The UltimateGuide to Penny Pinching

Hardup_Hester

I watched this programme & I also wondered where she got all the coupons from, I don't think it was made clear, may be, as someone else said she buys a lot of magazines. As for the free lunch, she helped run that lunch every month I think, so probably felt that she was making a contribution that way. Whenever I have done charity events like this the helpers have never been expected to pay. Again she did say she couldn't do it if she worked full time & however much she saved on food I can't see it making the difference between a part time wage & a full time wage
With the road kill man & the couple with the little boy, I'd be worried about the cost of petrol used by looking for the roadkill & driving from supermarket to supermarket. The nearest supermarkets to me are 3 to 5 miles away & all in different directions.
We got married in June this year, we spent £400 on everthing & we had beer, wine & champagne, I made the food, bunting, my dress etc.
Hester

lilac_lady

There's a fine line between money saving and meaness and a couple of the people on the programme cross IMO.

Doing a charity lunch then boasting that she had a free one, taking horrible burgers and feeding them to her family who didn't like them and the bride happy to have no alcohol but hoping that other people would buy it for them - not my idea of moneysaving, just meaness.

The couple with the boy and the bubbles showed the way for moneysaving, rather than meaness at other people's expense.

lola34

I thought it was interesting but in a sense nothing new that us on here don't already do to some extent (apart from the roadkill- though think hubby will be a bit dubious next time I serve up a casserole:D)

The couple going round with the little boy I think you have to weigh up the pros and cons of going from one supermarket to the other the saving would have to be a decent one especially if you're driving - just hope the future they're saving for is a good one -good luck to them, in fact to them all, I also agree with the vouchers though, I thought Mr T's especially cut back on the amount of vouchers and ones orinted off at home, the SA though looked quite cheery when she started scanning the vouchers and at the end looked a tad miserable.:p

marmiterulesok

I understood when watching the programme that the coupon woman supplied all the food at the charity event.So if she didn't give any money herself to the charity,it seems pretty generous (though I realise she probably paid next to nothing for the food).

I don't see the point of buying food that nobody likes,just because it's free.Also why buy rubbish (like the microwave burgers)-for the same reason?

She didn't seem to buy much fresh food (fruit and veg) and seemed to rely on ready meals too much for my liking.

As for roadkill man,he said he made the rounds every day,so in theory,everything he finds has been there for less than 24 hours.I couldn't do what he does (I'm a vegetarian)but admire him for doing it.

I admire the young couple who had a low-cost wedding.If spending about 25 grand on your wedding is the norm ie starting off your married life in debt,it's just ridiculous.

JayJay14

jd1000 wrote: »

Does anyone know what the app was that the guy was using on his android phone to price compare?

It's mysupermarket - I have it for my iphone, not used it yet though as am not shopping much at the moment. I think it's quite new - I only have it because I saw it on the adds for the programme last week.

bramble1

I wasn't massively impressed with program i must admit, OH hated it. Although he did say afterwards. Our food budget is now £50 but i don't want to see a drop in the amount of food we get! haha.

Road kill - we both agreed as long as it's fresh there is nowt wrong with that. This guy should follow OH around during harvest season, he'd have a field day.

the coupons just seemed to be taken to the total extreme in the instance if she didn't like the product she'd get it anyway. That seems wasteful to me, if you weren't going to get it in the first place, why bother? I did wonder why the kids where fed pizza and she cooked a whole fresh packet of chicken just for her and her OH. Wouldn't it have made more money sense to bulk that up with more veg and feed everyone that?

Murtle

marmiterulesok wrote: »

I understood when watching the programme that the coupon woman supplied all the food at the charity event.So if she didn't give any money herself to the charity,it seems pretty generous (though I realise she probably paid next to nothing for the food).

I don't see the point of buying food that nobody likes,just because it's free.Also why buy rubbish (like the microwave burgers)-for the same reason?

She didn't seem to buy much fresh food (fruit and veg) and seemed to rely on ready meals too much for my liking.

As for roadkill man,he said he made the rounds every day,so in theory,everything he finds has been there for less than 24 hours.I couldn't do what he does (I'm a vegetarian)but admire him for doing it.

I admire the young couple who had a low-cost wedding.If spending about 25 grand on your wedding is the norm ie starting off your married life in debt,it's just ridiculous.

She did provide the food...but took the money back for it!

I think that's the point to me of the wedding though, any amount is fine so long as it doesn't mean starting married life in debt. So to me if you want to spend £25,000 and have saved up for it, go right ahead!

System

Gigervamp wrote: »

Do LVs have barcodes on them now? I remember when I worked on checkouts years ago that I would inwardly groan when presented with books of them, as you had to count them all out and add it up in your head to make sure there was the amount stated on the book.

I saw the programme advertised the other night and thought it looked interesting.

they do have bar codes but they are very temperamental some work some don't.

you can get vouchers from a site called "beforeishop" ive got a few from them.

marmiterulesok

Murtle wrote: »

She did provide the food...but took the money back for it!

I think that's the point to me of the wedding though, any amount is fine so long as it doesn't mean starting married life in debt. So to me if you want to spend £25,000 and have saved up for it, go right ahead!

Well,if she provided the food,but then took the money back (even though she probably paid nothing for the food anyway)-it
doesn't seem right.
You've made a fair point,that if you've got the money to afford to have an expensive wedding,then by all means,that's fine...

ninnoodle

I don't think she should be expected to donate the money. If it wasn't for her and all her work getting the offers and vouchers and getting the bill down to only £15 to feed that many people, they would be left with a huge food bill. Should she be expected to put the money in if the bill came to £100? Plus she was the one putting on the lunch and working for the charity. I think she deserved a 'free' lunch after all that. It really annoys me that after all the work she seemed to have put in for this, people are still tutting about not paying for her lunch.