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Save on Roaming Charges – Buy Local SIM Cards

17. October 2009

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Save on Roaming Charges – Buy Local SIM Cards

I am going home to Zimbabwe next month for a nice and long 7 week vacation which I am excited about but at the same time a bit apprehensive. I left home more than 10 years ago and just about every single visit since then has been a short 2 to 3 week stay and [...]

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Refill Your Ink Cartridges Instead of Buying Them New

23. September 2009

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Refill Your Ink Cartridges Instead of Buying Them New

Our printer ran out of ink quite a while ago and I must admit that during that time if I really needed to print out anything I would use the printer at work. At the moment I am still home bound with due to my ruptured Achilles tendon. And what do you know, a time [...]

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Using Your Frequent Flyer Points/Miles to Save Money

15. September 2009

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A few years ago I used to travel to North America or Europe and on the odd occasion home (Zimbabwe) at least once or twice a year. Living in New Zealand, that meant spending a lot of time on planes and covering huge distances. It only made sense for me to sign up to a [...]

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Your Children and The Concept of Money

5. September 2009

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Our children are the future and it only makes sense to impart as much useful knowledge as we can onto them. Earlier in the week my wife and I were working on a budget and I looked over at my daughter and just thought how good it would be if she a good sense for [...]

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Buy OEM Packed or Refurbished Electronics and Save

30. August 2009

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If you shun OEM packed or refurbished products when you are hunting around for electronics or appliances don’t! Why? Because you could save yourself a lot of money. My 2 year old daughter just completely destroyed my cell phone and I am looking around for a replacement. To that effect I have been doing a [...]

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Taking The Time Out To Fill Out Mail-In Redemption Forms

30. July 2009

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Cashback offers are all over the place and they seem very appealing as you are in theory getting whatever it is you are purchasing at a discount that is if you bother to redeem it. More often than not however, people just can’t seem to be bothered to fill out the forms or they don’t [...]

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Will 2degrees Be The Answer To Cheaper Mobile Calls in New Zealand?

7. July 2009

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Forget about 5 degrees of separation. As far as 2degrees sees it, there are only two degrees of separation between people in New Zealand and they want to make it even easier and hopefully cheaper for them to communicate. They are set to launch New Zealand’s third mobile network in August which with the added [...]

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Are You A Student? Save Money By Renting Instead of Buying Textbooks

6. July 2009

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One thing that I found as a bit of an expense when I was a student was textbooks. There were some that I could get away with not having to buy but there were others that I needed to have. The time would eventually come when I no longer needed some of the books which [...]

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Saving Money on Pet Care

16. June 2009

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More than half of the people I work with have pets and just about every one of them is completely in love with their dog, cat or whatever animal they chose to look after. One thing that I have heard just about every single one of them talk about is how much their pets are [...]

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