The following is the text of the tip sent on 9th December 2002

I'm slightly worried there are too many tips this week, so pls take a little time, as there are some hidden gems, especially don't miss  the free 25p donation to Whizz-Kidz

STOP PRESS: I was about to send this, then British Gas goes and announces it'll follow Powergen & Basic Power and raise Gas & Elec prices in Jan by 5.9%, so the first tip is even more relevant.

Be paid £20 to find yourself the cheapest Gas & Electricity supplier!  Price comparison websites find your cheapest gas & electricity company for free, possibly cutting bills by up to 20%.  Their info is independent, & regulated by Energywatch, though they are paid by power providers if you switch through them.   I've bullied two comparison companies into giving you a cut, so you can find the cheapest and get £20 cashback ontop. Full New Detailed Article: Click here

Help children with mobility problems quickly and for free. Click this link Whizz-Kidz then click the Easyjet link (right of the page) & it'll donate 25p to this children's charity.  As I send the donations stands at £13,950 let's see how much we can push it up. (Sneakily, while immediate re-clicks don't count, you can click again after a short while each time)  This tip originated here on the chat board. 
 

Rate Hiatus – grab the chance to compare.  Different providers move rates at different times, but with no rate rise this month, it's the perfect time to compare, now the dust's settled from last months rise.  The following Deals all contain links to find the updated best buys Articles: Mortgages: Sneakily get top mortgage broker advice for free; Full remortgage guide Loans:  How to get cheapest loan, Savings: cash ISAs, savings accounts, Regular Savings Accounts

Sneaky £50 off Samsung Mobile (chat tip) Samsung has a web competition to win £50 off a new mobile.  The chat tips tells you how to win, and then where best to use your voucher. The end result, a top Pay-As-You-Go mobile for £30 (or free for students). Chat tip: here

Cut your credit card costs to 0% for 9 months or 3.9% for life.  Many site newcomers have been asking about this, so for ease, for the updated best balance transfer Deal Article: click here.

MoneySavers Great Hunts: Using your collective might to find the UK's best deals.  To read or take part, just click ‘The Great Cheapest Handsfree Set Hunt' (includes a bluetooth headset for £30), ‘The Great Free and Bargain Christmas Gift Hunt', ‘The Great Cheap Toys for Christmas Hunt', ‘The Great Christmas Shopping Vouchers Hunt' (includes £15 off £30 spend at John Lewis), ‘The Great Free Cash Casino Hunt' and the ‘Great Cheapest Pay as You Go Mobile Hunt'.

Some Top Chat Tips & Discussions:  Chat Tips are hot at the moment, here's three of the best: Cheap Alchohol for Xmas discussion, supermarket food voucher titbits, and more CD WOW vouchers for ultra cheap chart CDs.

You're invited to a MoneySavingExpert.com PARTY! This site's 1st birthday is late Feb. On 1^st April (no joke) my book (title is a secret) is launched to hopefully take MoneySaving to new heights. I'm provisionally planning a March central London party to celebrate and I'd like to invite you all. To help me judge numbers, and to read more please click here and rsvp.

Special hello to the lady who stopped me, in the supermarket:  Sorry I was slightly uncommunicative, I was totally blitzed after a major days filming for the Beeb (see below).  Just wanted to say your comments about these tips were lovely.

Want to be on TV? Early in the New Year the BBC's holding a special day about spending and debt.  The flagship is a BBC1 9-10pm prog (which I'm involved in).  They're interested in members of the studio audience representing 'system players' - someone making free cash from 0% credit, and playing all the games we do on MSE.  If you fancy it send an email to bigspender@bbc.co.uk and tell'em about you.

A landmark thank you! Over 40,000 MoneySavers now receive this tips e-mail.  It's unbelievable, thank you so much.  And with every new person, companies quake a little more, as MoneySavers get more power.  If you can pls email all your friends and ask them to join the email list. It'd be amazing if there were 50,000 of us by Feb's first anniversary.

To Ask A Question: Please don't email me directly, just click here and simply pop one in the Questions section of the Chat board.  It'll be answered much more quickly there.

That's it for this tip.