Cutting costs = cancel Netflix?

[Lykke1000]

Inspired by a previous thread about coping on a high salary with a breakdown of all monthly expenses.
Have you noticed that the expenses that always get mentioned are subscriptions, especially Netflix. My Netflix is £4.99 and just looked up that Disney is the same. Sound weirdly out of proportion to suggest cutting it out first thing. True, it’s not essential but if at least one person in the family actually uses it daily then it’s a pretty cheap per hour of entertainment.
TV licence is another story ( I don’t pay it as I genuinely don’t need it).

A takeaway coffee or a pint (once a month) costs the same but is way worse price for 15 mins of entertainment.

What are your thoughts?

Whilst all the small things add up unless you are about to get evicted for non payment of rent then it’s one of life’s small pleasures though I’m watching it far less as doesn’t have much on that I want to watch of late.

as I see it the point is

Netflix is cheaper than going to the pictures/cinema
Coffee machine at home is cheaper than Starbucks 2 or 3 times a a week at £20 a week

The cost of living crisis rages on and consumers tighten their belts as food prices rise by 5%People adjust their spending downwards

instead of going out for a meal once a week they go once a month

i have had my phone three years on sim only it was a hand me down from my dd, I pay £10 a month for unlimited texts/calls and 50g data.

who are you with for your phone?

my issue with my phone is if anyone comes to my house - their phones don't work as my signal is terrible - so I stick with vodaphone which works at home and I get fair usage abroad in Europe (which I need for 6 weeks a year)

A TV licence is £14.54 a month, or about 48p a day.

Any budgeting exercise needs to start with understanding what money is coming in and what is being spent; both fixed and variable costs. It is surprising to me that few people truly know their earnings and expenses.

It takes time and effort to understand all your bills, whether you are getting the best deals etc but it is a very worthwhile process.

I feel the same about Sky.

We haggled down to £77 a month and we watch it every night. £2.50 a day for our evening entertainment. DH is a massive spots fan so watches all the sports.

I think the key is when this type of thing adds up, add in Apple tv, and Disney. Start a pet food subscription and then a Gusto.

Suddenly, like a pp said, a large chunk of money is committed each month and there's little wriggle room.

I haven't had a tv licence for 15/16 years - originally I didn't actually have a tv and then 3 years ago purchased a tv to watch Netflix and prime - I can't access bcc anyway so don't need one

Thats £2,617 I haven't had to pay

I moved us all to Lebara for £1 a month for 6 months then it goes up to £5.99. Unlimited calls and texts and 10gb data.

Not sure if it's still on, check out the MSE website.

I would love to know the answer to this as well please and how many screens , we only need it on 2
I love Netflix and would happily downgrade to ads if this was the case. As it is we swap around between prime, paramount plus and Netflix and occasionally discovery plus all as free, but taking a different one each month or slightly longer if there's a good offer on.

We get 30s of ads about 9nce a programme at most.
A lot less than the "terrestrial" channels. It feels like every 10mins on thise!

@MikeRafone , it probably wasn't that amount because the price of a TV licence has quite a lot in recent years. I haven't had a TV for years. I didn't watch much but I miss it occasionally, and I'm aware that it affects my general knowledge.
I listen to the radio a lot, and I'm often surprised when I see photos of politicians or place names.

Ive not noticed any more than one an hour. I used to share Netflix with my dd before she moved out and we had the no advert package - iv now got the cheap package and haven't noticed much difference for my usage. TBH when I was in France for 4 weeks I didn't notice any adverts at all.

I get amazon prime - so both tv and package sent free and Netflix for £14 a month. But when im in France I cancel the prime as I don't need the tv programs or packages for free

it was around £144 a year when I stopped using a tv - so that would be £2160

Oh right. I think it was about £90 when I got rid of the telly.

I don't think it is expensive but I might do if I had to pay it. 45p a day is nothing is it when you get so much for it.

I stopped getting a newspaper when the prices went up. A daily newspaper is somewhere between £1 and £3.70. I miss it and reading online is not the same.

There are only 4 networks in the UK, the smaller companies piggy back on the big names.
We also only get decent signal with the Vodafone network but are currently with Lebara. I currently get 20gb for £7, pretty certain i have eu roaming. Most comparison sites allow you to search based on a network

Yes there’s loads of things I’d stop before Netflix. We watch it most nights.
A friend got in big financial difficulty when her DH lost his job and she immediately cancelled everything. I suggested maybe the case of wine she went through every week or the two storage units they had were better places to look to save money, but she said she needed her wine more than ever! I do believe she consolidated her storage though!

It depends if you use it and how much you pay. Some people pay 12.99 for ad free or 18.99 for a bigger package. We tend to watch a lot and then it tails off. So we have one subscription at a time, cancel it once we're not using it and watch iPlayer etc and then start a different subscription once we've watched most things we want to.

Also you can share ad free Netflix with one person you don't live with which takes it down to £9.49 per month each

It’s even cheaper when you don’t pay it all and watch it anyway.

I think it's often an accumulation of a lot of small things that aren't really essential that suddenly adds up to £100 a month or something. I think people do lose track of the 'small change' so to speak, with people writing off each one as insignificant.

@stayathomer NOW TV is SKY content, but loads cheaper. They have entertainment, cinema, sports and Hayu available as separate packages so you can opt for what interests you.

Because Netflix means all streaming accounts, it's like hoover, biro, cashpoint, fibreglass, jet ski, lilo etc

So we pay £40 a month for x2 sim only deals Tesco mobile and sky mobile unlimited data and unlimited every thing not a bad deal wouldn't get less personally so this works for us

Netflix is £5.99 a month with adds sometimes cancel and have a few months of it if get bored of it

Work lunches are made at home
No take out coffee

Broadband is £28 a month

Theirs no other things we pay for subscription wise

Non subscription wise we have a takeaway twice a month

Netflix is crap in my opinion.
Never anything i want to watch on it.
My sister had it so thought id have a look first.

Turns out you can get the same shows films plus loads more on Westream and its totally free.

I’m with o2 sim only package. It’s a Apple se