'The Guardian: He’s ashamed, I’m happy' blog discussion

Former_MSE_Lawrence

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.

Read Martin's 'The Guardian: He’s ashamed, I’m happy' Blog.

Click reply to discuss below.

spook

Great article, but what's the link to printyourowntickets.com about? The site is just a holding page / domain squatter...

dancingfairy

I can't believe everyone isn't nuts about saving money. You work hard for it so why not make it work hard for you? And it's fun. It's mostly easy stuff - it's free money.

I guess for those that enjoy it purely as an intellectual challenge, then getting them to see what else they could buy with the money - what sense of security it would give them is maybe the key.

It's like you learn how to take care of your personal appearance , so why not treat money with the same care and attention?

MSE_Martin

spook wrote: »

Great article, but what's the link to printyourowntickets.com about? The site is just a holding page / domain squatter...

Its the Virgin print at home tickets on the mid left of the virgin home page that he means

jamtart6

i read this article before you posted a blog and thought it was really funny. I can't believe people are happier to be in massive debt and brag about it than be debt free!

sdooley

There was an odd question in Martin's quiz in the guardian, askin

Which is the worst deal?
Correct answer: 30% off
You answered: Three for the price of two

I would always prefer 30% off rather than three for two as if I buy one, two, four or five of the product I would be better off than under the 'three for two' offer, and almost the same if I actually wanted 3 or 6.

Quiz is here by the way - got 9 out of 10...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/quiz/2008/jun/14/consumeraffairs

morg_monster

i got them all right in that quiz!
Have to agree with you on that question about the "worst deal"... I was thinking, I'd rather have 30% off one thing than have to buy more than what I needed.

Twopints

sdooley wrote: »

I would always prefer 30% off rather than three for two as if I buy one, two, four or five of the product I would be better off than under the 'three for two' offer, and almost the same if I actually wanted 3 or 6.

Quiz is here by the way - got 9 out of 10...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/quiz/2008/jun/14/consumeraffairs

you may prefer 30% off but the other 2 are still better deals. I got 8 out of 8

Lu_T

sdooley wrote: »

Quiz is here by the way - got 9 out of 10...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/quiz/2008/jun/14/consumeraffairs

But there are only 8 questions!! (And I got 8 :money: )

Wolverine

I was very pleased that I got all right (though originally I had misclicked one and only got seven!) ironic considering this is what it says: “You scored 8 out of a possible 8
You’re the kind of person who buys 120 boxes of fish fingers to get enough tokens for a trip to New York. But while you may bore your friends with your savvy ways they’re secretly impressed. Have you memorised our money saving guides? Are you Martin Lewis?

haha, well are you Martin Lewis?!

jock500

MSE_Lawrence wrote: »

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.

Read Martin's 'The Guardian: He’s ashamed, I’m happy' Blog.

Click reply to discuss below.

Martin Lewis is a ruddy genius he's saved me goodness knows how much in the last few months since discovering his website, I wish you could clone the guy !

Jock The Miser

(By the way belt up in the car before switching on the engine and the most romantic site I know is the Royal Bank of Scotland by moonlight!