Super Scrimpers

minniemaus1970

Maybe we should all remember that we weren't born wise and thrifty, we all made mistakes when we were young, and sometimes going to the foodbank isn't ALL about food, sometimes the food can be an excuse to speak to someone who won't judge them or tell them off for overspending this week.
Not everyone has a great family who will show support, and some people don't read well ( my partner has Dyslexia) so have to learn by talking to people and memorising. I only learned the last few years to be OldStyle.
Everyone has to start somewhere. And people on TV will be exaggerated for 'good viewing' and brand names have to be placed in view (sponsors!!) and it worked since we re all talking about it
MM x

SusanP_2

I really want to make the chocolate vodka as a present for birthday, but cannot see recipe anywhere??!!! Anyone know it, or where to find it. What's the point of showing it as an idea and then not showing or publishing recipe!?! HELP!!

faerie~spangles

SusanP wrote: »

I really want to make the chocolate vodka as a present for birthday, but cannot see recipe anywhere??!!! Anyone know it, or where to find it. What's the point of showing it as an idea and then not showing or publishing recipe!?! HELP!!

Using Mars Bars or Milky Ways

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Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Just watched the latest offering.

Good grief. I watched and wanted to find something that was a good idea.


If they're spending ten grand a year on booze, then they need medical help, not advice on how to get slaughtered for less. And the streets are full up of people who get tanked up on cheap stuff before they go out, fighting and puking their way around.

And it's all very well talking about how wonderful their future lives will be, but seriously? A record store? Those places that have all closed down (other than the one in Oxford) because a) people don't buy from them and b) people don't buy from them and c) people don't buy from them? The most important money advice there would be to actually tell him that his planned future is about as likely as becoming a professional footballer. Well, other than possibly setting up an ebay business in his Mum's shed. They could have drawn attention to the fact that at the car boots, the least likely things to be sold were the sad looking LPs.



Looking on the travel insurance claim. Very sad. But being treated for a chest infection at the time of booking is usually grounds for a claim being declined, as he was already unwell at the time of taking out the policy. The claim wasn't declined for having cancer, it was declined for being unwell at the time of booking. It's only been paid because the TV got involved. So the point of including that segment, I have no idea - that's more something for the old That's Life team or Watchdog.



I don't even watch the mechanic bloke - he doesn't know that much about mechanics - and what he does do is suggest that he was a complete cowboy. I wouldn't trust him to service a shopping trolley, never mind a motor.


No point faffing around with broken brooches and glue, the flower hairband they bought for this 'idea' will have come with a pin fastening on the back anyway for about £2.


The only person on there that makes sense is the woman with the nose piercing - and none of that is moneysaving in itself, it's crafting. Which is something completely different.


And somebody needs to tell the woman the she needs the next size up (or two) in slimming knickers. The pair she was wearing were far too small, which is why her belly was bulging out over the top of them in several of the shots.



I think I'll stick to here. Get the advice and info firsthand, instead of waiting for them to rip it off and get it wrong in the retelling of it.

natlie

I loved the blackboard table think that was last week but going to do that with my old coffee table - the kids will love it. But most advice on there is rubbish - I can't afford £50 on drink or £50 for my child's b'day party and definately cant afford a holiday the programme should be called scrimping if you have never scrimped before

I spend yesterday sewing scraps of fabric from ebay onto my daughters clothes (patchwork horses and owls etc) so they looked liked new clothes.

I would like to see advice on cooking on there - like making cheap meals - not foraging and the chocolate vodka would be good for presents but expensive again to buy ingredients - probably cheaper to buy chocolate vodka

will stick to MSE

PipneyJane

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Just watched the latest offering.

Good grief. I watched and wanted to find something that was a good idea.


If they're spending ten grand a year on booze, then they need medical help, not advice on how to get slaughtered for less. And the streets are full up of people who get tanked up on cheap stuff before they go out, fighting and puking their way around.

