Filed under: discounts, internet, lifestyle, money | Tags: discounts, lifestyle, money, on the cheap
Here’s a list of links where just being a student will entitle you to some delicious discounts to keep your bank balance happy.
Student Discount (.co.uk) Here’s a place that can get you discounts at McDonalds, Subway, The Boyshop and a variety of other places. All you need to do is register.
ensuring your time at University is about having fun and not worrying about money!
Damn straight.
Sta Travel- a delightful website dedicated to supplying us with cheap air fare prices, and further discounts for us students. Crossing the border has never been cheaper.
Probably.
SKINT- delightful. A pile of online discounts for clothing, booze, food…whatever.
Discounts at the online Apple store- because Mac’s might be sexy, but they’re expensive.
Student Free Stuff- another one of those “I don’t really have to explain it” sites. Free stuff. For students. Hurrah.
And the ever reliable NUS online. Student cards that you can flash at a shop assistant and they’ll knock some nuggets off your bill.
Now go forth and save money, because you know how 
Filed under: Outings, discounts, money | Tags: money, on the cheap, Outings, shopping
Since I was little I’ve loved car boot sales. It’s a way not only to get rid of a lot of old crap and make a fair profit (I remember when I was 11 years old my Mum let me have my own car boot stall. I sold EVERYTHING, old toys, clothes, shoes, books…I made £150) But also a chance to look through other peoples stuff and find some incredible bargains.
Shopping combined with sunshine is a wonderful mixture. Often sellers will have bought goods from wholesalers and not been able to sell them all, so they bring them to a car boot. This is where you can really clean up. A pair of sunglasses for 20p? Don’t mind if I do.
Beware of scammers when you’re buying things such as DVD’s or CD’s from boot sales though. There’s always a chance you’ll be ripped off for some crappy copied version of Aladdin or something.
Also, take a look at this:
Filed under: Clothes, Tips and Tricks, discounts, lifestyle | Tags: Clothes, lifestyle, money
If your finding yourself increasingly short of money, and with no new fun things to wear, have a go fannying around with stuff you already own. Cut the sleeves off old tshirts and sew lace around the armholes for example. It’s a lot cheaper than going out and buying something new.
You can also make your own printed tshirts by recycling a plain old one, designing your own motif, printing it off onto transfer paper then ironing it on to your shirt. Bish bash bosh.
One thing I’ve started to experiment with recently is making accessories. There are heaps of places on the internet that sell beads, buttons and trinkets at really low prices. All you have to do is stick them together in an original kind of way and you’re sorted. You could even make some money on the side by selling them at boot sales or from an ebay store. Genius all around.
Some of my most highly recommended crafty stuff retailers:
Tongue tied- apparently lacking in stock at the moment but the basics are there.
The Bead Shop- does exactly what it says on the tin.
E-Beads- SO much stuff.
And it’s always worth going to a textile shop to have a look at the material remnants on offer to see if they’d be useful in creating anything fun.
Filed under: discounts, internet, lifestyle, money | Tags: discounts, internet, lifestyle, money, offers
I am risking filling my inbox with spam in an attempt to test websites dedicated to students.
More explicitly, getting free stuff, discounts and opportunities for students.
Today I have joined studentbeans, a website boasting
exclusive student offers, deals and discounts for free.
Fine….fair enough….
The sections are broken up into sub-catagories like “eating out,” “Gifts and electronics“, “bars, clubs and pubs“, yada yada blah….
I have so far entered competitions for a free macbok pro- ‘cos you know, winning one eliminates any chance of having to pay for one- and had to go through 4 or 5 pages of subscriptions, ticking yes or no as to whether I would like to hear from around 40 other companies about their upcoming offers; a lengthy, boring process which took around 15 minutes as there are about 70 separate companies all wanting you to subscribe.
Offers relating to food include free Millie’s cookies and 25% off Dominoes pizza, as well as a free beer at Nando’s when you spend £6 or over, 15% discount at the Slug and Lettuce, 20% off your bill at Bella Italia and 25% off your total bill at Yo!Sushi (a wonderful asian eatery that serves the most wonderful chocolate brownies).
All in all, quite a few good offers. And I am not one to turn down free crap.
There are also loads of offers relating to entertainment thingies:
2 for 1 cinema tickets at Odeon, 2 for 1 tickets at Cadbury World, Free DVD rentals from Lovefilm.com, and the opportunity to save 50% on West End shows amongst other things. It’s getting better…
There is also a section dubbed “market”:
We’ve scoured the web to find you a unique selection of online retailers that will help complement student life. We have reviewed loads of sites to make sure you’ll get the best deals, discounts and offers.
Which, sounds kind of like the aim of this blog, only in a more specialised kind of way. There’s a link to the “fun stuff” section (more competitions,) a “tv” section (articles for students, by students, including this rather weird video about Krispy Kreme doughnut promotions,)
and a link to facebook…which I guess everyone uses these days.
So the general consensus is that this site is quite good. Aside from the multitude of irritating advertisements and the multiple (compulsory) opportunities for subscribing to sites you have never heard of before and would rather never hear from again; Student beans offers quite a myriad of discounts and offers, all for us
YAY for Student Beans!
I hope I win that Macbook…
