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October 2021 Grocery Challenge

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  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 10,258 Forumite
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    Thank you for your responses to my comment about the cost of phones. We can get free phones in this state if we are on welfare - but only one per household. One of the people I live with has that - and I wouldn't want him to lose it by applying for one myself. My roommates have a plan that is supposed to be very reasonable but it cost $50 each a month (£37 each). Sounds better there.
    We pay for our mobile handset upfront. If I had to buy a new one I wouldn't want to pay more than £200 for it (I've had my current one for over 3 years and it still works and charges fine. I intend on using it until it gives up), but my OH usually buys a more up to date phone than me so around the £300 zone and I think his plan is £24 ish per month (his overall mobile costs is around £32 a month by my estimation.)
    My monthly SIM only plan is £14.20 a month (was £14 but slight price increase) and has a year left on the 2 year plan I got - 12GB internet (go binge is on my plan so it doesn't eat into my internet usage for certain things such as Netflix), unlimited talk minutes and unlimited texts.
    So my overall mobile costs around the £20 mark a month when averaged out. Not bad but could be better. As they've removed go binge from new/upgrade plans when I look into a new SIM plan next year I will likely get a lower internet plan and save money as not working now so mostly use home internet.

    Contract phones (handset with SIM) usually have a upfront cost of at least £19 and depend on the phone for monthly costs but seem to start around £21 (for 4GB internet at least) on a 2 year plan!

    Mobile/cellphone plans in America do seem to be rather pricey compared to ours though.
    That sounds like quite a lot to me @Doom_and_Gloom - we pay £28 per month for two (sim only) phones linked on one account. We also buy our handsets up front. Our current deal is DS has 100gb and I have 10gb of data and when I am away and using mine as a hot spot, he tops me up with another 10gb from his (which streams music all the time, and whatever else young men do). DH's is £8 a month sim only, with Plusnet. I recently bought a new handset for about £100 less than it was listed the month before as I don't need the latest thing and there was stock of the previous model; I could have limped on a bit longer but my battery was going.

    No grocery shopping here and likely there will be none before we go away on hold next week
    Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
    I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
    My new diary is here
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