09-01-2024 16:21 PM - edited 25-01-2024 15:16 PM
PRIZE DRAW UPDATE - WINNERS
We are delighted to announce the winners of SMARTY Community Anniversary Prize Draw🎉🥁🏆
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🍀
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.
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.
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
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25-01-2024 15:22 PM
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12-01-2024 19:09 PM
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.
12-01-2024 19:09 PM
Paying 15 pounds per month for unlimited data
12-01-2024 19:07 PM
I’m very happy with the bargain that I get for £10 for 40gb and the signals are perfect always working good
12-01-2024 19:05 PM
Best deal - tour of Malaysian islands for £10! I spoke a bit of Malay so the operator gave us a discount
12-01-2024 19:04 PM
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
12-01-2024 19:02 PM
Don’t accept first viewing of something keep looking and thanks smarty for your extended 60gb offer
12-01-2024 18:59 PM
My £7 a month Smarty contract. ❤️
12-01-2024 18:57 PM
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
12-01-2024 18:56 PM
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!
12-01-2024 18:52 PM
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
12-01-2024 18:52 PM
£10 Bell tent
12-01-2024 18:51 PM
Most cost effective network provider with only 6 quid per month with solid coverage all over UK.
12-01-2024 18:52 PM
£100 Amazon prize draw 🤞🏻
12-01-2024 18:51 PM
12-01-2024 18:49 PM
12-01-2024 18:48 PM
the one and only smarty
12-01-2024 18:48 PM
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 '.
12-01-2024 18:47 PM
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!
12-01-2024 18:47 PM
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
12-01-2024 18:45 PM
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...
12-01-2024 18:45 PM
12-01-2024 18:45 PM
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.
12-01-2024 18:44 PM
My monthly fee is not only frozen for 2023 its now been frozen until 2025 Great Bargain
12-01-2024 18:44 PM
Great service and good value
12-01-2024 18:43 PM
Changing from my old network to smarty saves me ££ every month and have great signal everywhere I go. Definitely a bargain of 2023
12-01-2024 18:43 PM
Unlimited data for £16 a month. My tip is join Smarty
12-01-2024 18:42 PM
The best bargain I found in 2023 was a Lego Creationary for £5 worth £25-30 in a charity shop
12-01-2024 18:41 PM
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!
12-01-2024 18:41 PM
Best bargain was getting my Smarty sim with 100gb of date having been with EE for a long time.
12-01-2024 18:40 PM
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.
12-01-2024 18:39 PM
12-01-2024 18:39 PM
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.
12-01-2024 18:39 PM
Buy back of unused data
12-01-2024 18:38 PM
Love smarty! Great deals.
12-01-2024 18:37 PM
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.
12-01-2024 18:36 PM
Shop around, including offline.
12-01-2024 18:36 PM
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
12-01-2024 18:33 PM
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.
12-01-2024 18:34 PM
£6 for 6Gb a month, great.
12-01-2024 18:34 PM
Best bargain was my hi tech Drone only used once like new 👍😊 if you search long enough you WILL find great bargains out there happy hunting folks 👀