Super Scrimpers

Pollycat

mum26 wrote: »

I want Alvin Hall back on TV!

Even my kids roll their eyes and tut at Superscrimpers.

Me too!

I thought Alvin was great!

I've not seen the last 2 episodes (but they are recorded) but some of the ideas are plainly bonkers from a money-saving perspective.
A woman was showing how to make home made pesto. By the time you have foraged for your wild garlic, bought the pine nuts, oil (she said a mugfull! :eek:), you could have bought a jar of pesto cheaper.

And the woman who was making earrings for free - no mention of the cost of the earring wires or feathers. I certainly don't have feathers like that hanging around my house.

I also thought the item on selling unwanted gold was a bit iffy.
They mentioned some postal sites but didn't give a warning that some of these websites are not as honest as they should be.

And Mr Wallop didn't pack much of a wallop, imho.
The so-called savvy woman in the energy bill segment had signed up to change her supplier to a cold-caller on her doorstep.

Not my definition of savvy, dear. :cool:

cjez_2

I'm starting to like this series again. Knew I would eventually!:D
Some ideas are pants and some are good which is no difference to previous series. I liked the chalkboard table.

maman

pollypenny wrote: »

I find SS pathetically basic - not buy forwigh currency at the airport, checking luggage in on-line?

Granny and eggs come to mind. :mad:

I flicked through the programme tonight before erasing. I find it's the best way as then you can ffwd through the stupid/boring bits.

What I found amazing that anyone would think of taking their car to a airport on spec without booking parking!! It would be a very expensive trip if you missed the flight!

quintwins

still not on 4od

jumblejack

quintwins wrote: »

still not on 4od

ggrrrrr.....

Justamum

quintwins wrote: »

still not on 4od

I e-mailed them. They said they're having trouble uploading it.

PipneyJane

hardpressed wrote: »

That girl who does the sewing needs to learn what she's talking about. She was saying to sew hems up with slip stitch and then was shown doing herringbone stitch.

What really gets me is the ignorance of the contributors. First, we have the girl mentioned above by Hardpressed then, in last week's episode (watched on Sunday), we have that silly jewelry woman calling a PLASTIC PEARL a "diamante"! :eek: If that was a diamante, woman, then I'm a millionnaire.

Perhaps I'm in a minority, but I don't miss the sewing woman from the earlier series. Her only real skill was self-marketing because her sewing skills were actually pretty poor, if her tips were anything to go by. I particularly remember her lesson about hemming. Yes, you can use a sewing machine to sew up a hem, but you don't use regular straight stitch to do it, as she did; you use herringbone (aka "hem stitch") which will give you an almost invisible hem.

Seriously, can't they get contributors who know what they're talking about?

cyclingyorkie

mum26 wrote: »

I want Alvin Hall back on TV!

Even my kids roll their eyes and tut at Superscrimpers.

Second the Alvin Hall comment - now there was a man who knew what he was talking about!

mmmsnow

PipneyJane wrote: »

we have that silly jewelry woman calling a PLASTIC PEARL a "diamante"! :eek: If that was a diamante, woman, then I'm a millionnaire.

She called it a rhinestone. I'm not particularly crafty or jewellery savvy but I knew it was a plastic pearl . Surely someone would correct her while they were filming?

Dark_Star

I liked a canadian programme called "Til Debt do us part" presented by Gail Vax Oxlade. It's from 2005...& still going..

http://www.slice.ca/shows/showspage.aspx?title_id=93097

Drat - not be able to view over here via link though. May lurk somewhere on Sky one day again.

She would take a family in debt, give them a talking to (i.e. in x years you'll have a gazillion dollars in debt - pull yourselves together).

She would sit down & shock horror do a BUDGET with them.

Take away the credit & atm cards

Bung the budgted money in jars or tins so when the petrol money was gone - it was gone !

That had useful stuff in (if you ignore the fact it's in Canada)

Liked Alvin Hall & Spendaholics too