Patios, points & pickled cabbage – this week's MSE Forum highlights

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A few of this week's top threads

Here's a selection of what caught our eye recently:

• I’ve got £25 to spend on a Christmas hamper – have you seen any good deals?

• My neighbour asked our local church minister to mediate in our patio dispute

• Rodents are destroying my mum’s fridge-freezer

• I’ve done a detailed analysis of Odeon ticket prices and seats

Can you suggest a website for sampling coffee beans?

• I collected 23,000 Nectar points but it turns out the account belongs to an ex I haven’t seen in a decade

• Where can I order small samples of coffee beans?

• I want to cut a window into my dining room wall for more sunlight – do I need planning permission?

• What can I do with a large jar of pickled red cabbage?

• I’ve got three tape measures but there’s a discrepancy between them

Money Moral Dilemma

Every week, the Money Tips email features a real-life Money Moral Dilemma (MMD for short). They're intended to encourage debate and, as such, they're usually among the most discussed threads each week.

See what our MSE Forumites had to say and add your own thoughts on the Money Moral Dilemma discussion thread. Do please stick to the MSE Forum rules: keep it kind and keep it clean. Remember, there's a real person behind every dilemma.

Got a Money Moral Dilemma of your own? Email us at MMD@moneysavingexpert.com and it could be featured.

Latest comping wins

The ever-busy Competitions Time board is where compers share new opportunities to win prizes. We read success stories every day. For example, Aerialhoop recently won an overnight spa trip at Holiday Inn Cambridge. Consider us jealous.

Aerialhoop won a spa break in Cambridge

Want to peek at some MSE Forum highlights from recent weeks?

• Beef, bicycles & birthday cupcakes (17 Nov 2023)  

• Spangles, synthesizers & studying abroad (10 Nov 2023) 

• Woodworm, WFH & window tint (3 Nov 2023) 

• Christenings, cookbooks & cover-ups (27 Oct 2023) 

• Stew, savings & side hustles (20 Oct 2023)

Your two cents

Black Friday is on, and in many cases will last until midnight on Monday 27 November. Let us know the duds and deals you spot by joining in the Black Friday 2023 thread. And remember: don't get swept up by the hype. Remember MSE's Money Mantras.

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