Credit crunch survival
Zacnici
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So at work the conversation turned to tightening belts etc. Collegaue remarked 'how have you managed with your house move and starting up virtually from scratch?'
I replied I sought bargains when buying beds, mattresses etc, looked for online deals, voucher codes, money off introductory offers, bought BOGOFFs on things that I will use, I have 6 months supply of toilet paper from a clearance sale, slept on a camp bed for 2 weeks until I got the bed and mattress deal I wanted, waited 8 weeks to get a TV at a smackdown price as I knew a new model was coming out and it would be heavily discounted, bought an upscaling Freeview recorder instead of Sky or cable, Post office telephone & broadband for £20 month etc.
Collegues pretty impressed at my money saving savvy.
Of course I din't tell them that whilst sleeping on a camp bed I bought a carbon frame, new chainring, pedals, front derailleuer, 2 pairs of running shoes and a tri suit ... they just wouldn't understand .
I replied I sought bargains when buying beds, mattresses etc, looked for online deals, voucher codes, money off introductory offers, bought BOGOFFs on things that I will use, I have 6 months supply of toilet paper from a clearance sale, slept on a camp bed for 2 weeks until I got the bed and mattress deal I wanted, waited 8 weeks to get a TV at a smackdown price as I knew a new model was coming out and it would be heavily discounted, bought an upscaling Freeview recorder instead of Sky or cable, Post office telephone & broadband for £20 month etc.
Collegues pretty impressed at my money saving savvy.
Of course I din't tell them that whilst sleeping on a camp bed I bought a carbon frame, new chainring, pedals, front derailleuer, 2 pairs of running shoes and a tri suit ... they just wouldn't understand .
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I must add that my planned expedinture for both the house and tri items had been planned for some months and budgets set. When the time came to implement the purchasing schedule I did a final cost/benefit analysis and was able to revise some spending plans, trimmed a bit off some purchases, added to others and ultimately saved about £800 on my house budget and almost £750 on by tri budget, yes I underspent .. no bling carbon wheels ... unless someone can give me a compelling reason why a set of Planet X Pro Carbon 50's would be a distinct advantage over Easton EA70's for a middle ranking age grouper (please)
Reality check - blingness aside would they make any difference over my existing Easton EA70s? Probably not ... oh dear - confused ... will they be really faster for a middle ranking age grouper? If so are we talking about 0.5Km/hr? 1Km/hr?
I think Gary Roberts summed it up ...