Great Tips... one liners

paidinchickens

VJsmum wrote: »

Going on from Paid in chickens post - how does one go about taking your own scrap metal? Where do you take it?

we have two scrap yards. They bend over backwards to help ladies as they rarely see any:rotfl: you drive on a weigh bridge with your car/trailer loaded, drive off and unload in the area your told to then back to the weigh bridge with an empty car. They then take the difference in weight of the two weights and that is what you are paid for........simples;)

awaytogoyet

VJsmum wrote: »

Going on from Paid in chickens post - how does one go about taking your own scrap metal? Where do you take it?

I've sold Copper & Brass for scrap - which are fetching high prices at the moment.
Firstly it's worth ringing around a few Scrap Metal Merchants to find out the prices per kilo of non-ferrous metals - I found quite a big variation. It may be worth travelling a bit further (has to be offset against the price of additional petrol though!)
I sorted mine into sacks & boxes (keeping the same metals together).
There is also a price differential according to the 'grade' of the metal - for example copper piping that is clean commands a higher price than copper piping with lots of other (non-copper) bits on it - the reason being there is more work for them to clean it up.
HTH

awaytogoyet

YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

My best tips are:

Streamline your life. Declutter and sell what you dont need. If nothing else this is a sobering experience seeing how little you get for the stuff you had cluttering up your life and helps to stop you buying more. Try and learn that material things do not equal happiness and find other things that do make you happy. Dont be afraid of not keeping up with the Joneses.

OMG - that is so true!

As you so rightly say when you sell many of your material possessions (that you probably never used anyway - so really didn't need them!) & realise what the '2nd hand' value is - that has to be the best cure ever for curbing future spend.

I had a wardrobe full of hardly-worn Designer label clothes (from much richer days!) that had cost a fortune - when I came to sell them - you are probably looking at 1 or 2% of their original value.
I will never buy new clothes ever again - it's charity shops, jumble sales & boot sales for me now!

The same applies to new cars, furniture & electrical products - the minute they leave the Showroom or Shop, they are worth a fraction of what you paid - what's the point - I only ever buy 2nd hand now!

flippin36

I agree with all the above

I also budget weekly and have become very strict with budgets
I have learned to walk more since petrol went through the roof, I enjoy my evening walk to the supermarket and because I can't carry too much on my way home I only get just what I need for the next couple of days (no room in my bag for fripperies)
Rubber chicken recipes has really saved the day, learning to cook from scratch
Looking in other places for everyday food and toiletries (poundshops, b&M, homebargains, wilkinsons)
Thinking outside the box when it comes to cleaning stuff. Cheap shampoo is really, really good for most jobs as is value bio washing powder

Only go into cheap shops like Primark with a list and stick to it. Everything is so cheap its tempting to just throw things in the basket. These shops ae dangerous to me so I don't go very often. I also stay away from Boots because they hypnotise me into buying allsorts of things I don't need with their pesky offers

exlibris

I have Mr T and Mr A within easy reach so I use My Supermarket to check my shopping list before I go. The added advantage of this is that I can print the list with both supermarkets on so if prices do change I can see at a glance rather than have to remember. It helps with the senior moments syndrome!

zippychick

we do have a tips and one liners thread which is really great. Baby steps - learn your way round the boards and you will find more and more links daily

welcome to the board - ill merge your thread later on. Good luck with your journey

Zip

shebrett

Florenceem wrote: »

Which shop do you use and what is the discount hour please?

I use Sainsburys. The store near me starts at 8pm and they walk through marking things down until about 9pm. It's a big store and they only have one or two kids marking down at a time so it takes them about that long. The store closes at midnight (don't know if that makes a difference to the time in each store). I vaguely recall an old thread on here where people talked about different store times for this but no idea what board i was wandering around at the time!

They do this every day I think as I have on occassion been in at that time on other days and found the same process going on. They only discount food that expires on that day and so i only buy what I can freeze.

spike7451

THINK before you pick that 'BOGOF' unless it's an item like pet food,washing up liquid ect.Will you reallllly eat 2 punnetts of Strawberry's?...or those 8 yoghurts?.....The extra pennies you save by not buying the offer may pary,in part or in full,for something else.Don't forget that quite often,you will see an offer that sounds good but in fact isn't.
Like buy two packs of Digestives for £2.00 when in fact a single packet is 99p...(Watchdog did an piece on that)
If you make a chili or curry or bolognaise,buy a packet mix rather than a jar of sauce.You can get kidney beans in chili sauce so you don't need a jar of chili sauce.Use your Oriental market,especially for rice ect. I buy a large bottle of Soy sauce for around 75p when a much smaller one of the brands you see on TV is twice that price.Same for things like Pappadums (50p in my Oriental store or over a quid in Asda) or Spring rolls.Spices as well are cheap & last for weeks in an airtight jar.You only need about five or six main spices;

Chili powder
Curry powder
Garam Masala
Turmaric
Ground Cardamom
Ground Corriander

Make your own Sausage rolls by simply buying a tin of hot dog sausages (55p Lidl) & a pack of puff pastry (£1.30 Tescos own)
Drain the hotdogs & halve,then unroll the sheet of puff,measure & cut length's or pastry double the width & 1cm longer at each end of the hot dog.
Brush with mustard or ketchup,add some fried onions if you want,roll up the patry around the hot dog,crimp & glaze then bake till done.You can get around 20 with this method & the kids love them!

HTH.

david_hellier

Spend less than you earn.

nuttybabe

well, what can i say, keep reading these boards!! i love old style. So friendly and so very very helpful.

I now make my own bread, pizza, cakes, biscuits, washing gloop, yoghurt etc. I shop for whoopsies. Infact my weekly budget for 5 is quite low but i have still managed to buy whoopsies. We had an unexpected electrian bill last week which took up most of my monthly food budget. I went through freezer to find 22 family meals and i found 29 whoopsie family meals plus more!!!! So every month or so check what you have before meal planning. I usually do this but am so glad i didnt for the last few months!!!