Things people do to save money, but actually not

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People are trying to save money by doing things which work out more expensive.

Could you name any examples? Friend decided to buy the supermarkets budget label washing up liquid and didn’t last a quarter of the time as a bottle of Fairy
 
Heinz ketchup half sugar half salt. I picked it up as it was reduced by 50p, thinking it was the real article. First world problems and all that jazz. Unpacked it at home, and the bottle had this subtle blue border which I've never seen before. Tried it, and I had to throw away the £3.49 bottle because it tasted absolutely rank. Bad form on Heinz' part imo as the bottle looked the same when picking it from a shelf where the bottle's border appeared green to me. Not colour blind but severe sight impaired.

This is the offending bottle in question.

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The Funktopus said:
Surely in this economy you should really be deciding which colour wheelie bin you prefer to be dumped in, rather than squandering money on luxuries such as an actual grave.
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My local council recently reduced the cost of a replacement general waste black bin from £75 to £0 recently. Partly because people were stealing other peoples bins and partly because others were not bothering to order one at all. Works out cheaper to give them away. So the funeral is going to be real cheap #winning
 
Refusing to get a hotel in a convenient location because it’s more expensive than other options. Pick the cheaper hotel to save money.

Proceed to spend time and money getting to where you want to be.

^ this is something I never do, but my parents have just done it visiting Washington DC. Got an out of town hotel then have had to gets taxis to and from it. Whyyyyyy.
 
Yup.

I have solar, but not a battery, and I have grow lights setup for some chilli seedlings.

So I bought a power bank, to charge up during the day to run the lights overnight.

I'll never save the cost of the electricity over the cost of the power bank......
 
Nitefly said:
Refusing to get a hotel in a convenient location because it’s more expensive than other options. Pick the cheaper hotel to save money.

Proceed to spend time and money getting to where you want to be.

^ this is something I never do, but my parents have just done it visiting Washington DC. Got an out of town hotel then have had to gets taxis to and from it. Whyyyyyy.
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My gf did similar over the weekend. Picked the cheap travelodge with no parking or breakfast vs the £10 more expensive Premier Inn 1/4 mile away. Cost an extra £12 for overnight parking in a council car park and £30 for breakfast in a local cafe...

I guess it did save her money, since I ended up paying for the parking and breakfast :cry:

And a general example: people who spend £300/month on a new more economical car to save £15/month on tax and £20/month on fuel

BOGOF/3 for 2 etc. deals are quite good at catching people out - yes it might work out cheaper, but only if you were actually planning to buy the extra items anyway. If you only need 1 bag of £1 salad, but buy 3 for £2 and then throw 2 of them away because they went bad before you ate them, then you wasted £1 rather than saving £1!
 
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cheesefest said:
Friend decided to buy the supermarkets budget label washing up liquid and didn’t last a quarter of the time as a bottle of Fairy
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How do you know? Did your friend really tell you their bottle of no brand washing up liquid only lasted a quarter of the time of fairy? Or did you actually just make that up? because I’m pretty sure fairy used to use that line in their adverts.
 
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