The New Thread

Looby123

afternoon peeps

had a very mse day today....although didnt think it would be earlier..

My engine management light has been on for the last week, and we think its related to DH putting petol instead of diesel in it Got my BIL to do a diagnostics testingon it this morning, but could only do basic test (he works for VW, my car is Citroen)...came back as Fuel Pump error - Citroen quoted me between £500-£2000 to repair, as well as £114 for another diagnostics test :eek::eek::eek::eek:

DH broke the front door handle and lock last Friday...as a result it couldnt be opened My dad said it would cost about £40 for a new locking system...until he saw it, then said because of the unusual good quality system, it would be nearer to £120 :eek::eek:

However...this is what he does for a living, so he said he'd checkin his garage and see if he had one that woiuld fit....half hour later he comes back with one :T:T he still had to replace the handle, but it only cost us a couple of crates of John Smiths so happy days!

While he was there, told him about my car...he rang his mate....told me take it to his garage abut 5 miles away....got there, and the chap opened the bonnet..had a quick look then said 'who's left this off?'...turns out when we had the fuel tank flushed after the petrol incident, the people that did it undid something to do with the airflow....which caused the engine llight to come on.

Needless to say, we slipped him a few quid for him to get a drink to say thanks!

So my day started with having to pay out anything from £540 to £2120......and only actually cost me £20 and 2 cases of bitter which we already had in the garage!! :rotfl::rotfl:

Very MSE

budget_babe

Trolleyboy wrote: »

Can you only use them against the colgate Total, or don't they really check?

I used them with all different colgate products when I did a Tesco comparable toothpaste shop earlier.

They had them off me, but the sales assistant did check with her superviser, but no problems.

Budgie xxx

Thrifty_Sister

happylilly wrote: »

Hello guys,
long-time lurker, finding it really hard to keep up with you, no surprises there!

Thanks for all your helpful posts, from reading as much as I could possibly manage to read without my supervisor getting suspicious, I have tried to compile my first two APG shops for tomorrow, would any of you mind and have a look at the below, see if I worked it out correctly:

SHOP 1 – 9 GLITCHY ITEMS
1 x Ambrosia Rice Pudding Chocolate (120g) £0.40 £0.32
1 x Quaker Oats so Simple Original (12 pack) £2.28 £0.32
1 x Quaker Oats so Simple Apple & Blueberry £2.28 £0.32
1 x Weetabix Crispy Minis Strawberry £2.18 £0.32
1 x Kellogg’s Fruit Loops 350g £2.68 £0.32
1 x Weetabix Oaty Bars Toffee Dazzler £1.68 £0.32
1 x Kellogg's Rice Krispies Squares Chewy Marshmallow (4x28g) £1.00 £0.32
1 x Lime Lite Limescale Power Gel 500ml £2.00 £0.32
1 x Viakal Limescale Remover Spray 500 ml £2.00 £0.32
(I haven’t seen Weetabix Crispy Minis Strawberry on any of the lists before, but it does compare on MSM, so it should be ok I hope?)

SHOP 2 – 6 GLITCHY ITEMS
1 x Ambrosia Rice Pudding Original (120g) £0.40 £0.32
1 x Kellogg’s Fruit & Fibre 750 g £2.98 £0.32
1 x Kellogg’s Special K Peach & Apricot 320g £2.68 £0.32
1 x Jordan’s Super Nutty Granola 750g £4.38 £0.32
1 x Jordan’s Super Berry Granola 750g £4.38 £0.32
1 x Mr Muscle Clog Prevention 750ml £3.99 £0.32
1 x bananas by weight
1 x Asda smart price tinned sweetcorn
1 x flump

Would these 2 shops be ok? Thanks for your help peeps! Love it here! xx

They look ok numbers wise but not 100% sure on the varieties of cereal. You need to check the list out to be sure

Trolleyboy

On another note, I've noticed images by some users profiles on MSE. How can I do this myself?

Clipstrip_Bargains

squigs wrote: »

I have:)

Some worked, some didn't.:(

5 items on your bill qualify for comparison ASDA Sainsbury's
+£1.09

1 x Pears Transparent Soap (125g) £0.40 £0.30
1 x Sanatogen A to Z Complete (60) £5.50 £5.38
1 x Red Square Reloaded Juiced Lemon (500ml) £1.00 N/A
1 x Haliborange Kids Omega-3 Fish Oil High DHA with Vi... £2.00 £2.33
1 x ASDA Multivitamins (70) £1.00 N/A
1 x Sanex Men Dermo Antiperspirant Deodorant - Active ... £1.00 N/A
1 x Sanex Men Dermo Antiperspirant Deodorant - Active ... £2.00 £2.50
1 x Pears Liquid Handwash (237ml) £2.00 £0.30

Comparison total (compared products only) £11.90 £10.81

I will be getting some more of the Pears!:D

I wonder if I can trust DH to do this one.......
My BF is coming over from NZ & absolutely loves Pears

FloFlo

budget_babe wrote: »

I used them with all different colgate products when I did a Tesco comparable toothpaste shop earlier.

