A Guardian reader recently submitted a question asking for other readers’ advice on making money on eBay – their idea was to trawl charity shops and car boot sales for cheap items that they can make a profit on selling on the internet auction site.
The advice given from other readers was less than positive. Here are the problems with trying to make money in this way.
When I first talked about the process for Icesave customers to request their compensation from the failed Icelandic bank, I mentioned the problems with using email for such a communication – that many emails would disappear into spam folders, and many recipients would be unaware that they ever arrived. It seems this has been the case for many customers.
Ramit over at I Will Teach You To Be Rich has started a challenge for November, aiming to get his readers to save $1,000, about £500, in 30 days.
The folks over at ThisIsMoney have expanded from the web and moved into books, having published a new book, How To Survive The Credit Crunch.
The book is a humourous look at how we can save money and get out of debt.
A round up of personal finance news for 6th November 2008.
Whenever there is a cut in interest rates, we often start talking about how homeowners will benefit with reduced mortgage repayments. Of course, things aren’t as cut and dried as that – there are winners and losers.
The Bank of England has cut interest rates by 1.5%, down to 3%, the lowest level since 1955.
Since I’ve been tracking my spending to the penny, I’ve found myself logging into online banking pretty much every day to see what money has come in and most importantly, what has gone out. I can then record any outgoings in Expensr. When I’m not being so hot on tracking my spending, I generally login […]
Following on from my post yesterday about the Icesave compensation process, the first emails have started to arrive, and the following, for those who may be interested, is the text from the email.
It appears that the process put in place to compensate Icesave customers is kicking off this week as was hoped.
Here’s a breakdown of how the process should work.