Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

SW42

Sarahdol don't they offer click and collect?

Sarahdol75

SW42 wrote: »

Sarahdol don't they offer click and collect?

No unfortunately they dont, in this day and age, ridiculous.

hornetgirl

LEJC wrote: »

All this talk of interest rates and accounts has got me thinking...

When was the last time you visited your bank?

its months ago for me as we do everything online but there must be people who still go to them,or maybe not....we've just taken out a new mortgage and the whole process was online,on the phone and by post so it does seem that the days of the high street branch might be numbered....its a shame really but I guess a sign of the times.

The only time I go in is on the very rare occasion that I have a cheque to pay in. I use a machine though - no human contact required.

LANGO1966

Thanks OP. Rice results from today

comparison Asda Sainsbury's
1x Uncle Bens Golden Vegetable Microwave Rice (250G) £1.78 £1.00
1x Uncle Bens Mixed Pepper Microwave Rice (250G) £1.78 £1.00
1x Uncle Bens Savoury Chicken Flavoured Microwave Rice (250G) £1.78 £1.00
1x Uncle Bens Special Fried Microwave Rice (250G) £1.78 £1.00
1x Uncle Bens Tomato & Basil Microwave Rice (250G) £1.78 £1.00
0.09x Loose Red Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (PER KG) £0.07 £0.06
0.12x Loose Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (PER KG) £0.08 £0.08
0.19x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Banana (order by number of bananas or select kg) (PER KG) £0.13 N/A
2x Uncle Bens Spicy Mexican Microwave Rice (250G) £3.56 £2.00
1x Uncle Bens Egg Fried Microwave Rice (250G)

LEJC

hornetgirl wrote: »

The only time I go in is on the very rare occasion that I have a cheque to pay in. I use a machine though - no human contact required.

although thats another thing that's quite rare these days....cheques.
Far easier to do faster payments.

well there is a god...I've just found a lindt gold bunny left over from easter...he's still in date so that might be tomorrows treat...if he lasts that long!

aau1

LEJC wrote: »

although thats another thing that's quite rare these days....cheques.
Far easier to do faster payments.

well there is a god...I've just found a lindt gold bunny left over from easter...he's still in date so that might be tomorrows treat...if he lasts that long!

assuming you actually want to pay the person/company fast

LEJC

aau1 wrote: »

assuming you actually want to pay the person/company fast

no....always leave it till the last day then do the faster payment!

My dad never used to pay any bill on the "green" one he always waited for the "red "reminder....always said better in his account than theirs.

aau1

LEJC wrote: »

no....always leave it till the last day then do the faster payment!

My dad never used to pay any bill on the "green" one he always waited for the "red "reminder....always said better in his account than theirs.

or time it so they get the cheque on the last day

LEJC

aau1 wrote: »

or time it so they get the cheque on the last day

too many other things to worry about like posting cheques or delivering them....just set the faster payment in advance and it saves on the postage etc etc....

granted they have then got to bank the cheque and it will take a couple of days to be debited(assuming the drawer and payee dont bank with the same bank)...but I think a more up to date clearing of cheques is in the pipeline to be rolled out soon allowing cross bank debiting in an effort to either kill them off or compete with the faster payment system...lots of companies are starting to dissuade customers from issuing them as it costs them money to bank them too.

Either way...I think the days of cheques are numbered.

Sad_Dad

juju17 wrote: »

Because the questions regarding bank accounts and interest come up regularly, here is brief summary, of the best at present.
The figures in brackets is the max amount to put in for max interest.
x2 or x 3 is the number of accounts per person.
TSB Classic Plus 5% (£2000) monthly pay in £500 no DD's
Santander 3% (£20000) monthly pay in £500 2 DD's
Club LLoyds 4% (£5000) monthly pay in £1500 2 DD's
BOS x3 3% (£5000) monthy pay in £1000 2DD's
Tesco bank x 2 3% (£3000) no monthly pay in no DD's

Evening All,

I've been really busy recently so not had much chance to post or go shopping.

I quite fancy the weetabix as my kids go through loads of this so will give it a try on my way home from work.

There's a 'glitchy' way to get more than the allowable number of accounts from above, anyone interested in finding out how then send me a PM and I'll do my best to reply.

In other news, after buying the thing at Christmas I've finally got my Lay-Z-Spa set up in my garden, quite enjoyable to sit there relaxing whilst drinking a free carling. :beer:

Cheers,
Sad_Dad