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The easiest money you will ever earn........................................................ 3 FREE Cosmetics and Toiletries................................................................... 15

FREE Money For YOU................................................................................. 4 Save $$$’s on Your Currency Exchange..................................................... 16

Cheaper Petrol........................................................................................... 5 SAVE £££’s and Support Charity................................................................ 17

Make £200 a Month for Sitting in Your Car!............................................... 6 £5 M&S Voucher for FREE.......................................................................... 18

Be Paid to Shop......................................................................................... 7 FREE Credit Check - Fix Your Finances....................................................... 19

£180 for your Old Mobile........................................................................... 8 Save over £100 on Glasses........................................................................ 20

Free Money For Your Kids.......................................................................... 9 Make Money by Driving to Work................................................................ 21

Be Paid for your Opinion............................................................................ 10 FREE Shopping.......................................................................................... 22

Make up to £300 Per Month From Your Driveway...................................... 11 Save £610 On Your Food Bill...................................................................... 23

FREE Flights!............................................................................................. 12 Slash the Cost of Phone Calls..................................................................... 24

FREE Laptop, Wii or PS3............................................................................ 13 30% OFF Food Prices................................................................................ 25

Sell Your Photos ....................................................................................... 14 50% OFF Restaurant Meals....................................................................... 26

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 60% OFF Designer Clothes........................................................................ 27 Up to 20% Discount on Plumbing and Insulation....................................... 40

Save £££’s on Batteries............................................................................. 28 FREE Food (for the Bold)........................................................................... 41

SAVE £££’s on Car Costs............................................................................ 29 Save Petrol by Being Smooth..................................................................... 42

FREE Birthday and Greetings Cards........................................................... 30 33% OFF Rail Fares................................................................................... 43

Unclaimed Property Bargains.................................................................... 31 Make your Clubcard Points go 4 TIMES Further......................................... 44

Half Price Wedding.................................................................................... 32 SAVE £100’s on your Way to Work............................................................. 45

Half Price Cinema Tickets.......................................................................... 33 Cash Back For Late Trains.......................................................................... 46

HALF PRICE Printer Cartridges.................................................................. 34 FREE Car Insurance................................................................................... 47

Sneaky Amazon Discounts......................................................................... 35 Turn Every Purchase into a Bargain........................................................... 48

FREE Live Shows........................................................................................ 36 Save £££’s on Holiday Insurance............................................................... 49

Sneaky Discounts on Holidays, Gadgets, Books and More.......................... 37 Save £££’s on Eletricity and Light Bulbs.................................................... 50

Make up to £600 a month by propagating seedlings.................................. 38 Reduce your Food Bill Improve your Health .............................................. 51

FREE Travel Accommodation...................................................................... 39 99% Discount on Water............................................................................. 52

Content and rates are accurate at time of publishing, but maybe subject to change.

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 The Easiest Money You will Ever Earn

Search the Internet as you normally would...

and BE PAID!

Yes you read that correctly! Use the Internet search facility
MoneymagpieSearch to search the Internet as normal and you'll
be paid real cash. And that's not all…

You will also be paid for searches that your friends make (on top
of what they get paid - so they don't lose out). It's a
no-brainer quite frankly.

As soon as you've signed up you'll be taken to your own search

page - once there, click the 'tell a friend' link (tell them all - they
make money and so do you!)

One point to remember - use the search facility as you normally

would. Any abnormal behaviour might get you barred!

NEXT STEP: Click on MoneymagpieSearch

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 FREE Money For YOU

Did you know that there’s a service to help you

find any old bank accounts you might have
forgotten about?

Mylostaccount is a free online search service that will

rummage through bank records. You have to enter your details
and it will tell you if you’ve got any old accounts you have
forgotten about. 

You’ve got to get searching soon as the Government has

announced that it is going to take unclaimed funds in dormant
accounts that haven’t been touched for 15 years or more. It will
use these monies to fund social projects in 2009.

So hurry up and find your dormant accounts before the

Government does.

NEXT STEP: Click on Mylostaccount

SEE ALSO: Getting Money for Free

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 Cheaper Petrol

Pay less for petrol with free

comparison site Petrolprices.

Don’t waste your time, money and petrol driving from garage
to garage to find lower prices.

Simply register with Petrolprices and you can compare petrol

costs in your area at absolutely no charge. They update the
rates daily and cover all the petrol stations in the UK.

All you need to do is create a free  Petrolprices account by

filling in your details and you will get 20 price searches a week
to help you find the best deals.

It will be quite an eye-opener to see how different the prices

are in different garages. On some days the site can save you
up to 14p a litre. 

