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The following is the text of Martins Money Tips Email sent on 1 December 2004
Welcome to the over 7,000 new MoneySavers, a record week! This site's about Consumer Revenge, the more the merrier. Please do forward this email to everyone you know, so they can join too. I hope you enjoy the tips.
SNEAKILY GET TOP MORTGAGE ADVICE FREE. New Article Go to a Bank or Building Society for a mortgage and they'll just try to flog you their own products. Yet newly regulated mortgage brokers will search the whole market for you, and there's an easy way to get this for free. Article: Sneakily Get Top Mortgage Advice For Free.
CAN'T ESCAPE YOUR
FREE REPLY FROM SANTA. I ho-ho-hope you save some money. Shame on companies charging a tenner for this. If children post (with stamp) a letter to Santa, Reindeerland, SAN 1TA before 16 Dec, he'll write back. Letter details
WARNING: LOAN RATES INCREASING. This week the cheapest loan has jumped from 5.5% to 5.8%. Rates are rising due to competition and regulatory changes hitting lenders pockets. This is likely to continue, so if you're going to need a loan, grab it now. Northern Rock is the 5.8% provider Apply/View* or better still read the updated ‘Cheapest Loans' article.
Best lend for Xmas Spend. Sainsbury 12 month 0% on purchases Apply / View*, Article
Reminder: Cutting Edge Internet Shopping Technique Cut Xmas costs.
A SANTA'S SACK OF BARGAIN GIFT IDEAS. A quick list of some of the best bargains (big ‘n' small) posted in the Chat Forum. Yu-Gi-Oh disk launcher, Fuji F610 camera, Sagem mobile,
Bath Spa, Stocking Fillers, DVD Box Sets, DVD Recorder, Freeview Box Hunt.
Plus Electrical goods buying Quick tip.
TIME TO SWITCH GAS & ELEC PROVIDER. Powergen price rise enacted yesterday. If you haven't checked to see if you can save (Powergen user or not) now is the time.
Either use the winning comparison service* or better still read ‘Cheapest Energy plus cashback' Article.
Reminder: £10 off your
Reminder: Ryanair £1 flights still available Ryanair flight checker
SUBTLE PLUG ut hmm. Just thought of another great Christmas present. It's this ‘Money Diet' book, check it out: Amazon Customer Reviews, Find the current cheapest, Discuss the Money Diet
DISGRACEFUL AA. IT'D RATHER KILL PETROLBUSTERS THAN SAVE IT. The AA's announced it's closing AA Petrolbusters, its wonderful website that finds your cheapest local petrol station. Desperate to save a unique resource I wanted to keep it running, and could muster a fee to buy it. It refused to consider it, preferring to scrap Petrolbusters rather than even let it live.
LATEST QUICK CHAT TIPS (also see Chat Tips Gold)
- Triple points at Boots Effective 12% discount
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- The Getaway Black Monday PS2 game £18 And P&P is free!
- 2005 Calendar Cost of a stamp
- Eyetoy 2 with camera £18 Seen it cheaper?
- Egg cardholders: 20% Virgin Wines and 5% Currys Cashback
- Nominate Post of the Month winner for December
- Bargain hunters' daily updated most popular Chat Tips and Articles
LAST WEEK'S RADIO 2 VINE PHONE IN. TOPICS: Best Balance Transfers, Xmas Prezzies
at January sale prices and the Gifts to the developing world website I couldn't remember.
BUY SECOND CLASS STAMPS NOT FIRST FOR XMAS. Advice from Postwatch
RIPPED OFF IN THE DIALLER SCANDAL? New fighting fund
CHAT FORUM NOTE: To speed the forums up, all discussions over 160 days old have been deleted, meaning some links to it may fail. Apologies if they do.
Andrea's Freebies (also see Freebies GOLD)
100 nectar points, Headset (BT Yahoo! Broadband users), Travel CD-rom,
Children's personalised Xmas story, Xmas recipe book, Christmas printable cards, crafts etc,
ARE YOU CONGESTED? New Poll. Ken Livingstone is considering increasing
MARTIN'S MONEY POSER. A two fingered word. Not actually a ‘money' poser this time, just a simple question. What's the longest word writable with mobile predictive text using only two buttons? Answer/ read others' ideas.
Past Posers: Non noteable note, See Smirnoff differently
Finally, a call to any couples called Mary and Joseph. I spotted this offer in the chat forum and just had to include it in the email. I'd love to hear if anyone takes it up. That's it for this week. Don't forget to forward this to all your friends and family, a top Christmas gift in it's own right.
I hope you save some money
Martin
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