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0800Buster: Free 0800 Calls From Your Mobile
As you’re hopefully aware, although 0800 telephone numbers are free to call from landlines, this isn’t the case from mobile phones, on which you could end up paying between 10p and 20p per minute. Here’s how to get one over the mobile phone companies.
5 Tips For Living A More Frugal Life
Tristan at Find Financial Freedom has posted some basic frugal living tips – the kind of things that are very simple to do, might only save a little at a time, but could save you quite a bit of money in the long term.
Save Petrol: Use SatNav
According to a recent research report, satellite navigation users consume 12% less petrol than GPS-less drivers, with those systems with built-in traffic information providing the greatest savings.
Tips On Switching Energy Suppliers
According to BitterWallet, now is the time to switch energy providers, as the big 6 gas and electricity suppliers have all recently made changes to their tariffs. The savings will be particularly noticeable for anyone still on a suppliers standard tariff. If you’ve already switched, you might still be able to save a little on your energy bills, and at the moment, every little helps!
Stop Throwing Away So Much Food: Save Money
There are some scary stats about the amount of food that us Brits throw away each week – some estimates put it at as much as 30%, including a staggering 4.4million apples and over 5 million potatoes EVERY DAY. This website should help you decide whether the leftovers in your fridge are still safe to eat.
Google TipJar – Rate Money Saving Tips
Just a few days ago I thought of an idea for a new site which would help sort the wheat from the chaff with money saving tips, breaking them down in to categories, such as saving around the home, saving on travel etc (a kind of “money saving directory”), which allowed users to rate and rank the tips, highlighting the most useful.
Sadly, a rather large web company has just launched a very similar idea.
ASDA Money Saving Videos
Supermarket ASDA is trying to embrace two current hot trends – money saving tips and social media – by launch its own TV channel on Youtube, featuring money saving idea videos.
Earn Money Renting Out Your Stuff
Yesterday we mentioned a new website for comparing how much you can earn from selling your old mobile phone.
Today we have a new website which allows you to earn some money renting out your belongings, or save some money by renting out something you might otherwise buy.
1,000+ Money Saving Ideas From The Great British Public
The BBC recently asked visitors to its website for their best money saving ideas, and the Great British public duly responded.