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23 Mar 05: Broadband, £50 current account bribe, free £10, free flights, call18866 price doubles, last chance for ISAs, £10 colour printer, free teddy bear and much much more MoneySaving
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Hiya. Every e-mail I received this week seemed to tell me of a new product. I feel like my face has been multi-slapped. Now my turn to fling 'em at you. It's serious MoneySaving though...
NEW ARTICLE. CHEAPEST BROADBAND PROVIDER. This is m'major new research comparing 40 broadbrand providers to find the cheapest for both new and existing users. Huge savings are possible. New Article: Cheapest Broadband (Coming soon - cheapest dial-up provider article)
EVEN BIGGER CURRENT ACCOUNT BRIBE. £50 cash, 5% interest, free travel insurance & 0% overdraft. A&L's responded to competition from Lloyds and now offers a £50 bribe to new online joiners. Well worth it, as it's outright winner in most cases if you're in credit or overdrawn. (Apply/View*) or, better, read Best Current Account article. Note for past switchers Due to past technical issues A&L's had some problems switching people over. I've negotiated a special solution for MoneySavers
EASY QUICK FREE £10 FOR EGG CUSTOMERS. Egg customers read this
FLIGHTCHECKER MAJOR SALE ALERT! Ryanair's offering free flights (excl. taxes etc) to over 30 destinations incl. Oslo, Seville, Berlin and Palermo if booked before midnight Thurs. Use the FlightChecker to find the free seats.
BAD NEWS! CALL18866 DOUBLES CHARGE! Call18866, the UK's cheapest calls provider, has doubled its charge for calling landlines to a 2p flat rate. It's still cheapest for most people, but a few can now do better elsewhere. I'm speedily re-numbercrunching and will publish the new Cheapest Calls Article next week.
URGENT! LAST CHANCE TO USE YOUR TAX FREE ISA ALLOWANCE! The tax year ends April 5 and if you don't use your ISA allowance you lose it. If you've any savings, then quickly dunk them in a cash ISA, which is just a tax free savings account. Articles. Best Cash ISAs, What are ISAs?, Where to start with savings?
| LISTEN TO THIS TIP'S MARTIN'S MONEY MUTTERINGS |
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MUTTERING NOTE. Hopefully the muttering technology is now improved and should stream! PS. Forgive the silly voices this week, I may've got a bit carried away! (Discuss it)
MBNA INTRODUCING BALANCE TRANSFER FEE. Sadly, from 1 May MBNA's charging a 2% fee for all bt's including those made on application, wiping it out of all best buys. Importantly, this only applies to MBNA-branded cards. The others it manages have their own t&cs, so its Virgin 9 mth 0% card (Apply/View*) is still the market-leading fee-free 0% card. Read more. Best Balance Transfers
FREE BOOKS. Six ‘Citywire Recipes for Wealth' books available to a good home. More info.
Reminder. Over 10% savings interest. Charity Bank Bonanza
Reminder. Need help remortgaging? Free printed remortgage guide
WARNING! BEWARE GAS & ELEC DOORSTEP PATTER. My doorbell rang recently and I heard "I've been sent to inform you about the latest Government energy market deregulation. It's important I speak to you." This was a ploy, simply meaning there's now energy competition and he wanted to flog me Southern Electric's services. I told him to, ut hmm, 'hop-it'. Don't fall for it! Instead read how to 'Find the Cheapest Gas & Elec supplier'.
POSSIBLE QUICK CHEAPEST CAR INSURANCE. Egg Car Insurance is currently paying £30 cashback if you pay with an Egg card. As Egg isn't by definition cheapest, first use my Car Insurance Cost Cutting article, then compare Egg's price (Apply/View*) after the cashback. More Details Related Article. Cheapest Roadside Recovery
(Also see Daily Bargains Updates and Chat Tips GOLD)
- MAJOR BARGAIN Dell Colour Printer for under a tenner
- NTL broadband users upgrade your speed for free
- Nokia E616, 500 x-net mins, 100 txts per month
- Backpackers free farmstays - just for a few hours' work
- Find a property's council tax band - useful if you're thinking of moving
- Nominate Post of the Month for March
Reminder. Free credit rating. Zopa Loophole
Reminder. Don't know where to put your savings? Use the Savings Fountain
BOARD OF THE WEEK! Student Moneysaving. Often students need MoneySaving more than most. Please tell as many as possible about the board. Current discussions include Student Panel - Amazon Vouchers, How much does going to Uni cost? and the Great Student Discounts Hunt.
Free teddy bear, Car registration transfer mag, Kids' Easter printables,
Lepicol samples, Glycaemic Index counter book
CAN I LINK TO MONEYSAVINGEXPERT.COM FROM MY WEBSITE? I get asked this a lot. Basically, it'd be great. Providing it doesn't look as if I'm endorsing your site, I'd love you to.
NEW POLL. Would you trust a politican with your money? Vote or discuss. Also, see last week's Higher tax to help Africa? Poll results.
That's it for this week. As is traditional can I make my final request that you please tell as many people as possible about the site and get them to join the e-mail list. As a final thought, I found this really interesting website which finds your old school photos for you for free. I found mine. Thought you may enjoy it.
I hope you save some money
Martin
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