Now I love shopping but always feel a little guilty about spending, particularly on myself! 
So i'm constantly on the lookout for ways to spend less or counteract the feelings of guilt!
Like most supermarket shoppers, I have a range of supermarket loyalty cards. But last Christmas I started looking into credit cards which feed into these schemes. The result? I've now got a Tesco Clubcard credit card. This fantastic card gives me 5 clubcard points for every £4 i spend at Tesco or Tesco.com AND 1 point for every £4 I spend elsewhere meaning I can effectively get money back on whatever I buy.
I'm also a Nectar card holder and have got loads of extra points through using Nectar e-stores - a simple system which awards you Nectar points if you purchase from a range of online retailers providing go go through the Nectar e-stores site.
My most recent money-back discovery is online cashback sites. These operate in a similar way to Nectar e-stores in that they award you cashback for purchases you make from a huge range of online retailers, providing you go through the cashback site. It's simple, you sign up to a site, login, click on the link to your retailer of choice and then make your purchase as normal. The cashback site can track this purchase and award you cashback for it.The cashback sites are able to do this because they receive commission for 'referring' you to the retailer - it's a brilliant concept. And they don't just give you cashback on 'traditional' shopping, you can also get it for opening bank accounts, buying insurance and even for using price comparison sites. I've joined Quidco, but there are loads of others out there.
So now i can shop to my heart's content without feeling guilty about it 
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2007-11-09 @ 22:45