NEXT STEP: Click on Petrolprices

SEE ALSO: Alternative to owing a car

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 Make £200 a Month
for Sitting in Your Car!

Want to earn some extra money without any effort?

You can make between £70 and £200 month by putting an

advert on your car. Go to Adsoncars and fill in the online form.

Adsoncars will match a product or service to you. Your car will

be taken into a workshop and given a special ‘skin’ that doesn’t
damage the paintwork.

The amount you can make depends on your car, average

mileage and the size of the advert.

Contracts last between 3 and 12 months. You are paid cash or

offered free petrol for every full month that the advert is on
your car.

So it’s an easy way to make money for nothing and will probably
deter thieves too!

NEXT STEP: Click on Adsoncars

SEE ALSO: 10 easy ways to make quick cash

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 Be Paid to Shop

It may sound too good to be true but you can make

money from shopping with cashback sites.

When you buy a product through a cashback site they will give
you some money back. Some sites like Cashback shopper and
Rpoints will even give you money just for signing up with them.

Many cashback sites will also reward you for getting your friends
involved. This can be a really easy way to make extra cash.

So if one of your friends wants to buy something big soon, get

them on to these sites through (your referral) and make some
extra money for yourself.

NEXT STEP: Click on Cashback Sites

SEE ALSO: Getting money for Free

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 £180 for your Old Mobile

Recycling your old mobile phone is good for the

environment and it can also make you some money.

Companies like Mopay will take old mobile phones off your
hands for as much as £200 if they are top models and in good
condition. They will also recycle your broken phones for you and
pay as much as 90% of the full value of the phone.

If you prefer to get supermarket points for your phone you can
trade it in at Tesco Mobile Recycle or Nectar mobiles and get points
that can be used in restaurants, shops and supermarkets.

Old mobiles can go to third world countries or just be recycled to

make new phones so you can feel good about making some easy
money and helping the planet at the same time. 

NEXT STEP: Click on Mopay

SEE ALSO: Recycle Your Mobile for Cash

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 FREE Money For Your Kids

Did you know you can save money for your

children’s futures just by shopping online? 

Kidstart is a new type of cashback site that will put up to 20% of

the price of each of your online purchases into your child’s Trust
Fund, or into their savings account.

In fact, anyone can do it – grandparents, aunts, uncles, even

friends can elect to have their cashback put into their favourite
child’s account.

Kidstart has done deals with sites like Expedia, Marks and
Spencer and even the Apple Store, so you can make money on
your purchases with them.

All you’ve got to do is register at Kidstart and use the links on

their page. It’s a great way to invest in your children’s future
even if you think you don’t have any money to save.

NEXT STEP: Click on KidStart

SEE ALSO: Index-tracking funds

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 Be Paid for your Opinion

You can make extra money just by sitting at your

computer and filling out a few online surveys in
your spare time.  

There are websites that will pay you just for your opinions. You
can make regular money, (probably around £20-30 a month) for
very little effort. Every now and then you’ll have the opportunity
to win some amazing prizes.

There are plenty of online survey sites to choose from. But be

careful, never pay anything to join a site. If they want money
up front then leave and go to one of the great sites that are
completely free to join.

Some of the best are Panelbase, Toluna, Ciao and GreatUKSurvey.

Remember to create a separate email account just for this so
that your main email account doesn’t get inundated with spam.

NEXT STEP: Click on Panelbase, Toluna, Ciao and

GreatUKSurvey
SEE ALSO: Online Surveys

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 Make up to £300 Per Month
From Your Driveway

Do you have a driveway or garage?  

Rent it out by the day or even the year and make yourself
some serious cash.

Register for free at Park Let or Parkatmyhouse to find people

waiting to park at your postcode.

All you have to do is put your postcode and details of the space
on the sites and wait for eager parkers to get in touch with you.

You choose when and for how long you rent your space. It can
be rented for an entire year if you never use it.

You could capitalise on any special events in your area, such

as games at your local football ground, and rent your drive or
garage for just a few hours.

It’s free money!

NEXT STEP: Click on Park Let , Parkatmyhouse

SEE ALSO: If you've got it - rent it!

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 FREE Flights!

Get a free flight by changing your credit card.  

Get Citibank’s Bmibaby credit card (typical 16.9% APR, 0% on

balance transfers for 12 months with a 3% fee) and they’ll give
you a free return flight when you spend £100 or more on retail
purchases within 90 days of opening the account.

To keep you sweet they also give you an extra return flight for
every 12 months you keep the card, providing you spend at
least £3,000 on the card in that year.

