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£20 Tesco Gift Card via Topcashback for the £2.50 cashback bonus, it's free money so why not.

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Deliveroo 50% off deal stacked with 50% of fridge filler Mondays with Iceland.


I ordered 5x850gram for a total of £14.85 delivered

When it arrived they sent 5x750gram so I messaged Deliveroo and complained and they credited me £7.50 back to my account so all this chicken breast cost less than £7.50

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I forgot to do my bulk online pre-budget beer order yesterday.

I went to do it this morning as was greeted by a 10% off Black Friday offer.

Kerching!!! :D:D:D

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don't drink all 4 cans at once;)

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240 cans. ;) All my pocket money is blown for a few months, but at least it wasn't on a tax demand. ;)

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Your poor liver. ;)

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Selection of spray perfumes, birthday present for friend.

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I limit myself so that they last a long time. And recent age-related Liver and Kidney tests both came back "normal". I don't even get tipsy.

3 local mates regularly spend in pubs and home-drinking around 3 times what I do, and another, a recent divorcee, spends double what they do, but just on weekends! I have no idea how they can afford it all, and stay healthy.

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Four Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV tyres (& front wheel alignment) - booked in for next Tuesday.

Current tyres were starting to perish (five and a half years old with 25k miles), and we have a couple of long drives coming up over the next four months, so better safe than sorry…

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Headlight bulb for my Focus, it failed yesterday, and I have a long drive in the dark at the weekend.

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Stokke Tripp Trapp Highchair (Oak Natural), tray, harness, newborn set, & baby set.

Son & partner’s baby due in March.

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Superb kit, just about indestructible … we had one that lasted us until the 3rd offspring didn’t need boosting at the table at all

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Yup - my daughter has one, and her six year old still uses it.

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NordVPN subscription extended using the black Friday offers in notification, email or account offers. Under £30 a year for the standard product... Bargain :D

US standard upgrades UK basic I think.

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New bedding for Christmas

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I'm assuming you got it through Topcashback or Quidco they usually gave huge cashback deals?

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Nord is only new customers through Quidco and topcashback :( still nothing to frown about it works out £2.38 a month :D

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I've just checked my Black Friday Nord offer and it says 78% discount for 2 years at £1.99 a month, is that the same offer, this is for Nord Standard?

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Did you click through app notification, email or account offers ?

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Account offers from the app, maybe I've got a different tier of Nord to you, mines standard?

I'm not going to take it because I've got another year left on my current subscription so will try and let it expire and see what deal Topcashback offers me next year.

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I too had one year on my subscription but I didn't want to chance next year's black Friday offers. The offers on Nords site seem to be consistent. I don't know why they hike up pricing for auto renewal.

Quidco and topcashback have always been for new customers I doubt you'll get anything there.

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I don't mind making a new account to get 85% cashback plus whatever offer Nord give me on top, I'd either use a new email or use the ' . ' email trick on the same email. I've got 5 days to think about taking their Black Friday offer though, which maybe the best thing as you say because the cashback takes a while to come.

However..... I just tested clicking through Topcashback and it gives me a price of £2.29 + an extra 3 months so even if the cashback didn't work it's still a good deal.

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Loadsa pasta from Asda due to good deal.

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Tesco Gift Card at 4.5% discount and another month of IPTV, savings on a few weeks of gift cards pays for the IPTV.

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A replacement teapot as I dropped it this afternoon and smashed the spout to pieces. Thankfully I’ve managed to find and order an exact replacement.

On an entirely related note, a bunch of flowers for my wife.

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new android 16 tablet 11 inch, blue tooth keyboard and mouse

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Christmas hamper from St Marcus (South African foods)

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new fluorescent tube for the kitchen light, it just died last night.

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LED, or old type ?

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Had to replace my kitchen tube light with an LED last summer. Ended up buying from screw fix and bought 2 to keep one as a spare cost about £20 for both. The 1 I used has been in well over a year now no issues

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A manager in Morrisons found a pallet of NZ lamb legs at the back of a fridge. All dated today.

So the butcher was frantically marking them 50% down, where they are already marked as "half price". So £7 per kg for a whole leg and 2 leg fillets.

I noticed they had whole chilled legs of lamb, marked as Useby 26th December. 17 days in a fridge? Is that possible?

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Do you know the New Zealand stamp code? I've never brought it myself as I'm not fussed but my dad gets whole spring lamb with specific codes as they are halal, any experience with this knowledge?

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they are vac sealed so do last. I would have filled my freezer I love lamb

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Extended my NordVPN by 27 months for £79.60, I accidently chose the Plus plan but nevermind, not sure if this was a better deal than Black Friday but was reasonable and I added another discount code to it.

Just like with my IPTV the EVERUP app pays for it all with giftcard discounts so I'm happy that it's basically FREE.

I had initially planned to let it expire and take a Topcashback deal but I will be giving parents access to it when they use the IPTV I'm setting up for them at Christmas but I can't take a TCB deal with an existing account so this was the best option.

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These VPN providers aren't the nicest. Auto renewal pricing is beyond belief compared to manually doing it. I extended during black Friday at £57.31 for 24 months.

