Tips & useful ideas to cut costs in the Recession

Sappa

What have you done to save on bills or incorporated into your life to reduce the financial impact of this never ending recession.
We started a small veg garden two yr ago,I get old pallets for wood,compost the waste and recycle almost everything bringing an average 380 waste bill down to 40 quid a yr.
Got two hens for the eggs,low maintenance.
Cycle whenever I can to work and limit excess mileage.
Bought a decent coffee machine and no longer spend on takeaway coffees as we got decent stuff at home.
Hoping to keep bees next year and I gather wood whenever I can to reduce the oil cost.
I actually enjoy all of the above,don't see it as a pain.
What have yee done to help with the costs and any useful ideas welcome.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

dont spend much money

seems to work

GastroBoy

Started shopping in Aldi....

Duckworth_Luas

Save €4 on laundry bills by donating your dirty shirts to the local charity shop.

They will wash and iron them and you can then buy them back for €1.

Ronin247

Few brilliant ones in here......though most will not make you popular,there are some genuine ideas,... and some right mean c***s


http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=58479654

phasers

brb googling Viz Top Tips

Kylo Ren

Become a politician.

whatlliwear

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Save €4 on laundry bills by donating your dirty shirts to the local charity shop.

They will wash and iron them and you can then buy them back for €1.

Brilliant!!

hattoncracker

Shop at Aldi, use the washing line as much as possible..

Recycle everything, except what can go in compost bin.. A trip to the recycling plant costs €5 per carload.. We grow our own herbs and wanna start growing our own vegetables..

Cook as much as I can, got a load of recipes from the cooking club for currys, pizzas, etc, so we can have good restaurant quality food at home.. The startup for that can be kind of expensive but the pastes will do about five or six curries each..

Living Social, Grabone, etc do great deals for meals out if we want to go!

Go up north once every few months for stuff that would be way expensive down here.. And raid my mothers freezer because she buys stuff she will never eat just coz it's on sale.

Get the bus to work instead of driving, parking in the city is ridiculous!!

Fr_Dougal

Have someone else Google Viz's top tips for you.

Where To

I gave up smoking, drinking, and chasing after women.

I'm still broke

The Beast of Bodmin

Do your own colonoscopies.

Duggy747

Use a knife to scrape the skids off your underpants like you would burnt bits off toast.

Fromthetrees

Hibernate for the next 6 months.

Sir Pompous Righteousness

Sappa wrote: »

We started a small veg garden two yr ago,I get old pallets for wood,compost the waste and recycle almost everything bringing an average 380 waste bill down to 40 quid a yr.
Got two hens for the eggs,low maintenance.
Cycle whenever I can to work and limit excess mileage.

Good.

Sappa wrote: »

Bought a decent coffee machine and no longer spend on takeaway coffees as we got decent stuff at home.

So you're too posh for instant coffee?

"Yes, cut back on all non-essentially, but oh please leave the coffee, we NEED good quality coffee. I think I'd DIE if I drank too much instant coffee."

Merkin

Tips? Emigrate

mackg

Sappa wrote: »

What have you done to save on bills or incorporated into your life to reduce the financial impact of this never ending recession.
We started a small veg garden two yr ago,I get old pallets for wood,compost the waste and recycle almost everything bringing an average 380 waste bill down to 40 quid a yr.
Got two hens for the eggs,low maintenance.
Cycle whenever I can to work and limit excess mileage.
Bought a decent coffee machine and no longer spend on takeaway coffees as we got decent stuff at home.
Hoping to keep bees next year and I gather wood whenever I can to reduce the oil cost.
I actually enjoy all of the above,don't see it as a pain.
What have yee done to help with the costs and any useful ideas welcome.

BEES???!!!

Jesus Shaves

Turned the thermostat down and have heating on less
Learnt how to service my own vehicles
Energy saving light bulbs throughout the house
Started shopping in aldi
Gave up smoking

Despite losing my job I now have more disposable income than ever

ehmjay

I stopped buying apartments in Bulgaria.

Lawrence1895

Aldi, Lidl, cycling

Pottler

I have cut off the ESB - we now use a petrol generator for all our household power. Our electricity bill is non-existant. Massive savings to be had. Top tip.
I will think of some more top tips in a minute, I'm just off to Motors to see if there's any replies to my "our fuel bill has skyrocketed lately" thread, our car seems to be feckin guzling the stuff if the petrol stations bills are anything to go by. Probably just need to get a smaller car..

TURRICAN

Jesus Shaves wrote: »

Turned the thermostat down and have heating on less
Learnt how to service my own vehicles
Energy saving light bulbs throughout the house
Started shopping in aldi
Gave up smoking

Despite losing my job I now have more disposable income than ever

Jeez if ****ing oul enda hears that we're all fooked.

El Weirdo

Jesus Shaves wrote: »

Despite losing my job I now have more disposable income than ever

Ah Jesus, don't give them the ammo...

Sappa

Sir Pompous Righteousness wrote: »

Sappa wrote: »

We started a small veg garden two yr ago,I get old pallets for wood,compost the waste and recycle almost everything bringing an average 380 waste bill down to 40 quid a yr.
Got two hens for the eggs,low maintenance.
Cycle whenever I can to work and limit excess mileage.

Good.

Sappa wrote: »

Bought a decent coffee machine and no longer spend on takeaway coffees as we got decent stuff at home.

So you're too posh for instant coffee?

"Yes, cut back on all non-essentially, but oh please leave the coffee, we NEED good quality coffee. I think I'd DIE if I drank too much instant coffee."