Citibank also has an easyJet Mastercard (typical 16.9% APR, 0%

on balance transfers for nine months) which offers a free flight
worth £40 if you spend at least £250 on it in the first 90 days.

You also get 10% off all easyJet bookings made in the first
three months, plus airmiles every time you use it.

Remember, though, these deals are only worth going for if you’re
the kind of person who pays off their balance each month.

NEXT STEP: Click on Bmibaby

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 FREE Laptop, Wii or PS3

Carphone Warehouse is offering these freebies with

select monthly mobile phone contracts.  

Even if you don’t need a laptop, pick up the contract and then
sell it on eBay to make a nice profit.

It could even cover the cost of your mobile phone contract for
the year.

Alternatively get a Wii, Playstation 3 or a Wii Fit when you take

out a similar phone contract.

NEXT STEP: Click on 50 top tips for day-to-day savings

SEE ALSO: Carphone Warehouse

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 Sell Your Photos

Make money out of your photos through

online photo agencies  

Different agencies are looking for different kinds of photos. For

example, Picturenation wants spontaneous photos of ordinary
people at the workplace, and pictures of modern life.

Fotolia wants upbeat and lively photos of people, emotions and

the workplace.

You might only make a few pounds to start with, but once your
photos are uploaded they are available for purchase and to
generate comissions for you forever.

NEXT STEP: Click on Picturenation, Fotolia

SEE ALSO: 10 easy ways to make quick cash

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 FREE Cosmetics and Toiletries

Do you fancy some free hand-cream, or a free

bottle of washing-up liquid, or shampoo?  

If you’re willing to answer a few questions about them then

you could get all sorts of freebies by registering with Cosmetic
Research Online. 

It’s free to join. Just answer the (rather long) questionnaire

about yourself, your family, your skin-type etc. Then they will
send you products to try out (without the labels so you don’t
know which brand they are).  

If you have children they will send you products for them
to try too, including free nappies, creams and toiletries. All
the trial products sent to you are quite safe. They just want
to know what you think of them and whether you think they
could be improved.

NEXT STEP: Click on Cosmetic Research Online

SEE ALSO: Make money by selling your own perfume

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 Save $$$’s on Your
Currency Exchange

If you’re going abroad for your holiday this year make

sure you get the best deal with your travel money.  

As with anything, do shop around for the best rates and  never
change your money at the airport or from your tour operator -
they have the worst deals around.

According to Moneyfacts the top three foreign money providers

currently are Marks & Spencer, the Post Office and Travelex.

For example, if you wanted to buy €500 (at time of publishing)

it would cost you £431.03 at Thomas Cook while it would be just
£404.89 at Travelex, a saving of £26.14.

Not only that but you don’t even have to leave the house to get
your money. If you pre-order your currency online at Travelex
you can have it delivered to you, or pick it up at one of their
airport outlets just before you fly off to spend it.

NEXT STEP: Click on Marks & Spencer, Post Office, Travelex

SEE ALSO: Moneymagpie recommended comparison service

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 SAVE £££’s and Support Charity

You can save money and do something good for

charity just by shopping online.  

Give or Take is a cashback site with a difference. It gives you

100% of the advertising revenue that the site makes when you
shop with them.

This way, you could end up saving money on your purchases.

Then you can decide whether to take the money or give it to
charity. There are loads of big online shops to choose from, like
Amazon, Marks and Spencer and eBay and you have the choice
of lots of charities to donate to.

Even if you don’t give all of your cashback earnings away, just
using the site enables them to offer this donation service to
charities for free – so you’re still doing a good deed at no extra
cost to yourself.

NEXT STEP: Click on Give or Take

SEE ALSO: Moneymagpie Smart Spending

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 £5 M&S Voucher for FREE

You can get free Marks and Spencer vouchers in

exchange for your old clothes.  

To encourage their customers to go green and recycle their

clothing, M&S has joined up with Oxfam. You can get a £5
voucher for every clothing donation to Oxfam that has at least
one item from M&S.

The vouchers are only valid on purchases of over £35 on beauty

products, homewares or clothing, so you do have to spend a bit
to get your discount.

Cunning tip: To get more money off, you could donate your M&S
clothes one at a time getting a voucher for every donation.

You have to spend £35 per voucher, it’s great for frequent M&S
shoppers, or better still why not dish them out to your mates
as a pressies.

NEXT STEP: Click on Be First to Hear about Freebie Deals on

Free Moneymagpie Newsletter
SEE ALSO: Loads More Bargains
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 FREE Credit Check -
Fix Your Finances

Can’t get approved for a credit card?  

