I have only recently started checking my receipt after someone suggested I should and already I am wishing I had done it sooner. I have found on a number of occasions that I have been charged too much for something or not got an offer that I should have. Shops are usually pretty good at […]

When I was buying my last car about a year ago I considered a number of things. I decided in the end that one of the most important things to me was how much it would cost to run. Well that was probably the second most important thing as firstly it had to fit down […]

There have been companies offering cheap international phone calls for a number of years. Often in the form of a phone card that meant dialling a number before the one you wanted to call. In recent years this has become a very competitive market. One of the reasons for the increased competition on cheap international […]

Healthy eating is getting a lot of press at the minute. I think we now all realise we need a healthy lifestyle to keep our bodies in good shape. This should be the primary reason for you say no to junk food and unhealthy food, but it is also good for you wallet too. A […]

I found this great place where you can read books for free and you can even take them home and keep them for a couple weeks. It was full of thousands of books and there were only a few people there. It turns out these places have been around for ages, the women behind the […]

Buying gifts for all your friends and family can be very expensive, but have you ever considered making your own inexpensive homemade gifts. You may think people will think you are being cheap but in reality most people love the fact you have put a bit of time and thought in to making them something. […]

Over the past couple of years broadband has changed a lot in the UK. LLU has really started to take off and is becoming ever more popular. This is Local Loop Unbundling and basically means that a company other than BT has put it’s equipment in your local exchange. You may think this doesn’t sound […]

I have been considering stopping sending real cards for a while now and giving the money to charity instead. There are many other ways of passing on your greetings without helping the card companies make an even bigger profits. How about a free online greetings card and a telephone message. Take a bit of time […]

The Internet is really good for finding discounts. All you have to do is search for a product or service and more often than not you will find a coupon or voucher for it to use online. What you don’t find as often are free printable coupons. These are coupons or vouchers that you can […]

Lots of energy suppliers have put up their prices, by up to 18% in the worst cases. Has your supplier put their prices up? If they have then are you considering moving to a different supplier.? If you are then you shouldn’t be, not yet anyway. The reason is that the cheapest suppliers at the […]

The cost of heating our homes has gone and up. Over the past couple of years it has nearly doubled in many cases. So now is a better time than ever to look at reducing your heating costs. There are number of things you can do that will greatly reduce your costs. Many of the […]

It seems that most people are obsessed with mobile contracts and having the latest phone with hundreds of features. Ask yourself if you really need one though. You can pick up a good camera phone for less than £50. Then all you need to do is sign-up to one of the many competitive pay-as-you-go (PAYG) […]

Most of us rightly or wrongly do the majority of our shopping at supermarkets. Now overall they may be cheaper than going round the individual shops but every aspect of them is designed to make us spend more money than we want too. All the money saving offers are designed to get us to buy […]

Here are a few more ways to save money on the net. I keep coming across new sites I haven’t used before so this could become a semi-regular series. Hopefully these will be new to you and save you even more of your hard earned money.
1. PetrolPrices.com
I used to use this site but then I […]

I was having a think about some of my new year’s resolutions today. I said I was going to save even more money than last year, eat much healthier and get myself fit. Then it came to me - Allotments. No really! I am thinking of getting an allotment. Think about it, it is good […]

The quickest way to save a lot of money is to assess your biggest expenses and see how you can reduce them. It is estimated that most people who haven’t spent any time trying to find the best deals for their big expenses could save over £4000 a year by doing so. For the average […]

…and your wallet (but most importantly the planet, obviously!). With ever increasing fuel prices the cost of filling your car is going up and up. Emissions from cars are apparently helping to damage the planet and we all need to do what we can. Obviously I am only concerned with doing my bit to […]

I have a great plan on how to save loads of money on seasonal sales. It’s quite complicated so pay attention. Step 1 - Don’t go to them. End of plan. No really, this is what you should do. You very rarely get a bargain in the sales. So unless you know exactly what […]

No matter what you are looking for it is always wise to use comparison sites. Basically what they do is take the product or service you are looking for and hunt out the best prices. One site that covers a wide range of products and services is Money Supermarket, where you can find everything from […]

The web is full of money saving resources, I have a few favourites that I visit nearly every day. The first is HotUkDeals where you can find offers for everything from laptops to cheese. They are posted by users so you will always find new deals to look at. If you are looking at […]