Extreme Money Saving things you have done!

calleyw

lostinrates wrote: »

DH and I don't use heating (or really hardly ever).

I was very ill a few years ago and had loads of funny symptoms, and my DH has psoariasis. One of my doctors suggested it might help BOTH of us to try turning of the central heating. We sufered for a couple of weeks, but it is surprising how quickly one adjusts. If I do get bitterly cold it means I'm not busy enough, lol. Ironing is the best cure for that, but really, any vigourous house work is good, or a brisk walk.

I don't think it is extreme moneysaving as it due to health reason and not being tight.

I prefer on the cooler side and all year round have my bedroom window on the latch.

I have to go to the other way as my husband is home a lot and finds the cold so have to have the heating on a lot during the winter. But he did buy thermal t-shirts to help out for spring and autumn.

Yours

Calley

Slinky

I run my own magazine publishing business. We stuff leaflets in the magazines and put elastic bands round 20 of them to help when we're delivering them. Was running out of the freeby elastic bands which previous printers had put round the mags, my Dad suggested the abandoned Post Office red ones, but we found they were too strong. Dad now scours the streets for red laccy bands, carefully slices them into 3 for me which means they stretch further and do the job I need them to.

lemontart

clipboard2 wrote: »

Amusement Arcades are perfect for picking up winnings missed and left behind by the punters. I've found an average arcade "haul" is about 50p-£3!
Keep your eyes down and peeled as you walk around!

Most lucrative tend to be the "penny (or 10p!) falls type of machine...where the player scoops up their winnings...and often leaves a 10p (or 3!) behind in the dish. Too distracted feeding winnings back into machine I guess!


Great fun on a rainy day at the seaside! CB2X

glad to know I not the only one that does this, along with using tea bags up to 3 times filling the drinks bottle with water at work at end of day to make my evening cuppas not to mention making sure I use the facilities so to say before I leave, I always charge my phone in the car en route to work and also a lantern I have that I can do that with, currently building a solar cooker I found detailed elsewhere on this forum to use on weekends and when camping (as takes longer to cook with so really need to keep eye on it) i make paper briquets from junk mail to use in garden log burner that also doubles up as bbq as well as following lots of tips I find on this site.

eselt

When I am really skint I suggest to my 13 year old that he brings all his mates round for the afternoon to jump on the trampolene for a few hours, then sit in the living room and watch Dr Who- then when the coast is clear i pick up all the loose change from around the trampolene and down the back of the sofa (have been doing this for a couple of months and have found cash EVERY time- lowest 2p, highest £4.85). Alternatively I ask him to invite his friends to McDonalds for tea, as long as they bring their own money for food- I then take all the money off them, pretend to take their orders and queue up for the food, return with big tray off stuff purchased using my BOGOF and money off voulchers saying that what they really asked for is off menu. All food eaten with gusto, I pocket the difference, everyone is happy.

emilyt

eselt wrote: »

When I am really skint I suggest to my 13 year old that he brings all his mates round for the afternoon to jump on the trampolene for a few hours, then sit in the living room and watch Dr Who- then when the coast is clear i pick up all the loose change from around the trampolene and down the back of the sofa (have been doing this for a couple of months and have found cash EVERY time- lowest 2p, highest £4.85). Alternatively I ask him to invite his friends to McDonalds for tea, as long as they bring their own money for food- I then take all the money off them, pretend to take their orders and queue up for the food, return with big tray off stuff purchased using my BOGOF and money off voulchers saying that what they really asked for is off menu. All food eaten with gusto, I pocket the difference, everyone is happy.

OMG i am too shocked for words. :eek:

Mips

eselt wrote: »

When I am really skint I suggest to my 13 year old that he brings all his mates round for the afternoon to jump on the trampolene for a few hours, then sit in the living room and watch Dr Who- then when the coast is clear i pick up all the loose change from around the trampolene and down the back of the sofa (have been doing this for a couple of months and have found cash EVERY time- lowest 2p, highest £4.85). Alternatively I ask him to invite his friends to McDonalds for tea, as long as they bring their own money for food- I then take all the money off them, pretend to take their orders and queue up for the food, return with big tray off stuff purchased using my BOGOF and money off voulchers saying that what they really asked for is off menu. All food eaten with gusto, I pocket the difference, everyone is happy.

Why don't you sell their organs on Ebay too?

jo_b_2

eselt wrote: »

When I am really skint I suggest to my 13 year old that he brings all his mates round for the afternoon to jump on the trampolene for a few hours, then sit in the living room and watch Dr Who- then when the coast is clear i pick up all the loose change from around the trampolene and down the back of the sofa (have been doing this for a couple of months and have found cash EVERY time- lowest 2p, highest £4.85). Alternatively I ask him to invite his friends to McDonalds for tea, as long as they bring their own money for food- I then take all the money off them, pretend to take their orders and queue up for the food, return with big tray off stuff purchased using my BOGOF and money off voulchers saying that what they really asked for is off menu. All food eaten with gusto, I pocket the difference, everyone is happy.

I'd probably pick up loose change dropped round my house but I wouldn't deliberately overcharge my son's friends and pocket the difference! :eek:

poppyolivia

eselt wrote: »

When I am really skint I suggest to my 13 year old that he brings all his mates round for the afternoon to jump on the trampolene for a few hours, then sit in the living room and watch Dr Who- then when the coast is clear i pick up all the loose change from around the trampolene and down the back of the sofa (have been doing this for a couple of months and have found cash EVERY time- lowest 2p, highest £4.85). Alternatively I ask him to invite his friends to McDonalds for tea, as long as they bring their own money for food- I then take all the money off them, pretend to take their orders and queue up for the food, return with big tray off stuff purchased using my BOGOF and money off voulchers saying that what they really asked for is off menu. All food eaten with gusto, I pocket the difference, everyone is happy.

Thats a wind up surely...no ones that tight!

Mark7799

eselt wrote: »

When I am really skint I suggest to my 13 year old that he brings all his mates round for the afternoon to jump on the trampolene for a few hours, then sit in the living room and watch Dr Who- then when the coast is clear i pick up all the loose change from around the trampolene and down the back of the sofa (have been doing this for a couple of months and have found cash EVERY time- lowest 2p, highest £4.85). Alternatively I ask him to invite his friends to McDonalds for tea, as long as they bring their own money for food- I then take all the money off them, pretend to take their orders and queue up for the food, return with big tray off stuff purchased using my BOGOF and money off voulchers saying that what they really asked for is off menu. All food eaten with gusto, I pocket the difference, everyone is happy.

Whilst some of the posts on hear have been light hearted I wondered reading others if some people had no qualms or scruples at all as some ideas seemed to be bordering on theft. This one takes the biscuit however (and the loose change presumably)

savingqueen

this isn't exactly extreme but still a good moneysaver. I got my mum a mag subscription for Mother's day (a mag we both like) with tesco clubcard points and then each month as she knows I like the same mag, she saves it for me to read. Good old mum!