Find out what the banks and other lenders think of you.

Correct any mistakes or inaccuracies concerning your financial

situation.

You can discover and start improving your credit score; that’s
what financial companies use to decide whether to lend you
money or not.

Get a free credit check from Experian.

You get the first 30 days for free and there’s no obligation to
remain a subscriber (at £6.99 a month). They even provide
advice on improving your credit record.

So sign up for FREE and check out your credit report. Just
remember to unsubscribe before the 30 days are up.

NEXT STEP: Click on Experian

SEE ALSO: Loads More Freebies

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 Save over £100 on Glasses

Save a fortune buying your glasses online.  

The average spend on a pair of glasses from a high street

optician is £146. If you want designer frames you can expect to
pay around £300.

Most online opticians, like Select Specs, Glasses Direct and

Spex4less, will provide basic lenses with scratch resistance and
anti-glare completely free when you buy your frames.

Find a pair you like on the high street and order them online
from one of the websites below.

When ordering your glasses online you’ll need your prescription

and the distance between your pupils (which you can get
measured during your eye test).

NEXT STEP: Click on Select Specs, Glasses Direct and

Spex4less
SEE ALSO: Loads more Bargains

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 Make Money by Driving to Work

Save or even make money by doing a car share. 

If you have a car and you drive to work, register with one of
the car-sharing websites like Carshare, Nationalcarshare or
Liftshare.

You can share petrol costs with a passenger. If you have more
than one passenger you can save them money on transport
AND make a bit on the side yourself.

You can also do a car share for one-off journeys like Manchester
to Edinburgh or Birmingham to St Ives.

If you don’t have a car it’s worth checking the sites for a cheaper
way to get to work or visit your family.

Sharing the petrol costs like this can be even cheaper than the
train or plane.

NEXT STEP: Click on Carshare, Nationalcarshare or Liftshare

SEE ALSO: Alternatives to owning a car

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 FREE Shopping

If you love to shop till you drop, mystery shopping is

the perfect way to earn some cash on the side and get
free meals, free hotel stays and free drinks in pubs.

The hours are really flexible, you work when you want to and
all you have to do is tell the company about your shopping
experience.

You get paid once they receive your review and you could earn
anything from £6 to £20 an hour with your spare time.

Sign up with an agency like GFK, Grass Roots or JKS Mystery

Shopping. However, avoid any dodgy agencies that ask you to
pay them any money  to register - that should be free!

You don’t need any previous experience- but you must be

reliable, honest and have good English.

NEXT STEP: Click on GFK, Grass Roots or JKS Mystery

Shopping
SEE ALSO: Loads More Easy Money Making Ideas

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 Save £610 On Your Food Bill

Did you know that you could fill 12 double decker

buses with the amount of apples we throw away
everyday in Britain?

The average family could save £610 a year by:

1) only buying as much food as they need
2) using everything they buy

The website Love Food Hate Waste has loads of information on

how to stop wasting money on food.

There are tips on how to store food to make it last longer so it

doesn’t go off before you’ve had time to use it.

They’ve also got recipes for turning odds and ends into
sumptuous meals.

Plus there are guides to portion sizes to prevent you from buying
too much in the first place.

NEXT STEP: Click on Love Food Hate Waste

SEE ALSO: Food shopping
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 Slash the Cost of Phone Calls

Get cheaper phone calls without the hassle of

changing providers.

There are companies that offer massive discounts on

international, landline and mobile calls.

One of the best for UK landlines is 1899.co.uk. You pay a 3p

connection charge and then the call is completely free, no
matter how long you talk for.

For calling mobiles during the day one of the cheapest service
is 18185.co.uk which is 6p/min plus a 5p connection charge -
that’s less than half the BT peak price.

These calls are charged straight to your credit or debit card. You
must already have a phone line to use them - it doesn’t matter
which company provides it.

NEXT STEP: Click on 10 ways to save on your phone bills

SEE ALSO: 18185.co.uk and 1899.co.uk

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 30% OFF Food Prices

Food and household products are up to 30%

cheaper in local outdoor markets
than they are in supermarkets.

Market stall holders have lower overheads than supermarkets

and they don’t have hungry shareholders demanding that they
make bigger and bigger profits.

You can buy more fruit and veg loose at markets and you can
also haggle with the vendors to get a better deal. At the end of
the day stalls will often sell off what they’ve got left for discount
prices, which is when you can pick up the real bargains.

Go prepared to buy in bulk and turn extra veges into soups,

stews or meals for the freezer. Even big trays of fruit going for
£1 at the end of the day can be frozen or juiced.

