How to save Money on Christmas Presents

Tom Hi Tom, i tried to post a free video game (although you have to have Amazon prime to get it) and it was taken down because they said the deal was from the USA, but it isnt, its just that Amazon Prime Gaming always ends in .com, even in the UK. Any chance you could put that post back up?

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MrsCraig I agree with your dad - don't buy ANY Christmas presents (except for children - who it's made clear to that you don't want one back).

I can't understand this tradition of buying each other things it's unlikely neither party really wants or needs,

davidstockport I agree with you , the amount ppl spend on gifts that end up stuck at the back of a cupboard. My grandmother would always buy practical things such as boxes of teabags (large boxes with Christmas tin etc) . It wasn't to be stingy but because she didn't want to waste money on things that no one would use . You have to admit the teabags would definitely be used lol

davidstockport I agree too, I always tell Granny not to buy me anything and every year she does! We tend to do gift vouchers as presents, that way they can get what they want when they need it. Or we get something we know they need.

MrsCraig I don't agree with gift vouchers either. For quite a few reasons:

• Millions of poundsworth, every year, never get redeemed. (what a waste!)
• My sister (early eighties) had to spend over half a day and many days worrying about how to redeem an M&S one. Her nearest M&S had closed down. (it cost nearly as much to redeem as it was worth)
• There are far better things: They're on a plasticky paperlike substance - with Bank of England printed on them. They're redeemable at the choice of the holder and don't have an expiration date.

MrsCraig I use my loyaty cards too especially for Boots, i work near one and usually in there on my dinner shift getting food you don't realise how much your points rake up but I ended up with nearly £80. I wasn't just buying food though whilst I was there I would buy toiletries and makeup so that's where a big chunk of my points same from. I ended up buying my dad and my brother a few gift sets each. I built up quite a bit on my ASDA, Tesco, Morrisons apps too so spent what I had on them on sweet treats. I have a superdrug card but that only had a couple of quid on it points wise. They really are good use though in my opinion more people should have loyalty cards.

davidstockport the ones we buy are always redeemed, never had any issues redeeming them, only get ones for places my family shop. Ours have Bank of Scotland on them, but I don't give cash as a present. No reason, I just don't .

ChelsieLou90 I always use my loyalty cards, I always get my sons birthday present from Argos using my nectar points.

MrsCraig that's great way to treat him and save money at the same time.

MrsCraig Do those Bank of Scotland bank notes count as CASH? They're not legal tender even in Scotland. **

The only difference I can see between CASH and Gift Vouchers is that CASH is far more convenient. Gift vouchers IMO almost give traders the right to print money.

** Legal currency but NOT legal tender.

Nickyhaslam77 That's excellent thank you.

Tom no problems. I find it really helps me to put a tiny bit away towards Christmas. However if you manage to save much it could cover the entire Christmas from food to gifts. I mean you can literally buy everything from Amazon ( from an oxo cube to a bedroom suite etc )

Nickyhaslam77 I have done this before but don't have time now the ld points are amazing though will help me this year Tom

Delboysdeals it’s been very hard this year but every little helps so I’m getting little bits here and there

Nickyhaslam77 yes I agree I have had to cut back massively

Delboysdeals I think everyone has cut back but at least we get to see some good deals here and earn a little bit of Amazon vouchers

Nickyhaslam77 yes totally agreed