Me Time!

[MrsKiasu]

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2126471\" time=\"1704450810\" user_id=\"17023:

That’s how NTUC earns your money! Anyhow top up with cookies.

You can bring back 1 of the 2 cookies, with your receipt for refund. 😂

Wah! Your level is high arh

[MrsKiasu]

MyPillow\" post_id=\"2126454\" time=\"1704444218\" user_id=\"70594:

yesy yes will redeem this week end, but dh said no hurry ,
we are still \" recovering\" fro the Dec holidays eating - new year feasting was just 6 days ago

spend \"zhun zhun\" wow stress lei , must count. I think i will try to go get the ntuc promo vouchers $8 and till 17 Jan - longer period

Buy songhe rice for mum and in mil, my family, fish maw for all , - i think like that abt $80 or more le

Those items easily hit $80 le.

For me, I really take one item, put into basket and press add in my calculator :razz: ..only me? Or many of us are also like that?

[ChiefKiasu]

Today, I got my 3rd and last coupon at $80.46. At the counter, I guess I miscalculated again and was short at $77+ So I looked around quickly and spotted a chocolate bar at $3. Phew, just nice. Ok, now I can take my time and spend normally for my normal groceries. This mad purchasing thing is no fun.

[MrsKiasu]

ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2126505\" time=\"1704547524\" user_id=\"3:

Today, I got my 3rd and last coupon at $80.46. At the counter, I guess I miscalculated again and was short at $77+ So I looked around quickly and spotted a chocolate bar at $3. Phew, just nice. Ok, now I can take my time and spend normally for my normal groceries. This mad purchasing thing is no fun.

:yikes: :udaman:

Think will just use the return voucher for chicken and some veg tomorrow. Buy just what needed on daily basis first..may not have much to buy fm ntuc now. I just placed order fm Q0010 and noticed that I m a Green member now no longer VIP. Been buying fm Lazada recently. Didn't know will be downgraded de.

[ChiefKiasu]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2126511\" time=\"1704560355\" user_id=\"43981:

... noticed that I m a Green member now no longer VIP. Been buying fm Lazada recently. Didn't know will be downgraded de.

For Qoo10 I think they count over 3 months or something. I used to be Diamond and now Gold. It's no big deal. They just gave some coupons which I never used because the coupons doesn't work on most of the things I want :skeptical:

[starlight1968sg]

my $500 cdc vouchers are still in my pocket

I hv yet to decide how to spend them

[zac's mum]

starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2126534\" time=\"1704608355\" user_id=\"14025:

my $500 cdc vouchers are still in my pocket
I hv yet to decide how to spend them

I spent $50 of mine at CS cos happened to be nearby after dinner and needed to buy necessities for this week.

Saw a neighborhood Hock Hua Tonic outlet selling some cny goodies at good price, but when I asked them whether accept cdc vouchers, they said no so i just walked away. Havent spent at hawker centres either cos the stalls i went to didnt accept.

[starlight1968sg]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2126535\" time=\"1704609002\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2126535 time=1704609002 user_id=53606]
I spent $50 of mine at CS cos happened to be nearby after dinner and needed to buy necessities for this week.

Saw a neighborhood Hock Hua Tonic outlet selling some cny goodies at good price, but when I asked them whether accept cdc vouchers, they said no so i just walked away. Havent spent at hawker centres either cos the stalls i went to didnt accept.[/quote]

Near CNY, EYS, HH, ZTP would sell much CNY goodies. It will be gd they accept CDC vouchers.

[Estéema]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2126535\" time=\"1704609002\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2126535 time=1704609002 user_id=53606]
Havent spent at hawker centres either cos the stalls i went to didnt accept.[/quote]

I’m surprised after 2-3 rounds of national promotion on CDC usage, some hawkers opt not to accept them.

I noticed many elderlies do not cook but eat out almost every meals. It’ll help these elderlies to feel less pressures fr raising prices.

I rmbr encountering an old lady who Q at POSB when I was there with my helper. I led her to the staff whom I know wld give priority to old folks but she was very paiseh says she’ll Q coz she’s only drawing enuf for the day’s meal at hawker centre. If she hv CDC vouchers, she wld not hv to join long Qs or fear loosing their cash.

[Estéema]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2126478\" time=\"1704501295\" user_id=\"28674:

I agree with you about the cookies, but maybe CKS can use that as part of a CNY gift to someone he normally gives a gift to. As long as the person isn't on KSP, they won't know!

For the toilet paper example, if they are the usual brand that would be purchased sooner or later anyway, and there's space in the home, I would look at it as beating inflation! I read/hear accounts about people saving their CDC vouchers for later, or spending them gradually over the year - if prices keep rising, $10 will buy less by the end of the year. That's one of the reasons my family uses up the vouchers early - we won't purposely spend on things just to use up the vouchers, but whenever we buy things at supermarkets/hawker centres/neighbourhood shops, we will use the vouchers if we can.

I think the government shouldn't have given $500 all at once, and they should have a word with the supermarkets about their promotions. These make people spend more at once, and probably less wisely. They could have held back the additional $200 for another couple of months.

I’ve the same view that so long u’re using the CDC Vouchers for yr necessities, it’s one way to beat inflation if one does not buy excessively to hoard to the point of disuse or expiry. I normally get 2 pkts of rice & when I start a last pkt, I’ll put the item in my next shopping list. If there’s promotion, I wld get at most ano pkt.

On the point to hv govt delay issuance of the total CDC vouchers, to me it’s just unnecessary to micro-manage & it seems to contradict yr earlier point to fight raising costs. Let ppl managed their benefits for their best interests wld be nice.