Thinking about buying a brand new car soon? Then consider this – the average new car loses £6,000 of its value in the first year you own it – yes, that’s effectively £500 “down the drain” every month in year one. So it’s often worth checking out the secondhand market for your chosen vehicle to […]
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Have You Succumbed To Shopping Momentum?
Following the post about my little impulse purchase of an iPod Shuffle the other day, there’s an interesting look at part of the psychology of shopping over at Get Rich Slowly. In particular, the post discusses a research report which suggests that the more you buy, the more likely you are to buy more things. […]
iPod Shuffles Now £32 – Bargain?
In my attempt at living a reasonably frugal life I don’t often spend much on gadgets and gizmos. Today however, having heard they were selling for £32 in Argos, I decided to splash out on an iPod Shuffle. It’s the cheapest I’d seen them for, and will be the perfect accompanyment for when I start […]
How Much Money Is Lying Around Your House?
How much money do you think you’ve got lying around your house? I’m not talking about the hands-full of change left on top of your chest of draws in your bedroom, or the odd coin wedged between the cushions on your sofa. I’m talking about the value there is in the items that sit unused […]
How Do You Share Your Restaurant Bills?
It always seems to be awkward an awkward moment when you come to discuss who’s paying at the end of a meal in a restaurant – usually, you have a mixture of people who are willing to split the bill evenly, along with those who know they’re going to be worse off doing that, who’d […]
Ideas For A Cheaper Valentine’s Day
Well, we’re a couple of days away from Valentine’s Day, and if you’re anything like me, you’ll be trying to think of ideas for pleasing your loved one on a budget. We’ve pretty much decided to save money and not buy anything for each other this year, but I’m now in that awkward situation where […]
Insurance: Which Are Essential?
Insurance comes in many different forms, but ensuring that you only have the right insurance, and with adequate cover can be difficult. A recent report by Which? suggests that thousands of pounds is wasted each year on unnecessary insurance – but of course, what is unnecessary for one person, is an essential for another. For […]
EDF Raise Energy Prices: More Providers To Follow
I mentioned yesterday about our mammoth gas bill, and posted some tips for reducing your gas consumption. Today it has been announced that EDF, our energy supplier, is to raise its gas prices by just under 13%, and their electricity prices by just under 8%, following nPower’s price rises at the start of the year. […]
Our Huge Gas Bill & Tips For Saving Gas (& Money!)
Our gas bill dropped through the postbox this morning, and as we’d expected, it wasn’t very pretty. Over £200 for just under 4 months (which was estimated, so it might come down a bit), and although I haven’t really got a clue how this compares to the average gas bill, I get the feeling it’s […]
Students of English: Save Money On Textbooks
Here’s a neat little tip courtesy of Lifehacker, which probably only really relates to students of English Literature, but might also be of use to those who like a good read too. Project Gutenburg is a website which publishes ebooks (books in Adobe PDF format) of texts which are out of copyright. For example, this […]