Well the coffee machine has paid for itself already,it's now an asset and each cup costs me 35 cents including the milk.
That's a nice change from 2.70 a cup in a shop and drinking two a day at least I am in the black already.

mackg

El Weirdo wrote: »

Ah Jesus, don't give them the ammo...

Think I might link that post in my sig :pac:

admiralofthefleet

have an indian and drink dark ale and head for a bath. hey presto, your own bubble bath
(not Viz)

gjc

the light at the end of my tunnel has to be turned off due to cutbacks

admiralofthefleet

Depressed people. Instead of attempting suicide as a 'cry for help', simply shout 'Help!' thus saving money on paracetamol, etc...

Sir Pompous Righteousness

Sappa wrote: »

Well the coffee machine has paid for itself already,it's now an asset and each cup costs me 35 cents including the milk.
That's a nice change from 2.70 a cup in a shop and drinking two a day at least I am in the black already.

Why not just buy a tin of cheap instant coffee from Lidl/Asda, put 3-4 teaspoons of it plus some hot water and milk into a flask and bring it to work?

ilovesleep

I dragged another year out from a pair of old, worn broken shoes. Worn everyday too.

And when I bought new shoes
- BLISS!

Actually not recommended because my feet were in bits.

Jake the dog

Ditched UPC and installed a DIY Freesat Tv kit. Saved me a fortune on UPC and haven't really missed it to be honest

astonaidan

ilovesleep wrote: »

I dragged another year out from a pair of old, worn broken shoes. Worn everyday too.

And when I bought new shoes
- BLISS!

Actually not recommended because my feet were in bits.

I always do this, I think a broken in pair of Adidas always look great, so I find no need to buy a new pair

wyndham

Sir Pompous Righteousness wrote: »

Why not just buy a tin of cheap instant coffee from Lidl/Asda, put 3-4 teaspoons of it plus some hot water and milk into a flask and bring it to work?

Because catpiss would probably taste better, that's why.

General Relativity

If your name was David you could shorten it to Dave to save time.

Robbo

Don't bother paying your mortgage. When they ask you to, ask the bank to produce the original (knowing that it's lodged in the Land Registry) and take this as approval that your mortgage does not "exist".

When they threaten to evict you, wave around a copy of the Judgment in Start Mortgages -v- Gunn and pretend the limited facts it applies to are carte blanche to stop all evictions.

**** seems to fly in border towns. Like diesel laundering, subsistence farming and worshipping Sean Quinn.

tommyboy2222

Fasting.

Not only is it physically and spiritually amazing, you save money on food.

Turn off the lights.

You'll sleep better. Try it !

syklops

Sir Pompous Righteousness wrote: »

Why not just buy a tin of cheap instant coffee from Lidl/Asda, put 3-4 teaspoons of it plus some hot water and milk into a flask and bring it to work?

Disclaimer: I dont drink coffee. Cant stand the taste nor smell.

The day when a cheap bag of beans picked by a dark skinned person in a foreign country costs more than a cheap bag of beans that were picked by a dark skinned person in a foreign country and then brought to a factory, and then ground up and turned into instant granules is a good day to stop drinking coffee IMO.

Jesus Shaves

wyndham wrote: »

Because catpiss would probably taste better, that's why.

Bring cat piss in a flask so

Get yourself that expensive "gravel driveway" feel at a fraction of the cost simply by pushing rice crispies between the threads of your car tyres.

Millicent

Duggy747 wrote: »

Use a knife to scrape the skids off your underpants like you would burnt bits off toast.

Read this post any time I want to do something costly like eat ever again...:mad:

Mickey H

Millicent wrote: »

Read this post any time I want to do something costly like eat ever again...:mad:

Will that not waste time?

Millicent

Mickey H wrote: »

Will that not waste time?

Damn it, you're right! I'll save time and remember it instead.

Seedy Arling

Save money on expensive personalised car number plates by simply
changing your name to match your existing plate.

mickrock

I got rid of my coffee machine, hens, bees and bicycle.

Sir Pompous Righteousness

syklops wrote: »

Disclaimer: I dont drink coffee. Cant stand the taste nor smell.

Then why buy a coffee maker at all? It's like Margaritaville from South Park.

Spread

Buy a crockpot for the winter months

nice_very

I was fortunate enough to have bought an unsecured bond for 10c that is now worth billions, and all you fools are paying for it..

so, no recession in my houses, no trying to save money here... we will be shooting bottles of cristal this weekend at the country retreat if any of you want to join us..

ArtyC

Sir Pompous Righteousness wrote: »

Why not just buy a tin of cheap instant coffee from Lidl/Asda, put 3-4 teaspoons of it plus some hot water and milk into a flask and bring it to work?

Jesus! He likes a nice cup of coffee and saved a few quid with a coffee machine!!! Give him a break. I'm happy drinking instant but wouldn't begrudge someone a little of what they fancy

Quorum

Duggy747 wrote: »

Use a knife to scrape the skids off your underpants like you would burnt bits off toast.

I read this as "Use a knife to scrape the kids off your underpants". :pac:

Cantona's Collars

wyndham wrote: »

Because catpiss would probably taste better, that's why.

Do you know who makes Lidl/Aldi coffee? Robert Roberts,bet you're happy enough to drink it in virtually every Cafe/Hotel in the country.

blow69

Saying instant coffee is the same as ground coffee is like saying that tinned fruit is just as nice as fresh fruit or that Budweiser tastes as good as those fancier, more expensive beers.