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The following is the text of Martins Money Tips Email sent on 8 June 2005
Hiiya, you've a one-off opportunity this week to nominate your favourite charity for the site's charity fund (see below). And as always remember to recommend everyone joins this free email, that way even more money can be donated.
HALVE THE COST OF CALLING MOBILES. Save £100s. Calling mobile phones costs, whether from a landline or mobile. Yet some simple (and some not so) routes easily halve the cost, possibly. New Article. Sever The Price Related Articles. Batter Down Your Contract, UK's Cheapest Calls Provider.
HOW TO GET A FLIGHT UPGRADE? New Article. There are no hard rules, so this article summarises many MoneySavers reported successes, some obvious, some not so. New Article. Flight Upgrade. Related articles. Bargain Beach Trip Bartering, FlightChecker, Cheapest Way To Spend Overseas.
AM I BASHING MY HEAD AGAINST A BRICK WALL? Another report that the big 4 banking mafia still dominates current accounts. Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. You can currently get a 0% overdraft for a year, 5% interest, £25 bribe to join and free annual travel insurance with Alliance & Leicester (Apply/View*) or better read Best Current Account article.
CAR INSURANCE COST CUTTING NEW TIP. Higher excess cuts costs and claims. Many people find it's worthless making a claim, even for £500, as the increase in policy costs and loss of no-claims makes it cheaper to pay. Now some high excess (e.g. £1,000) policies have launched, cutting costs. (More detail in the mutterings. See below). Updated article. Car Insurance Cost Cutting (use search systems listed to find high excess policies). Related Articles Home Insurance, Breakdown Insurance.
NOMINATE YOUR CHARITY FOR £20K+ FUND. Last week you voted to split this year's site charity fund (£40k last year) equally between charities and 'MoneySaving Kids - to fund educating children about money'. So now we need your nominations for this year's (closes Sat 11th). Details and nominate (Where the money comes from).
Windows media player streamed: Broadband /Dial-Up Download:Broadband / Dial-Up (Discuss what's said). |
(Think I broke the record for the number of silly voices this week!)
FREE ICE CREAM Join Ben & Jerry's Cool Club.
FINALLY A DECENT OFFSET MORTGAGE. Offset means savings count against your mortgage to reduce the debt. Great theory, but high rates usually destroy the benefit. Yet now Clydesdale Bank's launched some competitive rate offsets. Of course, there's no 'one mortgage fits all' solution so grab/download my Free Printed Remortgage Guide including how to get free advice (also relevant for mortgage first-timers too) to help.
Reminder. Cheapest gas & elec plus £10 cash back energyhelpline* or read Article
Reminder. Top instant access clean savings. Alliance & Leicester* or read Article
Reminder. Free safer system for online spending Cahoot Webcard
NEW WAY TO SPLIT RESTAURANT BILLS! Do you work out exactly who owes what, or split it evenly? I've another solution, the 'Easy Honour System'. It's quick and fair. Discuss and Vote.
IMPORTANT WARNING! Last week someone was called by a crook pretending to be from MoneySavingExpert.com. Slam the phone down. This site DOES NOT sell things or call, nor will it!
(Also see Daily Bargains Updates and Chat Tips GOLD)
- Apple refurbished products Up to 45% off
- Free £2 Big Brother Bet Ends Saturday
- £20 off GHD straighteners Trade in your old ones
- Carte d'Or ice cream 23p per tub Very fiddly but worth it!
- Baby Annabel doll Under £20
- Got astigmatism? Possibly half price contact lenses
- Dads' free Chessington entry on Fathers Day
- Old Style (Frugal) Board Thread of the Week: Old Style Indexed Collections
- Nominate Post of the Month for June
FLIGHTCHECKER SALES WATCH Ryanair has flights to Palermo, Venice and Bari from 49p + taxes & charges (usually c. £20) each way. Use the free FlightChecker to find them.
Reminder. Top 0% cards. Virgin (view/apply*), M&S (view/apply*) or better read Best Balance Transfers
Reminder. Stop paying for voicemails 5 ring slam
Reminder. Save money on your hols A great beach read
BOARD OF THE WEEK. UTILITIES BOARD. Ask other MoneySavers questions and read responses on subjects incl. Water meters - pros & cons, Power saving myths and Cheaper oil for fuel?
A Lot Like Love Cinema tickets, Popcorn, Belazu paste,
Ribena Light, Art Monthly magazine
MARTIN'S MUSINGS. This week's blog entries; What's the yellow brick road?, Welcome back to BT, Danny Lerusso, and Grrrrr, the hideous snatch and grab of my mobile. Blog.
KILL A COMPANY POLL. You've an auto-delete company zapper in your hand aimed at one of the following big UK companies (sorry only one) to make the nation a better place, who would you zap? Vote or discuss.
That's it for this week, except to just quickly ask what you think of THAT frog (think you know which one I mean)? If he's getting on your nerves then there's a game that'll help relieve your pent-up annoyance. I got 93. Can you beat it?
And remember, pls suggest everyone you know joins this free email's distribution list
I hope you save some money
Martin
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