Super Scrimpers

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Rockporkchop wrote: »

Not really money saving but the other night's show had a tip about putting neat shampoo on bird poop on your car to make it easier to clean off. I tried this today on a car that was completely pebble dashed with pigeon poop and was astonished at how well it worked. Apart from that I haven't been very impressed with this series so far.

Come on, soap always cleans up !!!!. You didn't really need a TV programme to tell you that, did you?

PasturesNew

Rockporkchop wrote: »

Not really money saving but the other night's show had a tip about putting neat shampoo on bird poop on your car to make it easier to clean off. I tried this today on a car that was completely pebble dashed with pigeon poop and was astonished at how well it worked. Apart from that I haven't been very impressed with this series so far.

Cheers for that ..... I'll try that - I've got a !!!!!!!' car full of it I have been trying to ignore!

What do you do next? Rub it in? Wait? I've no hose/water, nor a bucket.... so would only be able to rinse it off using the washing up bowl. Would that work? Or should I wait until there's a storm weather warning?

PasturesNew

I watch super scrimpers in amazement at the lifestyles the people who are genuinely interested must have..... it's a world away from the life I live. Probably, on balance, if I watched a whole series there might be 1-2 small tips of relevance. Rest are middle class, over-spenders', tosh.

How to make your pony blankets last longer anybody?
Keeping your £300 shoes looking shiny longer for tuppence?

Bogof_Babe

166million wrote: »

I stopped watching it - the tips like 'brightening up your cushions' by sticking a load of glittery things on annoyed me.
How about I don't do that, then I've saved even more money that I would have spent on glue and glittery things?

The other night they showed us how to tart up a "pair of old trainers" by sticking sparkly things on the fronts. The trainers looked like they had just been lifted off a sports shop's shelves - not a mark or sign of wear on them. They looked quite tacky after the glue and sequins exercise. Possibly suitable for a bling-loving 16-year-old, but not for the majority of women.

I find the whole thing very patronising and annoying. Only see bits of it by accident nowadays.

Bogof_Babe

PasturesNew wrote: »

I watch super scrimpers in amazement at the lifestyles the people who are genuinely interested must have..... it's a world away from the life I live. Probably, on balance, if I watched a whole series there might be 1-2 small tips of relevance. Rest are middle class, over-spenders', tosh.

How to make your pony blankets last longer anybody?
Keeping your £300 shoes looking shiny longer for tuppence?

A microcosm of the state of the nation these days . Completely removed from reality and self-control.

pricew1970

PasturesNew wrote: »

I watch super scrimpers in amazement at the lifestyles the people who are genuinely interested must have..... it's a world away from the life I live. Probably, on balance, if I watched a whole series there might be 1-2 small tips of relevance. Rest are middle class, over-spenders', tosh.

How to make your pony blankets last longer anybody?
Keeping your £300 shoes looking shiny longer for tuppence?

Are only benefits scoungers allowed to try and be careful with money then ...or are the "middle class" tax payers allowed to join in....:rotfl:

optimistic-mummy

i used to love superscrimpers when we first had our own place .... now tbh i think most of it is common sense or just c*ap information

maman

PasturesNew wrote: »

I watch super scrimpers in amazement at the lifestyles the people who are genuinely interested must have..... it's a world away from the life I live. Probably, on balance, if I watched a whole series there might be 1-2 small tips of relevance. Rest are middle class, over-spenders', tosh.

How to make your pony blankets last longer anybody?
Keeping your £300 shoes looking shiny longer for tuppence?

I admit that I haven't really watched this series but I saw the last one and the 'recycled' one that was on a while ago. I certainly wouldn't call many of the participants middle class. The one family that stick in my mind were the ones that wasted a phenomenal amount just shoving stuff in their trolley. I remember she tried her hand at cooking and it looked revolting. Then they went out for a meal on a budget which seemed to be just carp and a complete waste of money even if it was cheap.

Honey_Bear

Redlady..... wrote: »

Totally agree with you WS. I've been complaining for ages that with all the channels we now have none of them show ordinary everyday crafters showing us how to do things cheaply and easy. Even the home style type programmes now are all about knocking down and building, renovating and restoration.

What happened to Change That, Changing Rooms etc...

I've said on here before I'd like to see a Martha Stewart type show on our screens. From what I can make out she covers most homemaking subjects.

It's called You Tube. I've learned how to do all of the things I wanted to teach myself via the Tube of You. I find television filming so odd nowadays that it's become unwatchable. Directors seem to think that we like things out of focus (duh?) and then they show us the presenter's talking head while their hands are doing the thing we actually tuned in to watch them doing. Can't be !!!!!d with the professionals luvving themselves making nonsense frou frou programmes any more, including the appalling SuperScrimpers - I'd rather watch amateurs who genuinely want to share 'How to ...' tips with people.

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Bogof_Babe wrote: »

The other night they showed us how to tart up a "pair of old trainers" by sticking sparkly things on the fronts. The trainers looked like they had just been lifted off a sports shop's shelves - not a mark or sign of wear on them. They looked quite tacky after the glue and sequins exercise. Possibly suitable for a bling-loving 16-year-old, but not for the majority of women.

I find the whole thing very patronising and annoying. Only see bits of it by accident nowadays.

I thought that as well I didn't think that they were that 'old' at all and I certainly would want to stick sparkly bits on unless I were perhaps 7 years old myself