Discounts Help Us pay the TV Licence Tax and more!

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/e/coupon-offers/17052420-coupon

HOTDEAL20 is the discount code until the 27th of May 2024 and the maximum discount is £75. see the Terms and Conditions link

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When discount deals come along, we may also get loyalty points and not just a 10% discount to start us off.

The re-vived–com website has several discounts available so I ordered several times to build up my loyalty points to get £5 off the next order, so I saved an initial £3 and an extra £15 with the 3 orders after this first order. The reduced prices were quite amazing. I saved over £1200 on the recommended prices and my orders total was £140.

Hopefully, this win-win situation gets sorted out in the next few weeks.

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When I’m not a Prime Video subscriber or getting a free trial, I check my emails for groceries stores such as Morrisons. Large online orders save on the delivery charges if ordering half the items instead. Even so, there are times we stock up and times we don’t. So I chose the £5 off voucher code for a delayed delivery this Sunday. I ordered over £5 and got the £5 off. I pay the delivery charge of £1.50. I save on the multi-buy items so I paid £12 less that way and save about £16.

http://www.groceries.morrisons.com

As for more books, I visited http://www.booksplea.se and got a £295 order reduced by 5% using the bulk discount code BULKDIS. If compared to other booksellers the savings could be between £60 to £90.

So it’s like I saved about £100 this week.

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For updates about the BBC and its TV Licence Tax, visit YouTube and search there for the comments about this and if to pay or not needing to pay at all.

Please note that those on Government benefits get some minimum allowance according to the Law and yet this includes the cost of paying the TV Licence Tax. So if the tax didn’t exist then these claimants would be paid £3 a week less. The large amount of about £14 a month for the BBC doesn’t make sense to most UK citizens. When not seeing TV adverts on the BBC we aren’t saving any money because it’s the TV adverts that tell us about the latest discounts! These TV adverts are usually skipped by many viewers on the various TV channels because they’ve already seen them but the new TV adverts are the ones we need to watch as we could save a lot of money.

http://www.youtube.com

http://www.google.com for extra updates.

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http://www.amazon.co.uk

If we get the chance to sign up for several Amazon UK accounts we get several email offers, too. This week, I got reminders about using a local pick-up store to collect an Amazon order. I knew about this so as there were no special offers I closed the emails. However, on Friday, the 7th of June 2024 I got a £3 discount for this local collection. I had to buy item over £10 ordered by and sent by Amazon. So I got a special deal on The Action Bible New Testament usually at £14 down to about £11.60. Then I applied the delivery to a store just around the corner needing no bus journey at all. So I applied that for free delivery and applied the £3 off and got a deal at about £8.60 instead. So it’s like saving £5 off in all. We don’t always get a minimum order of £10 so this was why I chose this Gospel book but I could have ordered something closer to £10 and got the discount down to about £7 instead.

I can’t register new accounts with Amazon without a mobile phone number so I stay using the accounts I’ve got already. During the order going through, we may see a way to upgrade to Prime Video but I don’t do that at about £9 a month extra. If I don’t get a 30-day free trial then I get the 99p a week subscription and cancel before that ends. I qualify for the Amazon grocery discount deals during that week but sometimes these apply to new customers instead.

http://www.amazon.co.uk

The MSE MoneySavingExpert emails I get notified me of a few discount deals this week but they didn’t apply to me as an existing customer. Check your deals and promotional offers as soon as you sign in and see what’s what on the opening web page.

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I decided to buy some Corduroy shirts today and my first multi-buy order was for 5 shirts so I got 20% off.

Later on, I got a different colour shirt option so I bought 4 and got the 20% again.

I saved £20 thanks to multi-buys and I got free postage, too.

The average price was £7.50.

http://www.ebay.co.uk

ww.ebay.ie

http://www.picclick.co.uk

http://www.grelly.uk

The last 2 websites are quick ways to search and access eBay items.

The picclick website uses the item description for the images rather than eBay using s-l1600.jpg names for the large pixels sized images. Whatever the picclick image sized image is we can manually edit from the 400 pixel name to the 1600 name.

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http://groceries.morrisons.com

This week I got voucher codes from the Morrisons website. The thing is that I ignore the £15 off a £100 order and wait for the follow-up email for £15 off a £70 order. So I visited the website and ordered just over £70 to save £17 that way plus another £15 off thus saving £32 in all.

When I compare the weight to the price ratios for similar items I can save so much money…

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The USWITCH website email I received today is a reminder of the British Gas tariff:

British Gas Fixed Tariff 14M v1

I switched to this recently yet kept the direct debit the same to build up a balance for the Winter usage.

Quote:

On 1 July, the price cap will come down to a two-year low of £1,568 per year for an average usage dual fuel household.

The USWITCH email included an annual usage estimate of £1400+ for me and I live alone so who knows what families are going to have to pay?

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SUNSZN15 is the latest eBay discount for an order of £10 plus with a maximum discount of £75. Ending on the 26th of June 2024:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/bn_7116140159

NB selected sellers’ items.

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I used the eBay discount code to save £10.50 on a brand new lawnmower SUNSZN15. The specifications and customer feedback helps us make decisions and the really large zoom-in eBay images help, too.

http://www.ebay.co.uk and http://www.ebay.ie

http://www.picclick.co.uk and http://www.grelly.uk also search eBay items.

