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SLICE THE COST OF USING YOUR MOBILE WHEN ABROAD. Roam for less Even if you just receive calls on your mobile when abroad, you pay large. It's easy to rack up £100s a week on holiday mobile use, yet there's a system-beating way round it. New Article. Mobile Roaming.
NEW TOP SAVINGS ACCOUNT. 5.4% Instant Access. Indian Bank ICICI has launched a UK subsidiary offering a whopping 5.4% instant access from £1 up, a massive winner. Full pros & cons: Instant Access Savings article.
IN-CAR DVD PLAYER WITH 7 INCH SCREEN £60. Nothing clever just a bargain.
M'CHARITY PLEDGE. 50p per new UK recipient of this email – pass it on! Your vote for the site's new charities is in, so I'm pledging 50p for everyone who joins this free e-mails' distribution list by Monday night. Please recommend friends and family join at www.moneysavingexpert.com/tips. The charities are the Samaritans, Re-Cycle, Wateraid, CAP debt counselling and Send a Cow (more info). (For info on how a non-profit driven site can do this read about the site's revenue).
25% OFF HALIFAX ONLINE HOME INSURANCE. This new discount means it substantially undercuts the market for around a third of homes. Don't go direct though, follow the Home Insurance Cost Cutting article especially as ‘Step 3' pinpoints a 'screen scraping' service which includes Halifax and compares it to others. Related article. Car Insurance Cost Cutting.
Urgent. Free £15 for existing Egg customers Ends 1 July.
Reminder. Market leading balance transfers (9 month 0% fees free). Apply/View: Virgin*, Natwest*, RBS*, M&S* Read Best Balance Transfers
Reminder. Debt: Not In Front of the Children Campaign Sign the petition! More info
FLIGHTCHECKER SALES WATCH Ryanair has flights to Pescara, St. Etienne and Tours from 99p + taxes & charges (usually c. £20). Use the free FlightChecker to find them in seconds.
CALLING MOBILES PRICE WAR. Now 4p per min. Last week's new price was 5p/min. Now a competitor's topped it reducing the cost to to call mobiles 4p/min at all times, and you can access this instantly without an account or changing phone number. Updated Article. Cheapest Way To Call Mobiles.
Windows media player streamed: Broadband /Dial-Up Download:Broadband / Dial-Up (Discuss what's said). |
Streams via Media or RealPlayer, for help read this
FIXED RATE MORTGAGES GETTING CHEAP! The UK's base rate hasn't changed, yet the long term city rates which guide fixed rates have dropped. Forget the gobbledygook, it means fixed rates are a lot cheaper than they were - you can now get a 5 year fix at 4.54%! Time to remortgage. Free Remortgage Guide. Printed or Instant PDF Download.
NAME AND SHAME! AOL now profits when you complain! AOL's traditional 'free customer service calls' stance is now being ditched for a hideous 8p/min 0870 number. Worse still it's confirmed that when you call, even to complain, it gets a cut of this 8p, profiting even if you're on hold. It's a slap in the face to AOL customers. Discuss. To beat 0870 numbers read the Say no to 0870 article (including an update on Ofcom's report). Related Articles. Cheapest Internet Access, Cheapest Broadband.
GREAT 'COSMETICS COST CUTTING' HUNT. One for the ladies! Make-up, hair-care and the rest can cost heavily so this hunt's for MoneySavers to swap ideas on cost cutting - using different products, cheap places to buy, the best 'non-brands' - it's up to you. Add yours/ read others. Past Hunts. Double Use, Free Info, Disguised Own Brand.
CALL GERMANY FOR 3p NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU TALK! Call1899 now charges just 3p to call Germany, no matter how long you speak for. For this and the cheapest way to call other countries see the International CallChecker (PS coming very soon - the UK CallChecker!) Related Article. Free International Calls via your PC.
GREAT HUNT RESULT: Last week's challenge was to find Free Online Books. Among the ideas were Google Print Search, Project Gutenberg and Online classics.
(Also see Daily Bargains Updates and Chat Tips GOLD)
- Loophole! Boots mispricing means free cash if you're prepared to play
- Office World Being Taken Over lots of sales bargains
- Supermarket's just got one BOGOF on the shelf? Get a raincheck voucher
- Sony Handycam £387 or £345 with price beater Can you find cheaper?
- Laptop case less than £4
- Old Style (Frugal) Board Thread of the Week: Pin Money Challenge
- Nominate Post of the Month for June
Reminder. Get money back on dental and other treatment Healthcare Cashplans.
Reminder. Cheaper or even free travel insurance Read article
Reminder. How to get a flight upgrade Get some ideas
Gardening Gloves, Website Building Software, Free Shot,
3D CAD Software, Potty Training DVD
BOARD OF THE WEEK. COMPETITIONS TIME. Discussions include Win Veuve Cliquot champagne, Win a sailing adventure on the Barrier Reef and I won! I won! I won!.
MARTIN'S MUSINGS. You must wear a tie on TV to be taken seriously! This week m'blog entries include ''Wear a tie on TV to be taken seriously", "I'm officially useless and tasteless '' and ''Tenuous Press Release of the Week!" Blog.
MARTIN'S MONEY POSER. One for money-hungry swingers. What's the link between these numbers 7,560,000 and 7,200,000? (clue: only a money-hungry swinger will get it!) Answer/see others' ideas. Past Money Posers What's the next number?, A common question, Caesar's solution.
KISS A COMPANY POLL. Which company listed would you slap the back of? Vote or discuss. Also, see last week's Sunday Trading Poll results.
That's it, but before I go a quick nerdy note to fellow Monopoly fans (I love the game, I've even discussed with my publisher writing a book on how to win at it. Fits really doesn't it?) Anyway if you've not seen it already, take a look at Monopoly Live. You can play with real taxis speeding around London.
I hope you save some money
Martin
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