shop well for less - wed 8pm bbc1

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the same format as eat well for less

just other shopping

think last series they changed a womans costly foundation/shampoo etc for cheaper brands

My first thought was the one about dental work. He was just a man child, total idiot

I hated this episode. So materialistic! How can people be such idiots?!

Does anyone know what those pre paid cards are? They sound fantastic, assume there's a cost for it?

He was a knob, a sad one too. A 40 odd year old man trying to dress like a teenager.

Watching it now. He in particular, is utterly vile. Confused by a pp saying that company cars couldn't be parked on the drive-why can't they? I don't understand that....

I hoped it wasn't just me that thought this... I've seen a few of these now and don't understand how these supposedly intelligent couples haven't thought to compare prices themselves before in all their adult lives. I guess this is the point but I can't identify with them at all as they spend ridiculously (in my opinion).

It's probably not the point of the programme but I would be more interested in how money could be saved for the more average shopper. Probably not a very interesting programme though in that case!

The chap this week was just awful!

Re Company cars- I presume because it may be identifying or advertising where they work?

i wanted to know how much their shopping bill was

He made me laugh (and angry) when he said about having to wear those swapped trainers to go running. Something along the lines of "I hope it's dark so no one sees them"!

Who looks at a runner's shoes. People run past my house every day. I have never once looked to see what shoes they have on

How would you know from a company car where someone worked? It's not like a van with branding on it. We've had filming done at our house and had to move cars off the drive - not for identification reasons, but because there's 40 people in and out the house with lights, cameras and goodness knows what else and it's easier if the drive is empty.

@mydogisthebest I was shocked about the trainers. £70!! I actually liked them, but there's no way I would pay that!

I just watched the first 2 episodes in a row and dh was shocked watching it.

I can't wait for the next episode.

Tonight’s

Georgette and Tommy and kids - 2yrs ago the family upsized to a property that needed renovation and since then put everything on a credit card

I can't wait to watch this tonight - can't be more awful than last week surely? I've not seen any previews ...

Can't wait for tonight's wastrels!

@IsItCoffeeTimeYet the card they showed was Monzo but there's a few different ones, Starling & Revolut off the top of my head.

If I had #70 it's probably worth it to spend on good supportive trainers for running, but you'd wear them all the time not buy 20 pairs. He was full of what other people thought of him. He needed to be told no one cares about him. Smacks of massive insecurity about his age and looks. Very tiresome.

I love the stupidity and sheer obviousness of this programme. The families can’t see the wood for the trees and Steph and Alex fly in to state the bleedin’ obvious.

The Manchester family were mind boggling. I don’t care what you spend your money on but to live month to month with very little safety net is mindnumbingly irresponsible. I’m going to assume that they’ve got some sort of life insurance plans in place (mortgage purposes, if nothing else), so in the event of death the is some cushion. We don’t know if they have any sort of loss of income/income protection insurance, looking at their levels of financial responsibility shown on the show, I’m guessing not. As sales people, they will have a basic salary but the majority of their incomes will be made up from commissions from sales made, what provisions are made for below target months? Anything? I’m guessing she’s the breadwinner, drug reps can earn high. She certainly seemed to be the more sensible one of the two, though it was a close run thing, admittedly. I think she was much more aware of the need to change and was more open to swaps. He was ‘lip service man’ who resisted everything and at the end, she was talking about continuing with the changes and he looked like he was going straight back to his old ways.

The Welsh family seemed to be struggling to massively to adjust to the financial change from 2 incomes, 1 child, to 1 income, 5 children. Not hard to see how that would be a struggle. They’d got used to a certain lifestyle and the last 2 years had obviously been a massively emotional change too, with 2xtwins. Maybe they’d bought the fancy double when the first set of twins came and the second cheaper buggy for the older ones when the second set came? Of course, they needed to rein it in massively and granny wasn’t helping. Dad needed to get a massive grip on the manchild Arsenal stuff.

All the lessons about lower cost alternatives to things these people already own isn’t for the families’ benefit, it’s for the viewers. To show any other numpties watching that higher prices doesn’t always mean better design or better quality.

I missed the beginning tonight so, is there a reason the woman needs her nails done, to the extent her DH is being taught how to do it?

That woman really pissed me off. No need for her to keep getting her nails done! Just paint them yourself FFS. As usual, the children are spoilt little shits. The girl who said that she wasn't happy with her boots and wanted Timberland boots.. How about you go and buy them yourself?! The parents are just to blame for funding the children's addiction to branded stuff!

@Justmuddlingalong I don't think so! It was classed as a 'necessity' instead of a treat! 🤦🏻‍♀️

I wanted more of an explanation of the 'need' for nails to be done too. Totally ridiculous, a woman and two teenage girls, they could do each others.

Quite sweet that the little boy was happy with the super cheap football boots though.

The little boy was v cute. The nails were baffling. I can see that maybe she felt the need to have ‘groomed’ nails for work but she could have done that herself. I was truly baffled by the bit with DH retraining as a nail technician. Utterly bizarre. This lot seemed more willing to swap and change by the end though.

I thought the husband wanted to train to be a nail technician so he could earn some extra money doing people's nails. When they said he was doing it so he could paint the wife's I was gobsmacked. She should do her own. So ridiculous.

She was also bothered that the new kettle they gave her didn't quite match the cupboards!! She should see my kitchen, nothing matches. My DD said to me at the end of the programme "do you just watch this so you can have a good moan?"

The nails! FFS paying for teenage girls with short bitten down nails to have manicures and gel nail! Ha! No love, you can go to the salon when you’re an adult and earn your own money. In the meantime here’s a £5 for barryM that should do you the year.

The £13 weekly average after ‘essentials’ pissed me off too. They have included her cosmetics in essentials. What’s that £13 covering? Magazines and coffee?

cannot actuallybelieve the Dad gave up a much wanted career in the police force to get them out of debt ... and how did that work out for you?

I feel a bit dirty after watching Shop Well For Less because I am ‘hate watching’ it.

Poor bloody Georgette was clueless. I could see that she had created an identity for herself: ‘I might be a bit chubby but nobody will notice because my hair, nails, sequins and make up will detract from it’. I know quite a few women like that but why try to draw your kids into the same lunacy?

I earn significantly more than them and NO WAY would I be buying Rodial skincare full price. Certainly not on the grounds that ‘something’s got to work’.

When we heard about their debt and the kitchen on a credit card, my husband said, “people like that are the reason we’re going to be buried in a plywood coffin”.

Incidentally I was amused to note that Steph was advising the family on thrift and brand avoidance whilst sporting a Markus Lupfer sweatshirt (£300) whilst Alex was wearing what looked like a Burberry coat (£1k minimum)!