Category: "In the home"
Energy key meters - why?
By Value hunter on Nov 28, 2009 | In In real life, Money chat, In the home, Bad business, Frugal wars, What is the point? | Send feedback »
I have been battling with Eon and British Gas for more than 12 months now, regarding their cheating (strong word but needed in this case) us out of money! We pay by smart card, like a credit card with a chip built into it. It is easy enough, we visit… more »
A real coal fire
By Value hunter on Nov 18, 2009 | In In real life, In the home | Send feedback »
In our house, we rarely use the fire. It has to be minus 10 outside and ice cold in the house before it gets turned on. So, when we started the building work (which still needs plastering) I decided we should have a real coal fire. Heating and water… more »
A frugal Christmas
By Value hunter on Nov 14, 2009 | In In real life, In the home, Frugal thinking, Thrifty shopping | Send feedback »
I was listening to the radio in the car today, hearing Martin Lewis (self promoter extraordinare) declaring that he is putting his foot down over people spending too much at Christmas. A person he has "helped" with their finances (pushing extra internet… more »
How to tune in your freeview box
By Value hunter on Nov 4, 2009 | In In real life, TV, In the home, Frugal victories | Send feedback »
Here's a cracking little tip I picked up today, about re-tuning your freeview box when you lose channels after the digital switch over in your area. I have spent the past three weeks or so, running "update channels" or "search for new channels" on our… more »
Cat hair removal tip
By Value hunter on Oct 23, 2009 | In In real life, In the home | Send feedback »
We have a short piled wilton carpet in the front room. We have tried three dysons, each failing to remove our long haired cat's hairs from it, each one simply spreads the hair around and it can take upto an hour with the vacuum to lift most of it. Dyson… more »