NEXT STEP: Click on Save Money on Your Food Shopping

SEE ALSO: Love Food Hate Waste

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 50% OFF Restaurant Meals

If you fancy a great night out in a fancy restaurant

you could get up to 50% off by booking in advance
through sites like Toptable and 5pm.

They have lots of different offers all over the country. You can
get free bottles of wine, champagne cocktails and taster menus
at huge reductions as well as entire meals at half price.

The added bonus is that each time you book with these sites
you earn points towards a free meal.

Also, if you’ve got a Young Person’s Railcard you automatically

get enough points for a free meal on Toptable. All you’ve got to
do is register using the link on the Young Person’s Railcard page
and they’ll automatically credit your account.

On Toptable you can also earn extra, extra points if you book a
hotel through them - this will help you get even more free meals.

NEXT STEP: Click on Toptable and 5pm

SEE ALSO: Half Price Restaurant Deals

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 60% OFF Designer Clothes

You never need to pay the full price for

designer clothes.

There are always huge savings to be made if you know where to

go. Sign up to the free alerts from the Designer Warehouse Sales
in London. They have regular sales of designer men’s and women’s
clothes from high-fashion labels like Galliano and Prada.

Clothes sell at massive reductions of 60% or more. And don’t

forget the old favourites like Bicester Village and the McArthur Glen
- outlets for great discounts on designer clobber all year round.

You could also check eBay for any bargains but watch out for
fakes (if the description says it’s genuine Hermes but being
offered for 99p then beware!).

However, at least with eBay you can reduce your costs even
further by selling your old clothes first to pay for the new ones.

NEXT STEP: Click on Designer Warehouse Sales

SEE ALSO: Fashion Despite the Budget

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 Save £££’s on Batteries 

Use rechargeable batteries to save

money and the planet.

They do cost a little more than normal ones on the initial purchase,
and you need to buy a charger. But after that you will be quids-in.

For every throwaway battery a rechargeable one can be used

around a thousand times so you can save hundreds of pounds
in the long-run.

There are lots to choose from but go for a larger capacity battery
(e.g. 2700 milliamp hours or mAh) which won’t need recharging
too often. These batteries are great for things that use a lot of
power like digital cameras.

DON’T put them in a smoke alarm as they tend to run out more
suddenly than disposable ones.

Go to Amazon to grab yourself a great deal like the four-pack of

2650 mAH Duracell Supreme batteries for just £6.39.

NEXT STEP: Click on Amazon

SEE ALSO: Save £££’s on Gas and Eletricity
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 SAVE £££’s on Car Costs

Great alternatives to owning a car.

If you’re fed up with forking out for insurance, parking permits

and maintenance then you can save money by using an on-
demand rental service like Streetcar or Zipcar. These companies
rent out cars and vans by the hour, day, week or month.

Unlike a normal rental company, the cars and vans are located
in residential areas, so all you’ve got to do is go online, find your
nearest one and (with luck!) walk over to it within 10 minutes.

An hour’s rental costs around £5, so you can use the car for
running errands, going food shopping or any other quick task
that you really need a car for.

When you’re finished, you just park it back where it was – no

need to pay for insurance, parking or road tax.

NEXT STEP: Click on Zipcar, Streetcar

SEE ALSO: Make Money From Your Driveway

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 FREE Birthday and Greetings Cards

Save some trees and your money with e-cards.

There are loads of websites that will send free e-cards on your
behalf such as E-cards 4 Me and Miniclip.

However, we love the elegant animated cards at Jacquie

Lawson designed by talented St Martin’s trained artist Jacquie
Lawson. For just £5.25, the price of about two shop-bought
cards, you can send as many e-cards as you like from the
entire gorgeous collection.

Most of us spend lots of money on birthday and anniversary

cards each year so this is a great way to cut costs and give the
people we love something special.

NEXT STEP: Click on E-cards 4 Me and Miniclip

SEE ALSO: Jacquie Lawson and Great gift ideas

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 Unclaimed Property Bargains

Need a new bike or fancy some jewellery?

Get your hands on a bargain at a police auction where you

can bid on unclaimed stolen or confiscated items that need a
new home.

Visit Bumblebeeauctions - several police stations across the

country use it to auction off unclaimed property.

There are loads of savings to be made and many items are in

great condition so take a look. All kinds of items are sold on
Bumblebeeauctions but bicycles in particular often sell for well
under the market value.

It works like eBay with buyers bidding until a deadline. You can
avoid paying postage costs by collecting the items yourself from
the relevant police station.

Why not use it to find bargains that you can sell on for a profit.

NEXT STEP: Click on Bumblebeeauctions

SEE ALSO: Lost luggage
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 Half Price Wedding

The average wedding now costs a staggering £18,000.

If you really want to cut the costs of your big day, why not get
your friends to contribute to the cost instead of buying you yet
another toaster?

A new website called You Buy my Wedding helps you do just

that. You simply set up an account and then your guests log on
to your personal page and pledge money.

They can choose the category from invitations, flowers, bridal

gown, reception, drinks, honeymoon, rings, cake and more.

Once your required Wedding Fund has been achieved the

company transfers that amount into your bank account minus an
administration charge of 4.75%. So it does cost a bit, but at least
you know you will get what you really want for your wedding.

NEXT STEP: Click on You Buy my Wedding

SEE ALSO: How to plan your big day

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 Half Price Cinema Tickets

Buy tickets online half price for films with available

seats from noon on a weekday.

Go to Lastminute.com where you can buy tickets at any one

of 14 participating Vue cinemas for the bargain price of £4.99
(plus 50p booking fee).

This is only for lucky Londoners, but for everyone else there
are still ways to save - you can get 2 for 1 tickets with Orange
Wednesdays. Orange customers can text FILM to 241 from
their phone and they will be sent a code which you show at
the cinema.

If you’re not with Orange you can always just buy an Orange
pay-as-you-go Sim card and put a small amount on it to take
advantage of the offer.

NEXT STEP: Click on Lastminute.com

SEE ALSO: Getting the right phone deal

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 HALF PRICE Printer Cartridges

Refill your printer cartridges and save

yourself heaps of cash.

Don’t buy a brand new cartridge every time one runs out.
Get a refill kit or take the empty cartridge to a refil store. The
print quality will not be affected and refilling can reduce the
cost by half.

If you call into a Cartridge World store, for example, they will
refill your old cartridge, test it on one of their printers and then
re-package it for protection. Or look on Google Shopping for a
range of nice cheap refill kits.

By refilling your cartridges instead of buying new ones

you can save loads. And of course it’s much better for the
environment because cartridges can take more than 450 years
to biodegrade.

NEXT STEP: Click on Cartridge World, Google Shopping

SEE ALSO: Recycling your printer cartridges

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 Sneaky Amazon Discounts

Claim money back on your Amazon puchases that

have been lowered within 30 days of buying.

Check the prices on the website against your receipts/invoices

for the past month.

Sign into your Amazon account and, when you spot a discount
that you missed out on, send Amazon an email or call them on
their free number 0800 496 1081, and then press option 8.

It’s a fantastic way to help make sure you always get a great
deal on any purchases, and don’t miss out on any of their
mammoth discounts.

NEXT STEP: Click on Amazon

SEE ALSO: How to stay safe online

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 FREE Live Shows

Get some free entertainment by going to see

TV shows for absolutely nothing.

You can be in the audience for free shows, tours and live events.
Just go to the BBC tickets page to sign up for free tickets.

Another great site is Lost in TV where you can apply for tickets
to other TV network shows like Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
and The Paul O’Grady Show.

Add yourself to their mailing list to receive updates on

forthcoming shows.

NEXT STEP: Click on BBC tickets and Lost in TV

SEE ALSO: Free Stuff

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 Sneaky Discounts on Holidays,
Gadgets, Books and More

Get online discounts by checking out sites like

VoucherCodes and MyVoucherCodes.

They’ll give you promotional codes that online sites are running
and, although occasionally unreliable, they can really come
up trumps with great discounts for sites like Expedia, Amazon
and Hotels.com.

These codes don’t always work first time, so be persistent!

You may need to enter a special code, but sometimes you just
go straight to the website in question, and the discount is there
for all to see.

NEXT STEP: Click on vouchercodes and myvouchercodes

SEE ALSO: Bag a Bargain

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 Make up to £600 a month
by propagating seedlings

Are you handy in the garden?

Do you have a decent-sized greenhouse?

You could make £100s a month by propagating seedlings and

then selling them at local car boot sales.

Get cheap plant pots by going to a local nursery and offering

to take some of their used ones off their hands. Many
have hundreds of them lying around and might hand you a
wheelbarrow-full for a tenner.

Go for cheaper seeds like Foxgloves that sell well but cost little
to produce. Propagate them in your greenhouse until they are
big enough to sell.

Then you can either find a pitch at a car boot sale or go direct
to local shops and garages to offer them trays to sell. If you
undercut the price charged by local gardening shops you will
do well.

NEXT STEP: Click on Propagating Seedlings

SEE ALSO: Renting your Garden
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 FREE Travel Accommodation

Couch Surfing is a great way to save lots of

money on your holiday.

Once you have registered at Couchsurfing.com you can search

for people all over the world who are willing to let you stay on
their couch, or in their spare bed, for absolutely nothing!

You choose where to stay and who to stay with. It’s a great way
to save pots of money and meet new people.

In fact, you are likely to find that anyone kind enough to let
you crash on their couch may well want to show you around, so
you’ll probably have some adventures too.

NEXT STEP: Click on Couchsurfing.com

SEE ALSO: Cheap Gateways

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 Up to 20% Discount on
Plumbing and Insulation

Summer is a good time to get plumbing or

insulation work done.

In the middle of winter, when there’s a big freeze and your

boiler goes wrong or you need insulation, plumbers and other
workers will be in demand, and therefore more expensive.

During summer plumbers and insulators tend to be less busy

and more willing to negotiate on price.

So if you know that your boiler needs a service or may even

need mending or replacing, get in touch with at least three
specialists to see what deal they could offer.

It’s also worth finding out if your local council has an ‘approved
list’ of suppliers.

NEXT STEP: Click on Home Improvements

SEE ALSO: Insulate your home for next to nothing

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 FREE Food (for the Bold)

Fancy nabbing some tasty food for free?

Supermarkets throw away around 5% of their food every day

simply because it has past it’s sell by date.

If you don’t mind getting your hands dirty, have a go at being

a ‘Freegan’ and dig deep into supermarket bins to get perfectly
good food for absolutely nothing.

You may think it’s unhygienic, but most of this food is pre-
packaged and protected from any unsanitary substances.

Be wary of fish or meat products, but bread, cake, dry foods and
many dairy products that are packaged can be quite safe to eat
after their sell-by-dates.

Not all supermarkets have these bins and others may stop
you delving into them. But if you thrive on a challenge, have
a go at Freeganism and you can get some great food without
paying a penny.

NEXT STEP: Click on Foraging - eat for free

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 Save Petrol by Being Smooth

Save on petrol – and help the planet –

by changing the way you drive.

If you stop and start a lot, break suddenly and generally drive in
a jerky way, you will be using more petrol than you need to.

A car consumes the most petrol when it accelerates, according

to the law of physics (force equals mass times acceleration), but
when it’s moving it doesn’t need much to keep going. 

So by keeping your driving technique smooth and not braking

all the time, you keep your speed without having to accelerate.

This is the most efficient way to save petrol giving you 10% -
20% more mileage, which means significant savings, given the
price of petrol now.

NEXT STEP: Click on Alternatives to owning a car

SEE ALSO: Petrol prices

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 33% OFF Rail Fares

Two out of every three Britons qualify for a railcard.

They cost £24 for the year. If you’re 16-25, or a mature

student, use the 16-25’s Railcard and get a third off all rail
fares across Britain.

If you’re over 60, holiday any time you like with the Senior
Railcard and receive a third off all standard and first class train
fares across Britain.

For groups travelling with children make sure you have a Family
and Friends Railcard. With it you can get 1/3 off your fare and
as much as 60% off kids’ fares for up to four kids.

The children don’t even need to be relatives, so you could be

travelling with your friends’ children and still get the discount.

NEXT STEP: Click on 16-15’s railcard, senior’s railcard,

family and friends railcard
SEE ALSO: Alternative to owing a car

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 Make your Clubcard Points
go 4 TIMES Further

Never spend your Tesco Clubcard points in store.

They are worth a massive four times more when you buy
something from their Clubcard brochure instead.

A Tesco Clubcard pays one point per pound you spend in the
supermarket, so if you’re a regular customer it won’t take you
long to build up your points.

Once you’ve saved up enough simply exchange your vouchers

for the Tesco Clubcard deal tokens to get the most value for
your points.

The tokens can then be used on all kinds of things including

days out, restaurants or even your next holiday.

NEXT STEP: Click on Tesco Clubcard

SEE ALSO: Food Shopping

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 SAVE £100’s on your Way to Work

By riding a bike to work instead of driving or using

public transport you can save hundreds of pounds
in petrol or train fares.

Not only that but you don’t need to bother with that gym
membership either.

It’s also much better for the environment and you can even
grab yourself a cheap second hand bike at police auction sites
like Bumblebeeauctions or on eBay.

NEXT STEP: Click on Bumblebeeauctions, eBay

SEE ALSO: Feel 10 years younger and richer

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 Cash Back For Late Trains

Have the train companies

compensate you for delays.

