[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 

[ANDREWNi_524658]

carboot 1960s dansette record player for £35 plays my old vinyl superb

[JackieC_1644748]

Best bargain - a worn-once Asos cream teddy coat, draped on a chair in a chi-chi design/furniture shop in a posh village. Only £!5 - and everyone admires it.

[Taofeek_2432399]

Paying 15 pounds per month for unlimited data 

[MahadBu_2291999]

I’m very happy with the bargain that I get for £10 for 40gb and the signals are perfect always working good

[HarizHa_2187054]

Best deal - tour of Malaysian islands for £10! I spoke a bit of Malay so the operator gave us a discount

[MahadBu_2291999]

I have the 40gb for £10 and it is a great bargain and I’m very satisfied with the signals I get it’s perfect for me

[SallyMo_2015458]

Don’t accept first viewing of something  keep looking and thanks smarty for your extended 60gb offer

[TraceyJ_2070960]

My £7 a month Smarty contract. ❤️

[SallyMo_2015458]

Best tip for a bargain don’t accept the first thing you see I saved over £40 before Christmas on a large Lego set looked at different shops and win win 

[KevinHe_2123227]

Best bargain I ever got was moving my families all 3 networks over to the smarty network! You just can’t beat unlimited data for £16,

#1 tip for getting a bargain is by signing up to smarty! 

[JaneCar_1946327]

my smarty sim was my best deal of 2023 I pay £2 more a month but get 10x the data 

very happy with my smart sim 

[IanHarw_1783466]

£10 Bell tent

[Dhritima_388725]

Most cost effective network provider with only 6 quid per month with solid coverage all over UK.

[Jac_1852599]

£100 Amazon prize draw 🤞🏻

[UzohMadu_445450]

may best bargain would be getting unlimited data and unlimited calls for £20 pounds

[JamesGa_2018071]

• What was the best bargain you've ever found? A 2nd hand shed in good condition on E-bay for 99p
• What was the best bargain you've bagged this year? A £25 cookery book in a charity shop for £1
• What is your number one tip for getting a bargain? Always look for wrongly listed, misspelt or mis-titled items, as other bidders won't bother to search for them.

[stephenco_26015]

the one and only smarty

[Dianecro_812523]

Best bargain ever found- a pair of shoes for £10.00 that fit my dodgy feet perfectly. 

Best bargain this year - a barbour knitted jumper for £38.00 .

Top tip - use cashback sites and use sales bit only buy what you need and not things just because they are 'a good price '.

[James1772983]

My sim only deal is a great bargain, 120gb for £12! This year I managed to swing free tickets to a premiere event with free food and drink just by being a prime customer and our house was probably the best bargain to date!

[AlanWil_1754010]

another bargain was buying a second hand car in December 2023 The dealers were all competing for my purchase managed to get a great deal on a 2 year old Toyota Corolla 

[Jon_1952792]

What was the best bargain you've ever found?

Big multipack of 9x Kitkat Chunky at my local Sainsbury's for only £0.63

Yes I'm easily pleased lol...

[Alexandr_230024]

• What was the best bargain you've ever found? 2 fluffy original Disney PJs in the charity shop for my daughter for just £2. 🙂 She was so happy!

• What was the best bargain you've bagged this year? This is also a crazy one: I managed to get a better total price from a pizzeria by ordering online the wanted products grouped in smaller deals (like 2 items) than their bigger grouped family deals (4+ items)...hahaha...should be the other away around, right? 🙂 
• What is your number one tip for getting a bargain?  Keep items in your cart for a while before paying online. You might be surprised by a discount code popping in your email.

[JamesGa_2018071]

Best bargain: a 2nd hand shed on E-Bay for 99p .

Best Bargain this year: like new £25 cookery book from charity shop for £1. 

Number one tip for getting a bargain: look for misspelt or wrongly listed/titled items, as others unlikely to bid for them.

[AlanWil_1754010]

My monthly fee is not only frozen for 2023 its now been frozen until 2025 Great Bargain

[SimonDal_382213]

Great service and good value

[MartinR_1923072]

Changing from my old network to smarty saves me ££ every month and have great signal everywhere I go.  Definitely a bargain of 2023

[SamAldr_1255311]

Unlimited data for £16 a month. My tip is join Smarty

[Guillem_1787816]

The best bargain I found in 2023 was a  Lego Creationary for £5 worth £25-30 in a charity shop

[Sorrowstouch]

Best bargain ever? I got a Garmin smart watch for £30 because of a price glitch! This year I brought a £80 hot wheels city for my son for £40 haha and my top is make wishlists and use comparison sites! Sorry for not putting smarty but I still love it! 

[KeithBo_1224144]

Best bargain was getting my Smarty sim with 100gb of date having been with EE for a long time.

[LeoSear_2427093]

Best bargain was flying coast to coast across USA on Delta, to whatever destination we chose, on as many flights as we wanted, within 30 days – all for only £250.

[PigletInWellies]

• What was the best bargain you've ever found? Sample sale designer skirt 
• What was the best bargain you've bagged this year? My smarty phone deal 
• What is your number one tip for getting a bargain? Dedicate some time to hunt for the best deal for you, don't just go for the first option that pops up

[Cl_135029]

1. Best bargain ever?
Oh, definitely my bike I found at a garage sale.  It's been my go-to for everything since then. Such a useful mode of transport and fitness.

2. Best bargain this year?
 Got to be the headphones I snagged in an online sale. They were like 40% off! As someone who's always plugged into music, they've been a game-changer. Help with fitness and studying and staying focused.

3. Top tip for a bargain? Just do your research research research before buying anything. I always compare prices and wait for timely special offers, avoids clutter and wasted purchases. 

[AnthonyWa_35648]

Buy back of unused data 

[AaditGarg]

Love smarty! Great deals.

[DecK]

One of the best bargains I found was Halford's Bicycle Trade In; bring in your old bike for 20% off a new one. The great thing about this deal is that practically every town has someone near you selling a second hand bike for next to no money, so you can buy a barely rideable bike for a tenner, take it to Halfords and get £100 off a brand new £500 bike.

I assume Halfords figured out this was more than a bit generous as they've since stopped putting that deal on. The bike I bought is still going strong though 4 years later, so definitely a bargain.

[Stephen_1207931]

Shop around, including offline.

[HusamAz_2059445]

What was the best bargain you've ever found? My wife.

What was the best bargain you've bagged this year? OnePlus 11

What is your number one tip for getting a bargain? Use HotUKDeals

[Cristia_2291149]

What was the best bargain you've ever found?

Bought a pc CPU i7-8700k for £52, last year I know it doesn't sound amazing but when you actually go out there and look at what price they sell... 

What was the best bargain you've bagged this year?

Went into my smarty app and seen a big banner giving me 20 extra GB of data each month for a year free of charge and it then reverts back to normal after that without ever charging me anything. I was on 100 GB now I'm on 120GB. Never seen a carrier do that, and if they did you'd have to give away all your data and info just for a chance to get an extra bread crumb that comes with 500 sneaky ToS .

I was actually amazed it was so clear, big banner to see, and no sneaky fineprint charges, or stuff like " and then we'll keep charging you more automatically " like other carriers do (EE are a prime example), greedy greedy corporation.

What is your number one tip for getting a bargain?

I don't really have tips, just try to lowball until the seller gives you a middle ground. Or just use smarty, where you get everything at the price of nothing.

[ricong]

£6 for 6Gb a month, great.