~*~ Thrifty Gifty Moneysaving Thread for Christmas and all Occasions 2012 ~*~

rufusdog52

I was just wondering whether any of you are on Tesco Mobile? I am still looking for a new deal for my phone. They have quite a good one if I can get a sim only contract, I went online to chat to an O2 rep who I am with at the moment and he was saying they use the o2 network but was trying to convince me I wouldnt get as good as coverage or customer service as if I was on o2. It would cost me quite a bit more per month though to stay with them and have the allowances that tesco are offering.

hollieinbloom

i was on Tesco, it was great coverage! i changed to virgin when i got a new phone, but wish i hadn't! i way prefered tesco and you also get clubcard points if your on contract! or even pay as you go! x

foxy219

I rang Sky not too long ago, said that V were offering a much better deal, they basically gave me a 25% discount for 12 months, so am paying £15 less than I was until November. It is definitely worth phoning them, but I think it depends who you speak to, and from previous experience and reading the Sky thread on here if they don't offer you anything and you go through to retentions and still end up cancelling they usually come back to you with a few days to spare with a deal, and if they don't then you just ring them and say you've changed your mind and although you won't be saving anything you won't be losing anything either. Does that make sense?

I've just sold my first fb item of the year so £3.50 in the tin. I also emptied my purse earlier and all the £1 coins went into the USA fund.

To all those who are up for the ebay challenge it is free listing weekend.
I have a couple of errands to run, now the washer man has been and fixed it (yay!) and when I come back I am going to do a bit of photographing and getting ready to do some listing on Sunday.

Still trying to get to grips with swag, missed that code yesterday :-(

joe_purdy

thanks for letting us know about the free listing weekend, typical im going away for the weekend! will have to try and do i sunday night when i get back

xmum2threex

I have not been around for a few days been super busy getting ready for my LO birthday. I am chuffed to say even with it being 10 days into new year thanks to the help of you lovely people all her presents and even baloons banners decorations etc are money neutral :j:jI couldnt believe it when I counted up what she got and most was from amazon vouchers which is a lifesaver atm hubby still has no job and car is still sitting outside broken

I have not really been doing any money making last few days I did a MS survey yesterday for 80 points but thats it. My email at work paid off since I sent in big manager has stepped in saying he knew something was up but as we all work from home it is so hard to monitor us all so he needs people to let him know what going on so in feb rota is changing big time :D

Going to concentrate on reviews today I have 2 waiting to go on DY once they accept my suggestions they have accepted 1 the only 1 I have not pre written typical lol xxx

hollieinbloom

Went to the charity shops on wednesday and got some really nice things for our home. I love old crockery (serving bowls and nice china teacups) and have decided to do a bit of sorting out. stuck a DVD on for Hollie so she can watch it while i'm tidying. Don't know why we bother having SKY. We have enough DVDs for her to be watching something different all day everyday..lol!.

haven't managed to do many surveys in the past few days. Opening up my business again on sunday. Had a nice Christmas break and now have to go back to reality and make money again, so on the sewing machine i go!

OOHHHH thanks for the tip for ebay free listings. I have a huge box of stuff i sorted to go on ebay. i have only added 5-6 items to ebay so far as it takes too long!

hope you all have a lovely day! xxxx

emmad5689

I haven't put anything on ebay yet as I wasn't sure if I should with a lot being summer stuff but I do have some bigger items which with a free listing weekend I will put on for a bit higher price and see if they sell, think i'll wait til next week now for the rest of my things as they would only be 99p items and with the influx a free listing weekend causes it wouldn't be worth it.

I have managed some rating, a referral to SP, written a review and had a £2 newvi*ta survey so that was nice. Got less than an hour until I have to go to work really cannot be bothered but needs must!!

Wonder how Nicky is doing baby could be here by now!

Savvybunny2009

Hi everyone, sorry haven't been around, stupid assignment although I am almost there with it now (yawn, sorry I must be boring you with that one by now!) but... we had some fantastic new today, we are moving house!! Much bigger than the place we have here so I am so excited, and relieved. So much to sort out, no idea how we are going to move all the appliances yet though :?

So in light of this I am so up for an ebay listing weekend as there is so much that to be honest we need to get rid of before the move so we are listing loads, and the money will help towards decorating dd's brand new room.

Sorry to sound so excited, if I don't tell someone I am going to burst, just did a mad cleaning dash around the house as we have someone around to sort the paperwork shortly and find out our moving date.

Hope Nicky is doing well, is she at the hospital now or was it later today. Hope there are/were no complications and she gets to meet her little one soon xxx

elysia2003

Michelle - I hope you're ok hun and that it's nothing bad you've got to see doc about.

Well done Emma - I've had two NV surveys this week - I hadn't had one for ages.

Hollie - what is it you make? Do you have a blog? I've not had time to look. I love home made stuff, please let us know.

Joe - Where you off to nice?

Mum2three - well done on getting work sorted and a money neutral birthday for LO. Elysia's birthday is soon too. I just have to wrap it all up.

Foxy - well done on Sky. £15 a month is fab news. We're with virgin, on the basic plan, so no hope for us haggling cheaper.

Rufus - sorry hun - we're all on Orange. We find it's better for us.

ETA; Sorry Savvy I must have been typing. WOW that's fab news. Another good start to the new year, and you know what they say New house, new baby. It could be your turn, this time next year.

emmad5689

Savvybunny2009 wrote: »

Hi everyone, sorry haven't been around, stupid assignment although I am almost there with it now (yawn, sorry I must be boring you with that one by now!) but... we had some fantastic new today, we are moving house!! Much bigger than the place we have here so I am so excited, and relieved. So much to sort out, no idea how we are going to move all the appliances yet though :?

So in light of this I am so up for an ebay listing weekend as there is so much that to be honest we need to get rid of before the move so we are listing loads, and the money will help towards decorating dd's brand new room.

Sorry to sound so excited, if I don't tell someone I am going to burst, just did a mad cleaning dash around the house as we have someone around to sort the paperwork shortly and find out our moving date.

Hope Nicky is doing well, is she at the hospital now or was it later today. Hope there are/were no complications and she gets to meet her little one soon xxx

Congrats hunni xx