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Octopus saving sessions

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  • I was out yesterday but I opted in and saved precisely zero, mainly because my baseline is lower on a Saturday evening, but as others have said, still worth opting in as you get a chance in the prize draw and extra points just for participating
  • Archerychick
    Archerychick Posts: 626 Forumite
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    SAC2334 said:
    masonic said:
    Hmm, didn't get off to the best start. Forgot until just now, so savings will be limited to about 0.1 kWh, but I had a low baseline (0.25 kWh) anyway.
    I m new to these saving session .first one was £1.50 but last one was just 23 p .base line down to just 0.10 watts and switched off at consumer unit from for the 30 mins..I m realising now that this game is not aimed at low users so I prob won t play any more .How is the baseline worked out because mines gone right down 
    You’re right it’s not. I used to get a few pounds a session when I was on the tracker tariff because I’d usually be charging the car at that point. Now we are on Agile, I charge in the early hours so there is a limit to how much lower low can gos the last three sessions it’s probably less than £1 for me, but there’s the prize draw that you’re entered into too - that’s why I’ll continue opting in - I don’t really have anything to loose
  • Griffindog
    Griffindog Posts: 215 Forumite
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    Oops! Will they deduct from my previously gained points?

  • Spoonie_Turtle
    Spoonie_Turtle Posts: 10,911 Forumite
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    Oops! Will they deduct from my previously gained points?

    Shouldn't do!  They haven't deducted any for me when we've used more than baseline.
  • Results for the last two sessions have come in now - I got about 1000 Octopoints for each which is still better than I’d expected for the short low-paying ones
    Moo…
  • Slinky
    Slinky Posts: 11,538 Forumite
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    Across the winter we've saved £63.55 for not much effort.
    Make £2026 in 2026
    Prolific £156.37, TCB £8.24, Everup £12.17
    Total £176.78 8.7%

    Make £2025 in 2025  Total £2241.23/£2025 110.7%
    Prolific £1062.50, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £492.05, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £70, Shopmium £53.06, Everup £106.08, Zopa CB £30, Misc survey £10

    Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410/£2024 70%
    Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%






  • tlcgrantham
    tlcgrantham Posts: 786 Forumite
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    Not only did I come into the top 10% of savers on all 3 sessions but got 808 octopoints in total. I did enjoy my sausage roll and coffee at Greggs.🤗🤩🤩
  • I got to just over £50 in the end which will nicely cover at least a full month’s usage on Agile for me, can’t complain about that even with the huge drop from last year’s IDA based rewards.
    Moo…
  • Spoonie_Turtle
    Spoonie_Turtle Posts: 10,911 Forumite
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    Just over £15 and a few more bonus points still to come for opting in.  Not to be sniffed at for minimal effort and no exporting ability.
  • I did enjoy my sausage roll and coffee at Greggs.🤗🤩🤩
    Just my luck, I was going in to town today so I thought I'd pop in for both - found out that my local Greggs is shut due to re-furbishment...... :'(
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