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Hiya. Big thanks to all who recommended this e-mail to their friends, I pledged 50p to the site's 5 charities for each new recipient, as just under 5,500 people did, the total's £2,750. Pls keep telling people, the more MoneySavers join the free distribution list, the more companies quake.
A VISIBLE SAVING. Cheapest way to buy contact Lenses. Huge savings are possible via buying contact lenses from phone or online based discounters (a site for sore eyes ha, ha!). This article shows you where you can buy your existing lenses cheapest. New Article. Cheapest Contact lenses
FREE CAR STICKER: 'Screw the banks before they screw you!' For fun I've had 1,500 free MoneySavingExpert stickers printed take a peek/get yours.
DIDN'T GET THE CREDIT LIMIT YOU WANTED? Special Briefing on what to do. Credit cards don't always give you the limit you want, yet don't say ‘screw them, I'm not going to use it' as it can damage your credit score; Special Briefing. Top 0% Balance Transfer Cards: (9 months no fee) Virgin*, NatWest*, RBS*. Related Articles: Best Card for Purchases, Best Balance Transfers. Should I cancel old credit cards, Danger Minimum Payments, Safer Online Spending
Reminder. £125 free cash for you plus a friend. Alliance & Leicester* details in Best current account article
Reminder. How to find a cheap flight Article
Reminder. REVENGE! Profit from plastic. Best Cashback Cards & How to stooze
FREE PIZZA (WITH TABASCO SAUCE!) A top, cute Chat Forum spot. Buy Tabasco sauce from Tesco or Sainsbury's and you can collect a 10" pizza from Perfect Pizza or Papa Johns worth £8 to £10 for free (yet the Tabasco only costs about £1.35). A tasty saving.
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY (ICE) A national campaign has been launched to encourage people to store emergency contact details in their mobiles. ICE campaign details Also see this weeks poll
Windows media player streamed: Broadband /Dial-Up Download:Broadband / Dial-Up (Discuss what's said ). |
STAYWARM CHANGES FOR HIGH USERS! Fixed fee over 60s energy provider Staywarm is offering energy reduction counselling (including cavity wall insulation) for high users, though don't do it and you may be booted out. Staywarm Changes Related Article: Cheapest Gas & Electricity Provider plus cashback.
THE GREAT CHEAPEST HARRY POTTER HUNT. This Saturday, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince has finally arrived! This week's hunt is to find it the cheapest, and the other Harry Potter books too! Add yours/report others here. Other Great Hunts: Free online books Plasma TV Boots bargains
M&S CREDIT CARD HOLDERS CAN BAG 0% FOR ANOTHER 6 MONTHS. If you have a M&S credit card* that is no longer 0%, try asking and you may get another six months interest free for balance transfers. Though no official policy, MoneySavers are reporting success. For how best to utilise this to reduce debts, read the Credit Card Shuffle. Discuss this here.
NEW BOOK COMING DECEMBER: THE MONEY DIET REVISED! I've just finished an updating and revising my book the Money Diet - it's due for publication in December. Read about the current the Money Diet and my 'I hate writing books' blog.
CHEAPEST WAY TO CALL ANY COUNTRY. Callchecker updated Use the Callchecker to find the cheapest way to call any country, this week new provider Bestminutes was added. Related Articles: Free Intl calls from mobiles, Free calls worldwide via your PC.
FLIGHTCHECKER SALES WATCH Ryanair has flights to Stockholm, Zaragoza and Verona from 19p + taxes & charges (usually c. £20), book by 14 July. Use the free FlightChecker to find them in seconds.
(Also see Daily Bargains Updates and Chat Tips GOLD)
- Boots triple points online
- 12 months free line rental at the link. Can you beat it?
- Tesco's extra clubcard points on organic and free from range
- Dyson for £129.99 at Kwiksave, can you beat it.
- Free credit on top-ups with 02
- Boots £10 electrical voucher. Bargain buys include a Ladyshaver for £2.95
- Old Style (Frugal) Board Thread of the Week: Having a baby Old Style
- Nominate Post of the Month for July
Reminder. Web Developer (London-based) wanted to join MoneySavingExpert. Details
EGG CARDHOLDERS NOTE YOUR ANNIVERSARY DATE! Egg isn't notifying all its customers when their joining anniversary is. This is a problem as they give you a 0% balance transfer for 5 months every anniversary, so call up and find out when yours is. Also if you're going to do this make sure you've read the Egg loophole article first.
Andrea's Freebies (also see Freebies GOLD)
RSPCA Bbq pack,
Cholesterol Lowering Guide, Kicking and Screaming Tickets,
Estee Lauder Pure Colour Sample, D & A Eye Test
GREAT HUNT RESULT: Last week's challenge was to find 'Price beaters plus' retailers. Amongst the ideas were Comet plus 10% and Unbeatable.com plus 10%
MARTIN'S MUSINGS. 'A horrid morning', 'A very, very mathematically nerdy blog entry' and 'I hate writing books' M'Blog.
MARTIN'S MONEY POSER. Not solved yet Find the link between these two 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.
POLL. Have you joined the ICE Campaign? Vote or discuss. Also, see last week's Split the bill Poll results.
That's it for this week. However before I go, thought you'd like this; want to see someone incredibly rich and successful make a fool of themself? (Listen to my version of it in the mutterings). Do please feel free to forward this e-mail to colleagues, friends and suggest they join up to the distribution list
I hope you save some money
Martin
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