Freeze your credit cards – and more bizarre cash-saving tips

From feng shui fridge to diluted washing-up liquid - cash-conscious internet users share their ways of looking after the pennies and enjoying the pounds piling up

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The saying goes: “Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.” In other words, saving small change adds up to wads of cash.

Cutting up old bed sheets into dusters and going from shop to shop for the best bargains were among the money-saving tips passed down from my nana to my mum to me.

With the help of the internet, there is a whole new world of hacks.

Frozen credit cards and fridge feng shui are two of the more bizarre measures going viral.

Redditors—those who use the Reddit site-have taken frugality to the next level, sharing their most creative methods to cut costs.

Coupon experts at Voucherbox have analysed some of the most unique tips shared in Reddit threads to reveal the most unusual ways people are saving money.

They include:

Frozen credit card trick: One Redditor keeps their credit card quite literally frozen in a block of ice in their freezer.

This forces them to reflect on purchases as they physically have to wait for the ice to thaw before making any impulse online transactions.