You'll have threat protection pro

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Handmade fa gg otts from the local market. The same recipe since the 60s.

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nice

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Brother Label Printer, need to print Dad's Dodgy Box label for IPTV as well as label up the other remote controls he's got lying around to make my life easier!

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This wasn't paying out until i flagged it to Quidco customer service. They simply asked to confirm my email address and it got confirmed. Further communication requested a screenshot of the email confirming the gift card purchase. I don't know why because they have already paid out today :shrug:

It took longer than actually required because I didn't chase it :doh:

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I love Lebkuchen and Stollen, so was happy to see that Lidl had knocked most of their Xmas stock of them down to 50p each.

Individual Panettone 50p, full size Panettone 50p. Guess which I bought. ;)

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Another month of IPTV for £2.50, goodbye Virginmedia!

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I now have 6 lines (for testing purposes) 4 are now 6 months and 2 are 12 month subs and in total I paid less than £50 for all of them

None of them are 100% stable if I used them on a device I would VPN permanently on that device or set up a VPN network with a Tomato router I have from a while ago but on my PC that is not practical so need more than 1 service to guarantee I have stream as and when I want

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I wanted a oled Sony but for some reason I didn't feel like parting with the money so I've been keeping an eye on eBay, gumtree, vinted for a unwanted gift at a bargain price and today I think I got exactly that on vinted

https://uk.hisense.com/products/tv/q...00000020015873

£200 + fee £13.20 + postage £18.19 = 231.39

It'll do I think for the bedroom :Yes: I'm curious of freely :naughty:

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A new toilet seat. The same model was £12 two years ago. It is now £35!!!

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There is a new Freely box coming out from Manhatten (£70) - its not on Amazon yet but I may get one when it is.

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Is that worth it just for one purpose?

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I needed to update a TV for my bedroom and I also didn't want to buy a top of the range Mini-Led for silly money, I also needed it to be no bigger than 40in so I ended up getting a QLED Hisense and it's perfect for it's use, I also got a compact very cheap Hisense soundbar as I just needed to improve the TV speakers.

My point being you should be fine with a Hisense in the bedroom but you have IPTV you don't need Freely.

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Sonos do decent soundbars. I have beams in the bedrooms. Ray in the office. And I'm looking to get an arc for the front room.

I was thinking of downtime. Freely might come in handy. Also the sync in realtime. Freely might be tuned in time. Watching new year's on a delay is amusing :LOL: fireworks going off outside before me seeing Big Ben ring out :D

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Creative Z906 5.1 speakers. Second hand off Ebay £125 been after a set of these for ages but they retail still over £300 new. 6 Channel Direct for my PC but it also has Optical and Coaxial digital for later. Out of date tech but quality at this price for what you get is unmatchable

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LOL, what a strange question.

Is a TV worth it for only one purpose ?
Is a Freesat box worth it for only one purpose ?
Is a Freeview box worth it for only one purpose ?

You could ask the same question about any device that you buy for a specific purpose.

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Many devices nowadays multitask. Gone are the days of VCR. Are you dude111's dad :LOL:

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Whatever you are smoking is working well. :erm:

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The Michael Barrymore pack :naughty:

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The place I buy my beer from emailed me saying that the beer I like is now back in stock, and I could not only have it without the extra tax, but a 10% loyalty discount.

So I took all their stock saving ££££s.

A tiny Post Office lady delivered the first 7 cases, and she looked knackered even with me helping her.

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Pappy van winkle been promising it to myself for years ,crossed of my bucket list. Will console my self after tomorrow's rugby debacle :erm:

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I had to look that up, as Ive never heard of it.
Its Bourbon Whiskey for anyone else wondering. :)

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Not just any ol” Bourbon by the price of it. Wow. Make sure you use a good cola to go with it… :erm:

You only live once…

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Please tell me your joking :D have to say it's good but not that good.wont buy anymore , stick to gentleman jack or wild turkey.

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Veterans Railcard.

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onion powder and garlic powder for my homemade soup

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This has been a nightmare. The tele turned up smashed up. The parcel was clearly tampered with. The delivery company attempted to reseal the package with branded tape. Anyway it's gone back. Shocking.

I'm back to looking for an upgrade...

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Samsung S25 FE and a case for it. I don't like the sharp edge around the screen, my previous Samsung A52 5G was fine and nicely curved edges but it is cheaper over three years to pay off the phone and get airtime discounted than just have the airtime (staff deal).

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... Didn't take long. Hisense 50U6NQTUK. £250. Brand new. eBay.

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A plug for the kitchen sink. The last one was already here when we moved in 25 years ago.

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12 months of IPTV for the parents.

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Mince , stew, etc for the freezer

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Thomson Streaming Box 270UK Plus 32GB Google TV box for my living room and IPTV needs.

