all theses ideas are in onle place to help people and to save time so we dont have to trual through hundreds of posts to finds these brill ideas.

THANKS

domestic_goddess

Great idea

I'll start... My moneysaving advice would be for those who can't give up SKY to call them to discuss cancelling and see what offers they give you to stay with them..... I got half price for 3 months and some poeple have got better than that!

Worth a go

domestic_goddess

Also register with quidco and change your gas/elec/car ins/home ins to cheqper providers and get cash back for doing it. I just changed my car insurance through them and got a quote that was about £50 a year cheaper and I got a £100 cashback for going through quidco.

marsden_pete

i taken up running at night and have signed up to do reading 1/2 marthon, this not only gets me out the house and freash air for a hour a night, gets me fit, also raises some money for charity, BUT most of all keeps me out the pub (SPENDING MONEY) and it FREE

adypem

Mine isn't so much a Money saving idea, more a time saving ideas....

The following post contains loads of useful moneysaving tips and ideas

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=47180

I'll second sickofhavingnomoney in the phone sky to reduce your tv outgoings.

adypem

Another one I would like to add, is we have just changed to doing our shopping online with tesco's. This has reduced our weekly shopping bill and has stopped impulse buys.
If you are going to try this, then remember to have a look on the vouchers board for tesco's vouchers

WISHIWASRICH_2

- Old Style Cooking
- No take aways
- No ready meals
- Eat out less
- Cut down on drinking
- Stop smoking
- no cleaners/ gardeners/ ironers
- No unnecessary clothes (make do with what you've got)
- Ladies- cut down on the make-up (make do with what you've got)
- BUT NEVER scrimp on a hair Cut;)
- Careful with the phone, heating & elecy
- Make sure presents are what people want
- Careful with the da Books and Cds (buy 2nd hand if poss)
- Stop buying mags
- Get rid of your car If you Can!
- DON't Privately Educate your children - the State sector is good
- ALWAYS PLAN AHEAD
- MAKE YOURSELF A SPREAD SHEET AND CONFESS YOUR SINS EVERYDAY
- GET THE BEST RATES ON MORTGAGES & LOANS


AND NEVER, EVER TURN INTO A MEANEY - BE MEAN WITH YOURSELF NOT OTHERS;)

:money:

immoral_angeluk

IF you're in the position to cancel your mobile phone contract (If you have one) call them up and say you're thinking of cancelling. I was given £10 off my line rental (So £6!) for 12 months as well as £75 free credit on my bill so I won't actually be paying for my mobile until next year (I'm not going to waste my credit!).

mennie

* Go fruit picking

• Use Cheap hair conditioner instead of shaving foam

• Go to the supermarket at 3pm on a Sunday as they are pricing everything down.

• Sign up to every supermarket/shop/petrol loyalty card going even if you don’t use it very often it costs you nothing.

• Save the £1 stamps for xmas so that your xmas shop doesn’t blow your budget.

• Try and buy in bulk and even split the bill with your friends when things are BOGOF

• When buying loose Fruit and vegetable check it doesn’t have too much excess weight i.e. stalks, leaves, skin etc. Don’t use a bag this adds as much as 1p every time.

• Check out fixture ferrets for the latest BOGOFs

• Pad mince out with peas, sweet corn, lentils, barley and oatmeal.

• Try the value ranges.

• Use cheap bath foam to fill your hand soap dispenser.

• Don’t go shopping hungry

• Meal plan for the week and stick to a rigid list

• Go around with a calculator

• Make your own soups with veg that is on the turn and freeze.

• Use shredded paper for Hamster bedding

• When staying in hotels always take all the coffee, sugar, tea toiletries. They are included in your stay.

• Grow your own herbs on your kitchen windowsill. A bag of seeds is the same price as a packet of fresh herbs – or take cuttings from a friend

* Always cut Cleaning cloths and Make up remover wipes in half

* Cut open all tubes when they are finished to get the last bits out.

WISHIWASRICH_2

Great stuff mennie :money:

- Turn everything off standby
- Never leave a room without thinking is there anything in there costing me money
- Buy Energy saving lightbulbs (Argos have them on offer)
- Dry clothes outside
- Use the dishwasher as little as poss
- Never throw away food
- Save Airmiles, Boots , Tesco, Nectar, etc points
- Walk whenever poss
- Don't waste money over insuring
- don't buy too many clothes for the kids they grow out of them quickly

:rolleyes:

domestic_goddess

mennie wrote:

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• When buying loose Fruit and vegetable check it doesn’t have too much excess weight i.e. stalks, leaves, skin etc. Don’t use a bag this adds as much as 1p every time.

Oh my god I thought it was just us that did that.... My husband snaps the stalks of brocolli to cut down on the price!