Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

michaels

tbw wrote: »

Can anyone please tell me if I can cancel my Amex Nectar credit card online or if I need to phone them ? And, would I be able to apply for one for my DH and link it to my own nectar points card to get the promotional points ? And do I need to wait a set time before I apply for another one in my name - I seem to remember a mention somewhere of 6 months ?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Phone closure only.
If you refer your DH there is 5000 bonus points available (on top of the standard 20k) but this can be beaten if nectar are doing 10k or even 20k extra points.

Most of the new customer incentives say not if you had the same sort in the last 6 months but this only applies to principle cardholder.

Each Nectar card can only be linked to one Amex account but a second nectar card on one account with a different number works ok.

rhosynbach wrote: »

Popped out earlier left a note for Ds3 make me roughly 30 sasauge balls please. Should have left better instructions.


Think he is taking mickey

Yep - I make 2 or 3 short....

mhoc

tbw wrote: »

Can anyone please tell me if I can cancel my Amex Nectar credit card online or if I need to phone them ? And, would I be able to apply for one for my DH and link it to my own nectar points card to get the promotional points ? And do I need to wait a set time before I apply for another one in my name - I seem to remember a mention somewhere of 6 months ?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

I would message them via chat - they are very helpful, might have to do this myself again.

I was wondering about this as well, mostly about the timings - if I should recommend OH for a card before or after I reach the target figure to get the bonus points?
Then when he has his card do I then cancel mine?
If I cancel in say April or may then could I apply for a new one in November in time for Amex small shops ...

mhoc

Trust you to tell me about pears being 49p in Tesco when I have just paid 69p in the Co-op and thought it a good offer - better than paying £1.29 for six granny smiths

Savvybuyer wrote: »

Oh I wouldn't have them if they're only 50 sheets - I should want four times that much for 50 pence:rotfl:.

I've actually just come back from Lidl, in advance of any weekend offers and it seems quite hopeless - the Spring Onions that I last saw on 29p on 29th January (glad I noted that) are now on "price cut" at 39p so have increased in price compared to back then. The best it seems to me they can offer is a net of lemons at 69p for half the weight that I could have got from M at 50p. Just so so pricey these "discount" stores:rotfl::rotfl:. (I do think Aldi and Lidl are quite expensive - or, at least, are capable of being on some or even many items - I know that it goes against what people generally seem to believe; however the prices on the 'everyday' ranges I don't think are generally cheaper than the main supermarkets (excluding Sains.) but are usually, it seems to me, about the same price as the value range of elsewhere (that said, T have been putting up some prices and it depends which items you get - M seems now the cheapest generally, therefore Avs M on many, but not on Fromage Frais or Chocolate Mousses - T are cheaper on some items therefore but not on others and Mushy Peas have been against S as one of the extremely few items that they have been cheaper on). The offers on products from Aldi/Lidl can often be beaten by prices that are or recently have been available in the major supermarkets on RTCs and sometimes those supermarkets' prices can be cheaper as with, for example, larger pack sizes below £1 compared to Poundland's versions. Every place has its best items and, it seems to me, a whole lot lot more that don't represent the best price on the market.)

At the moment, Lidl is still cheapest, as far as I know, on frozen sweetcorn - 1Kg is still at 79p. (The 79p version in Aldi is lower weight at 900g, so beware on that one.) Some of the Super6 offers in Aldi can be good - though I have ruled out every one of the current ones as of yesterday I think:rotfl: - but almost everything else is, it seems to me, either same price as elsewhere or more expensive. Beyond the loss leaders and glitches (even the latter don't always work out good), I think all stores are hellishly expensive:rotfl:. And Aldi and Lidl also introduce premium ranges of products, doubtless playing on the psychology that, because people are paying a fairly cheap price (which I think they often aren't but merely think they are) for everything else, they can suddenly pay many pounds on some expensive premium wine or special meal - well, not my idea of doing things! If you are saving, it is then no point to spend the saving on some expensive item you wouldn't otherwise have bought as the money is then just going to them in the end. As I say, the same as every other supermarket, apart from perhaps approximately one item each, Aldi and Lidl - v. expensive places to shop:rotfl::rotfl:!

Aldi did have pears cheaper last week - 45p. That Super6 offer is no longer on, the pears are now higher price it seems, and I think none of the prices on any of the current offers are any good. Pears are still 49p in T until what is supposed to be 20th February, but I think T have actually worked out cheaper since I got one extra pear in a pack from there compared to Aldi last time and thus it is better value. I also turned round and saw the Perfectly Imperfect Apples were in my store - 10 in a pack this time - and wish I hadn't as I spent a fortune on bags of fruit:rotfl:. Somehow I had to buy two:eek: bags of each due to the pears offer supposed to be ending fairly soon and due to thinking I may not have Perfectly Imperfect Apples available in my store next time:doh:. You just end up buying twice as much when something is on offer so making no saving:rotfl:.

zippydooda

underperky wrote: »

Did the Carling app reset after midnight also ?

davemorton wrote: »

That might have been it Perky.

nothing changed on the carling app for me, what do you mean. reset to what

mhoc

michaels wrote: »

It is on the other side of town in a direction we just don't go. We would go and do the frozen peas but the freezer is full of some very cheap chips and now loads of pizza. This is a shame because there is also the 10 back on 30 hsbc visa offer at Iceland that again we are lacking the freezer space for. Unfortunately DW (and I) are such hoarders that there is no room anywhere for another freezer....

I went and had a look at the visa offers on First Direct but sadly I've not got the Iceland one - a good reminder to go and check the offers though.
All of mine are various percentages in various places including 5% off Superdrug purchases. Mine you I've only spent £1.50 there today so I've not missed much ...

michaels

mhoc wrote: »

I went and had a look at the visa offers on First Direct but sadly I've not got the Iceland one - a good reminder to go and check the offers though.
All of mine are various percentages in various places including 5% off Superdrug purchases. Mine you I've only spent £1.50 there today so I've not missed much ...

I think it is on the hsbc visa offers rather than the first direct version for whatever reason.....

fuzzgun19

michaels wrote: »

Just worked out I have 133 in M&S 3 and 5s to get rid of by the end of April - we need a plan, never normally buy food in M&S and only other stuff in sale. Do the droids work on YS food? Does M&S have a food website so I could investigate prices in advance?

Some of their tinned stuff is ok prices, beans 30p.

mrsmac10

Evening

I am very :money: pleased with myself

I was looking at a wee break for my birthday in May Booking .com £238 Phoned the hotel directly as I like/need a shower room Direct booking £178 for 2 nights B&B :T

michaels

fuzzgun19 wrote: »

Some of their tinned stuff is ok prices, beans 30p.

Thanks - I just wish they had a website, can't be having with shops you have to go to to find out how much things cost

davemorton

zippydooda wrote: »

nothing changed on the carling app for me, what do you mean. reset to what

Nothing, we were just trying to think of the glitch that we all had to wait up till after midnight every night. Cant remember what it was.