Are savings stamps waste of money?

curr · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 5

Every year Ive been trying to save an extra amount of money while shopping for the most important occasions, week or two around Christmas time, when the biggest bill on my credit card can reach an amount of more than a 4,000, and when repayments starts Im just going crazy, for the reason I cant manage all my bills and credit card debt in regular monthly payment, if I dont have any saving amount on my saving account. Every year is the same, same hell of the routine, and when the summer arrives, Im facing the same problem with debts I barely managed to pay off, so it gives you perfect insight of the saving routine I have. My Christmas period arrives, I dont have any debts before shopping time, but it does accumulate by the end of the January. Ive seen that there are savings stamps advertise, so perhaps it can give me some sort of support, just as long saving stamps arent waste of money.

hillyer1480 · Apprentice Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2

There are some benefits you can gain from the saving stamps, they are not waste of money, but they arent big savers as the amount you can save is nothing comparing to the amount you are spending for Christmas, as saving stamps cost 1, you can buy them on any Sommerfield store checkout. Saved stamps can be redeemed at any time, and if you have collected 29 stamps by 30-th April you can receive a bonus stamp worth 1, and completed remainder of the card, and you redeem your card between 10-th November and 31-st December you can receive 2 additional bonus stamps. This card is valid exclusively for stores for purchase of goods.