Student MoneySaving Club!

pixiedust_2

Could always have a look at cashback links for similar stuff - there was some really good ones for a few bingo sites on quidco a while back, they might still be there. I believe one of them was offering £30 cashback for signing up, and there was a minimum deposit of £10 - definate profit!

Hutchch0920

I was going to read through the whole of this thread but then saw it was 149 pages long! I see that Chika is at ManMet, are you down on the Didsbury campus? I'm doing business at Aytoun but i live in Didsbury and work at one of the local pubs! I've been working there over summer to tide me over till my loan comes in! Best bit of moneysaving recently was putting my boyfriend on my car insurance saved me £50! I'd suggest any student to put their parents/older sibling on their car insurance, it should bring the price right down! My phone is 15 months half price line rental but it is chequeback, i've missed one out of the 3 which was £85 down the drain but £35 a month is still cheap for 500 mins and 500 texts! I've sat down and looked at my loan and with my income from my job i'll be able to put aside half my loan to save for a house! and then the rest will go on my rent and i'll have £400 a month to spend on anything i like

chika

Its interesting reading honestly!

I live in didsbury too and I'm at the didsbury campus. Dead handy. I haven't been able to find a summer job which has been a pain, i never thought to try the pubs.

How are you finding Uni?

dreams_of_paradise

violetviolin wrote: »

ooh i just got a call frm carphone warehouse, who wanted me to upgrade my contract as it's nearly finished. i told them bout the deal my brother is on from 3 - £15 a month, and u can have either 100 texts and 500 mins or 500 txts and 100 mins - my bro is on the latter. and as it's not cheque back, you just pay the £15 and not some really expensive amount which is redeemed later. the guy from carphone warehouse said sometimes 3 has bad coverage (my bro is fine though?) and that it does sound like a good deal, lol. but i know sometimes carphone warehouse will give you a good deal to keep you on.

I'm on 3 pay monthly and the coverage is fine - check to find out id your area is covered here http://www.three.co.uk/personal/help_support_/network_coverage_/index.omp

Been with them for 18 months so at renewal time they offered half price line rental for being a loyal customer - bargain!

Also, if you ring 3 saying your brother has recommended you and get a contract then you both get £30 off your bill. See http://www.three.co.uk/personal/customer_/recommend_/refer_a_friend.omp

button16

Hey I'm a soon to be fresher at Aberystwyth so can I join? I've been using the grabbit forum as much as I can to get my kitchen stuff a lot courtesy of littlewoods

Hutchch0920

The pubs down in Didsbury have a really high turnover of staff so it was pretty easy to get a job and if you still want one for next term i'd get your cv in now as the summer staff back from uni will be leaving soon but then all the students will be returning! so get in quick! its also a good laugh, abit crap pay but tips are normally good, upto £20 on a saturday night alone. i saved all mine then too it to Ikea and B&Q and boughts loads of stuff for our house. Are you going into your second year now?

djhworld

violetviolin wrote: »

• Ten 12p texts a day: £438 a year
• A £1 bus ride, twice a day: £700 a year
• A Starbucks every day: £700 a year
• A takeaway meal twice a week: £2,000 a year
• Five pints of Carling every Friday and Saturday: £1,400 a year

• Finding Martins "moneysavingexpert.com": £priceless

somethingaboutshopping

Since we are talking mobiles...

I just changed from O2 to Orange this year, and when I phoned O2 for the pac code I was diverted to the "retention" hotline where they were all, "If you cancel your new contract with Orange and come back to us we will give you bla bla bla". I stuck with Orange but I was telling one of my CRM lecturers about this and he said what I should have said to O2 was: "If I really was a valued customer YOU would have been on the phone to me offering me this great deal BEFORE I decided to leave and go to Orange". His point was basically that mobile companies can undercut ANY deal, even their own, so he said to our whole lecture that we were to hold our service providers hostage.

If anyone has the b@lls to try this let me know how it goes...

violetviolin

dreams_of_paradise wrote: »

I'm on 3 pay monthly and the coverage is fine - check to find out id your area is covered here http://www.three.co.uk/personal/help_support_/network_coverage_/index.omp

Been with them for 18 months so at renewal time they offered half price line rental for being a loyal customer - bargain!

Also, if you ring 3 saying your brother has recommended you and get a contract then you both get £30 off your bill. See http://www.three.co.uk/personal/customer_/recommend_/refer_a_friend.omp

thank you!! i will do that!!! :j

but you know, i've just had a strange phone call, which i've googled and think was a SPAM call argh - he was saying i'm from such and such company, talking about changing my contract, n i asked him how did he get my number, n he said i must've ticked a box when i signed up for my contract, but that's such a lie right??? i just said errr i'll think about it, i gotta go. lol he said that the 3 contract is actually £20 including itemised billing and VAT, is that true? i know it's not a big difference but i have a feeling this was one dodgy dealer on the phone!!!!:eek:

violetviolin

button16 wrote: »

Hey I'm a soon to be fresher at Aberystwyth so can I join? I've been using the grabbit forum as much as I can to get my kitchen stuff a lot courtesy of littlewoods

ooh good idea button! i like how this one thread mixes together all the different areas of MSE that are relevant to us students! and course you can join, the more the merrier here is your number... 23!! :beer: