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For further help and many more cost-cutting tricks, see our Cheap Car Insurance and Under-25s' Car Insurance guides. |
It's back. £177 of No7 beauty products in £42 Advent calendar. Mega-popular Boots beauty calendar returns, incl lipstick, serum, day/night cream, mascara etc. No7 calendar How to get 10p/litre off Tesco petrol & diesel. Useful with prices still among highest in over 4yrs. See Cheap Petrol. New. 2.03% savings fixed for 1yr. For the last couple of weeks we've been telling you about the new easy-access Marcus account* (min £1 deposit) paying 1.5% AER variable (incl a fixed 0.15% bonus for 12mths) - the best rate for years. This week there's a new top 1yr fix account from Shawbrook Bank (min £1k) paying 2.03% AER, just pipping the previous winner - though if you're saving over £10,000 it can be beaten by this Raisin deal. Full info in Top Savings. Nectar 'double-up' promo coming - hold on to your points. At Sainsbury's - for full info see Nectar boost. |
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Two easy ways to make £100 on your Xmas shopping Two of the highest-paying reward credit cards give a lucrative boost in the first three months you have 'em. That makes right now the sweet spot for applications, as your boosted rewards will be earned over the high-spend Christmas and New Year period. Of course, this isn't about debt. This is about using credit cards for your normal spending, then paying off IN FULL each month, so there's no interest - if you do need to borrow, this isn't for you. See full info in Credit Card Rewards, in brief:
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20%-50% off ALL toys at Sainsbury's, incl Barbie, Disney, Marvel. One of the biggies MoneySavers wait for each year. Full info on deals and dates in Toy sale. 30% extra off Hot Diamonds outlet code, eg, £70 bracelet for £25. MSE Blagged. Free delivery. Off already reduced items - eg, get £40 earrings (norm £80) reduced to £28. Hot Diamonds Blue Peter turns 60 - how kids can earn a badge to bag FREE entry to theme parks & zoos. Full info in this guide we made earlier. New. Hot pay-as-you-go Sim - only pay for data you actually use. Newbies to Smarty* (uses Three's network) can get unltd mins & texts + 2GB data for £7.50/mth - plus crucially you're refunded £1.25/GB for any data you don't use, applied as a credit against your next bill. You're not tied into a contract so can leave anytime, but if you stay you'll get the 2nd mth free, and a £10 Amazon vch emailed to you after 3mths. Full help in PAYG Sims. 35% off posh Christy towels, bedding etc. MSE Blagged. Incl sale, eg, £25 bath sheet for £5. Ends Sun |
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Virgin, Sky, AA - which are the top 10 firms to haggle with? It's not market stalls but big mature companies with call centres that tend to be best to haggle with. The perfect time is when you're near the end of your contract or cover and they're desperate to keep your business. We've put it to the test and found which firms are likely to offer you a better deal on mobiles, TV, broadband, insurance and more. See full help in our Haggle with Call Centres guide - but here are the need-to-knows to open negotiations...
Breakdown Cover | Broadband | Car and Home Insurance | Mobile | BT | Plusnet | Sky | TalkTalk | Virgin |
Get paid to play Santa. The real one can't be everywhere at once, so if you're good with kids and pass background checks (obvs), earn £8+/hr working shifts as Father Christmas, a helper or a grotto manager. Ker-jingle bells Free speed boost for some Sky fibre broadband customers. From 36Mb to 63Mb. See Sky speed boost. STUDENT LOAN RECLAIM - SUCCESS OF THE WEEK: "Thanks Martin Lewis. Quick call to the Student Loans Company and my wife and I got back £290 altogether for early student loan repayments." (Send us yours on this or any topic.) £10 for two Ideal Home Show Christmas tickets. For 21-25 Nov in London. Norm £30ish. Ideal Ho-ho-home Show |
THIS WEEK'S POLL How much do you spend on holidays in a year? There's a lot competing for our cash, yet many put holidays near the top of the pile. So we wanted to see how much of your income you spend on them. How much do you spend on holidays in a year? Older MoneySavers are more likely to give food past its best a chance. Last week our poll asked whether you eat food past its best-before date. Over 13,000 responded, and it seems age matters - while 52% of men and 45% of women aged over 65 said they ignore best-before dates altogether unless it's obviously off, that was true of just 30% of men and women under 25, with younger MoneySavers more likely to just chuck it away. Full breakdown in Best-before date poll results. |
MONEY MORAL DILEMMA Should my neighbour return my money? I live in a block of flats, all owner-occupied. My neighbour asked me to contribute £150 towards the cost of replacing carpets in the communal hallway, which I did. Several months later there are no new carpets - apparently the contractor has disappeared with the money. Enter the Money Moral Maze: Should my neighbour return my money? | Suggest an MMD | View past MMDs THE QUICKIES - Debt-Free Wannabe chat of the week: Debt-free options |
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MARTIN'S APPEARANCES (WED 17 OCT ONWARDS) Thu 18 Oct - Good Morning Britain, ITV, Deals of the Week, 7.40am MSE TEAM APPEARANCES (MOST SUBJECTS TBC) Wed 17 Oct - BBC Cumbria, Money Talks with Ben Maeder, from 6pm, Tax-Free Childcare |
QUESTION OF THE WEEK Q: I've never had credit, so have no credit history. How do I check which cards I can be accepted for? Lori, via email. MSE Karl's A: Having little or no credit history can make it difficult to get the best credit card deals, as lenders base lending decisions on your past. To check how likely you are to be approved, use our eligibility calculator. Checking this way won't harm your chances of being accepted, as it does what's known as a 'soft search'. However, you may find that with no credit history your chances of getting many cards are low. One solution could be a 'bad credit' credit card, which you may be more likely to be accepted for. These cards usually charge hideous rates of interest (if not repaid each month IN FULL), but used correctly can help boost your credit score. See Credit Cards for Bad Credit. Other ways to boost your credit score include making sure you're on the electoral roll and checking your credit file is up to date - for more tips, see our Boost Your Credit Score guide. Please suggest a question of the week (we can't reply to individual emails). |
THE GRATE MISTAKE That's all for this week, but before we go... according to a viral video this week, we've all been using cheese graters the wrong way - apparently you should hold them horizontally so the cheese collects inside. Get gouda here, you say... we could barely brie-lieve it either. It got us talking about other household objects we've been using wrong for years - MSE Jenny's just realised why baby vests have wide necks, while MSE Megan's started opening toothpaste in a whole new way. Share your gadget gaffes in our Horizontal cheese grater? forum thread. We hope you save some money, |
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