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10 Stingy Money Saving Tips

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The Fool has posted their 10 Stingiest Money Saving Tips, which is a slightly humerous look at being frugal. Here are the ten tips, along with my thoughts and my unique “stingy rating” from 1 to 10 on each.

Tagged frugality, fun, humour, Money Saving, Tips

Online Searches For Second Hand Items Increasing

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Web searches for second hand items are up 22% in twelve months. What sort of things are people searching for?

Tagged data, frugality, Money Saving, search, secondhand, statistics, web

Tools For Tracking Your Spending

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

In order to work out how you can start spending less and save money each month you need to know where it is all going. And to do that, you’ll need to track your spending.

Here we look at some of the most popular methods of tracking spending.

Tagged Budget, money, saving, spending, Tools, tracking

Beware Of ID Fraud When Job Hunting

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

A recent stunt to highlight the dangers of identity fraud when searching for jobs online shows just how easy it is to gather the personal data necessary to apply for credit card etc. in other people’s names.

Tagged fraud, identity, jobs, theft

Everything You Wanted To Know About Budgeting (But Were Afraid To Ask)

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

You should really have a budget. So should I. But if like me you’re not sure where to start, then take a look at the ultimate guide to personal finance budgeting.

Tagged budgeting, Tips

How Safe Is Your Money?

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments

Wondering how much of your money is covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme? Use this online tool to help you find out.

Tagged Banks, fsa, fscs, money, security

Icesave Savers Still Waiting…

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

It all seems to have gone a little quiet since the collapse of Icesave, with many UK customers of the troubled Icelandic banks Landsbanki (owners of Icesave) and Kaupthing still waiting for information about what has happened to their money.

Tagged Banks, credit crunch, iceland, icesave, kaupthing

Trouble Paying Your Mortgage? Try These 7 Tips

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Rob Lewis - 4 Comments

It’s a sad fact that over 19,000 homes were repossessed in the first half of this year, and with the way things are going, that figure should be easily surpassed during this second half.

So if you’re struggling to pay your mortgage, what should you do? Here are 7 tips (plus a bonus tip) that will help you out.

Tagged arrears, Debt, Mortgages, repossession

How Safe Is ICICI Bank?

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

With all the goings on with the Icelandic banks Icesave and Kaupthing, there has been little said about the other favourite foreign bank of recent times, India’s ICICI.

Tagged Banks, icici

Petrol Prices Gradually Dropping

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Thanks to a global recession and the supply of oil, petrol prices are gradually starting to come down to more respectable rates. As one of my colleagues put it earlier, you now only feel slightly swindled when you go and pay for your fill-up, rather than completely ripped off.

Tagged cars, driving, Money Saving, oil, petrol, prices

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