I having been using cash back credit cards for quite a while now. My favourite is the American express with 1.25% cash back on everything. It is accepted at most petrol stations so at the time of writing that is like getting 1.7p off per litre. If you fill up at Tesco you can get club card points on top of that.
I believe that Amex are charging an annual fee to new customers so if you want a cash back card I would check Money Saving Expert for the best cash back credit cards. You must also always pay the card back in full every month because any interest you have to pay them will be around 20 times the cash back they give you.
Further to this I have recently discovered online cash back sites like topcashback.co.uk. These sites allow you to click through to all the usual internet sellers like Amazon and Play and shop as you would normally. The difference is that when you go through these sites they will give you some or all of their referral fee as cash back. The going rate on these sites seems to be about 3% so if you then pay with your cash back credit card you are getting 4.25% back in total and that is not to be sniffed at. If you are really hard core at cash back you may be interested in Money Saving Expert's cash back site comparison tool.
Just to let you know I am not a financial advisor and this article is not advice. Never rely on cash back as it often takes a long/unpredictable amount of time to come back to you.
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