Archive: MoneySavingExpert's Money Tips Email

Q. What one thing'd you tell the nation? A. About life of balance credit cards!
On the radio last Friday I was asked what one thing'd help to eliminate the UK's debts? My answer: Life of balance cards let you shift debts from other cards to them at a special low rate that lasts until all the debt you've moved is repaid - much easier than chasing 0% offers. The only rule ... never,ever,ever,ever spend on the card - do that and providers have many tricks to claw their cash back. Current lowest: Amex* and BA Amex* are both 4.9% life of balance. Article: Best Balance Transfers Discuss: 'What one thing would you tell the nation? (Special mini-mutterings)

England Footie Shirt £11.99 A great Chat Forum spot Can you beat it?

MoneySavingExpert.com Festive Fivers competition: Best sub-£5 present
Let's collect a database of the most clever, weird, romantic, thoughtful and practical presents, for both kids and adults, all costing below a fiver. To encourage ideas I'll send a luxury hamper to the winner of each category. Then mid-November I'll publish a categorised list; helping provide a cheaper, on budget, and maybe more charitable, less consumerist, Christmas/Chanukah etc. Festive Fivers competition

New Pet Insurance Cost Cutting System Article
Shave hundreds off the cost of pet insurance using my new four-step cost-cutting system. And it even gave me a chance to put in a pic of our old family pet. New Article: Pet Insurance Cost Cutting Related Articles: Car Insurance, Home Insurance

Fire blankets £3.99 A flaming good Chat Forum spot. More info Also see: Free Smoke Alarm

URGENT! 10% savings account if you switch to the best current account
Alliance & Leicester* is already top current account; it pays 5% interest, offers a year's 0% overdraft, plus play its refer-a-friend scheme and you can make £100s. As an additional bribe, sign up during November and it has a special linked 10% paying regular savings account. Read a full Special Briefing Related Articles: Best Current Account, Bag £100s free cash, Regularly Beat The Best Savings Accounts (Special mini-mutterings)

SPREAD THE SAVINGS! Pls suggest friends/family/colleagues get this email too

Mortgage Fixed Rates are Rising. Act Now!
Fixed rate mortgages are shortly to rise, so it's a top time to change your deal before they get too expensive. All this means is getting a new better deal (you don't have to be moving house). It shouldn't be more than an hour's work and you can easily save £1000s a year. To help I've a created a completely free printed guide. Free Guide: Order a Printed Version or Instantly Download a PDF version (Special mini-mutterings)

WATCH OUT FOR:  My New Money Diet Book Special User Offer email later this week.

Switch Gas & Electric Supplier now, plus free cashback
A reminder following last week's special email note that now is the perfect time to switch. Top comparison site: Energyhelpline* or better still read: Cheapest Gas and Electricity Plus Cashback

Great Cheapest DAB Radio Hunt
I'm starting this again as there's a host of new deals out there and I want to tap MoneySavers' wealth of knowledge to find the best.  Add your ideas/read others Past Great Hunts:  Cheapest Sat Nav, Cheap Legal Music Downloads and Free Info

Get away! Airport Parking MoneySaving
Last week I asked MoneySavers to share their cheap airport parking tips. Pointers included AA discount, Use your Tesco Deals Tokens and Compare Taxi Fares Online

Woo Hoo! Ms London is Debt Free!
The Chat Forum's Debt-free Wannabe section is where MoneySavers share support and advice while they cut their debts. Many write their stats in their post signature e.g. Max debt: £19,000 Current Debt: £4,000, debt free day: 3 Nov 2006. This week regular Ms London hit her debt free day! Celebrate with Ms London or visit the Debt-free Wannabe Board

SEARCHING THE ARTICLES ON THE SITE - NOW IMPROVED  
I know many people have had problems searching for articles on the site. To help I've added notes and tricks to make your searches more accurate so you can find what you want. Look for the search bar at the top of every page.

FLIGHTCHECKER SALES WATCH  £30 flights from Birmingham, Exeter and Bristol to Bordeaux, Alicante and Malaga each way. Flybe's got a sale on - the price includes taxes & charges. Use the free FlightChecker to find the seats in seconds.

I'M BEING HAUNTED BY AN OLD PROGRAMME! If you see me talking about email/internet on BBC2 please ignore it. Read this blog to see why.

Board of the week: Utilities
There's a wealth of knowledge provided by MoneySavers on this board. Discussions include How Much Cheaper is Economy 7?, Water butts - waste of money? and Cheaper oil for fuel

JEREMY VINE NOTE:  If you joined the email list after hearing me on Friday's programme read these: Sneakily Get Mortgage Advice For Free, Internet Shopping and International CallChecker

This week's Martin's Musings: How much is this site worth?
'Cartier, Kylie and me', 'Now who put that fake tarantula on the wall!', 'Moneyexpert may be a big fat hairy chicken', 'The new Money Diet has arrived, my pic's on it, it feels strange' and 'Make Me Rich 14: It all adds up and up and up (plus Rolf Harris)' Read m'blogs (or RSS users access).

CANNY CALLER OR MOUSTACHIOED MUG POLL: How much do you pay for Directory Enquiries? Vote or Discuss. Also, see last week's Financial Trousers Poll results

That's it for this week. I couldn't help but add this for you to look at before you go. Contrary to numerous reports I'm sure it's not what a regular MoneySavingExpert chat forum user looks like. Surely not?

I hope you save some money

Martin