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This week, I saved over £40 according to the Morrisons order I made including the £15 off the £70 order plus getting a free delivery pass. I will pay about £55 this time.

http://www.morrisons.com

The website mentions a price match for Lidl and Aldi stores…

I checked the multiple-order items to save money and the discounted single items.

£40 could buy a 1GB USB external drive…

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Another week with an email for a £12 discount for a Morrisons website order of £70. An extra £18 off the items for their multi-buys so that makes £30 discount with a late-night delivery charge of £1.50.

http://groceries.morrisons.com

I compared the prices and the weights for better value and managed to save a little that way as well.

My Prime Video 99p a week trial was cancelled before they would have charged me full price for a month. That meant I couldn’t order from the Co-Op so I waited for the Morrisons email as before…

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The Amazon Prime deals I ordered today were because I signed up again for 7 days for 99p. So I qualified for 2 discounts and saved £12 today.

The Amazon Prime day deals end at midnight. Who knows if they will get to be extended?

USB drives?

Beyond these items I noticed the 5 pack of Integral 32 GB USB2 drives for just over £16. Search product number:

amazon–co–uk product: B0BZSZ449C

The 32GB size is sometimes recommended for our Internet devices and our Smart TVs for files or recordings such as for Freeview TVs.
The company Netgem has recommended Sandisk 32GB drives as well as the DataTaveler 32GB drives. That’s why I use the Sandisk drives for the Netbox 4K Freeview recordings. FAT32 applies if using a computer yet TV and set-top box devices have their own formatting options.

http://www.netgem.tv and http://www.netgem.co.uk and http://www.youtube for video tutorials.

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Some weekend discounts were on offer so I saved over £500 on the original prices.

The re-vived.com website offers a 24% discount for today, Sunday the 28th of July 2024. I ordered a few more favourite items while the stocks were available. I got loyalty points and saved extra that way.

thegoodbook.co.uk website offered a discount deal and then again for a purchase of 10 items so I saved about £40 that way.

The atlasformen.co.uk website had extra deals ending soon so I ordered several budget items as a brand new customer getting a 20% discount for subscribing to newsletters sent by email. So another £50 saved on realistic prices.

Probably a total saving of £600.

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I looked at the re-vived.com website later last night and discovered that there were extra DVDs at the £2 price and then the 24% off. So I ordered the same ones and some extra DVDs. I followed through with loyalty points being used, so I saved about £50 more. Based on their original £10 price I saved over £800. So £600 and £800 make £1,400 saved. This shows that some audio-video media technology starts high. Soon after, prices can be reduced dramatically. The miracle is that these low prices get passed on to customers. The next miracle is that special events during the year will mean even more discount deals. The 24% website discount is the best I’ve found.

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I found a few more re-vived DVDs I could buy so I saved even more this week.

I also managed to get 3 eBay items for 99p each and I reckon I saved about £30.

I got an Amazon £5 credit to rent or buy a video film so I activated that and ordered a film which I can watch on the ROKU box connected to my 4K Smart TV.

The atlasformen.co.uk items arrived and I saved over £10 on these, too.

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In order to get the Amazon website and the RT Forums web pages to open, I had to close the AVG program’s web shield and later on I checked the AVG’s settings and enabled a few web browser programs to be added for Internet protection. After that, I switched off the HTTPS check option and got access to the RT forums again and was able to log in and post just now.

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The recent eBay emails offered discount options by some of the sellers so I checked those items on the email links. There were other deals available on eBay’s home page, too. By saving a search phrase for an item we get new items for sale email updates so that helped me save money this week. I could also view the recently visited website items and then find similar items to compare prices and multi-buy deals.

I used the Make an Offer option again and saved £2 off the buy now price. It helps to check if others are watching the item and if anyone has made a bid then the Make an Offer option could get withdrawn. In my case, I saved money anyway.

The other 3 items were offering us a 99 p minimum bid so that’s how we could save money on the basis that nobody else makes a higher bid. In my case, the sabotage in getting web pages to load stopped me from making any late bids at all.

Sometimes we win in spite of website access failures happening at the end of HTTPS style auctions.

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Forum membership has increased to over 30 for August 2024. So I hope the discount topic helps others to save some money. The next major deal is for Return To School discounts so it helps to subscribe on various shopping websites before these deals can be emailed to us.

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This topic title refers to the TV Licence Tax and there are recent YouTube updates about the BBC and its threats and lies about entering our homes. These are worth checking if not having a TV licence and even if you do. We have our legal rights regardless of being told otherwise and can inform the BBC of these when we send or email our complaints.

http://www.youtube.com

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Amazon emails alert us to offers such as a free £5 credit to rent or buy a movie. So I watched Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom for just over 2 hours this afternoon. Maybe a few more Amazon accounts will get the £5 credit, too.

http://www.amazon.co.uk

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How technical problems can make us miss out on bargains and discounts…

Yesterday, the 5th of August 2024 was a really difficult day to get the Internet access on my 2 computers that I had to test. Different ways to access and so I had to test the Ethernet connection as well as the Wi-Fi connection. I learned that the Wi-Fi adaptor is the USB device and when I accessed that I could change the IP address and that helped to restore access. I use the POPPEEPER email service and that sometimes requires Authentication for Yahoo emails but I got that working again. Now I saw a refund on my 3 eBay orders so I didn’t save a penny on these after all. Nor did I get the items. Maybe these will be made available later, maybe not, but other sellers may have these so I get to try again.

