Readers’ tips to help make you more cash-savvy with your spending in 2018
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WELCOME to the big Sun Savers cash-in weekend – where we will help you manage your money better throughout 2018.
Today and tomorrow we will be publishing 18 cash-saving tips for the new year. All the ideas are tried and tested by Sun Savers readers – so we know they work.
Here are the first nine. Which ones will you use?
❶ Ditch the debit card and pay in cash. You will keep track of your spending better.
HAPREET KAUR, Glasgow
❷ Get your weekly money out of the bank one day later each week. After seven weeks you will have saved a week’s cash.
SAM COCKBILL, Wednesbury West Mids
❸ Do your online shopping through a cashback website. You can make more than £300 a year.
WENDY MICINNES, Exeter
❹ Why not use voucher site JoinPouc.com? It automatically finds discount codes when you browse a shopping website.
LORIANN POOLE, Leyton East London
❺ Keep your make-up and nail polish in the fridge to help it last longer.
SHARON HAWKINS, Cardiff
❻ If you think you have got to the end of your shower gel, toothpaste or ketchup in a squeezy container, simply cut open the tube or bottle to get at every last bit of the contents.
TONY HANDLEY, Studley, Warks
❼ Join all the supermarket loyalty schemes but don’t shop at the same one each week. They will send you discounts to tempt you back.
RACHAEL LONGDON Wellingborough, Northants
❽ Got a BOGOF or money-off coupon? Put the money saved into pot until the end of the year. You can make hundreds of pounds.
GARY SCHOFIELD, Rotherham
❾ Don’t just buy own-brand groceries to save. Own-brand toiletries and cleaning items are just as good.
MAUREEN JEEVES, Essex
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Reader tip
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Jane's tip
EACH time you go to the loo, save a penny into a jar.
By the end of the year you will have an average of £255.50, according to website TopCashback.co.uk.
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