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Directory Enquiries: Free on your mobile, free on the net, cheapest number to call
118 makes a farce of deregulation. Confusion reigns and costs are up. Yet my latest survey of the market shows the right technique and calling DQs needn't cost an arm and a retro tracksuited leg. Article: Directory Enquiries Related Article: UK's Cheapest Home Phones Provider

ENDS WED MIDNIGHT! Free simple £10 loophole for Egg customers Just do it!

New top spending and borrowing card. Amex Blue 6.9% plus cashback (wow!)
The American Express Blue card's rate has massively dropped to just 6.9%. This isn't a short term intro offer, it's the card's new standard rate making it joint lowest permanent rate card (ie for those who aren't playing the 0% to 0% tarting game), but as it also pays 1% cashback it's the new number one. View/Apply: Amex Blue* Updated Article: Best Card for Purchases (mini mutterings) For those who want 0% remember the top card for Xmas is RBS* or better still read Full Article

More petrol savings! New free service to find the cheapest petrol near you
Last year the AA disgracefully closed petrolbusters.com which found the cheapest petrol station near you. Fabulously, a new site does exactly the same thing. More Info: Petrol price comparison. Related Articles: Cheapest Car Insurance, Cheapest Breakdown Recovery Related Chat: Petrol Purchasing Consumer Collective

12% discount on everything at Boots! Including topping up your PAYG mobile
Boots launches a 12 day 'triple points' promotion online and in-store from Thursday for any spending over £15. Thus using your Boots Advantage card means you get 12p worth of points per £1 spent. If you've a PAYG mobile, top it up as it's a rare chance to get it cheaper. More Info Related Articles: Boots Treasure Trove

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Top Bargain: Cheapest all-in Sat Nav now £165
The Garmin Street Pilot i3 Sat Nav system was the top pick in the Great Sat Nav Hunt a few months ago at £199 in Maplin (costlier elsewhere). So much so I bought one for my little Smart car and it's fantastic. Now Somerfield/Kwiksave has it on sale for £165. Finding your way

Automated Call Centres. Tricks to talk to a human
It's a modern nightmare. Call an automated phone system and wait hours when all you want to do is talk to someone. There's a site in the US that details tricks for different companies to quickly get to talk to a real person. I want MoneySavers to collect their info together so we can have similar here. If you know the tricks, please submit them here/read more about it

URGENT! Orange ending free 0800 calls from 1 December
Orange has annoyingly announced calls to freephone numbers will no longer be free. They'll be charged as standard landline calls. This is bad for anyone (like me) who's been successfully using this to override their call charges. The only freephone calls that'll be free are ones to charities. More info

Great What Women Want For Christmas Under £75 Bargain Hunt
Following last week's hunt for men, (see below), this week it's the women's turn. Let me know what's on your Christmas list for under £75 and hopefully it'll provide research and information for all the guys. Add your ideas/read others Past Great Hunts:  Cosmetics Cost Cutting, Pricebeaters Plus and Free Info  

What Men Want for Christmas: indoor skydiving, you wrapped in cling film
The MoneySaving men have spoken. Find out what they'd like to find under the tree, read What Men Want For Christmas. Ideas included Indoor Skydiving , Wrap yourself in cling film and Mens' prezzie dos and don'ts

Give someone £1000s for Christmas: A DIY or DI for them Money Makeover
A Money Makeover is powerful voodoo. Bookwise combining my own new Money Diet* (of course) and Which's Be Your Own Financial Adviser* is perfect. Then the money savvy can help guide their friends, while others can team up with them to save together. The books are linked to Amazon for ease (and as the Money Diet's cheapest there), but you can also price compare via the Internet Shopping Article. Related Link: Money Diet - More Info

Listen to the best debt problems discussion I've ever been involved in
I was on the Radio 4 Moneybox live panel discussing debt problems this week. It was a powerful programme, one of the best I've ever been involved in. Have a listen to it

FLIGHTCHECKER SALES WATCH  £9.99 flights from London/Liverpool to Zaragoza, Nimes & Pisa each way from Ryanair. Includes taxes & charges. Use the free FlightChecker to find the seats in seconds.

Get 5% off stamps at Superdrug Stamp down the cost of posting Xmas cards. Get licking!

COMING NEXT WEEK:  Totally updated and re-written Best Balance Transfers article

PAID MSE WORK EXPERIENCE/OFFICE JUNIOR WANTED: Would suit London student More Info

Board of the week: Competitions Time
Be in it to win it by checking out the Competitions Board, where MoneySavers catalogue all prizes currently up for grabs. Current comps include LCD TV, 2 nights in a Hilton and Trip to Bangkok

TONIGHT WITH TREVOR MACDONALD: The brief was to set three celebs a tax test. It's on this Mon, 5 Dec, ITV1, 8pm

This week's Martin's Musings: Make Me Rich: It's Over!!!
'Worrying times in MoneySaving towers', 'Witnessing one of those nice life moments' and 'Being recognised cuts no ice' Read m'blogs (or RSS users access)

FRIDAY FEELING POLL: What's your situation at the end of the month? Vote or Discuss. Also, see last week's Fun MoneySaving Quiz Poll results

That's it for this week. However I learnt this week that I couldn't count. Rather shocking to be honest when you realise my job. It's a bit scary, yet thankfully I'm not alone, most people seem to be just as bad as me when it comes to this question. Try it.... freaky!

I hope you save some money

Martin

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