I was able to get access to many websites but still get the won’t load or reload problems on some websites. Even here, I had that problem, but today I saw the ADVANCED link option that lets visitors into the websites regardless of any so-called security risks…

But today I saw the dreaded Legitimate Purposes and permissions display. That meant I could accept all companies tracking visitors or switch these and the vendors permissions off. So I had to switch off about 50 companies and may need to repeat this tedious delay again. This type of misery will affect RT Forum members and reduce interest in signing in beyond the Captcha delay selection image process that we may encounter as well.

The Internet is getting more complicated every single day so even if we update to the latest computers and web browsers we can still need YouTube video tutorials to change the Internet settings and options. That’s why I use the Wondows key then search for the program for Internet Options. It’s called inetcpl.cpl and I remember it as I use a net to catch a couple of fish and then I can type i n e t c p l dot c p l as above. Then I adjust the Security then Privacy settings and so on and try the websites again. The SSL errors may get fixed. However, I also had to switch off the AVG program and switch off its settings for HTTP/HTTPS scans. I was going from one checkup to another and still finding Internet access was going on and off now and then. The Wi-Fi adaptor change IP option led me to see the access restored with the signal display shown in 5 green bars and 5 white/yellow bars.

http://www.youtube.com

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https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/startWebshop.do

I saved £25 minus the £1.50 late-night delivery charge by ordering selected items and their £13 multi-buy discounts plus £12 off a £70 order by using the emailed VOUCHER code. Total saved is £23.50 so for 2 orders it would be £47 saved…

On this basis, it makes sense for families or couples to set up several separate Morrisons accounts so they can order with any discount codes they get sent. That way, they could save £12 for each of those accounts and thus order lots of items rather than just the £70 and more order alone.

The result of 2 orders could lead to orders of about £83 x2 then the discounts then the vouchers then the minimum delivery cost of £1.50. So that could lead to the £3 total for deliveries to pay yet saving £24 minus that £3 so £21 gets saved plus any other multi-buy deals. In my case, £13 saved x 2 for £26 and a total of £47 saved for these 2 orders.

I don’t like the vouchers for when I must order £100 at a time because £12 off £70 is better value.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58090533

What is happening to future Winter Fuel payments?

A means-tested approach means testing times ahead and this article mentions we must each pay £28 extra to settle a 3 billion pound debt to the nation’s energy suppliers. The average figures for energy usage have changed for me since I got a microwave oven but we must all pay the standing charges which the article mentions as 91p per day. Low energy users aren’t getting a fair deal and those poverty-stricken households are going to struggle when prices are set to increase… Some will get financial help, some won’t…

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http://www.amazon.co.uk

I signed in to several of my email accounts and got some £5 off a £15 order discount deals. At one checkout, I noticed a 7-day offer for Amazon Prime at 99p. I saved a total of 7x£6 off the orders plus £2 and that makes about £45 saved. The Amazon Prime subscription has been confirmed by email today. So I started watching on my 4K Smart TV Amazon Prime app. I also got a next-day delivery offer applied to that account’s delivery.
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For a multi-buy purchase I also got 5% off so I saved money that way on these orders. Basically, a £16 order got reduced to £10 each time because of the free delivery on deliveries over £10…

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I did another check on British Gas as my 14m v1 fixed tariff ends in 12 months. The Switch Tariff display of other fixed tariffs meant I could get 14m v2 instead and extend my contract until October 2025 for just a little extra. Even so, the minimum Direct Debit payment was about £110 a month. The situation for me is I hardly use any gas oven units so the standing charge gets paid just to get this dual-fuel tariff. Current usage for July-August is over £90 a month so that’s about £1100 a year minimum and add about £300 extra for the Winter months for about £1400 to £1500 a year. Others will see their prices go up as well as down on their variable tariffs so they’ve no real idea how good or bad prices will be for both their electricity and gas. I got a microwave oven just in case that helps beyond the faster time to heat food items up.

http://www.britishgas.co.uk

For meter readings and account details and the Switch Tariff displays showing each tariff and day and night charges as well as standing charges and VAT included at 5%.

I’m gambling I’ll save money even if just for 2 extra months of Autumn Season usage next year.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/e/coupon-offers/20-off-emerging-brands

20% off… Minimum order £10, maximum discount £75, ending on the 26th of August 2024,
use code HAPPY20 at the checkout.

The link includes a SEARCH option to help find brand name or item descriptions.
(NB Still compare eBay prices…)

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AS I had hoped, I got another Morrisons discount email. It was sent using Amazon, so if I could get Amazon Prime on any of my Amazon email accounts then I would pay £0.99 for 1 week. To be cancelled before it ends next Saturday.

So I signed in to each account or used the Switch Account option. I found an account and checked if the Groceries from Morrisons had any previous orders or not. I found an account to get the Amazon Prime working, then accessed Morrisons and ordered just over £60. I added the coupon code SUMMERSHOP1 and got £15 off so I will pay £45 instead. If I ordered for a second time I would use SUMMERSHOP2 and for a third time SUMMERSHOP3. Normally, the codes would apply up to the end of the month, but I must take advantage before next Saturday. My order is to arrive today. This time I ordered 8 of the Vimto cordials 2 Litres bottles and 8 of the Fruit Squash 2 Litres bottles. So that means I can dilute the drinks rather than buying the fizzy ones or in cans. The Morrisons Fruit Berry drinks are similar to the taste of Vimto so I bought 2 of these for £1.50 earlier this month.

As a new customer for the COOP store I could get £10 off a £40+ order. Even so, that’s just a 25% saving like Morrisons with their £15 off a £60 order. Here again, we can compare prices to learn which deals are worth buying.

