Spill the beans ... what's the most embarrassing MoneySaving thing you do?

jdp1970

notjustlaura wrote: »

I think there's a thread dedicated to this very question. Have a look for 'How much should you spend'.

Oh i didn't realise that...thank you for bringing this to my attention.

MarilynMonroe_2

jdp1970 wrote: »

So that's £216 a calendar month.

I spent £130 for me and my dog...but now I share the cost with my lodger (we go halves on food bill) and I spend £180 (so £90 each). That includes flowers, batteries, stamps, stationery as well as food, toiletries and cleaning stuff.

I should have added Its a bit more than it would be but I've got a broken finger so have been buying prepared food. It takes me an hour to peel potatoes otherwise, so I'm goign for convenience untill my fingers mended.

jdp1970

MarilynMonroe wrote: »

I should have added Its a bit more than it would be but I've got a broken finger so have been buying prepared food. It takes me an hour to peel potatoes otherwise, so I'm...


Thats still not bad..£216 a month.:)

MarilynMonroe_2

jdp1970 wrote: »

I came on here for advice on bidding sites...not to discuss the ethics of it etc etc

So apart from Ebay, can anyone tell me of there experience of using online auctions

right thread? or are you doing my trick?
QXL and ebid I tried in the past and ebay outdid them.. but I prefer Amazon these days,many a thing for a penny if you hunt enough!

punkpink

jdp1970 wrote: »

Thats amazingly good! £90 a month!!

Why thank you, though i do make a lot of meals to freeze, make my own sweet things etc (my oh has a very sweet tooth) an i do have to resist ading things into the trolley, which we have now manage to combat by ordering online (but only on a tuesday ).

However, it oes not include my wine buying habits, which can easily reach £30pm....oh the shame....:embarasse

givememoney

Slightly off topic a bit embarrasing but actually very satisfying.

This wasn't intentional but circumstances made it so. I even made a profit.

I went to Holland and Barrett and bought some slimming tea. It is very expensive £40 per bag of 30 tea bags.

Anyway they were doing an offer `buy one get one for 1p` so I did. I ended up with two packets of 30 tea bags (1 months supply) for £40.

I consummed this tea for one week. After that I abandoned it. It gave me raging diarrhoea and wind like you wouldn't believe.

I trundled back to H&B with one open packet and one unopened packet. The assistant said they could refund me the unopened one at £20 but not the other. Then she looked at the bill and questioned what had happened then realised one was charged at £39.99 and one at 1p. Quickly I said `the opened packet cost 1p and the full packet cost £39.99` she couldn't dispute it so gave me a refund of £39.99 for the unopened packet.

I kept the opened packet and sold the rest on ebay for £6.50 thereby making a small profit.;)

I am no thinner though:(
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MarilynMonroe_2

That was kind of cheeky of her really to try and refund you half the amount, cos it WAS 1 for 1p, not 2 for £20 each, so good on ya! x

narabanekeater

when printing out at home set your printer to 'draft or 'quick print' mode. Its still a good clear print but uses far less ink. This has saved me a lot of ink over the years

jdp1970

MarilynMonroe wrote: »

right thread? or are you doing my trick?
QXL and ebid I tried in the past and ebay outdid them.. but I prefer Amazon these days,many a thing for a penny if you hunt enough!

I did your trick! Wrong forum! LOL!
I can feel my cheeks burning now...:o

jdp1970

punkpink wrote: »

Why thank you, though i do make a lot of meals to freeze, make my own sweet things etc (my oh has a very sweet tooth) an i do have to resist ading things into the trolley, which we have now manage to combat by ordering online (but only on a tuesday ).

However, it oes not include my wine buying habits, which can easily reach £30pm....oh the shame....:embarasse

no shame in that...after all that you've saved on groceries, you deserve a treat!