What are you doing to beat the crunch?

[willow]

Originally Posted by makeitfit

Tiscali home phone and unlimited bb £14.99 a month,so there

Does that include line rental vat and unlimited day time and evening calls and reduced rate to mobiles

[Muzz]

Originally Posted by poppypiesdad

Shopping at lidl instead of tesco's just getting fed up with the prices of stuff .In cupar there is only tesco lidl and a small co-op
And noticing the price difference
still need to buy somethings out of tescos but trying to use anyone else but tesco.

Servicing all my vehicles myself
Patrol
Vito van
Polo
and a old Zetor tractor (£300 for parts or £1500 to get it fitted )
Internet shopping for big things (New washing machine just before crimbo)

We have tried lidl as its next to our Tesco but don't find them as good as they used to be years ago. And not much in price difference.

The clubcard points at Tesco are good if you use them for holidays as every £1 transfers to £4.

For example I only need to get £50 in clubcard points to get my £200 eurotunnel for my 2010 holiday if that makes sence. Only been shoping there a couple of months and the point add up fast.

[Muzz]

Originally Posted by tezzer

hi willow, im with virgin media, and when i phoned them i followed instructions to terminate my contract and when you speak to someone i explained that i had been with them for years and new customers get free periods ie 3months free, i/we old customers get nothing, she said hang on,( music ) for 2minutes then she said we can lower your contract charge from £58.00 to £38.00 per months, with no loss of service. so it does pay to ask, old chinese proverb says "dont ask dont get" very true, hope this might help you.




tezzer

I did that every couple of months for about two years every time I rang to cancel they gave me a better deal. I only changed when I finally got a better deal from BT

Have used the same tactics with other companies and it work to a greater or lesser extent.

[makeitfit]

Originally Posted by willow

Does that include line rental vat and unlimited day time and evening calls and reduced rate to mobiles

Includes vat and line rental and evening and weekend calls but dont know about reduced to mobiles
But checkout Martins Money Tips, cause there are different ways to sign up to stuff too. EG pay via a cash back site and money off there too.
Also you can always use skype for free while on line

[Muzz]

Skype is

[makeitfit]

Originally Posted by Muzz

Skype is

It's a phone you plug into your computer and makes calls via broadband. You can call landlines from it free and interational call for a few pence. My daughter is in Italy for a few months and its about 0.4p a min to Italy whch for some reason is more expensive than many other EU countries
Skype to skype free anywhere by the way

[zippy656]

dont need a phone... can use pc speakes and mic, or little headset...

[elty001]

Originally Posted by zippy656

dont need a phone... can use pc speakes and mic, or little headset...

or two empty bean tins and some string,maybe even smoke signals from the wood i can get from work for free.
trouble is i don't have an open fire

at the moment its not too bad at work as we have just landed a contract to build 50 emergency services back up generators so the next month will be o.k.
after that it will be back to a 3 day week

[Muzz]

Originally Posted by makeitfit

It's a phone you plug into your computer and makes calls via broadband. You can call landlines from it free and interational call for a few pence. My daughter is in Italy for a few months and its about 0.4p a min to Italy whch for some reason is more expensive than many other EU countries
Skype to skype free anywhere by the way

I was supposed to mean skype is cool I use it often.

The only problem I have is my limited list of contacts there all insane

[makeitfit]

Originally Posted by zippy656

dont need a phone... can use pc speakes and mic, or little headset...

Yes but I use the phone away rom the pc anywhere in house/garden

[zippy656]

Originally Posted by makeitfit

Yes but I use the phone away rom the pc anywhere in house/garden

ah.. you wander around like me then.. i walk all over the house when on the phone... wife hates it, as i leave the doors open and all the lights on

[makeitfit]

What is it with wives and doors?
BUT put the lights off you bady grr

[zippy656]

lol

normaly i turn lights off too. its just when im on the phone

[Muzz]

It does my head in when the kids leave the light on. If its not the lights it's the tele's.

[zippy656]

Originally Posted by Muzz

It does my head in when the kids leave the light on. If its not the lights it's the tele's.

when i moved out, my mum would come over.

every time she did shed walk into every room, and turn on ever light. then sit down..


after a whle i asked WHY..


she said i did it when i lived at home for 22 years...


so im getting my own back