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On eBay, I sometimes pay £12 plus £4 delivery for standard-sized items. This weekend, I got a job lot for 5 items plus delivery for less than £40 so I saved £40 despite other bidders. This order benefits a charity as well as it does for me.

http://www.ebay.co.uk and http://www.ebay.ie
http://www.picclick.co.uk and http://www.grelly.uk are fast eBay search websites, too.

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The second order on Amazon’s Morrisons Grocery section helped save me £15 off the £60 order plus about £7 off the multi-buy items. The checkout has a little box that says the promotion discount has been added already so that’s why the checkout led to a £44 order and I was able to stock up yet again. I delayed the order until Tuesday evening to get fresh food items at that time. As this is on Amazon’s website the prices don’t always match Morrisons website so that’s why I still shop around and make an order if the price is right. I switch from some fresh foods to the tinned goods to get the order just above £60. Any savings are based on yet another 99p a week subscription so it’s wise to open new Amazon accounts if you’ve got a mobile number to complete the registration process.

http://www.amazon.co.uk

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/e/coupon-offers/flower-20-generic

Sometimes the eBay home page has a code to check to visit the selected sellers’ items. FLOWER20 is a 20% off home and garden offer that ends on the 22nd of August 2024. It requires a minimum £10 order and has a maximum £75 discount.

There’s such a variety of items to explore.

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The final £15 off a £60 Morrisons order was another chance to save money and the items were ordered and should arrive tomorrow. The £0.99 Amazon Prime offer has been cancelled. It’s sometimes possible that Amazon will extend the £0.99 offer for a second week but not this time…

At least £45 saved on the 3 Morrisons offers with more for the multi-buy items as well.

http://www.amazon.co.uk

It helps to set up several email accounts to get extra offers.

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This is the time of the year for August Bank holiday discounts and the Back To School discounts. The thing is, what are the existing prices and what will the prices be soon and what discounts will then apply? So now is the time to do the research to properly compare what’s happening.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/e/_electronics/upgrade-your-tech-0409

Tech upgrades offer:

Up to 75% off… ending on the 13th of September at 10 am.

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SAFETY WARNING

Today I got an email from an eBay seller after I’d left negative feedback. The request was to revise my feedback. So I was able to do that based on an accident happening prior to being posted to me. I had already got a refund so I mentioned that some items have a glass cover and damage can happen even before items get posted and delivered. Imagine holding a parcel and hearing the sound of broken glass. Return it or open it and try to salvage some of the contents? Even though I lost out on a bargain, I felt sympathy for those dealing with such items that can create accidents to people as well. So it’s a reminder to open parcels’ deliveries carefully after checking for the sound of broken glass!

http://www.ebay.co.uk and http://www.ebay.ie and
http://www.picclick.co.uk and http://www.grelly.uk

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https://sharewareonsale.com

I noticed a new email freebie for a bundle of free fonts. So I got these 350 fonts downloaded as a zip file to my computer. I wonder which fonts I will install…

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/e/special-events/25-off-appliances-r25-0509

REVIVE25 is the 25% Discount Code that ends on the 8th of September 2024…

Search products such as computers and TV and home and garden appliances. Refurbished items, so that’s the reason for this deal.

Minimum order £10 and maximum discount £75.

Look for items with postage included so you get a better discount that way.

Check seller feedback and also product reviews.

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I bought a secondhand DVD Recorder and it’s possible that it could be at least saving me £60 based on previous purchases. I’ve tried many DVD recorders over the years and so many were not worth the time or the money! So I tend to buy the same make and model number now. It’s less likely to need to return the eBay item later. The recorder includes the remote control and user manual. Some eBay items don’t so this was an unexpected bargain… so far…
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http://www.ebay.co.uk and http://www.ebay.ie
http://www.picclick.co.uk and http://www.grelly.uk
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My 50″ LG 4K SMART TV has a special offer over the next few weeks and freebies start off with APPLE TV + for a 3-month freebie. So I clicked that today, the 9th of September 2024. Next week and thereafter new offers apply.

The LG TV displayed the usual Internet link to apply the on-screen code there. I did that and registered on http://link.apple.com

Once I had provided payment details as well the subscription freebie began and the LG TV displayed its content choices.

The £9 a month savings add up to £27, just because I paid attention rather than paying money.

The webOS service 10th anniversary explains the offers this month so check if other TVs offer anything eg Hisense and Samsung et-cetera, et-cetera, et-cetera.

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I couldn’t find the Apple TV + service on the Netgem 4K Netbox so I switched back to view the LG TV apps and saw the apple TV app which continued where I left off with my login kept activated for me. I got an email to confirm the apple TV + subscription started today…

I switched the HDMI cable to the ROKU set-top box to access apple TV on that streaming device instead. My Wi-Fi signal works OK but I may test the Ethernet cable connection, too.

I visited http://link.apple.com and entered the code there.

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Amazon Prime is planned for the first weeks in October and some can apply for a week at 99p or maybe get a 30-day free Amazon Prime service that helps them to qualify for further Grocery shop discounts as well as the Amazon Prime discounts. The more email accounts we register the more sign ins we do to find out what’s on offer.

