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
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 […]
Buy OEM Packed or Refurbished Electronics and Save
[ad#Adsense 250×250 White]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 […]
Taking The Time Out To Fill Out Mail-In Redemption Forms
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 […]
Will 2degrees Be The Answer To Cheaper Mobile Calls in New Zealand?
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 […]
Are You A Student? Save Money By Renting Instead of Buying Textbooks
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 […]
Saving Money on Pet Care
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 […]
Win A Free 3 Month Vacation in New Zealand
I was searching for a couple of things “New Zealand” on twitter a little earlier on today and came across a contest that reminded me of the Hamilton Island best job in the world competition. This one is not as big (prize wise) as the Hamilton Island competition but it is as exciting. Entirely Kiwi, […]
100+ Ways To Save Money | The Consumerist
The other day I was reading through The Consumerist and came across a post on 112 Ways To Save Money which was put together after readers submitted their money saving secrets. It is an interesting read that may provide a bit of inspiration to those who are looking to save money. Some of the ways […]