Great 'Embarrassing MoneySaving tips' Hunt

BatOutOfhell

savingqueen wrote: »

kids are already trained at 4 & 6 to retrieve "shiny good luck" pennies from the ground for their piggy banks. they get quite a few.

I thought this was just a thing my husband did!!! I am always REALLY embarrassed when we are out in town and he and the kids are all walking along looking at the pavement..... but actually they get quite a lot saved up this way and we let them keep it for their holiday.

jue

I too reuse gift bags, but have to my shame had pointed out this year that one of the bags reused for christmas this year was used for the year 2001 !! So I've now ordered some new ones in the M+S sale LOL
My DH and I re use our christmas cards to each other too LOL.

stilernin

jue wrote: »

I too reuse gift bags, but have to my shame had pointed out this year that one of the bags reused for christmas this year was used for the year 2001 !! So I've now ordered some new ones in the M+S sale LOL
My DH and I re use our christmas cards to each other too LOL.

I don't think that you should feel any shame about reusing a perfectly good gift bag.
Howeverm if the gift was recognised after 9 years I might blush a little.

stilernin

jue wrote: »

I too reuse gift bags, but have to my shame had pointed out this year that one of the bags reused for christmas this year was used for the year 2001 !! So I've now ordered some new ones in the M+S sale LOL
My DH and I re use our christmas cards to each other too LOL.

I don't think that you should feel any shame about reusing a perfectly good gift bag.
However if the gift was recognised after 9 years I might blush a little.

FatVonD

My mum cuts up old flannelette sheets (she has 2 local house clearers who keep them for her) into squares, machines the edges and sells them (and gifts them) as dusters!

pupsicola

ivorysky wrote: »

There's no need to buy sandwich bags as the supermarkets give them away for free in the fruit & veg aisles

:beer: Id never thought of that, what a good idea :beer:

flipper_2010

pupsicola wrote: »

:beer: Id never thought of that, what a good idea :beer:

I use them as dog poo bags :rotfl: but don't get them mixed up!

Gers

jue wrote: »

I too reuse gift bags, but have to my shame had pointed out this year that one of the bags reused for christmas this year was used for the year 2001 !! So I've now ordered some new ones in the M+S sale LOL
My DH and I re use our christmas cards to each other too LOL.

I managed to give a friend of mine a present in the same gift bag that she gave me last year :rotfl::rotfl: she recognised it :rotfl: and just laughed. Think I may be getting it back next year.

Nothing embarassing about anything here, just basic cannyness!

Primrose

Gers wrote: »

I managed to give a friend of mine a present in the same gift bag that she gave me last year :rotfl::rotfl: she recognised it :rotfl: and just laughed. Think I may be getting it back next year.

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Imitation is the best form of flattery !

Just_Plain_Jane

ceridwen wrote: »

Interested to know what the difference is between a used stamp that has been franked (ie the Post Office can see its been used) and a used stamp that hasnt been franked (ie the Post Office cant see its been used)???

Either way - its BEEN used and therefore cannot be used again. As an earlier poster said - what one is paying for is the "service" provided by that stamp whilst the letter its on is on a journey and ends up getting delivered by the Post Office.

So - either way - its theft. Sorry - I know its not what you wish to hear - but it IS the case.

Personally what surprises me most is someone putting their name to admitting theft on a public forum - so that everyone can see it and think "Right - Emstick14 - duly noted" and some people might know who you are ITRW. You just dont know if x years down the line the person you had just applied to for a job had realised who Emstick14 is back in 2010 and then when they saw you applying for a job/rental accommodation/etc remembered that post and didnt give it to you because of it.

Someone only has to tell me once about a very minor theft and if I can see its the truth - then that person will never get anything out of me ever again. A lot of us are glad of the "warning" as to what someone is like...

How draconian. She's re-used a few stamps, not robbed a post office at gunpoint. Lighten up.