WW recently had their “Tableware” promotion. For every $20 spend you got 1 tableware point. There were ‘bonus’ available each week if you bought particular items.
When you had enough points for a tableware product you just picked the product off the promotion shelf and took it to a checkout and scanned your card and the product was yours.
Over the course of the promotion we managed to get 4 pasta dish rewards (2 per box) meaning we got 8 new pasta bowls without buying stuff just to get the tableware points.
https://www.woolworthsrewards.com.au/tableware.html
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WW place a $40 value on the box of 2 pasta bowls, but I wouldn’t pay that much, I’d go to Kmart instead.
https://www.kmart.com.au/product/speckled-large-bowl-42439240/
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Coles have had these same sort of promotions based on what you spend. From memory, they once had Jamie Oliver branded kitchen items.
If you are buying from a store that runs a promotion then it is worthwhile so long as you don’t buy stuff just to get promotion credits. For the WW tableware promo 40 points for pasta bowls equates to $800 spent (without any bonus points). No past bowls are worth $800 !
**this one won’t be for everyone, but it may help some members**
EQUIPMENT HIRE
If you are ever wanting to hire some equipment from a hire firm, ask what the weekday rate for hire is and then ask if you can pick it up just before close of business the day before you need it. During Daylight Saving months, for those with DS, this will give better value for your hire as you could get almost a 1-1/2 days use of the hired equipment if you pickup at 5pm.
Alternately, if you need the hired gear for a big job, then ask what the rate is for both days of the weekend. Also ask if you can pickup just before close of business on Friday and drop it off at opening time on Monday morning. Definitely worth asking.
Here is an example using my last weekend’s efforts.
I have a lot of palms here at my place, LOTS. Not talking about potted palms, these are tall! I last trimmed them 2 years ago. Back then I hired a trailer boom lift on a Wednesday and dropped it back on Thursday morning. I had to trim back 10 years of dead fronds and it was hard work getting it all done in one day . . . so I decided then that I would trim them every 2 years.
I enquired about hiring a trailer boom lift from the same business I used 2 years ago. The weekday rate is $260 a day, but the weekend rate is $200/day if you hire for both Sat & Sun with a ‘first-thing’ Monday morning return (no ticket needed to hire if max height below 10m). Good Value I thought, and much cheaper than getting someone in to trim them.
I had to fill the tank when I was finished, but that was only 2 litres of diesel ($4).
(These are only some of the palms I had to trim back)
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I once hired a jackhammer for a day. Picked up the afternoon before and dropped it back the morning after. Cost me $50. When Aldi had a jackhammer on Special Buys for $199 I jumped at the chance to own my own. Cheaper than having to hire one every time I need one.
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Five years ago we had a lot of concreting done here. Salinity is a big issue here, and rust had eaten through the base of my verandah posts. When we pulled up our pavers to get concreting done I had to support the weight of our back verandah clear of the line of where concreting was planned. To do this I enquired about hiring Acrow Props. $17/prop per day. I was going to need them for at least a month so I bought 4 from Bunnings for $94 each instead (they are now $119 each). Better than hiring, and I could sell them at anytime to get back most of my money (not that I would ever sell them as I have used them for other jobs).
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I forgot to mention that I have owned a motorhome for 5 years. Because it is 3.3m high I haven’t been able to wash the roof . . . until last Sunday evening when I used the trailer boom lift to get high enough to wash the roof. It has made the world of difference.
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I cleaned a little bit of the front section of the roof before thinking about taking photos
@countessalmirena wrote:k1ooo, is the 10% off in addition to the 10% off one gets monthly with having insurance through Woolworths or other 10% off benefit? That would make it doubly good for anyone who already had a 10% discount.
yes, you get two 10% off shops per month if you subscribe to WW Everyday Extra and WW Mobile (or insurance). Not sure if you can get three 10% shops, but definitely 2 is ok.
From a WW website:
