[Prize Draw] Let us know about your favourite bargain

[YulianK]

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PRIZE DRAW UPDATE - WINNERS 

We are delighted to announce the winners of SMARTY Community Anniversary Prize Draw🎉🥁🏆

• LizSlyfi_756500 
• IBRAHIM_1329146 
• ShauneC_1454547 
• AlphaCh_1188069 
• YvonneMc_959576 
• JoshEll_2277220 
• adilayu_2347091 
• OCH 
• yuvrajd_1732908 
• LedleyH 
• tonyada_1073593 
• DB1 
• NegativeZero 
• Timothy_1677946 
• JoeWasse_592205 

Congratulations to our lucky winners! Please check your Community Private Messages inbox for further info.

Thanks to everyone who participated, we have received some wonderful entries! Better luck next time🍀

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UPDATE - COMPETITION CLOSED

The competition is now closed and we will draw the winner from all the eligible entries in the next 24 hours. So, keep your fingers crossed and an eye on your Private Message inbox.

Thanks to everyone who contributed some brilliant entries. We had over two thousand posts ! Keep up the great work everyone; the SMARTY Community belongs to us all and succeeds because of your great contributions.

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Cut yourself a slice of cake and stick on a party hat, because we're celebrating one whole year of the SMARTY Community 🎉

If this is news for you - where have you been? The Community is the fount of SMARTY knowledge, where anyone can ask, and answer, any question that pops up.

To celebrate an amazing first year, we are giving you the chance to win one of 15 £100 Amazon vouchers.

How can I enter?

Simply log in to the SMARTY Community platform and answer one or more of the questions in the "Let us know about your favourite bargain" article, before the draw closes on the 21st of January 2024.

• What was the best bargain you've ever found?
• What was the best bargain you've bagged this year?
• What is your number one tip for getting a bargain?

The Draw

There are 15 £100 Amazon vouchers up for grabs, that we'll draw using a Random Number Generator, so get your entry in now.

If you are not already part of the Community, fear not - signing up takes seconds once you are there.

 Competition terms can be found here.

Best of Luck.

Team SMARTY

[YulianK · Accepted solution]

@LizSlyfi_756500 , @IBRAHIM_1329146 ,@ShauneC_1454547 , @AlphaCh_1188069 , @YvonneMc_959576 , @JoshEll_2277220 , @adilayu_2347091 , @OCH, @yuvrajd_1732908 , @LedleyH 

[SimonSac_294509]

My biggest bargain of 2023 was a 1996 Honda SH50 City Express with just 1000 miles on it. It was ridden for a year from new and then it lived in a garage until I was given it, yes... given it, after I requested any kind of motorcycle on my local Freecycle. I took it to bits, cleaned it, took it for its very first MOT, and now it's saving me a fortune in travel costs. Bargain of the decade!

[andrew8]

Best bargain ever? Osmo Pocket camera

Best this year? My Smarty SIM 🙂

Best advice for a bargain? Do your research and compare retailers.

[Charlie_2411836]

Top bargain tips - research and patience 

[HelenMa_2021777]

My best bargain of the year was my Smarty contract, a deal brokered by Martin Lewi ( national treasure)

[andrew8]

Best bargain ever? Osmo Pocket camera 

Best bargain this year? Smarty SIM 🙂

Tip for a bargain? Research around! Look on HotUKDeals too.

[TomPart_1915973]

• What was the best bargain you've ever found? I managed to find a rare vinyl worth £500! Managed to get it for £20 still sealed in a charity shop!
• What was the best bargain you've bagged this year? Smarty 32GB plan for £8 a month of course!👍🏻
• What is your number one tip for getting a bargain? You can normally get what you’re after else where! Do your research!and always check trust pilot reviews /google reviews etc 

[Charlie_2411836]

Top bargain tips - research and patience

[PhilipC_1880612]

Best bargain ever? A Fortnum & Mason wine decanter/preserver, bought from a charity shop for 20p, with a rrp on the website of £130! 

[DonC_1951620]

November bargain - Upgrading my Smarty package from 12 to 32GB for the same cost per month 

[JeremyC_2070474]

In reply to the question - "What was the best bargain you've bagged this year?"

I got a great deal on an outdoor Christmas decoration - a 6" long inflatable dachshund 🌭 - it was half-price and I got free postage and 7% Quidco credit with it too!

Also, number one tip for getting a bargain is to always see if Quidco (or similar) offer some extra discount, it soon adds up!

[PatrickL_547852]

I think smarty is a great bargain. The best way to find bargains is to shop around 

[OliverS_1985576]

What was the best bargain you've ever found?

One of the more memorable was essentially being paid to get 4 premade cocktail cans from a shop. There is an app called "Greenjinn" that gives ypu cashback on purchases. This particular offer was "get one of each flavour for £3.25 and get cashback". The shop in question happened to be doing a deal of "2 for £6" so we gained a pound. Not a massive saving but it all adds up. Lovely.

[LunaGre_2383553]

• Q: What was the best bargain you've ever found?
• A: i collect and resell plushys and i found two for £70 that are worth £150 each
• Q: What was the best bargain you've bagged this year?
• A: Local shop did a multipack of my favourite energy drink for £3 instead of the usual £5.85, I bought every box they had 
• Q: What is your number one tip for getting a bargain?
• A: charity shopping! I always find designer brands for the price of dirt in them.

[AdamBar_1927300]

• What was the best bargain you've ever found? I brought a mark one Ford Escort back in 2003 for £1,200, and sold it 5 years lter for well over £4,000
• What was the best bargain you've bagged this year? A bag of smokeless coal from B&M, which was reduced to 99p, from £8.99 becuase the bag was ever so slightly open
• What is your number one tip for getting a bargain? Shop around. Never take the first price. Or, if buying something online, leave the item in your cart for a few days, and you'll eventalluy get a reminder email it's in there with a 5 or 10% off code to encourage you to purchase.

[AdsyMac]

My now wife, once wanted "sexy time", and I also ended up getting beautiful daughter. What a bargain!

[DJake1992]

Last year I managed to get a holiday in a 5 star resort in Punta Cana for less than £800 total for 9 nights by risking it and going at the end of a hurricane season. it only rained on the last day for few hours!

[NicolaBe_705571]

The best bargain I bagged this year was my dining table and benches for £200 off Gumtree - it's still being sold by the original retailer for £700! 

[Marshall2017]

• What was the best bargain you've ever found?

a surgery I thought I’d have to go private for I’m now getting on the NHS! 

• What is your number one tip for getting a bargain?

Shop around and find discount codes. Enter competitions for vouchers 😜

[AshleySt_364125]

Dropped from 20g to 8g however I still feel this is an absolute bargain. 

No drop in service, no problem in terms of billing, 

Will probably stay with Smarty for a long time as no one else comes close 👍🏼👍🏼

[Gurveen_1939075]

125 for 12

[NoorAli_1904029]

The most incredible deal is the £8 for 16 GB – it's unbelievable. I can easily go through a whole month with that plan and still have data left. It's so cost-effective that I referred a friend, and they joined too.

[JaniceD_1911178]

Best bargain of 2023 getting my mum signed up to smarty mare data cheaper price.

[KRISTINA_390086]

My best bargains is still with Smarty all the data for low prices getting great connections and since I saw advert on TV and joined was one of my best deccission I have made thank you for all guys doing for us. Got a great bargain on vinted for branded sunglasses. Just keep eyes out  and do your research well. Hugs

[AdsyMac]

My now wife once wanted to have "sexy time" and now I have a beautiful 2 year old daughter. Absolutely the best bargain I've ever got!

[Gurveen_1939075]

 125 for 12

[LisaPla_1472489]

Best bargain was a leather jacket I bought in a charity shop for £10. When I got it home and tried it on again I found there was £40 in the inside zipped pocket! 

So far this year my best bargain has been buying a jumper in the sales that I’d wanted for Christmas but both me and my husband were too poorly to buy it then after Christmas it was reduced by 50 percent 

My best tip for bargains is to always check charity shops online. I’ve bought things from Oxfam which were a fraction of the retail price and my money has gone to a good cause. 

[SimonHo_2351938]

Smarty and the Internet prices I love this network 

[michael_1721019]

oranges for 1p

[GarethE_2197786]

£12 for 125GB is THE bargain of the decade! 😀

[PhilipC_1880612]

Best bargain? Bought a wine decanter/preserver for 20p (from a charity shop). Full price on the Fortnum & Mason website for £130!

[LunaGre_2383553]

• Q:What was the best bargain you've ever found?
• A: I collect and resell plushies and i found two for €70 that are worth €150 each 
• What was the best bargain you've bagged this year?
• Local shop was doing a 4 pack of my favourite energy drinks for €3 thatre usually over €5/€6 in every other shop 
• What is your number one tip for getting a bargain?
• charity shopping! Im always finding crazy bargains on vintage clothes and objects, you could get a designer shirt for less than a tenner  

[JamesEd_1072028]

Unlimited data for £20 a month....a bargain 😁

[Gwenifer]

What was the best bargain you've ever found?

Seems basic but getting a deluxe version of a board game in a charity shop for £10 when it was worth around £45! Maybe not the best saving but it was a great find!

[BenMoose]

The best bargain i’ve bagged this year is the american products my local nisa sells 

[Zackkind1122]

Best bargain I ever found was for my laptop case, it was 65% off

2. Best bargain this year was for my laptop

3. Be patient, don't rush. Also if shopping online user extensions like Vetted and Honey

[GarryPlum_29041]

The best bargain is definitely the 40gb for £10.00 a amazing deal and service is 100% great from Smarty team.

[TIMCHEE_1246749]

The best bargain was a pine wardrobe from a charity shop for £50.00, which I fitted out with shelves and turned into a kitchen larder.

[PeterW_2391241]

Leaving BT for Smarty

[ABC1234]

Best bargain: A Churchill tank manual.

Usually hundreds of pounds: £3 in a charity shop.

Scanned and shared with other nerds. 😶

[KerryWr_1367405]

Best bargain of 2023 has to be the Pick My Postcode website.  Free to enter and I won £600!  Haven’t won again since though!!!