As an Amazon customer, I sometimes see extra deals mentioned on my LG 4K Smart TV screen. Then there are the LG Web OS 10th Anniversary discount deals this month of September 2024.

http://www.amazon.co.uk

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I recently switched from British Gas to a different fixed tariff based on the gamble that energy prices would increase and this week I learned of another British Gas Fixed Tariff. When I compared prices I realised that the new tariff increases prices dramatically already and I wouldn’t want to pay the extra costs for the day charge for electricity from about 24p to 29p per unit. I may not qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment as it is so there’s no incentive to switch anyway. However, those who didn’t switch earlier like I did may pay the extra costs of the new tariff thinking they’re doing well just because they get a new USWITCH email.

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I noticed a freebie from Virgin Media. It was a 43″ LG TV. The deals apply for the more expensive services that include fast Broadband and TV subscriptions. I don’t want to pay more than double I’m paying now so I declined.

http://www.virginmedia.com

The really long contracts for 18 months allow for discount deals but Monopoly Money charges after a new Government has come to power may not be a wise idea.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/bn_7116143159

SEPTSAVE20 is the code for the checkout for a minimum £10 order and the maximum discount is £75.

Ending on the 27th of September 2024 for selected sellers’ items.

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https://groceries.morrisons.com

I used the £12 voucher for a purchase over £70. I paid £1.50 for the late-night delivery.

Some items were not what I ordered so I passed these back and my account got charged for £47 instead of £60. So I still got that discount OK.

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The DVD Recorder I ordered recently didn’t work out as I hoped. Some startup fault meant I had to replace the 3-point plug in case that was the fault. It wasn’t. I replaced the hard drive and still no startups worked. I put the original hard drive back. A lot of time invested without any success at all. Pity. Even so, I started up a spare DVD Recorder which did work and just in case I’m clearing out the recordings on a different recorder to switch that one off completely.
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(The reset hard drive routine for this Funai HD-B2785 250GB drive model is Variable Skip button then quickly press 3, 6, 9 then view menu to choose OK.)

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The Amazon sign-up on my Smart TV shows extra subscription deals linked to it. The Paramount+ offer is useful is I use a different Amazon email for it to work as well.

The LG Smart TV begins a new week of its WebOS 10th year freebie offers. So it’s useful to check what’s happening for this week and what’s available later because Prime Day deals will require a Prime account to get those.

http://www.amazon.co.uk

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Another eBay seller offers the Make An Offer option so I saved almost £4 that way.

http://www.ebay.co.uk and http://www.ebay.ie
Quick searchers: http://www.picclick.co.uk and http://www.grelly.uk

NB use the Save Search option to get future alerts for the items you want.

Reminder, some Paypal purchases may let you use your outstanding Paypal balance you may have forgotten about.

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I have several Amazon UK accounts so I checked my emails for the latest discounts. Only 1 account offered the fashion discount of £5 off a £15 order. So I ordered some jogging pants and the hoodie. These were separate items.

M17 Mens Pullover Hoodie Casual Hooded Sweatshirt Hoody Top Jumper Classic Plain Jacket Long Sleeve with Pocket (XL, Burgundy)£7.68
> Condition: NewSold by: Sleepdown_
> Order Total: £7.68

> Ordered item(s):3 x M17 Mens Slim Leg Jogging Bottoms Casual Pants Trousers Joggers Tracksuit Gym Cuffed Hem Pockets (XL, Burgundy) £6.91
> Condition: NewSold by: Sleepdown_

(I ordered 3 of these and 1 of the hoodie.)

These were with fast free delivery for Friday, the 27th of September.

These items were in the Fashion Sale section of the Clothes category for men.

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The Disney Plus offer has been approved for 3 months at £1.99 a month so that saves another £3 a month for a total of £9.

The offer is on my LG TV yet I used the email to get access to the website and used a card payment to get access. I was able to change the password using the Manage Account option. All actions sent a code to the email account to verify the action. So I can now use a streaming device to access the service as a repeat subscriber.

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Yes, indeedy, I saved another £5 thanks to Amazon!

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https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/work-life/5-obscure-web-browsers-that-will-finally-break-your-chrome-addiction

Some of these look worthwhile enough to install for test purposes.

Some search engines are also suggested as privacy issues are improved using some search engines instead of Google.

Some web browsers include VPN services and password and file managers so less to pay for.

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Another Morrisons shopping order saves £18 to £20 this weekend thanks to multi-buys and a £10 discount on a £60 order.

https://groceries.morrisons.com

Some items have increased in price when multi-buy discounts end so I switched such purchases to similar items to save a little more at Morrisons. Yes, I’ve got more reasons to save at Morrisons!

[denismartindale]

I got a new emailed offer on Amazon during the Prime Days for the 8th and 9th of October but only in using the Amazon app for those days. Maybe others can benefit from such app offers…

http://www.amazon.co.uk

http://www.amazon.co.uk/my-promotions

[denismartindale]

The Disney+ offer I got meant that I could watch the sci-fi film about Man versus AI Robots called THE CREATOR.

I don’t know whether to be thankful I’m living in this generation but maybe this one is better than the next generation.

[denismartindale]

I saw an update for the Adobe PDF Reader. It led to the update but didn’t. I used this website instead:

https://smallpdf.com/

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[denismartindale]

I subscribed for 7 days of Prime Video using an Amazon account and ordered some hoodie jumpers yet at an amazing price and I wonder if these will arrive at such a low price as I paid this time.