If your train arrives more than an hour late because of delays,

you are entitled to a minimum of 20% on the cost of the ticket.
This is usually paid in National Rail travel vouchers.

If trains are delayed by more than two hours you should try
claiming for a full refund.

To make a claim you can either use a form obtained at the

station, or one from the train on which the delay occurs.

Alternatively you can write your own letter of complaint to the

appropriate service provider (Virgin, etc). Attach copies (not
originals) of your tickets as proof of purchase.

NEXT STEP: Click on Virgin, First Great Western, South West

Trains, East Midlands Train , Cross Country , National Express
East Cost

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 FREE Car Insurance

Alliance and Leicester is offering a year’s free car

insurance if they can’t beat your current renewal.

There are, of course, strings attached. For a start it is only

for people who don’t already have motor insurance with
Kwik-fit Insurance, and it only relates to like-for-like cover on
equivalent terms to your renewal notice.

They will want a copy of your renewal invitation or notice

from your previous insurer as proof - so no making up cheap
renewal quotes!

The big catch is that you will only get the year’s free insurance
if you actually take out the second year of insurance with them.
However, it might still be a good deal.

NEXT STEP: Click on Cut your Car Insurance

SEE ALSO: Compare the Market, Kwik-fit Insurance and
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 Turn Every Purchase into a Bargain

Make every shop earn your custom by

giving you a discount or a freebie.

Times are tough on the high street and they’re likely to get
tougher. So even big stores are willing to do a deal if it means
the difference between getting a sale and not getting one.

So give it a go. Many shops have Sales Assistants on comission

who are under pressure to make a sale.

Before you leave home find the cheapest price you could get
on the internet for the item you want, and then ask your local
shop to beat that price.

What’s more many companies will give you free delivery

for bulky items if you ask. And why not see if you can get a
carrying case or other accessories thrown in for free.

Do remember to be pleasant at all times and smile!

NEXT STEP: Click on Haggling - You can do it

SEE ALSO: Kelkoo
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 Save £££’s on Holiday Insurance 

Go online for the best holiday insurance deals.

Never go for the insurance deal offered by your tour operator,

it will almost certainly be one of the most expensive deals
around.

Look on insurance comparison sites such as Compare the Market

or MoneySupermarket for the cheapest deals.

And if you go away more than once a year don’t forget to check
the annual and multi-trip policy prices.

NEXT STEP: Click on Compare the Market or

MoneySupermarket
SEE ALSO: Travel Insurance

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 Save £££’s on Eletricity
and Light Bulbs

Save £600+ over the lifetime of energy-saving light

bulbs when you use them throughout your house.

Eco light bulbs cost a little more than traditional ones but they
use 80% less electricity to run for the same amount of light.

These days energy-saving bulbs come in all shapes and sizes so

you can use them in every room.

Robert Dyas is selling packs of three for £3. While IKEA, Ryness
and B&Q are good places to try.

Replace all the light bulbs in your home and you can start
cutting down your electricity bills while doing some good for the
environment.

NEXT STEP: Click on Energy-saving light bulbs

SEE ALSO: Switch your energy provider and cut your bills

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 Reduce your Food Bill
Improve your Health

By cutting down on your meat intake you can lower

both your cholesterol levels and your food bill.

There are oodles of great vegetarian alternatives to meat that

will cost you much less and still taste fantastic (no, really!)

Beans and pulses are top nutrition, and dead good for bulking
up a meal. They’re also a Brucey bargain, and can be used to
make yummy soups and curries.

Try the Love Food Hate Waste and eighth-day for loads of great
recipes. If you can’t live without meat then use your freezer
more. Pick up meat that is marked down because it’s near its
sell-by date and freeze it for later.

NEXT STEP: Click on Love Food Hate Waste, eighth-day

SEE ALSO: Food and Family

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 99% Discount on Water

The average cost of a litre of bottled water is £1.

It doesn’t sound a lot, but £1 will buy you 10,000 litres of

tap water.

UK tap water is among the safest and purest in the world. Yet
we waste over £2bn every year on buying, mostly imported,
bottled water.

Just the packaging for bottled water causes a huge amount

of waste, and that doesn’t allow for the carbon emissions it
takes to get the water from the source to the supermarket.

Restaurants make huge profits on bottled water because so many

of us are too embarrassed to ask for tap water. Don’t pay for
something that is free. Ask for tap water and drink it proudly.

NEXT STEP: Click on 50 ways to save money and the planet

SEE ALSO: Eating and Drinking in a ‘greener’ way

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