All the small things - tell me what you have done to be MF today

dipashah

great tip unhappy shopper!

curlygirl - any more details about the nectar validating offers before you go?on their website?

just got £40 Onepoll redemption after waiting weeks to get last survey!

also got £10 maximiles voucher for supermarket

and £15 amazon voucher through toluna

charging phone at work, packed lunch from leftovers, coupons to use on grocery shop and a couple of sales of junk from around the house on ebay!

curlygirl1971

unhappy_shopper wrote: »

Hi Curlygirl,

To reach the target spend-amount on any particular month, what I do is buy Sains*/Tes* giftcard and use the GC for the later months when you have already exceeded your CC threshold. HTH.

Fan-freaking-tastic idea! Most months I hit it without much of a problem and then once I have I switch over to my Tesco Credit Card and start earning clubcard points. Anyway if next week, it's obvious I'm not going to make it, then I will definitely do this - Thanks very much

Dipashah - Just been on the Nectar Website. From the home page if you scroll down you will see 'My bonus offers' and some of the one's I activate on my iphone are in there - so in other words you don't need a smart phone for them.

However downloading their App which is "Available for iPhone™, iPod Touch™, Android™ and Nokia™" Does give you access to some other nectar offers. Nothing tremendously exciting but now and again something I am going to buy anyway - a couple of weeks ago there were 300 points for buying Smoked Mackerel. That's probably the best one I've had. Others that are available at the moment are:-

60 points for KindWash 750ml
40 points for Pre Wash stain remover 500ml
120 bonus points for spending over £30
1000 bonus points for Car Insurance
200 points for any Douwe Egberts Coffee
150 points for Sare for Women 250ml

....so apart from the £30 spend nothing there for me this time.

So when I'm going to shop in Sainsburys, I check the app and 'activate' the offers I want. They get added to your Nectar account in a few days after the shop.

If you have a smart phone then you should also consider downloading the mysupermarket.com app which allows you to scan barcodes and compare prices.

dipashah

Thanks curlygirl! I will be downloading the apps (once i get home and can do it for free using wifi rather then the current 3G!)

MoneyMission

Some very small ones today:

1. Used a credit voucher for Smarks and Pencers to buy new underwear!
2. I've also one of their 0% credit cards at the moment that I'm using to stooze (get me!) and they'd sent me a voucher for a free greetings card so I bagged that at the same time.
3. Have managed to get both small people who reside in this house to go on a tea date tonight so no food for them needed!

Happy Friday everyone.

curlygirl1971

Nothing really for me today although I've just had 2 NSDs on the run - quite an achievement for me!

You Gov survey
Need to get my MPG back under control
Considering going buying a load of stamps tomorrow

cod3

I love this thread! I read it in bed in the mornings to get my moneysaving brain into gear for the day

I have a question so have come out of lurking to ask you hardcore, friendly folk...

Yesterday my boss asked me to buy him some stuff on Amazon (£250 worth). Could I have signed in via the Nectar site and trousered the points? Would this work and is it ok to do so? He wouldn't mind. Thanks for any advice

curlygirl1971

Welcome Cod! Hope you remain de-lurked

Yes you can do that but there are some exemptions so it might be that you wouldn't earn points on the whole basket value

Have a great day


Errrr just to point out that I'm not the Nectar Guru

unhappy_shopper

cod3 wrote: »

Yesterday my boss asked me to buy him some stuff on Amazon (£250 worth). Could I have signed in via the Nectar site and trousered the points? Would this work and is it ok to do so? He wouldn't mind. Thanks for any advice

Yes, you could via Nectar for the Nectar points. For ebay, go through Boots Treat Street for Boots Advantage points. I think there is even 250 points for Boots referral. HTH.

cod3

Thanks! I must remember to log in next time

I am having some zen time here lol trying to remember the pin number of an old bank account. Reckon there may be 8 quid in it if I can remember the bloomin pin! Wish me luck.

gallygirl

cod3 wrote: »

Thanks! I must remember to log in next time

I am having some zen time here lol trying to remember the pin number of an old bank account. Reckon there may be 8 quid in it if I can remember the bloomin pin! Wish me luck.

Try 6329