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UK's cheapest broadband: £13.99/month for 8Mbps. New Article
Massive changes afoot in the broadband market. Prices have massively dropped while the speed is more than double. Whether you're new or an existing user huge savings are possible. The one to highlight is Madasafish's ridiculously low £13.99/month over a year. This is a special cheaper promo only for those in the know via this link: madasafish.com/cheaper. Better still read the New Article: Top Broadband Provider. Related Article: Cheapest Dial-up

Top Bargains: Spiderman 1 & 2 plus other DVDs at £2.99 in store at Morrisons Full list of films  Plus, elsewhere online, Season four '24' DVD Box set £17.95: The clock is ticking.. 

New! Free MoneySavingExpert PDF Child Trust Fund Guide
Brand new totally free MSE guide to Child Trust Funds. It's a year since Child Trust Funds hit the market, yet thousands of parents are kicking a gift horse in the mouth by not cashing them in. I've written a fully detailed 14 page downloadable PDF guide. Download it (380KB) Link to old article: Child Trust Funds (Special mini-mutterings) Related Article: Where To Start With Savings

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Endowment Misselling. Complain Now. New Article. £13k is latest compensation
I've just had another letter from someone who read my 'plea to complain' about endowment misselling and got £13k back after just a morning's form filling. So I decided it was time to draft a full article explaining exactly how to do it yourself without letting a claim handler snaffle your cash. New Article: Complain at speed and no cost Related Article: Free Printed/PDF Remortgage guide

Sainsburys electronic bargain hunt Serious Jan sales on TV/DVDs Before Friday! 

Personal loan war is hotting up - cheapest now 5.5%, a historic low
The loan market's got hotter. Alliance & Leicester's Moneyback* loan has just dropped its rate to 5.5% on amounts from £1,000 to £25k. This equals the cheapest personal loan ever offered. Remember it's only cheapest if you don't want payment protection insurance. Otherwise, there's a totally different solution, read the Updated Article: Cheapest Personal Loan Related Articles: Best Balance Transfers, Best Cards For Purchases

Kitkat promotion. The right codes to get you free stuff. Canny MoneySavers have banded together to hunt down free codes. Kitkash 

Did you get the Barclays £100?
Oh I do love a good loophole! Last week I wrote about how to wangle a free £100 off Barclays. It closed the loophole in less than 18 hours. In that time over 50,000 people read the article. If it was £100 each, and 10% did it that's £500,000 in total. Better still we closed down its short term bribe to suck in unsuspecting customers to an abysmal account. Consumer Revenge at its finest! Read the original article and discuss this. Related Articles: Top Credit Card Freebies, Top Current Account

Grab £9 worth of Martha Hill moisturiser For just 64p You beauty! 

FREE TAX HELP! Uncle Tony is back! (Warning! Self Assessment Fines 7 Days Away)
A few weeks ago I invited MoneySavers to put their basic tax queries to Tax Accountant (and my uncle) Tony Tesciuba as the self assessment deadline looms near. Taxing Times Take 2 or Read the original article. Also read: Cutting Tax Chat Forum Section

Great 'Best Places to Haggle' Hunt
It's amazing what a bit of charm and chutzpah can do when it comes to scoring a good deal. So I thought I'd tap MoneySavers' collective knowledge to find which shops are haggling heaven and what the best bartering techniques are. Add your finds/read others Past Great Hunts:  Grants, Office, Graphics & Presentation Software and Laser Eye Surgery

Posh PJs at bargain prices
Last week I asked MoneySavers that work in factories and warehouses to add their tips to the Great Disguised Own Brand Hunt. Lots of you have contributed. Tips include M&S quality PJs at Matalan prices, Walkers Shortbread made by Lidl and Bacon by any other name

Just Dial Saver's offer closes: New cheapest UK home phones provider
Just-Dial Saver's no fee free evening and weekend calls offer has been closed to new customers. This was one element of my home phone solution. Existing customers will stay on the same package for several months to come. This means there are now totally new 'UK's Cheapest Home Phone' recommendations

New best branch-based current account
Nationwide's improving its 'Flexaccount' current account interest rates on 1 Apr. Anyone paying in over £1,000 per month will get 4.25% on in-credit balances (up to £3k), and a not bad 7.75% on overdrafts. This is the best branch-based account available, plus anyone who already has one will benefit. Yet venture online and Alliance & Leicester* still beats it, offering 5% interest, 0% overdraft for a year and £100s available in bonuses. Best Current Accounts

FLIGHTCHECKER SALES WATCH  Coventry to Paris, Barcelona & Amsterdam c. £20 one way
Budget airline Thomsonfly currently has a range of free destinations. When you add in its taxes and charges this becomes roughly £20 in total. Use my special free FlightChecker to find the seats in seconds

WARNING! From Feb 14 if your card has a chip you must put the pin in. Quick briefing

BT hikes line rental to £11!
BT has upped its basic line rental to £11 (or £12 if you don't pay by Direct Debit). Read The UK's Cheapest Home Phones Provider article to make sure you're not paying over the odds. Related Article: Completely Free Calls Via Your PC

Richard Hammond Show Note
If you've joined the tip after seeing me on Richard Hammond's 5 o'clock show last Thurs here's the info on what I talked about. I'm on this week too, Thur 5-6pm, ITV1 (see notes on last week's show)

Board of the week: Debt Free Wannabe
If there's any section of the chat forum that's appropriate this time of year it's the Debt Free Wannabe Board. Many new MoneySavers on there are realising just how much a community of like-minded people can help at this time of year. Chats include Tips for getting out of debt, What are you planning for your debt free life? and Check your credit file! Related Articles: Where To Start With Problems Debts, Your Credit Rating

This week's Martin's Musings: OK I admit it - I went to see myself on the tube.....
'Three shows in one day and I'm tired', and 'Why do you get your haircut here... you're on the telly?' Read m'blogs (or RSS users access)

WHO'D YOU CALL POLL: Who's the first person you'd tell if you had money worries? Vote or Discuss. Also, see last week's Water Palava Poll results

That's it for this week. I think it's time to reveal my secret past. People who remember me on my first TV appearances doing the 'Deal of the Day' on Simply Money TV 2000-1 will know what's coming. Every day I did a new 'funny money' character to intro and outro the clips. Having recently found the tapes, I've had a few edited together. Watch 'Comedy Capers'

I hope you save some money

Martin

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