On another Google search, I tracked down a reduced price lower than the £1.30 to £1.50 prices I found here in the UK. The website 10ofthose.com led to a bulk discount for orders of 25 or more. I checked Google search for discount codes and found TEA40 worked so I repeated with order 2 to order a total of 200 items for £170 instead of up to £300. While other websites had reduced prices with discounts and loyalty points, 10ofthose.com had loyalty points that stopped the TEA40 code so I switched off the log in and logged in again for the second order. I received an email offering £10 of a £40 order so I wondered if that would work later after the TEA40 code ended on the 9th of October 2024. If yes, create a new account, wait for the email offering that discount code WELCOME10 and try again. To think I will get 200 NIV New Testaments for 85p each is welcome indeed.

[denismartindale]

http://www.poundland.co.uk

An email told me of a temporary free delivery offer for orders over £40. So I got 1 item for 50p off and ordered 50 of these. The rest were separate deals and offers to create a total order of £90. I remembered that MSE often offered a discount for poundland but I found a 10% discount on a different code website.

https://poundland.voucher.discount/?store=81accd397ddce1d5

So I used code PLD-8GV-10 and the bill went down to £81 instead. Delivery included a next day delivery. Separate email offers are expected to follow after this new order using my credit card or Paypal if I chose that.

So £25 off 50 items and an extra £9 saved me £34 compared with other websites.

[denismartindale]

UPDATE USING PRIME SUBSCRIPTION to purchase items and any special vouchers or Prime Day bargains…
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I wanted to stock up some energy-saving light bulbs and found these 10W bulbs and the 15% discount voucher, too

I bought 4 and got an extra bulb free saved about £10 on similar 10W bulbs that had no voucher or a freebie bulb.

If I needed 8 bulbs I could have got an extra 2 free bulbs…

So if trying to reduce electricity costs, these bulbs help as we can dim the light or increase the light and change the colour. I prefer the brilliant white colour for general use around the home. The smaller rooms can still use the remote control. We can place the remote control beside the bed and use that to switch the light on or off or reduce the light to have some light left on at night.

I have a long living room with 2 lights but don’t need both on at the same time. So the remote control keeps 1 light on and 1 light off until I choose to have both lights on temporarily.

The kitchen light switch is positioned on the other side so there’s no light on at all until I cross the dark room to switch that on. However, I positioned a remote control near the kitchen door to switch the light on with the remote control and off again when I leave the kitchen.

• This reply was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by denismartindale. Reason: Added Prime subscription explanation about my purchases

[denismartindale]

I edited my previous Amazon post to see if the KINDLE ADVERT would still appear within my message text or not.

Does it insert itself within the first line gap?

[denismartindale]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=lg+4k

There are some Prime Day deals and yet here are the LG 4K TVs to compare. The specifications may include the S2 satellite circle input for satellite channels to tune in and access.

Not a long extended warranty coverage so that would reduce prices.

Select filters such as HDMI and ethernet and wi-fi and USB and then select the from prices low to high.

Smart TVs have apps and offers but check how these compare with the offers on http://www.richersounds.com and its LG 4K TVs.

[frank59]

Hi denis.

The Kindle advert you attached to your post isn’t showing.

This message; “We’re sorry. We weren’t able to load the preview.” is showing instead.

Hope you are well.

[denismartindale]

Here again the Amazon Prime 7-day 99p deal adds to my Morrisons discounts. I got an email from Amazon to provide discounts. 3 offers of £20 off the £70 orders and yet while I was online I saw a better offer of 3 deals of £20 off £60 orders and the first order used the code 20FORYOU01. So I stocked up for the £60+ order then got £20 off and the afternoon delivery will decide what happens. I changed each item to DO NOT SUBSTITUTE. If not delivered then the charge reduces and I still get the £20 off.

http://www.amazon.co.uk

Check multiple Amazon email accounts that you’ve registered to get lots of email discount offers and on-site deals.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/my-promotions

[denismartindale]

The Kindle advert wasn’t a part of my forum post at all. It was inserted outside of my control and maybe it was a sign of future adverts provided by the forum. So I wondered if it would get repeated if I tested with a follow-up forum post as well. It didn’t and the Kindle advert has gone now.

Many websites include adverts around a web page rather than within a forum post. I mentioned this new development as I didn’t recommend such a product placement that could give the impression that I am sharing details. Some adverts are using commission links and these help fund websites just like YouTube gurus promoting VPN services so they get an extra income.

My forum links don’t provide me with an income. I am just providing updated info. The Kindle advert preview doesn’t work and some may think it led to the energy-saving bulbs when it doesn’t. So I experimented to see if I could reposition the advert away from my text to avoid confusion.

In any case, a moderated forum doesn’t automatically add new forum posts or new topics so there are delays at times and featured content may not always be accepted…

[denismartindale]

As for my health, well, I delayed putting the heating on until the weekend temperature compelled me to use an electric blanket and the maximum heat setting for it. So I’m sitting on this blanket as it warms my back to a better heating situation than before. As for sleeping, that’s an hour or two then another wake-up then I decide if to go back to sleep or not. As the electricity tariff allows for cheaper night hours from 10 pm to 5 am I can save some money that way. It’s also useful to monitor incoming emails to get better bargain emails before the items get sold. We live in an Internet streaming 24-7 world so I may be able to watch late-night shows such as those on the Netgem Netbox which has over 100 extra Internet TV channels. I’ve recently connected to that using the long Ethernet cable and not just the wi-fi connection. I like the LG TV which also offers its TV extras and some Internet streaming service free trials, too. So why not use the late-night hours now and then?

