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28th Dec 2003: Advanta ditched, Sales Hunt, DVD recorders, safe share investing, free magazines and why did the MoneySaver cross the road?

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Hi, here's some more MoneySaving tips to keep you going till the end of the year

RBS ditches Advanta to make a Mint –existing customers do well: The Royal Bank of Scotland has ditched its Advanta brand and renamed it ‘Mint'. It's competitive though not quite table topping. Existing Advanta customers should now be given a lower rate and will get cashback on request. For more info and my full analysis click here, to ask a question click here

The Great January Sales Tehnology Bargains Hunt: It's time to use combined MoneySavers might to find the best priced TVs, DVD players, computers & more. To contribute or read others finds click here. There are a variety of other hunts running too The Great Cheapest Printer Cartridges Hunt, The Great Shopping Vouchers Hunt, ‘Great Cheapest Pay as You Go Mobile Hunt'. ‘The Great Cheapest Handsfree Set Hunt'

Improved Risk-free, safe stockmarket growth with a twist Deal: In a recent deal I explained how to invest in the stockmarket tax-free, getting 3% more than you pay for, with the safety that if the stockmarket drops you get all your money back. That ended on 18/12, but its replacement is even better – now rather than 100% of the stockmarket's returns you actually get 101%. Full Deal Article: Click here

DVD recorders under £200: A special thread for the hot new gadget DVD playes that record, its both for the cheapest prices and what to be careful of (there are a variety of formats). Chat Discussions: click here

Latest Deal - Donate to charity at no cost to you: MoneySaver's following this have possibly added about £10,000 to the children's mobility charity Whizz-Kidz. The response was so good, I've written a deal on all the charities you can donate to without paying a penny. Full Deal Article: Click here

Free Magazine Subscriptions: The system to get free magazine subscriptions (cosmo, photography etc) is still available, plus a magazine publisher has added a fascinating explanation to how and why it works. Chat tip: Click here or Click here for publisher explanation

MoneySavingExpert is Website of the Year – It's Official! MoneySavingExpert.com name one of Radio 2 three most useful websites of 2003 (alongside www.google.co.uk and www.ungoogle.com ) Huzzah! Yippee! Click here for more details.

Why did the MoneySaver cross the road? Lots of funny & some bizarre answers to my Xmas joke competition, I've selected my favourites, now the decision is yours, click here to read your answers and vote for the funniest – whoever suggested the winner will get a bottle of champagne. To see all the original answers click here.

That's it, I hope you all have a fantastic New Year. If you're off work and have time to send your friends an email to tell them about the site and to sign up for the money tips – you'd make me smile!

And as always I hope you save some money

Martin