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Tesla Model 3, i have wanted one for years

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Old Arsenal jerseys

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A new bread bin, But when it arrived it is smaller than my old one , but I will just keep it,

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shrinkflation :)

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A load of stuff from Skinny. B&M used to stock a lot of this brand but has recently only had some lines. I get cravings at night. Hopefully white chocolate spread, chocolate bars etc. will satisfy my tummy while not making me balloon. £30 worth of food which was probably worth half that but hey ho let's go :hyper:

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A new standard lamp for the living room

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some training weights for my arm strength, im nearly 70 i cycle for my leg strength but don't really exercise my arms enough, thing is i have to verify my age on arrival :omg:

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I do think such matters should be challenge 25 after a certain age it becomes painfully apparent you are not under age haha

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Ninja Luxe Café Pro Series ES701UK Bean-to-Coffee machine, and a Ninja 3-in-1 Food Processor with Auto-IQ BN800UK.

I’ve been wanting to swap out our Nespresso Vertuo capsule coffee machine for a while, as Nespresso work on the same business model as Gillette razors (make the money on the capsules/blades, rather than on the coffee machine/razors).

I worked out that we were spending around £800 a year on Nespresso capsules (we got the machine half price eighteen months ago), so in less than a year we wil be spending less, with a wider choice/style of coffees (the new machine can make (among others) espressos, americanos, lattes, cappuccinos, filter, & cold brew).

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2 double-seater garden benches from B&M. Hardwood, so they need a wipe with teak oil so should last long enough.

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Nice coffee machine. Looks nice anyway. Made the right choice ditching the Nespresso. They are not worth the costs and you don't have much proper choice in coffee either. For costs alone I find them a bit of a con.

I have the De'Longhi Primadonna Soul machine. Quite a work horse as well. Plenty of choices of what type of coffee you want from its menu. But mainly it comes down to the beans you use.

I've tried a lot, from Lavazza, Spiller & Tait etc, but I tend to always end up with 'Coffee Masters Triple Certified Arabica Coffee Beans' which are usually quite freshly roasted. But they're well balanced for my needs. I like strong coffee. You can't go wrong with them, but you can use them as a guide to your liking.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00Q0CMK...n_title_1&th=1

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For the record, I'm perfectly happy with my Nespresso Vertuo atm. :shrug:

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We were, then visited my son last month (who has a slightly smaller simpler bean-to-coffee machine), and really liked the coffee it made (we took him down a pack of beans from a local coffee shop who blend their own (Rand)) - it was a combination of that, ongoing costs of using our Vertuo Plus, and the fact that a lot of the bean-to-coffee machines have become more automated (much less faffing around) that motivated us to change.

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Would like to see a mini review of the coffee machine if possible ? After finishing our kitchen last year and installing an inbuilt bean to cup machine her ladyship has now decided we need to move house. The ninja is one I’m potentially looking at

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The Primadonna Soul was our old machine and it was very good but the delonghi app was/is terrible

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First thoughts - very easy to set up, clear manual instructions and a QR code for a clear set up video, needed to set the coffee and milk froth temperatures up a notch from default as we like our coffee hotter than the Ninja standard setting (easy to do), and making a cappuccino was very easy.

Feels like a solid, well built machine.

More later as we get into it.

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Totally agree, getting it connected is really hit and (mostly) miss. I've only used it a few times to set up type of beans and to set up a few defaults.

The issue with coffee not being hot enough I just rinse the cup with boiling water first for a 30 seconds.

The other thing is storing the beans. Like instant coffee, the first cup is always the best. If you don't store them right they don't last that long before they go stale. About 4-5 weeks or so.

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Replacement bedding material for my female hamster Dax.

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Mini handheld hoes

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Is that like Barbie-sized sex dolls? ;)

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:rofl::rofl::rofl:

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I walked into Tesco to buy some crackers and cheese after work and ended up buying some Ray ban prescription varifocal glasses! It's been over 10 years since I had any new ones and recently got some free prescription safety glasses and eye test for work so thought why not.

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Aldi cleared their shelves of Easter stuff before they reopened on Easter Monday. But today most of it is back at reduced prices. So I decided to treat myself to some choccy things.

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Not really an issue here we go through 4kg of beans in about 5-6 weeks 🤣

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:shocked: That is a lot of coffee. Only me that drinks coffee here, so 1kg avg 1-2 cups a day. By the end of the month I can tell it's already stale.

Do you have any recommendations of beans at all. Always open for suggestions.

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Green with envy here I miss my nice coffee

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I bought one of these to keep the beans fresh

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BMZFKG...sin_title&th=1

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Get some coffee plants, even fresher*

* you will also need a large heated greenhouse if Leeds based

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Had the machine in just under a year and I think we’ve made about 2300 drinks, because we (I) drink so much coffee we just buy whatever’s cheap on Amazon

Just bought
A robotic lawnmower (for s&g)
New glasses
Added another watch or two to the collection (treat to myself for my 50th)

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I buy the beans from a local coffee shop that roast beans in-house (Rand, 1Kg bags) - when we visit our son in North London, we buy a 1Kg bag of Gails House Blend whole beans.

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Try buying some freshly roasted beans - it really does improve the taste.

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My beans will be freshly roasted if she sees my watches arrive……

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Then ground…

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I'm curious what you actually do with all these watches ?