[denismartindale]

Another search through Amazon Prime deals to get the 7 days offer for 99p. Then visit the Co-Op Groceries section and get an order for £40 with today’s free delivery. The order code COOP1040 was applied and the charge stated as £35 reduced to £25 instead. So I saved about £15 less £1 to make a £14 discount.

http://www.amazon.co.uk

[denismartindale]

The purchase of the 5 10 watt bulbs led to a freebie of Fairy String Lights which were usually sold for about £10 and I received those yesterday. The colour-changing LED lights helped light up the bedroom for me. I used the computer’s USB input for the cable to work with the remote control.

[denismartindale]

https://sharewareonsale.com/product-tag/giveaway+active-deals?os=windows

The Allavsoft Downloader looks good and can improve videos from 24 frames per second to 29 frames per second.

The Fonts Bundles are also worth viewing and installing some on the computer.

[denismartindale]

THE OLD AND THE NEW…

How about access to floppy disks a: drives nowadays?

Modern computers don’t always provide the A drive access but we can buy external USB Portable Diskette Drives and I checked YouTube for any drivers info. Instead, the video advice was to use the Windows key then to type a: to get the drive seen separately from the other drives such as C drive and external hard drives and USB flash drives such as Sandisk and Integral drives.
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I checked a diskette over 20 years old and it still worked. It had about 60 files and 20 folders. It had the RTF files I usually view with C drive, Program Files, Windows NT, Accessories and wordpad.exe so I used that to associate it as the default program for RTF files.
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The Windows key advice was also to try to type My Computer and then view the a: drive that way, too. When I got access, I selected the a: drive contents and used Ctrl A to copy and then pasted the lot into a C: drive folder so I could gain access that way, too. The Properties for the a: drive were set to read only so I switched that option off and exited the Properties setup.

It’s true that some website links in different files won’t stay active after 20 years but it’s possible that the archive database could get ancient snapshots of websites or web pages:

http://www.archive.org

[denismartindale]

I waited to see if another Morrisons discount email would come and I got 3 of these offers for some of my separate email accounts. The Amazon Groceries Department option was £20 off a first £90 order and a second and a third order. I can complete just the first order and the code worked and I selected the option Don’t Substitute for each item I ordered. Some of my items may be a waste of time but time will tell on these non-food homeware items.

http://www.amazon.co.uk

[denismartindale]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/bn_7116144158

The 20% off is until the 28th of October 2024 and is for selected sellers and their selected items. So there’s a minimum £10 order and a maximum £75 discount. CODE at the checkout: SCARYSAVINGS20.

When we explore the categories and special items of interest it can lead to impulse buying so we must be careful in the Winter months of heat or eat bills.

Budget Buy plans we can test out for 2024/2025.

Some customers plan ahead and buy items from January onward. Others suggest setting Christmas gifts to a maximum of £10. That doesn’t really compare with what we could have paid the year before. Some of my favourite items doubled in price and the Supermarkets aren’t doing us any favours unless we consider new accounts or new orders such as I get with Amazon Prime and a 7-day order of all services for just 99p. That’s similar to paying about £5 for a month for Amazon Prime but these costs are reduced by any discounts from Morrisons or the Co-Op grocery orders. Without substantial discount deals sent by email on on the Amazon website’s my-promotions web pages we would be overcharged every single time compared with the Morrison’s online website instead.

[denismartindale]

The http://www.richersounds.com email I got was about a future sales event and yet we can compare with the likes of Currys TV adverts what is really a saving nowadays. For Smart 4K TVs, we may have been made aware of Freely, the new way to watch UK TV channels. The Hisense 2024 TVs have included the service but how can we consider Freely as free based on a brand new purchase at today’s prices? The Richer Sounds company offers a very long warranty coverage at about £80 above our eBay discounts of about 20% off. The really large TVs don’t seem that stable so having some accidental cover makes sense.

The latest high tech TVs may seem wonderful but we’re dealing with Monopoly money prices. So this could lead many customers to the purchase of medium size TVs below 50″ or to buying the lower budget TVs instead. I chose the LG and the Hisense TVs based on the maximum discounts I was offered. I don’t need to get the Hisense 2024 TV upgrade just for Freely.

http://www.amazon.co.uk
http://www.ebay.co.uk and http://www.ebay.ie
and http://www.picclick.co.uk and http://www.grelly.uk for fast eBay searches.
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[denismartindale]

The http://www.thegoodbook.com website I registered on has included the BIRTHDAY option of a free e-book version of a book. So I got one e-book for £9.99 yet got charged £0.00 instead. The download was there at the checkout’s web page so I downloaded the ebook that way. Since I’ve got a few more accounts, I may be able to get some more ebooks, too.

Various book sellers have websites that offer some loyalty points as an incentive to buy more later. In some cases, immediately-placed follow-up orders may get delivered as a single consignment.
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[denismartindale]

Every now and then the Amazon website sends emails to my accounts and offers a £5 off but they don’t all work for me as I hope. Some of these web pages don’t permit the action at all and show me a picture of an Amazon dog instead. Even if I try another web browser I still get no discount when these situations occur. Even so, there are a few discounts that get applied successfully and I get the £5 off and then set the free postage option. I check my favourite items and some have increased even if I but 4 items and get 5% off. So I search other items and then find some of these increased prices or got withdrawn. Finally, I get some item that works for me. So I saved 2 of the £5 to reduce costs by £10. Along the journey, I found another 99p for a 7 day Amazon Prime order. I’ve watched 2 films so far. I may make another groceries order before the 7 days end.

http://www.amazon.co.uk

After I switch accounts and sign in, I visit the home page and see those £5 off promotions here or on http://www.amazon.co.uk/my-promotions but they don’t all work and prove to be time wasters instead. So I describe these as a journey or a Mystery Tour.

