Recession Consessions - what have you given up?

[seagull_special]

Given up takeaways and we have cut our costs with telephone bills and Sky plus taken a fixed price for electricity, got a better deal from our car and home insurance and plan to cut conspicuous consumption to zero, also culled my books and sold them on Amazon. have you got any handy hints or tips to deal with the credit crunch?

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Work

 

[Uncle C]

Given up takeaways and we have cut our costs with telephone bills and Sky plus taken a fixed price for electricity, got a better deal from our car and home insurance and plan to cut conspicuous consumption to zero, also culled my books and sold them on Amazon. have you got any handy hints or tips to deal with the credit crunch?

Most major buildings have a service area for boilers and air conditioning equipment. If you can locate the exhaust grill it makes a nice warm location to sleep.

 

[Don Quixote]

nothing, i have just got too much money.

 

[seagull_special]

Most major buildings have a service area for boilers and air conditioning equipment. If you can locate the exhaust grill it makes a nice warm location to sleep.

There is enough hot air on NSC to keep me warm

 

[seajon]

listening to martin lewis on gmtv - what a drama queen

 

[Adam Virgo's Shirt]

I now earn in a week what I used to earn for a couple of hours work, so I've had to make some quite drastic cuts!

Smoking - used to smoke 20 a day. Now buy in packets of 10, and only smoke when I REALLY crave one. No longer smoke out of habit. I've bought 10 since Sunday. I've found I don't really need to smoke the whole cigarette to curb the cravings so make each one last 3 smokes. Not keeping a stash in the flat stops me just smoking the packet out of habit!

There are loads of other things you can do; if you buy full fat milk, water it down 2/3 milk and 1/3 water. Makes it go further and you won't notice it

Branded food items; buy cheaper/value brands and mix the 2 together to save money. Store it in the branded box/bottle and psychologically it will feel as good as the branded version

Buy cheaper cuts of meat and cook longer

To satify occasional takeaway cravings, I buy those take aways in a box from Sainos. £6.99 for 2 main courses with rice and side dishes. You get a huge amount of food and it would cost closer to £20 from a takeaway!

 

[British Bulldog]

I've given up loads of food, It's got nothing to do with the recession It's just that I've become a fat bastard.

 

[clippedgull]

Work

I've given up loads of food, It's got nothing to do with the recession It's just that I've become a fat bastard.

 

[Lankyseagull]

Given up gym membership, negotiated a better deal on my mobile phone, reduced my Sky TV subscription, look for better deals on groceries etc. not been to any away or cup matches this season.

 

[surrey jim]

Doing overtime at work means I miss some Saturday games

 

[Beach Hut]

Not much but we tend to pay for everything on the debit card as oppossed to the credit card and owe neigh on nil to credit card companies - caution I suppose

 

[champion7]

Doing overtime at work means I miss some Saturday games

If it's a choice between overtime and Sat games, you've taken the best option with the way things are.

 

[twickers]

Crisps in the office.

 

[Rookie]

nothing because I have always lived within my means and not lived on credit, but I don't have a mortgage so what do i know

 

[Cian]

Got rid of stuff I absolutely never used/needed - Setanta, mobile insurance. Figured out I was paying €220 a year to reduce my health insurance's GP cover excess by €220 - which I rarely even got to, so pulled that.

I've started taking lunch to work the odd time also.

Not really doing it because of 'the credit crunch', doing it more to release cash for other stuff, mostly travel.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

I've given up hoping The Albion will get out of this sodding division for another season.

 

[Il Duce]

Nothing.

Same job. Cheaper fuel. Food prices cheaper. Interest rates down.

 

[champion7]

Thankfully nothing,when i was a teenager i was very shrewd with the way
i did things,i was always thinking about the future.

 

[Del Boy]

Next years season ticket is very possible, especially after the shit that has been served for the first half of this season.