Pin Money Question

16011996

I've been right through the thread and I can't find an answer for my question. This month trying pin money saving for first time, but i've come across a bit of a dilema. the yogurts i buy my kids are 99p for 6, however theres another brand on offer, 2 pack of 9 for £2.50, but these are normally £1.95 a pack. So really i'm saving 47p from what i'd normally buy, but actually saving £1.40 on the reciept as multibuy saving.

So my question is how much do i put in pin money savings? I know theres no set rule for this, but would like some ideas if anyone else has had this problem crop up?

thanks

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squeaky

No set rule as you say - but the last time this came up for me I counted the actual money I'd saved against my normal purchase as the pin money. This because I wouldn't normally have bought the other stuff if it hadn't been on offer and cheaper than my usual.

But if you want to count the larger sum in - fine... it's your money

nicki_2

I personally go by what I saved on the day, not compared to what I would usually spend as I tend to usually buy the cheapest of everything anyway! For example, I used to buy Asdas own fabric softener at £1.00 for 2, but last time I bought their Smartprice fabric softener (no ill effects either so I'll be sticking with it!) but I didn't count what I "saved" as a saving, I just absorbed it into the rest of my shopping and counted it as a product change - now if that made any sense then I'll be impressed :rotfl:

Sooo, if using my method I would say count the multibuy saving (£1.40) as my PIN rather than the 47p Besides which, you'll reach your target quicker if you do this

MATH

I'm guessing that you would never buy that brand at the full price so i would calculate against what you would have normally spent. I recently had the same situation with BOGOF Dolmio pasta sauce. I worked out the savings against Tesco sauce cos i would never look at Dolmio unless on a special deal.

16011996

i decided in the end to put away the difference between the nomal price and the special offer. thanks for all your help though. it totally threw me.