Extreme Money Saving things you have done!

teedy23

Dont think it,s extreme but I now get my hair done at acadamy,s instead of the normal hairdressers. Schmoozed a totally free wash nd blow dry today, I,m lovely too, even if I say so myself. (have to as I cant afford to go out and get seen)

SuziQ

I don't know if this has already been mentioned,but when I go to aparking pay machine I always check around the floor,moving any grass around! The best 'haul' I got was from a car park outside a maternity hospital where I fpound £5 in pound coins! When I was still with my ex I used to find loads of money in his shirt pockets-I told him it was finders keepers as he was so lazy and just left them on the floor for me to pick up! On one occasion he left £200 from a cash job on the floor and din't miss it. I didn't keep it in as much as when he was broke a few weeks later,I was able to give it to him and he was really pleased as it got him out of a mess.
I gave up buying newspapers in April when I lost my job-now read them online.I have saved over £5 a week since then,probably around £60.
My biggest saving has been on the grocery challenge though-I am spending less than half what I used to,which can't all be contributed to my husband leaving!

painted_lady

I did many temping jobs as a student. One of them was to clean the changing rooms of a private gym. I would often find £1 left behind in the lockers, I considered it a tip. On a good day you could get £10 throughout the shift.
Another job was cleaning in an office. They were often throwing stuff out for the sake of it. I got loads of stationary things, paper trays, packets of envelopes where the sticky stuff didnt work anymore, paper that hd gone yellow because it was old etc. I used to ask before I took it, but it got to the point where they saved stuff for me.
My dad used to have a house renovation company and was always getting stuff out of skips. He got me a full set of readers digest encyclopedias, which helped a lot with my school work, in the days pre internet.

Contains_Mild_Peril

MYLITTLESISTERLOLA wrote: »

I also take a hip flask of my chosen drink on a night out/wedding, mag subscriptions 3 for £1 them cancel dd, use cheap listing days on ebay list about 30 items in blank listings and use edit listing function to properly list items the items when I have more time...

I used to do that on eBay cheap listing days too, but last time my listing got removed before I had the chance to finish it, and I got this message:

[FONT=Arial, Verdana]Dear (my username),

We appreciate that you chose eBay to list your auction-style listing(s). However, we have removed your listing because it breached our No Item policy. We notified members who placed bids on the item that the listing has been canceled.

250258769466 - Antique suitcase: details to follow


Why did we remove your listing?

Your listing(s) contains the following information:

Antique suitcase: details to follow



You may not list intangible items or items whose existence cannot be verified, such as ghosts, souls or spirits. For more information copy the following link into a new browser window:

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/listing-sign-posts.html



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It doesn't seem to have occurred to eBay that if I were "signposting" (using the listing primarily to direct buyers to my other listings) I would have
1. Included more than 2 keywords in the title
2. Listed in a category other than "test auctions", and
3. Made some other listings to which to signpost!