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Earn 8% interest on savings. New Best Regular Savings Article
Best buy tables lie: they've excluded the top interest payers for over six years, the title belongs to Regular Savings Accounts, a hidden species the best of which pays a whopping 8%. Better still, contrary to the name, there's a trick to invest lump sums. New Article: Best Regular Savers (mini-mutterings) Related Articles: Where To Start With Savings, Top Instant Access Savings, Top Mini Cash ISAs

Summer sales Finder. See when and where each stores sales start

New best lend for spend: 12 month's 0% on purchases
If you need to borrow on a credit card, the GE Money Transformation card offers new customers 0% interest for the first 12 months. Yet a big warning: it states only top scorers will get it. If that isn't you, don't waste a credit search applying, instead go for the next best 10 month 0% Sainsbury Visa* card. Remember to move the debt before the 0% ends though, for much more. Updated Article: Best Card For Purchases (mini-mutterings) Related Article: Best Balance Transfers, Cashback Cards, Improve Your Credit Score, Credit Ratings, How They Work

£1 Pirates of the Caribbean DVD.... Shiver me timbers!

STOP YOUR FRIENDS WASTING CASH! PLS SUGGEST THEY GET THIS EMAIL

12 free bottles of wine and/or the top ethical bank account. New Loophole!
Online bank Smile has relaunched its current account promotion. Open one before 9 July and it'll give you a dozen bottles of wine. To qualify, you only need to credit the account with £1,500 before 3 Sept. The money doesn't have to stay there so it can then be withdrawn immediately (and earns 3.04% interest in the meantime). So you could just grab the wine without using the account, or genuinely switch as it's the top 'ethical' bank account. View/apply: Smile current account* or for full pros & cons Read more (mini-mutterings) Related Article: Top Current Account

Now WATCH a video of this email! Web download, Podcast or on your PSP!
NBit of sexy experimental technology here, alongside the normal free 'muttering' (my audio commentary on this e-mail), this week its in video too! You can watch this video podcast on your computer via ITunes (if you've got it, otherwise download the free software first) or download it to your iPod the normal way (it'll play audio only if you don't have a video iPod) or on your PSP. Feedback on the video: Want this to be regular? (and don't worry, I know this ones too long!)

Are we being sold a fear of ID fraud?

Natwest credit card holder and been told you'll no longer get airmiles?.... Fight Back! Related Articles: Credit Card Reward Schemes, Value Your Loyalty Points

Cheapest HayFever Remedies Survey Results Reminder Related Articles: Cheapest Prescriptions and Medications

Great Gap Year Hunt
Whether it's a round the world trip or an exotic volunteer placement, gap years can be pricey. So if you're having a year out before uni or a well earned career break, I'd like to tap MoneySavers' wealth of knowledge to find top tips. Add your ideas/read others Past Great Hunts:  Wine Tart, How Much To Tip Abroad and Who Pays Compensation If You Ask

Marmalade Petrol Discount Card Disappointment
A few weeks ago Marmalade, a legit company, trumpeted a new fuel discount to the world. Then once customers came, it realised it mostly couldn't deliver. Sad! If you got this damp squib, and its not suitable for you, upon request it'll give you your money back. Read Marmalade's statement Related Article: Petrol/Diesel Cost Cutting

FLIGHTCHECKER SALES WATCH  Faro, Malaga & Prague from Bournemouth & Sheffield c. £20 each way
Budget airline Thomsonfly currently has a range of destinations at £1.99 one way. When you add in its taxes and charges this becomes roughly £20 in total. For a full briefing read the How To Find a Cheap Flight article or go straight to the special free FlightChecker to find the seats in seconds

Board of the week: Green & Ethical MoneySaving
Sometimes going cheap can hurt the environment. This board covers cutting costs in an environmentally friendly way. Green & Ethical MoneySaving Discussions include How do I get Postie to stop delivering junk mail?, Turning things off at the plug and Say no to plastic bags plus there's the Great Use Less Water Hunt

This week's Martin's Musings: Sneak preview of the new MSE
'What is salad?' and 'Are we being sold the idea of ID Fraud?' Read m'blogs (or RSS users access)

PAID UN-LEAVE? POLL: Vote or Discuss. Last weeks vote result: 2,500 of you voted to say how much you'd spend (or not spend) on a ticket if England reached the World Cup.... well the average English fans would pay was £640. See poll results

That's it for this week. However before I go, if you think your finances are a tight squeeze, then you've got nothing on this cat!

I hope you save some money

Martin

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