Category: "Thrifty shopping"
New baby coming - what to buy?
By Value hunter on Jul 6, 2010 | In Common sense, Thrifty shopping, Baby, Product reviews | Send feedback »
When your new baby is about to arrive, the temptation is to buy lots of things and with the price of baby things going through the roof, it makes frugal sense not to go overboard! Every company under the sun wants to sell you something, wants you to… more »
Thrifty victories at the supermarket
By Value hunter on Feb 14, 2010 | In In real life, Money chat, Common sense, Thrifty shopping | 1 feedback »
Supermarket's make huge profits on the exploitation of their customers! They know for example, that if winter's coming, that people will buy more heinz soup. Guess what happens in the run up to winter? That's right, the price shoots up for no apparent… more »
Tesco pricing - Action man figures
By Value hunter on Feb 6, 2010 | In Money chat, Bad business, Frugal wars, Thrifty shopping | Send feedback »
The new "armed forces" action man figure (they always were armed forces!) that were selling in Asda and Tesco before Christmas, for £15.00 (same price? How unusual... *monopoly* disguised as price matching - both equally over priced!) are now being… more »
Huggies value box size 3 - review
By Value hunter on Jan 30, 2010 | In News, Thrifty shopping, Baby, Product reviews | Send feedback »
We had problems with Huggies size 1 nappies in a multi pack, with leaking at the sides of the nappies. Several changes of clothes later it was apparent that it was not just the odd nappy, nor was it the way we were putting them on. So when we picked up… more »
Frugal Christmas presents
By Value hunter on Dec 12, 2009 | In In real life, Frugal thinking, Thrifty shopping, Dear diary | Send feedback »
Christmas presents always present a dilemma for me. On the one hand, I love giving gifts, it always has to be something that the person wouldn't get all year round, something a bit different (I refuse to buy clothing!) but at the same time I do not want… more »