[denismartindale]

I recently saw a new article recommending the Opera web browser so I installed that over the weekend. It imported saved web pages of my other web browser. Opera has extra features such as a VPN service and a block ads service. So it could be worthwhile.

http://www.opera.com

https://download.opera.com/download/get/?partner=www&opsys=Windows&version=95

This version will get replaced later so it’s the home page that matters and explains features.

• This reply was modified 3 weeks, 3 days ago by denismartindale.

[denismartindale]

By the way, a new Amazon Prime account lets us add a new profile meant for adults or a separate one for kids so that kids option tick box selection lets Amazon provide suitable content.

http://www.amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/my-promotions
http://www.amazon.co.uk/mytv (for the Smart TV screen code)

[denismartindale]

http://www.atlasformen.co.uk

This is a clothing company sometimes seen on the Shopping Channels. The email I got was 25% off if ordering 2 items and free postage over a £15 order. The email discount code was applied on the website link I visited. I ordered jog pants and fleece tops and decided to buy 6 of the first and 5 of the second. The £70 order reduced to £52 instead. I registered with a brand-new email account and used a credit card to process my order. Basically, I’m paying for 11 items and the cost is less than £5 each. So about £10 for both and I can wear TWO sets of these items to keep warmer that way.

54200 is my VIP code but who knows if that works for new customers or not?

The website offers different sizes and sleeve lengths for shirts etc. So customers may prefer a medium size as well as a large size or a large size and the XL size, too.

[denismartindale]

https://t.ly/LSlvG

Shortcut here.

The t.ly website test created a shortcut here.

LS for left side and lv for luncheon vouchers and G for Good if it works.

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 5 days ago by denismartindale. Reason: extra info to remember

[denismartindale]

http://www.richersounds.com having a sale so worth a look-see!

[denismartindale]

Shortly here again using t.ly.LSlvG (LEFT SIDE, luncheon vouchers and G for Go.)

The recent 7-day subscription for Amazon Prime led to an automatic renewal and I wanted that cancelled so as soon as I was able I tried to stop the £8.99 payment. I went through the process up to the cancellation web page yet that only showed the cancellation at the end of the month’s payment.

I checked the cancellation options and found the PDF cancellation form with an online link right back to Customer Services which led me back to the same cancellation web page. However, I had tested that on the two web browsers and this time I was using the Chrome web browser which showed the CANCEL MEMBERSHIP NOW LINK! The other web browsers didn’t. It’s another example of why many install several web browsers just in case.

On another level, I received a few of Amazon’s emails and their £5 off deals so maybe some good is still on its way for me.

[denismartindale]

https://t.ly/LSlvG is a shortcut URL to get to the discounts topic…

Glowmaster Heated Electric Under Blanket – 3 Sizes

http://www.gogroopie.com sent me a £5 off deal for £10+ orders so I ordered a double size electric blanket and used the MISSYOU code then paid the £4.99 delivery. Even so, I now have a few hundred images of the products I chose not to order and these are in the web browser’s cache folder. I have to delete these later to clear up computer storage space…

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 1 day ago by denismartindale.
• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 1 day ago by denismartindale.

[denismartindale]

Time to stock up at https://groceries.morrisons.com/
So I used the email discount code and saved £15 on my £70+ order.

[denismartindale]

Money Saving Expert email mentions the v11 British Gas Tariff…

In this week’s MSE Tips, the latest British Gas Tariff v11 is offered to existing customers and it’s for 15 months.

My tariff is 14m v2 and I needed to get the new tariff details on the British Gas website before calculating the differences and the worth of switching or not.

The 14m V2 tariff is a day and night set of charges and November is a good average for the annual 5000 units used.

It’s about 300 for day usage and 115 for night usage and with 5% VAT the average works out at about £105 a month.

The new tariff works out for the only charge for day and night usage and with VAT goes to £110+ a month instead.

As it’s Winter with extras to pay, I increased the Direct Debit to £120 for the next few months.

My tariff ends in October 2025 so that means 11 months are left. So the increase of about £5 a month which includes the 4 extra months is still worthwhile based on the overall prices now and what they could be increased for any future tariffs offered to British Gas customers.

The understanding is that we switch and pay a lot more for our Winter months and these apply from here to the end of March or April depending on a mild or a cold Winter and early Spring.

As the new tariff uses a single charge for electricity this means customers don’t need to do the laundry overnight or stay up late at night using off-peak electricity as before.

https://britishgas.co.uk/identity/

Here we sign in then view tariffs if seeking info on switching or not, and our monthly statements as well as submitting meter readings.

[denismartindale]

https://ilovepdf.com is a PDF website with several ways to view, and edit or convert PDF files.

The Microsoft Edge web browser can view our computer PDF files, too.

[denismartindale]

t.ly/LSlvG shortcut here…
eBay code ends on the 19th of November 2024.
Coupons on the top of the eBay home page or in eBay email updates.
ebay.co.uk/b/bn_7116144158
20% OFF code FIRSTLOOK20
NB £10 and maximum discount £75. Terms say we can redeem the code 3 times.
Selected items are available from these sellers:
pages.ebay.co.uk/coupons/2024/tok0rli2fso/

[denismartindale]

eBay has several offers on the home page and includes previous searches for the account…

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