Sneaky ways to save the pennies

geordie_joe

GettingHitched wrote: »

why are Tesco being greedy for not accepting them? you havent bought the product that is on the coupon, then why should you recieve the money off?

You didn't read my post properly, I said

Originally Posted by geordie joe View Post
How can it be greedy to use coupons you have?

If I have £60 worth of coupon and £60 worth of shopping, and the shop was willing to take the coupons as payment I would be silly not to use the coupons

As far as I can see, the only greedy ones are Tesco who were accepting coupons for items not bought.

I didn't say they were greedy for NOT accepting them, I said they were greedy for accepting them when the customer hasn't bought the goods they were intended for.

I totally agree with you when you say "you havent bought the product that is on the coupon, then why should you recieve the money off?". But it Tesco allow you to do it, and you take advantage of it who is being greedy?

GettingHitched wrote: »

The main reason it was bought about, was because people were printing off coupons and taking the !!!!!!.

But that is what you are meant to do with them, print them off and use them.

I suspect the real reason they were stopped was because the companies issuing the coupons were complaining that they were paying out all the money for the coupons but not seeing a rise in sales. This was because Tesco were taking the coupons when the customer had not bought the goods.

GettingHitched wrote: »

I work at Tesco, our store introduced a policy, where we could take a maximum of 5 coupons (of products that had not been purchased)

But Tesco should not be accepting ANY coupons if the customer has not bought the product the coupon was issued for.

GettingHitched wrote: »

and then as many as the customer had for Tesco coupons ( which must be purchased )

Are you saying Tesco have one rule for their own coupons and another for any one elses?

GettingHitched wrote: »

If they had kept on accepting the coupons and not recieving the money back,

Who said they weren't getting their money back?

geordie_joe

rosemary54 wrote: »

I think the people who used so many were printing them off the internet so had unlimited amounts of them so now those of us who just used a few ready printed ones from magazines etc are now losing out.........how long till the online codes are stopped????????

No, I think they were stopped because the companies issuing the coupons were not getting the sales they expected.

How would you feel if you made soap and issued money off coupons to get more people to buy your soap. Then you found out Tesco were exchanging the coupons when the customer had not bought your soap, then were claiming the money back from you.

You'd soon put a stop to that, wouldn't you?

Mrs_Thrify

People can save the pennies by swapping the jobs around the home they are able to do. Today I am doing paper work for someone and in return they have saved me their old mags to read.

Being @ home today I am homecooking and trying new things.
In the oven earlier was brisket of beef and 2 x loaf tins of weetabix cake.
In the breadmaker I am trying a recipy for cheese and onion bread.

The food slicer will be commming out for the bread and beef later when everything is cold.

Talking of food, I sometimes take a homemade cake around to friends when visiting, as I think it is a nice way to return hospitality or lunch provided.

valk_scot

julie_d wrote: »

People can save the pennies by swapping the jobs around the home they are able to do.

I do this all the time. I grow veg and share the surplus round the neighbours and in return I get pickles and jam, babysitting and lots of veg peelings etc for the compost bins. I do mending and the odd bit of gardening too for folk....used to swap gardening for ironing, which was a great swap, but the old lady that did it died, sadly. One of my neighbours used to swap a morning of cleaning if you would cook for her freezer...she was a demon cleaner and a lousy cook, lol. The kids do car cleaning, dog walking and the odd bit of leaf raking for modest amounts of cash from the richer neighbours, which is good for the kids, but they know if they get a bag of apples or a cake from someone I can be relied upon buy it off them.

We had one neighbour that used to make his own wine and beer. He was popular! And another one that did DIY and painting, till his wife put a stop to it after his triple bypass, hohum!

Mrs_Thrify

valk_scot wrote: »

I do this all the time. I grow veg and share the surplus round the neighbours and in return I get pickles and jam, babysitting and lots of veg peelings etc for the compost bins. I do mending and the odd bit of gardening too for folk....used to swap gardening for ironing, which was a great swap, but the old lady that did it died, sadly. One of my neighbours used to swap a morning of cleaning if you would cook for her freezer...she was a demon cleaner and a lousy cook, lol. The kids do car cleaning, dog walking and the odd bit of leaf raking for modest amounts of cash from the richer neighbours, which is good for the kids, but they know if they get a bag of apples or a cake from someone I can be relied upon buy it off them.

We had one neighbour that used to make his own wine and beer. He was popular! And another one that did DIY and painting, till his wife put a stop to it after his triple bypass, hohum!

My neighbour on one side donates his leftover wood for our coal fire. He is in the building trade. Oh see's that his bins are out on collection day as he sometimes forgets, also takes his bottles to the bottle bank.

Reverbe

reehsetin wrote: »

I saw the suggestion about using shampoo as handwash, is there anything else shampoo can be used for I have loads to use up and handwash we have will last a while only me and hubby in the house

Ive used it to wash clothes in and used conditioner for fabric softener.

mrsclarkie

Hardup_Hester wrote: »

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Serve rubber chicken at least once a month
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What's rubber chicken

HariboJunkie

mrsclarkie wrote: »

What's rubber chicken

This thread should tell you all you need to know.

Mrs_Thrify

Keep the kettle descaled - it will boil quicker

Invest in a steamer and cook one vegetable on top of another on the same heat

Invest in an electric toaster - it uses far less energy than the grill

When baking jacket potatoes push a skewer through the centre as this conducts the heat to the insides and speeds up cooking time

Try to use the oven to capcaity by planning to use it for more than one thing like baking and cooking a casserole @ the same time.

If you are buying a new oven , concider a double one so that you can use the smaller oven for most things and probably cut costs by half

Mrs_Thrify

This is realy the root of our economic predicaments. Labour saving gadgets, machines and the tins and packets, fast food.
Fast foods cost a fortune, secondly all the gadgets cost a fortune and then they break down!
This is why I thought I would start a new thread!
If you are willing to spend your time, you are bound to save money.

We all need to work including me! to pay for the labour saving home and bills, pluss interest.