And it's all very well talking about how wonderful their future lives will be, but seriously? A record store? Those places that have all closed down (other than the one in Oxford) because a) people don't buy from them and b) people don't buy from them and c) people don't buy from them? The most important money advice there would be to actually tell him that his planned future is about as likely as becoming a professional footballer. Well, other than possibly setting up an ebay business in his Mum's shed. They could have drawn attention to the fact that at the car boots, the least likely things to be sold were the sad looking LPs.



Looking on the travel insurance claim. Very sad. But being treated for a chest infection at the time of booking is usually grounds for a claim being declined, as he was already unwell at the time of taking out the policy. The claim wasn't declined for having cancer, it was declined for being unwell at the time of booking. It's only been paid because the TV got involved. So the point of including that segment, I have no idea - that's more something for the old That's Life team or Watchdog.



I don't even watch the mechanic bloke - he doesn't know that much about mechanics - and what he does do is suggest that he was a complete cowboy. I wouldn't trust him to service a shopping trolley, never mind a motor.


No point faffing around with broken brooches and glue, the flower hairband they bought for this 'idea' will have come with a pin fastening on the back anyway for about £2.


The only person on there that makes sense is the woman with the nose piercing - and none of that is moneysaving in itself, it's crafting. Which is something completely different.


And somebody needs to tell the woman the she needs the next size up (or two) in slimming knickers. The pair she was wearing were far too small, which is why her belly was bulging out over the top of them in several of the shots.



I think I'll stick to here. Get the advice and info firsthand, instead of waiting for them to rip it off and get it wrong in the retelling of it.

I agree 100% with what you've just said. (Wish I can thank a post more than once.) My husband will tell you that he records it so that he can watch me spitting chips about some of the stupid ideas. Me? I think the show winds him up far more than it does me. :rotfl:

It's car-crash television masquerading as something useful. Reminds me of the rash of articles and TV slots that were around in 2009, each highlighting a family in similar circumstances, i.e. they'd bought their own home early in the property boom, borrowed against its ever-increasing-value and then lost the home in the credit crunch. "How dreadful! They're living in their car! It's all the fault of the banks!". Not once do they mention anything useful that might educate the readers/viewers, like budgetting, not using your home as a four sided credit card, etc, etc. Instead, it was just more and more hand-wringing. Now, if Superscrimpers took on one of those families and turned their lives around, that would make useful television.

(This article is typical although not completely illustrating my point. To side-track myself: why didn't she get off the ex's mortgage? While half their income was swallowed by the mortgage, where did the rest go? Budgetting???? The Mirror missed a trick or 10 here to educate their readers. Instead it's just more hand wringing.)

quintwins

PipneyJane wrote: »

(This article is typical although not completely illustrating my point. To side-track myself: why didn't she get off the ex's mortgage? While half their income was swallowed by the mortgage, where did the rest go? Budgetting???? The Mirror missed a trick or 10 here to educate their readers. Instead it's just more hand wringing.)

This is the stupidest thing i've ever read and most def not teh councils fault, if he takes home £1k he shoudl be able to pay his mortgage plenty of people live off £500 a month, and they have 2 small children so would get tax credits aswell, this is purely down to poor money management or debts in which case they got themselves in that situation. And making yoru kids sleep in a car when family would prob be more than happy to have them just don't have room for all of, just because you don't want to be split up makes my blood boil.

mmmsnow

I've said it before but I really loved Spendaholics. It was more about budgeting for everything rather than focusing on cutting down spending in one area.

Thanks, PipneyJane, for that interesting article. As you mentioned, it's more of a "look at these victims of the system" story rather than about their poor financial decisions and how to avoid them.

I would love to see more financial education in schools and I see Superscrimpers is a missed opportunity to educate. It's a mish mash of different shows and it doesn't have a clear message.

sophlowe45

Dont watch this TV show, but have to say fab post Jojo


"If they're spending ten grand a year on booze, then they need medical help, not advice on how to get slaughtered for less." :T

sleepybookworm7

Hi,

Did anyone jot down the recipe for mojitos on the last episode of Superscrimpers? Thought I'd remember it but it's gone!

Ta.