They had them off me, but the sales assistant did check with her superviser, but no problems.

Budgie xxx

Same here I have used them on the cool stripe, the cheap colgate pump and the max white. One SA did check with someone else but they said it was fine.

Anon

happylilly wrote: »

Hello guys,
long-time lurker, finding it really hard to keep up with you, no surprises there!

Thanks for all your helpful posts, from reading as much as I could possibly manage to read without my supervisor getting suspicious, I have tried to compile my first two APG shops for tomorrow, would any of you mind and have a look at the below, see if I worked it out correctly:

SHOP 1 – 9 GLITCHY ITEMS
1 x Ambrosia Rice Pudding Chocolate (120g) £0.40 £0.32
1 x Quaker Oats so Simple Original (12 pack) £2.28 £0.32
1 x Quaker Oats so Simple Apple & Blueberry £2.28 £0.32
1 x Weetabix Crispy Minis Strawberry £2.18 £0.32
1 x Kellogg’s Fruit Loops 350g £2.68 £0.32
1 x Weetabix Oaty Bars Toffee Dazzler £1.68 £0.32
1 x Kellogg's Rice Krispies Squares Chewy Marshmallow (4x28g) £1.00 £0.32
1 x Lime Lite Limescale Power Gel 500ml £2.00 £0.32
1 x Viakal Limescale Remover Spray 500 ml £2.00 £0.32
(I haven’t seen Weetabix Crispy Minis Strawberry on any of the lists before, but it does compare on MSM, so it should be ok I hope?)

SHOP 2 – 6 GLITCHY ITEMS
1 x Ambrosia Rice Pudding Original (120g) £0.40 £0.32
1 x Kellogg’s Fruit & Fibre 750 g £2.98 £0.32
1 x Kellogg’s Special K Peach & Apricot 320g £2.68 £0.32
1 x Jordan’s Super Nutty Granola 750g £4.38 £0.32
1 x Jordan’s Super Berry Granola 750g £4.38 £0.32
1 x Mr Muscle Clog Prevention 750ml £3.99 £0.32
1 x bananas by weight
1 x Asda smart price tinned sweetcorn
1 x flump

Would these 2 shops be ok? Thanks for your help peeps! Love it here! xx

Just noticed that Oat So simple has a 50p off voucher on the voucher thread
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=51652443&postcount=2

HTH

Anon

voucheraddict

wendyak wrote: »

I bought this and it did compare, its the chicken isn't it???

can we look at the receipt to see if there is a problem ??

6 items (5 different) on your bill qualify for comparison Waitrose
+£2.13

1 x Ambrosia Rice Pudding Original (120g) £0.40 £0.48
1 x Kellogg's Rice Krispies Squares Chewy Marshmallow ... £1.00 £1.99
1 x Kellogg's Coco Pops Cereal & Milk Snack Bars (6x20... £1.00 £0.32
1 x Heinz Five Beanz in Tomato Sauce (415g) £0.84 N/A
2 x Robinsons Fruit & Barley, Pink Grapefruit with No ... £3.18 £0.64
1 x Barratt Flumps Mallow Twists £0.10 N/A
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Giant Rainbow Buttons Bar (15g) £0.09 N/A
1 x Bear 100% Fruit Yo Yos Strawberry (20g) £0.48 £0.50
1 x Iams Kitten & Junior with Chicken (300g) £1.75 N/A

Comparison total (compared products only) £6.06 £3.93

squigs

henlans wrote: »

Cheers.. thats wicked.. if other people tried stuff to we could have a bloody good list.

Should work for the other one to

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/#/sainsburys/bundle/610494_57697.html

Pears Shower Gel (250ml)

Londinium33 wrote: »

I guess the Pears shower gel would work too?

The shower gel didn't show up for me on MSM as stocked by A, but I have just tried logging out and it is now showing.:)

I will add it to my experiment list for tomorrow!:D

voucheraddict

Realised! Bag is 300g and should ve been 850g doh!