Simple Ways To Save Money Fast

1. Simple Ways To Save Money, By Lindsay Foster

Saving money often involves an expediture of more time and more labor. It costs less, but takes more time and work to make a batch of from-scratch cookies than it does to pick up a box of prepared cookies at the store. Similiarly, there are many people that hire others to perform certain services, like laundry, haircuts or trimming the hedges, instead of doing these things themselves... Read More

2. How To Save Money While Eating At Great Restaurants, By Jason Goodlin

There are some many ways to save money when you go out to eat. You have to be smart when it comes to your money. Hard earned income can easily be spent in restaurants. Servers try to push alcohol, appetizers and large dinner features. After dessert, you will have a costly bill... Read More

3. Money-saving tips: How to save money dining out, By Will Kester

I love to cook, but I also love to eat out. I love good food, and who doesn't? Dining out is quite expensive, especially if you want really good food and good service. If you just want mediocre to poor food, it isn't quite as expensive, but who wants to save money by sacrificing quality? I guess a lot of people do, or there wouldn't be so many successful national food-chains serving poor to mediocre food, but I suggest there is a better way to save money and eat well.... Read More

4. How to save money when buying furniture, By Barry Williams

There are plenty of ways to save money on furniture. As soon as you mention that you need furniture you are swamped with advice from relatives and friends all eager to assist....Read More

5. How to save money when buying on the internet, by John Gringarog

When buying items on the Internet, on most sites, it will be written something like: Do you have a discount code? Even if you don't, it's okay. I will tell you haw to get these codes that are a great way to save money...... Read More

6. How to save money on your wedding, By Jade Estep

I am currently in the process of planning my May 2008 wedding and I have come across some ways to save money and I wanted to pass them on. Here are just a few of the ideas I have come across, many of which I am doing myself.... Read More

7. Money-saving tips: How to save money on video games, By Hector

Why does the typical video game cost $40-$70 upon release and then drop rapidly in price? The answer to that question also shows how to save money on video games.... Read More

8. Money-saving tips: How to save money on video game consoles, by Hector

The simple way to save money on video game consoles is to buy a "non-current" generation system. For example: rather than spend $500 on a PS3 buy a PS2 (available for under $130 December 2007). Most new games are..... Read More

9. What you can do to save money on gas, By Anonymous Writer

Recently, automobile gas mileage regulation was adjusted for an average fuel economy of 35 miles per gallon. Automakers have until 2020 to fully implement this change. This means there are a few years to bridge the gap and the single most effective way to save money on gas is... Read More

10. Ways to save more money when shopping offline and online , By Matthew Paulson

It's tax season once again, the time to look for all of those receipts you promised yourself you would save at this time this year. You have to scrounge around for all sorts of paperwork, and spend hours trying to figure out the tax code which is longer than several novels. When all is said and done, you look at your 1040 form and sigh. "Did I really make that much?!" A lot of people look at their completed 1040 form only to realize that they made tens of thousands of dollars last year and really didn't have much to show for it all. People realize that their spending is just out of control and something needs to change. Here are ten ways that you can start spending less money this week...... Read More

Independent, Informative advice for saving money

Review of the moneysavingexpert.com website

Martin Lewis has been running this site now for a number of years (well Feb 03)and yet amazingly has been able to resist the urge to make big money from selling advertising space on his site. As such this site is quite refreshingly free from unwanted pop up adverts proudly declaring "You are visitor number 1 Million, click here to claim your free prize" before proceeding to infiltrate your computer with every form of spyware known to man!

Getting Down to Business

The site is targeted at saving you money on a range of products from credit cards, phones and utilities, savings and investments, Mortgages, Loans and Banking, Travel and Transport. I find the advice generally very useful to the extent that whether I'm looking to remortgage or change my phone provider I'll visit the site first to get some independent information about what to look out for.

Site Layout

This is the only major drawback to the site and something that personally I find is it's foremost drawback, the site feels a little too cluttered at times with information attacking you from all corners of the page, to the extent that it has a teenage scrapbook feel to it. Having said this Martin is clearly trying to present the image of an independent specialist and the lack of sleek thematic style provides a refreshing change to the carefully manicured pages of most corporate websites. The right hand side of the site is dedicated to Martin's ego, with details about who Martin is and a brief mission statement, oh and in case you're in any doubt a picture of his smiling face looms large in the top left hand corner. However we won't hold this against him, after all when you are provided with excellent and sound advice on the range of subjects which are listed on his site, who cares about the ego if Martin can save you a tidy packet. The topmost left hand side of the site gives information about weekly top tips and allows you to subscribe to his weekly news letter, which is guaranteed spam free. Personally I use this service and find it very informative and I have saved countless pounds from the tips he provides. So don't be afraid to use it. The lower left hand side of the site is dedicated to a navigation aspect of the site from which you can access specific topics relevant to your needs. There's also a chat forum in which you can discuss the tips he provides and see if anyone else out there can come up with better and more lucrative offers, although bear in mind that these may not be as independent as Martin's!

The middle of the site is dedicated to specific articles which are of significant relevance at the present time, such as how do I change my mortgage now the interest rate has just gone up again!!!!!

Usability

My comments aside about the sometimes cluttered feel of the site, the usability is actually quite good because so much information is contained on the homepage that you can often click straight through to an article that you specifically want to read. The navigation bar on the left hand side is also succinct and adopts a no nonsense approach in which you can find what you want quickly.ContentIn my opinion the content is really excellent. If you want a website that is a one stop shop to saving you money on a variety of major products and services then Moneysavingexpert is hard to beat. The detail in which Martin goes in the articles he creates is amazing and true to his journalist roots he follows a real investigative approach to finding out the best deals or those which are money pits! What I also like is that the articles are often written in a fashion which is easy to understand for those of us who find it difficult to grasp the complex technical terminology, particularly relating to financial products.

My overall experience of this website has been highly positive and in my opinion should be one that everyone keeps in their favourites folder as undoubtedly it will save you some money in the future.

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