Category: "Thrifty shopping"

Car repairs - try your local college!

The days of car body repairs being done at home, by the car owner are sadly long gone. We live in an age where everything car related has to be covered by an insurance premium and backed up by a no claims protection premium. As most garages charge the… more »

The road to being frugal - Shopping

Being frugal, thrifty, etc, is a process of working out what is right for you, getting there is not a new found wonder or a be all and end all way of life. It's about doing what is right for you and your family. It has many twists and turns. I'll be… more »

Pre VAT increase price rises?

A fine example of how us customers, stand little or no chance when it comes to "Rip off Britain" Take a bow Currys, I'd like to see how they explain this one away! On Christmas Eve, her indoors, purchased a camcorder for my Christmas present. The price… more »

Stay frugal this Christmas eve

The clock has struck 12 here, tis now Christmas eve! We are all in the "marketing" zone, whereby fears and worries about forgetting a gift, food shopping, etc, are at a height never seen at any other timeƂ in the entire calendar year. No matter how… more »

Frugal ways beats Tesco!

Frugal ways beats Tesco!
When my local Tesco store were selling Lurpak at a 50p higher price than you could buy it from the same store, same shelf, if you placed an order online, I watched their shelf price for almost two weeks. Nothing changed. Once we had run out of said… more »