Your random money saving tips?

joer said:
The point I was making,Leo is that all pharmacists should be consistent in their advice, that's all.
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The only way to get that consistency is to ensure none of them offer any advice on your question. Some pharmacists will be better versed on food supplements than others, some of those will be comfortable enough to offer advice, others won't due to the lower confidence they will have due to less rigorous testing of supplements.
 
Pharmacists are specialists, they are independent to doctors and can lose their license for misconduct.

My dad Pharmacist corrected more than one script written by hospital doctors. I like to go to a small pharmacist with the same person there most days. I'm not saying I won't go to a chain but they are filled by locums in my experience
 
Des Pondent said:
It is standard practice in some chemists when collecting antibiotics for the chemist to note on the bag, ''Probiotic Highly Recommended ''
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No its not. I get a lot of chest infections and suffer from recurring cellulitis so I've taken loads of antibiotics over the years (3 times in the past year) and I've never once had this suggested to me.
Nothing wrong with taking a probiotic but you really don't need it.
 
Ruffian said:
I want to eat more red meat for the iron and zinc. Should I ask the butcher or the pharmacist whether the hereford steak or the angus is the better source? Any which of them (the steaks, that is) is more suitable along with my prescribed medication?
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Liver (all 3 kinds) has the highest content of iron of any meat. You don't need to ask anybody that.
Also oysters and mussels if you prefer seafood.
 
Buddyboy said:
(and I wish this thread would go back on track - there were some good tips here).
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Money saving tip; if you are young(ish) and healthy and you get a virus you probably don't need to go to the doctor and you definitely don't need an antibiotic.

Money saving tips;
  • Buy healthy unprocessed food. It's cheaper than processed food (oh yes it is) and will probably keep you healthier, thus avoiding medical expenses.
  • Walk or cycle instead of taking the car. It's cheaper and will help to keep your body and mind healthy, thus avoiding medical expenses etc.
 
Purple said:
Money saving tip; if you are young(ish) and healthy and you get a virus you probably don't need to go to the doctor and you definitely don't need an antibiotic.
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And no matter what age or how healthy or unhealthy you are, you definitely don't need to take an antibiotic to fight a viral infection.
www2.hse.ie

Antibiotics

Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections. Read advice on taking antibiotics, including side effects and who can take them.
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Sign up for Aerlingus Aerclub membership and collect Avios points. Certain retailers such as M&S offer 15 points per euro spent. Points accumulate quickly particularly if you are purchasing clothing or household items (we buy a lot for the kids from them).

In the space of two years we now have enough points for cover the cost of our summer holiday flights not including taxes. It was money we would of spent anyway so a nice additional bonus. I did also use my account to make purchases on behalf of grandparents from M&S, Nike and various other retailers.

List of retailers is huge although not all offer 15 points per euro
 
My money-saving tip from another thread. https://www.askaboutmoney.com/threads/an-post-price-rises.239724/post-1927428

"At the earliest opportunity, I'll be implementing family use of ecards produced and transmitted electronically without the need for paper cards, envelopes, stamps, or the fuel and labour to produce them, transport them, store them, sort them, and deliver them. Some of the greeting card manufacturers, e.g. Hallmark Cards, already produce software to facilitate this. Here's a sample of ten such ecard supply sites, including Hallmark, moonpig, WWF, etc."
 
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We had money sitting in the bank earning nothing, in fact it was decreasing in value every year.
So we are installing solar panels. 22 panels, eddie, and zappi, for €11k after grants. No battery yet.
As we have a heat pump, an electric car, and everything runs on electricity, as well as the fact that we can sell any surplus to the grid, like a giant battery, we are getting a good return on the investment.
If our usage is €3k a year, and we can even get half that generated by solar, then we're getting a 13% return on investment.
 
Inspired by events across the water I've decided that my local take-away gets too much money from me and they never buy the food I make. From today, I'm imposing a 25% tariff on take-aways being brought into the house, obviously the tariff is paid by the take-away. Such a genius plan, why didn't I think of it before.
 
Leo said:
You need to factor in the expected life and replacement and maintenance costs. You're only getting 13% if it lasts forever.
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And let's see the fun when claiming under the 25 year warranty that are being shouted about on the various advertisements.
 
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And what happens if it gets more and more cloudy with climate change or someone builds a high rise apartment block next to you blocking out the sun ?
 
Leo said:
You need to factor in the expected life and replacement and maintenance costs. You're only getting 13% if it lasts forever.
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True, but I'm not going to last forever either, so if it lasts 25 years, there's a chance it will outlast me.
 
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