Martin's Quick Deals
£17 year’s breakdown cover, six months’ music streaming, half-price No7 bundle and flash M&S up to 50% off sale. These are our Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis’ Quick Deals.
Remember, deals can change quickly, even while I’m on the programme. So always double-check the terms and conditions before spending. Plus, while I hope these deals will save you cash, don’t spend if you can’t afford it, don’t need it, or won’t use it.
Get a year’s breakdown cover for £17Do you have breakdown cover? If not and your car has trouble during the winter season, it can be a cold and costly time. Thankfully if you know what you’re doing you can get super cheap cover. There are a few things you need to know…
- If you’re renewing, haggle – 84% of AA and 76% of RAC customers who tried reported success.- If you’re new then for basic cover use a cashback site, a standard RAC policy is £27.99 online but Topcashback gives £10.50 back, so a net £17.49. A standard AA policy is £35 online, but you can get £12.49 back. This usually works, though do note the cashback isn’t 100% guaranteed.- If you have Tesco Clubcard points you can swap them for RAC cover where £18 in vouchers gets basic cover.- For full service Auto Aid provides a pay and reclaim policy which costs £42 a year, and covers you and your spouse for home start, breakdown and onward travel. A recovery operator is sent out, and you pay them, then send your receipts in to get the cost back.
Six months’ free Deezer membership
If you’re a customer of mobile phone service Three and have never hadDeezer’s Premium service before, you can get it free for six months. It usually costs £9.99 a month.
If you aren’t a Three customer, here’s a little trick where you can still get the Premium service. Currently you can get a free pay-as-you-go Sim card withThree online (in store it’s £1), which triggers this – provided you activate it in an unlocked phone (you don’t need to actually top it up or use it). But remember to diarise and cancel before the six months end or you’ll be charged.
It’s worth remembering firms only do these trials because they know people hate to lose something they’ve had, even if they don’t use it that often. So think about whether you really want this first.
£37 No7 gift bundle
Now in the final week of Boots weekly ‘star gift promotion’, if you go online or into a store till Christmas Eve you can get a No7 ‘Ultimate Collection’ beauty bundle for £37.50 – half price from £75. In the nine-piece gift bundle you’ll get day cream, night cream, body wash, body milk, cleansing lotion, dry skin rescue cream, bath milk, hand cream and mascara. I’ve totted these individually, and separately they sell for over £120, so it’s a decent deal if you use No7. Or you could split them up and give them as individual presents to help spread the cost.
M&S up to 50% off
If you go online or into an M&S store by 11.59pm on Monday you can get between 30% and 50% off some departments. There’s 30% off some womenswear lines such as coats and knitwear, while 50% off is on other womenswear, such as party wear and dressing gowns. I spotted a snowman Christmas jumper down from £28 to £19.60. There’s also 30% off men’s shirt and tie sets, Christmas jumpers and hats, and 50% off men’s toys and gadgets, as well as bedding, cards, diaries and puzzles. Delivery is £3.99 or free for orders over £50.
Up to 80% off Christmas goodies
This is the time of year that specific Christmas goods are reduced in most stores. So if you haven’t bought your cards or wrapping – now’s the moment. And it’s likely if you wait until Monday prices will be reduced further. Different stores have different clearances, but as an example I spotted John Lewis clearance goods – eg, 25p baubles which had been £1.50 and a string of lights for £5.60 reduced from £8. M&S has a Disney Frozen Olaf tree decoration for £3 down from £6 and a small LED Christmas tree for £2.50 down from £5. House of Fraser, Debenhams and BHS have also reduced the price of their Christmas stock