TIME SENSITIVE OFFER + saving pennies wherever I can

[Ferricks]

bulldogeagle - just leave it, everybody has their own values.

I'm delighted that you're in a position to source meat locally and can afford to do so, as I'm delighted that my family is also in that position - but not everybody is. On one hand I agree with everything that you've said - but please recognise that what's "right" for some isn't necessarily "right" for all and accept that we are all different.

[bulldogeagle]

bulldogeagle - just leave it, everybody has their own values.

I'm delighted that you're in a position to source meat locally and can afford to do so, as I'm delighted that my family is also in that position - but not everybody is. On one hand I agree with everything that you've said - but please recognise that what's "right" for some isn't necessarily "right" for all and accept that we are all different.

maybe, but shouldn't you be buying the best you can afford, if that is supermarket 6week old chickens then so be it...maybe if someone lives in a big city divorced from the countryside then maybe that is the BEST they can get, i have eaten supermarket chickens in the past when i didnt know any better and i can tell you i can now taste the difference.

[jansman]

Wolfpup, I just picked this thread up today. Well done. Let's call your shopping "online-foraging".
We are computered-up here, but we don't do comparisons or anything. We should, as cash is hard -earned. My circumstances are changing rapidly at the moment and this is just the thing I need to look at , thanks.

[wolfpup]

Thanks Jansman.

I refused to respond to some of the comments on this post. If people are in the position of being able to buy the best - then good for them - but there is no need to ram that good fortune down other people's throats in such a 'superior' attitude - it does not demonstrate how big they are - it demonstrates exactly the opposite. Not the sort of person many would like to be allied to in the SHTF situation I imagine.

A lot of people however are not so fortunate and have to look around for deals, personally I am on a pension and am doing ok at the moment, but I know many well respected members on this forum are out of work and on benefits, many with family to support, and are finding life extremely difficult. ANY chance to save a few pennies helps, and then enables something extra to be purchased.

One must cut the cloth........

I read a post a while back on another forum about which 'class' of people are more likely to survive really hard times, the presently 'comfortably off' or the present 'have nots'. It turns out that those already used to 'mending and make do' who are already struggling are far more likely to fare better when things get really tough.

If you are one of the favoured few with money and a comfortable lifestyle and able to afford the best of everything - then I am glad for you, really, - but you do yourself no favours by ramming it down the throats of people no so fortunate, and being so derisory about products they purchase that you would not consider. I cannot be the only one wondering whether you would still insist on farm produce over-and-above the normal price if/when you suddenly find yourself living on a small percentage of the income you presently enjoy.

As I said above - one must cut the cloth .................


I've said my piece now - not as much as I could - but its enough.

[bulldogeagle]

for the record we are on benefits...i.e Pension Credit

[jansman]

I am finding myself this last year, looking for a deal. Not full- on-never-pay-fullwhack,but just a deal. As things are now, we buy what we like, never worry about cost etc. that now has to change as my employment is about to change. It has been on the cards for 2 yrs. so we are developing a new mindset. Jan said the other day that we are well prepared, food , fuel etc. and we have worked hard to buy our very modest home outright.
However, like many, we may fall into more reduced circumstances so the online foraging will come into it's own! My Brother and I are foraging one meal a week at the moment, and it shows what is possible,see my post later!

Anyway Wolfpup, you have given me food for thought,and online foraging is goung to be something I do from now on!

[Arzosah]

Online foraging, love it! Think about online shopping (for insurances, glasses prescriptions, the stuff you *have* to keep buying) through cashback schemes, like Top Cash Back, or quidco. To get the most out of them, check out the huge, ginormous forum at moneysavingexpert, there are specialists there, tho the tone can get a little hot sometimes. The main site can give you a lot of info about getting good deals too, like how to get the cheapest/most suitable train tickets ... good luck!

[Ferricks]

It's simply good common sense to live within your means and just not waste anything! I think your comment about managing post shtf is really important Wolfpup - we are fortunate as a family that we've had our financial ups and downs, and the downs have taught us so much that have prepared us for whatever the future may throw at us!

Things are ok at the moment financially, but with a self employed husband in a recession that can change in a heartbeat - so we must live carefully and sensibly and look for our savings to allow us to prepare!

Many thanks for the tips you sent in everybody, L

[wolfpup]

I am really looking forward to your post on foraging a meal a week Jansman. Today I am actually making my first meal consisting of dried ingredients (most of which I have grown and dried myself) and items foraged and gorilla-gardened - ok, its only a hearty soup - but we all have to start somewhere. I am also going to be making my own bread for the very first time to accompany it, nothing fancy - just little rolls, - however its all practice, and as I said we all have to start somewhere.

[wolfpup]

Online foraging, love it! Think about online shopping (for insurances, glasses prescriptions, the stuff you *have* to keep buying) through cashback schemes, like Top Cash Back, or quidco. To get the most out of them, check out the huge, ginormous forum at moneysavingexpert, there are specialists there, tho the tone can get a little hot sometimes. The main site can give you a lot of info about getting good deals too, like how to get the cheapest/most suitable train tickets ... good luck!

My biggest and best 'on-line foraging' expedition was on eBay - actually Baycrazy - which is items in your own local area for pick-up only. There was an advert for candles - LOTS of candles - with a starting price of £4.99. No-one else bid so I got them. When I went to pick them up I found two large small-suitcase-sized carrier bags full of them from the ones in tumbler glasses to 14" high vase type and church pillar candles. I estimate the total cost would be in the region of £150 - £180 and there are enough to give me light for approximately 12 months. None had ever been used. Not bad for a fiver

I also picked up a 2 year old freezer for £19 in perfect working order - that is now in a shed in the garden full of frozen meat for the dogs and meals for us.

Deals are out there - if you have the patience to wait for something you want/need