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The following is the text of Martins Money Tips Email sent on 6 April 2005
Hiya. Before I even start, a quick reminder to parents - Child Trust Funds are now open. If you haven't done anything with your vouchers, sort it. Read Article
CHEAPER PRESCRIPTIONS AND MEDICATIONS. Never scrimp on your health, but do save. Those getting presciptions regularly can get an 'annual certificate'. Plus with a little help from This Morning's Dr. Chris, I've detailed how to cut the cost of home medications. Savings in the £100s are possible. Updated Article. Prescription and Medication Savings
COMPLETELY FREE £10 BET ON THE NATIONAL! £10 bet. You don't stake a thing! (More info) (Urgent! May end at any time)
STOP PAYING CREDIT CARD INTEREST! Updated Best Balance Transfers Article. I've shuftied through this to update everything. The 0% winner is still Virgin (Apply/View*) at 0% for 9 months with no BT fee, but if you want less hassle then read all about 'Stable Relationships'. Updated Article. Best Balance Transfers.
2 FOR 1 LONDON ATTRACTION LOOPHOLE. There's a website with hoards of 2for1 vouchers for places like London Zoo, Madame Tussauds, Sticky Fingers restaurant etc. You can get as many vouchers as you want. The condition? You need a valid train ticket for that day. The Loophole? With the saving being up to £15, even if you're not going on the train go buy a ticket for a couple of quid then use the voucher. Full info
MARTIN'S MONEY MUTTERINGS. No mutterings this week. Still trying to get the technology right and we wanted to get the Tip out quickly due to the free £10 Grand National bet.
FREE £10 FROM EGG. For existing credit card customers. Deadline extended
GREAT DAB AND PERSONAL DAB RADIO HUNT. Digital radio's the new in gadget so I'm tapping MoneySavers collective research power to find the UK's cheapest. Post your finds or read others. Past Hunts. Great Disguised Own Brands, Great IPODish Hunt, Great Cross Cut Shredder Hunt.
NEW TOP BROADBAND PROVIDER FOR EXISTING USERS. Madasafish's superfast 2MBps broadband has a special offer that existing users switch to it and get 4 months free, effectively making it £11.99 a month. Updated Article
FLIGHTCHECKER SALES WATCH BMI Baby European City Flights from £20 incl. taxes. Use the FlightChecker to find them.
BRITISH GAS NEW ADS. Is its free evening & weekend calls offer any good? Yes, but you can do better. Many British Gas energy customers would save by switching (see Cheapest Gas & Elec Provider Plus Cashback article). And anyone can currently get free evening and weekend calls plus cashback from One.Tel (read more) and even better, you can use that and get your other calls even cheaper via the UKs cheapest calls provider.
URGENT. First class stamps increasing Thursday. Grab them for less
Reminder. Remortgage Guide Download/pdf
Reminder. New Cheapest 5.7% Personal Loan. Article.
WHY I'M SUSPECT ABOUT CHANGING LINE RENTAL PROVIDER. Until recently pretty much the only choice for line rental was BT or a cable company. Now One.Tel, Talk Talk and others offer it for less. Yet read why I wouldn't bother switching
GET YOUR MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME WRONG! It's one of the most common internet security questions yet birth certificates or even your family can make this easily available. So instead, do what I do; use a consistent, fake name only you know. Common sense online security. More info. Other security articles. Techie Stuff board
(Also see Daily Bargains Updates and Chat Tips GOLD)
- FREE 1.1kg Ariel Washing Powder
- Designers at Debenhams 70% off and BOGOF
- Asda clothing bargains Grab them quick
- Big 75l rucksack for a tenner
- 02 gives 10% back on PAYG top-ups
- Cheap Healthy Ice Lolly Making Ideas
- See March's Post of the Month winner
- Nominate Post of the Month for April
Reminder. Six Golden Rules of Ebay Shopping
Reminder. Up to 10% Savings Interest Savings Bank Bonanza
BOARD OF THE WEEK. SMALL BUSINESS BOARD Sometimes forgotten, this board was set up for small biz and charity organisers' MoneySaving. Discussions include Advertisers and Competitors' pricing, Mobile phones for charity and Small business 0800 numbers.
L'Oreal Feria Hair Dye, Plant Phostrogen, Listerine mouthwash,
Hitchhikers Guide tickets, Pregnancy Guide
CITYWIRE FREE BOOK WINNER Did you say "Yes, please" to a copy of the free book? See if you won a copy
MARTINS 'CHAMPAGNE' MONEY POSER. A Common Question. The first person to answer this will win a bottle of champagne. What do the following two numbers have in common? 70.701 and 552.86. Submit your answer or read others' Past Money Posers Caesar's solution, Black and White Poser, Time for Change
NEW POLL. House price crash poll? Vote or discuss. Also, see last week's Royal Mail Rivals Poll results
BOO, HISS EASYJET! FLIGHTCHECKER UPDATE. Easyjet is still unmoved about letting the FlightChecker scan it. Thanks to all who've emailed it. The standard response it's been sending out is incorrect - it indicates it doesn't do commercial relationships, yet m'FlightChecker isn't commercial. It's free to use, and I don't want any such relationship! Please keep telling them and using the Flightchecker.
Well that's it for this week. Sorry to all those who on April 1 believed British Gas was rewarding all its customers for loyalty with three years' free bills. If you did, you've not been on here long enough! By the way while looking through April Fools' jokes, I came across the old Panorama Spaghetti trees. Well worth looking at again (needs real player).
IMPORTANT FINAL NOTE. As always my final plea, if you like the site and it's saved you cash (remember it's free to use and free of ads). Please recommend friends and family join this tip's distribution list. Why not send a mass mailing to them? I'll smile and they'll save.
I hope you save some money
Martin
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