saving you money

[Two_Sheds]

Anyone who listens to R2 Steve Wright in the afternoon will have heard of Money Saving Expert, but I've only just got round to looking at it. The site looks a bit iffy, but its not, its got some great advice and insider tips to slash your spending, budget planners and a great Demotivator tool to calculate how much cash you'd have if you cut out, say one takeaway a week (£23,000!)
I've halved my water bill, for instance. Have a look for yourself:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/uti...ut-water-bills

[rustylady]

Sounds good, will have a look

[seasprout]

Ive been aware of this site for a while. Its very interesting, full of good ideas, and good advice on saving money.

[valmarg]

Two_Sheds, anybody who has been listening to the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 will have met up with Martin Lewis years ago (moneysavingexpert).

Motormouth, as we affectionately call him, really knows his stuff on 'saving' money.

valmarg

[yoanbob]

yes, got into a bit of trouble with banks a few years ago, I was working away for 3 weeks at a time on a ship and really needed a good mobile so i could keep in touch with friends and family, vodafone at the time were the best for signals however i was very carefull to leave enough money in the bank to cover my charges while i was away, they took the bill amount out then did it again, thier fault, then because their wasnt enough money in my account for 2 bills charged me and cut off my phone, the bank then charged me and voda phone tried to take the money again resulting in more charges I couldnt get in touch with my bank or vodaphone till 3 weeks later i ended my vodaphone contract but got no compensation and it took me 6 months to get back on top of my bank account, 4 years later i got all my charges back through this website.
very worthwhile!

[valmarg]

If you listened to the Jeremy Vine show today, you would have heard that he has another axe to grind with the banks - Payment Protection Insurance.

If you've had loan from a bank, you may unwittingly have signed up for PPI.

Anyway, I can't remember the full details, and you would have to go to the listen again facility on Radio 2, or his website www.moneysavingexpert.com, but it makes the banks millions of pounds a year, for nothing.

valmarg