Extreme Money Saving things you have done!

looby-loo_2

DH refuses to drink semi-skimmed milk. He insists on buying full cream bottles from the milkman @ 46p pint. I water this down (on the grounds that it is better for his health;) of course) I've done this regularly and for so long that when we went to friends the other day and the man used full cream DH said on the way home that he didn't like the tea - it was too milky.:rotfl:

jezebel

Dan_Gliebitz wrote: »

I regularly find coins scattered around the house. My kids will buy something (usually sweets) for 95p or 97p, pay with a pound and leave the change in the bag or in their pockets. I can usually count on making at least £1 a week, best find was a fiver in a pair of jeans. I held on to that one for a couple of weeks to see if they noticed it was gone, but they didn't. I reckon "what the heck, I give them the money in the first place!"

As a kid I used to do the opposite, always ask my Mum for the odd change when she went into a shop and would then buy sweets.

looby-loo_2

looby-loo wrote: »

DH refuses to drink semi-skimmed milk. He insists on buying full cream bottles from the milkman @ 46p pint. I water this down (on the grounds that it is better for his health;) of course) I've done this regularly and for so long that when we went to friends the other day and the man used full cream DH said on the way home that he didn't like the tea - it was too milky.:rotfl:

Break through!!! I went away for the weekend so wasn't there too 'doctor' the milk. On return DH said he was going to cancel the milk from the milkman because they had changed it and it was too thick. He had also 'discovered' in my absence that he could buy a 4 pint much cheaper from the supermarket. :rolleyes:

melancholly

does charging my phone at work so that i don't pay for electricity count?

paulmcfadyen

Forreal wrote: »

Good to know our NI contributions are being used to good effect!!!

Your NI contributions are used to pay today's pensioners' state pensions.

ailuro2

skylineboy2002 wrote: »

apparently the average uk household has £20 of loose change down the sofa

heard this sometime late last year

i had a teacher at school that kept an eye out for dropped change (kids play pigeon toss lol)... and then donated it to charity

hehe, that's a new one on me- the game at our school was pitch and toss- your game sounds like a great way to keep the flying rats in check:rotfl:

There was a bloke at work who used to go out of the office to the loo about one minute after a visitor came into the building and got themselves a cup of coffee.Not being familiar with the vending machine they wouldn't know where the change button was...he'd have a sly press on the way to the loo to see if there was a 'wee bonus' waiting.
When a colleague saw him go into his drawer he spotted a big pile of 5,2 and 1p pieces:eek: Now that's really grippit!

ailuro2

Another one- the machine operator at work who was charging his electric toothbrush but forgot to take it off his machine- he had to phone in and ask someone to rescue it before the oncoming shift got a hold of it:rotfl:

HugoSP

When I was around 10 my mother had been bought a metal detector. I used it to great effect to find buried treasure in the garden. I uncovered two enamel advertising banners, one was for Eveready batteries, that I sold via an antique shop. I got around £5 each. That was in the 70s.

When at work I used to rescue stuff from the skips. I donated money to charity. They were forever chucking out workshop storage bins, shelving etc and office equipment. I sometimes kept this but most of the time my wife, who wasn't working, sold it on. I also used to get out of date adhesives etc.

Over some 3 years we estimate to have earned around £300 per year. They eventually ran out of decent stuff to throw out!

WhenI was at sixth form college I was once rotered to clean the smoking room and the TV lounge, a task I objected to as I didn't smoke. However I was not so upset when I found a few £1 coins scattered in the corner. Some of my fellow students were into gambling and I suspect one player may hve dropped them. I handed them into the staff but received them back when no one claimed them.

My DD2 found a £20 note in B and Q on the floor. We handed it in but no one claimed it so they posted it to her a few days later. She always wants to go in there to examine the floor now!

I am renovating my house and save all the scrap metal that comes out or that I find and weigh it in on a regular basis. I reckon that this brings in around £100 per year. Sometimes I go to the scrap yard rather than the cashpoint!

I have been known to remove stuff from builders' skips that are perfectly useable. I once salvaged some 30 brand new slates. I also have several lengths of unused land drainage to be used once our new garage is built.

I have removed good fittings from houses that are being remoddeled (with the owners' permission). To date I have secured a bathroom suite, an Aga and a number of light fittings for our house.

toozie_2

skylineboy2002 wrote: »

apparently the average uk household has £20 of loose change down the sofa

heard this sometime late last year

i had a teacher at school that kept an eye out for dropped change (kids play pigeon toss lol)... and then donated it to charity

We bought a lovely second hand, high quality, 2 seater sofa for the 'snug' end of our kitchen for £70, from a nearly new shop.
Washed covers etc, and found £17.90 down the sides in the springs.

A bargain!

Woodyrocks

Hugo, I got my gas cooker for free. Neighbours were remodelling and I got a 1year old cooker that looked brand spanking new and was still under warranty. You gotta love it