Super Scrimpers

bravobeastie

Yes it was washing up liquid

Miss_Purple_Hat

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/superscrimpers-waste-not-want-not/articles/scrimping-tips-week-2

All the tips are included on the channel 4 site every week. The one you're looking for is on the page I've given the link to above. It's washing up liquid and a safety pin.

nat21luv

I love SS, even though some of it is a bit out there. I do however have a few niggles with the show. The old dear that uses ingredients for cleaning-surely it really isnt that much cheaper, if at all? I use tesco own brand of polish for a mere 30p a bottle, lasts me months while she's polishing away using olive oil! White vinegar isnt cheap either and she uses it like theres no tomorrow. My other gripe is with the girl who 'cleaned' the suede shoes....but actually looked no better for it. In the backround there is a picture with yellow material on it. I did laugh when I spotted it, I have that material in the shape of a very expensive dress! I thought the show was about saving/making money so why on earth did she butcher a beautiful dress(if I do say so myself ) instead of ebaying it?! I do like that guy who did the strawberry thing, really loved his tip to use the olive oil left over in antipasti jars as a salad dressing.

MMP is getting on my nerves though, her hat reminds me of 'The Mask'! Hope theres a new series soon with some new faces replacing some of the more...um...useless ones

quintwins

it is superscrimpers, maybe she got the dress in a charity shop or maybe it was tained/damaged, or maybe she got some factory cut offs from where ever the dress was made

PipneyJane

Did anyone watch this week's "special"? We recorded it and I caught up on Thursday night. What an absolute waste of an hour of television! Nothing new was added. Nothing helpful or useful. I think they dragged in some tips from the first series, but that was about it.

Perhaps we should start a writing campaign to the BBC to get them to repeat Bank of Mum and Dad and Alvin Hall's Your Money or Your Life? God knows, they're missing a trick. (Maybe they think they did money saving to death back at the start of the Noughties?)

Living_proof

PipneyJane wrote: »

Did anyone watch this week's "special"? We recorded it and I caught up on Thursday night. What an absolute waste of an hour of television! Nothing new was added. Nothing helpful or useful. I think they dragged in some tips from the first series, but that was about it.

Perhaps we should start a writing campaign to the BBC to get them to repeat Bank of Mum and Dad and Alvin Hall's Your Money or Your Life? God knows, they're missing a trick. (Maybe they think they did money saving to death back at the start of the Noughties?)

I thoroughly agree. Whatever they did in the noughties certainly didn't hit the spot though, did it, with the population as a whole, and hence the terrific debt which piled up then and since. The SS content was pretty p**s poor when it was first screened and nothing in it was worth a repeat. It's almost as though the TV companies think that this sort of subject matter can't be taken seriously and has to be vacuous in order to be entertaining.
I feel sure that there will be another programme with a money-saving theme shortly, but I sincerely hope it will do more than stimulate debate, which is all SS seems to have done.

taplady

PipneyJane wrote: »

Did anyone watch this week's "special"? We recorded it and I caught up on Thursday night. What an absolute waste of an hour of television! Nothing new was added. Nothing helpful or useful. I think they dragged in some tips from the first series, but that was about it.

Perhaps we should start a writing campaign to the BBC to get them to repeat Bank of Mum and Dad and Alvin Hall's Your Money or Your Life? God knows, they're missing a trick. (Maybe they think they did money saving to death back at the start of the Noughties?)

bank of mum and dad is quite often repeated on one of the sky channels. I'd love to see Alvin Halls series again though!

Thought the "special" was a waste of time as we'd seen it all before although I was interested in the bits showing how some of the families had got on over time.

anguk

PipneyJane wrote: »

Did anyone watch this week's "special"? We recorded it and I caught up on Thursday night. What an absolute waste of an hour of television! Nothing new was added. Nothing helpful or useful. I think they dragged in some tips from the first series, but that was about it.

Perhaps we should start a writing campaign to the BBC to get them to repeat Bank of Mum and Dad and Alvin Hall's Your Money or Your Life? God knows, they're missing a trick. (Maybe they think they did money saving to death back at the start of the Noughties?)

I haven't watched this series of Superscrimpers but I did watch the "special" and I feel like I haven't missed much, it's a bit same old, same old. I remembered the couples from last series and it's nice to see they've made changes, especially the woman who spent thousands on Christmas!

I can understand that the show may be helpful for people who are just having a lightbulb moment now and don't have a clue where to start but it's not very helpful for those already cutting back. And I do think some of the advice is way off especially as the show is supposed to be about scrimping, sometimes their solutions are more expensive than shop bought.

I know the show is more entertainment than educational but I do wish we could have something like Alvin Hall's Money or your life, that was a great show. And MMP drives me mad, I can't help feeling that the purple coat, orange hat and bike are nothing more than a brand.

rosie383

Miss_Purple_Hat wrote: »

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/superscrimpers-waste-not-want-not/articles/scrimping-tips-week-2

All the tips are included on the channel 4 site every week. The one you're looking for is on the page I've given the link to above. It's washing up liquid and a safety pin.

Thank you very much for saving me having to sit through another episode! It turns out it's not what we need anyway as ours isn't a 'frozen' lock due to cold, more of a 'stuck' lock, due to whatever sticks locks!:D

hannah01

Does anyone know the name of the hostel which was featured in series 2 episode 4?