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The following is the text of Martins Money Tips Email sent on 11 May 2005
Hiya. I'm still spitting teeth over Alliance & Leicester's announcement (see Name & Shame below), as you'll hear in the mutterings. It's a cast iron example of why I always say the best way to protect yourself is treat all companies as the enemy!
BEAT STOCKMARKET RETURNS AT NO RISK! It's possible to get 25% more than the growth of the stockmarket, but with a guarantee if it crashes you get all your money back. Don't worry, it's so legal the Govt backs it! New Article. Beat the market.
FREE/£10ish THEME PARK ADMISSION. A cracking chat forum spot, spend £10 in Superdrug and you get a free entry pass to theme parks including Alton Towers, Thorpe Park etc. You still get one if you buy a gift voucher. Theme park ticket.
NAME & SHAME ALLIANCE & LEICESTER! For kicking children. Morally reprehensible, A&L is dropping its Firstsaver childrens account rate from a market leading 5.25% to a pitiful 3.65%, a cut of nearly a third! To betray children sensibly attracted by this rate is shameful. Ditch it. Read the updated. Top Childrens Savings account article or discuss.
TIME OUT MAGAZINE LONDON 8p/COPY. It's 99p for 13 issues, but requires a direct debit payment and after 13 weeks, you pay full whack, yet there's nothing stopping you cancelling having grabbed the bargain. Time Out Chat Tip.
BE PAID TO SPEND. £400 a year's easily possible. Simply get a credit card which pays cashback on all spending and set up a direct debit to pay it off in full each month. Morgan Stanley's adverts prompted me to write this. Don't believe them. It's not the best on the market. Find out why and what is. Updated Best Cashback Cards. Related articles. Best card for spending, Best Balance Transfers.
Windows media player streamed: Broadband /Dial-Up Download:Broadband / Dial-Up (Discuss what's said). |
GREAT 'WHAT SHOPS DON'T WANT US TO KNOW" HUNT. After the Disguised Own-Brand Hunt's success where factory workers snitched on which own-brands are the same as main brands, this Hunt asks retail workers to divulge their shops' secrets. Where can we haggle? What do consumers do wrong? How can we get better prices? Add your suggestion/read others. Past Hunts. Granny in the Glovebox, Ways to cut back, Highest APR credit card.
Reminder. Top instant access clean savings. Alliance & Leicester* or read Article.
Updated. Revenge! Free cash from credit cards using m'How to stooze article
Reminder. Even cheaper car insurance. Details. Car insurance cost cutting
FLIGHTCHECKER SALES WATCH Mytravelite has £69 return flights from B'ham to Spain incl Malaga, Palma and Alicante this summer including taxes. Use the free FlightChecker to find them and other bargains.
NEW FREEBIES GOLD The updated Freebies GOLD displays all the permanently available freebies. Related Article. Chat Tips Gold.
(Also see Daily Bargains Updates and Chat Tips GOLD)
- Amuse the kids this summer Themed summer camp
- In-car DVD Player £169 Can you beat it?
- Karcher pressure washers going cheap
- FrostFrench and other lingerie bargains
- Black country attractions free for kids
- Old Style (Frugal) Board Thread of the week: Slow Cooker Recipe Index
- Nominate Post of the Month for May
GREAT HUNT RESULT: LASER PRINTERS Last week's challenge was to find the cheapest laser printer. It's brought up some useful tips on printers in general including a colour Minolta for £179, a £57 all-in-one machine and a cheap way of replacing cartridges.
Reminder. Home insurance cost-cutting system
Reminder. Sneaky way to try Onspeed
Reminder. Save money on your hols. A great read
Veet wax strips, Kandoo potty training kit, 50 mp3 downloads,
Snore-calm chin-up straps, Polo Picnic tickets
WHEN ROSIE MET MARTIN! ITV1, 8pm, Friday. You may've read about the debt problems Rosie Millard's had. Well I spent a day with her for Tonight with Trevor MacD looking at the real score.
NOW A CHAMPAGNE MONEY POSER. What's the next number? No-one's got this yet so I'm offering a bottle of champagne to the winner. The question's too long to go in the tip so click the link to read it. Answer/ see others' ideas. Past Money Posers A Common Question, Caesar's solution, Black and White Poser.
WORRIED ABOUT INTERNET SECURITY? New Poll. Does it concern you or are you laid back? Vote or discuss. Also, see last week's Are you an energy saver? Poll results.
That's it for this week. However for those of a similar age to me who watched He-Man (and am I the only one who had a little crush on She-Ra?) it seems someone's finally worked out what Skeletor was doing wrong. If only MoneySavers' opposition (corporate Britain) were so easy.
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I hope you save some money
Martin
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