Many department stores provide free make up makeovers, and hair salons free haircuts, to help train their staff. A good free way to a new look … and if it goes wrong you can always wear a hat.
Tags: haircuts, makeovers, salons, training, finance tips
A night out the theatre costs a fortune, but an evening as part of the studio audience at a TV show costs nothing at all. Start with the BBC and ITV websites and search for recording dates.
Related: BBC tickets
Tags: TV recordings, studio audience
Dorothy Perkins voucher code: a truly marvellous deal, this Dorothy Perkins voucher code entitles you to 20 per cent off all purchases from the online store. This is a deal originally aimed at readers of Company Magazine, but we’re not going to let a little thing like that get in our way. Okay, here’s what you do. Follow this Dorothy Perkins link, and you’ll be asked to input your email address. Do so, and they will email you back a voucher code.
Terms & Conditions of this Dorothy Perkins voucher code are as follows. This offer entitles you 20% off at www.dorothyperkins.com until 9 August 2008; this discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion or offer and is valid on all merchandise; there can be no cash alternative; the discount will automatically be deducted from your total, provided you have submitted your email address in the above field.
We’ve a host of other good voucher code deals onsite at the moment. For more on this Dorothy Perkins voucher code and a host of others, you can check our voucher codes archive here. And don’t forget, please let us know if they worked.
Tags: voucher codes, online discount codes, discount coupons
BargainCrazy.com voucher code: get 20 per cent off purchases at BargainCrazy.com with no minimum spend required. You simply need to punch in voucher code WLLLM001BCP at checkout.
Bargain Crazy has a huge inventory of produces, including electrical, women’s clothing, men’s clothing and children’s clothing. There is home and garden, toys and games, jewellery and gifts, and swimwear. Brands onsite include real biggies, including Sony, Levis, Dyson, Adidas, Apple and a host more. And with prices already dramatically reduced, we reckon there are real savings here. This BargainCrazy.com voucher code makes for some unbeatable deals.
For more on this BargainCrazy.com voucher code and lots of other great voucher code deals, check back on walletwatchershow.com regularly … there’s usually something new every day. You can check out voucher codes archive here. And don’t forget, please let us know if they worked.
Tags: voucher codes, online discount codes, discount coupons
Phamarcy2u.co.uk voucher code: We’re big fans of buying ‘pharms’ online, as there are tremendous savings to be made. I’m not talking here about the endless spam filter dodging Viagra ads that drop into my email inbox each day, but for your regular purchases - headache pills, eye drops, hay fever medications and so forth, you’ll see sometimes dramatic price cuts. For a long time over the counter pharmacies have made a lot of money out of this stuff and now it’s the consumer’s turn. Pharmacy2u.co.uk is one of the UK biggies, and this Pharmacy2u.co.uk voucher code is a real bonus, offering free post and packing on deliveries.
Simply punch in Pharmacy2u.co.uk voucher code 3EXEMP when you go to the online checkout and you’ll get your deliveries (next day in most cases) with no P&P charges. We reckon online pharms are going to become much bigger business in fact, with Pharmacy2u.co.uk also offering online prescription filling and next day delivery, and at cheaper than standard prices. Think about all those people who can’t or don’t want to leave the house, because they’re old or infirm, or they’ve got a sick child to look after and it begins to look like a very good idea indeed.
We’re also impressed by the range on offer and, children that we are, couldn’t resist looking at the dropdown menu headed ‘Embarrassing’ (lice, scabies, wind and snoring). There’s a point there too of course - anybody who IS embarrassed about buying those products face to face will be much happier buying them online. For more on the Pharmacy2u.co.uk voucher code and lots of other great voucher code deals, check back on walletwatchershow.com regularly … there’s usually something new every day. You can check out voucher codes archive here. And don’t forget, please let us know if they worked.
Tags: voucher codes, online discount codes, discount coupons
Shoes.co.uk voucher code: a superb recession busting deal from one of Britain’s top online clothing retailers catches our attention. Shoes.co.uk has a five per cent off offer on anything in the online store, and this is good until 31 December 2008.
Shoes.co.uk is is also having a sale right now so you can land yourself a double discount on branded shoes from a host of big names including Keen, Dr Martens, Rodhe, Sebago, Rocket Dog, Terra Plana, Firetrap, Caterpillar, Fly London, Ikon, Miss Sixty, Onitsuka Tiger and many more. To take advantage of this shoes.co.uk voucher code simply input FOOT1 when you go to the online checkout to get five per cent off your purchase.
We’ve a host of other good voucher code deals onsite at the moment. For more on this shoes.co.uk voucher code and a host of others, you can check our voucher codes archive here. And don’t forget, please let us know if they worked.
Tags: voucher codes, online discount codes, discount coupons
On this weeks personal finance podcast John Rennie gives personal finance advice on:-
We want to hear from you, you can send your emails to walletwatcher@btpodshow.com . Also be sure to pay a vist to the Wallet Watcher blog for articles on Credit Crunch by Graham Turner voucher code , Get free trades from Paddy Power , Propertysnake and How to lose money on spread betting . This week we’ve found some secret promotional codes this week including Symantec voucher codes July 2008 , Papa Johns voucher codes July 2008 , Truprint voucher codes and Toner Giant voucher codes .
Wallet Watcher is brought to you with GoDaddy.com and offers you some great discounts on domain names and hosting. Use our Wallet Watcher July 2008 GoDaddy codes to save money - wallet1 gets you 10% off domain name purchases and wallet2 gets you 20% off orders over £25. Some restrictions may apply so see the GoDaddy web site for details.
To most of us, it seems, the real cost of our mobile phones is a complete mystery and finding the best contract deal for mobile phone is very confusing. In our main piece this week, I look at the real price… and how you can bring it down. Price comparison website moneysupermarket.com recently ran a survey and found, surprise surprise, that many of us have no idea what our monthly charges are, or how many free texts or minutes of call time are in our call plan.
And that means many of us are paying big extra charges as we go over our pre agreed limits. And many of us change our phones way to often. But instead of simply going for the latest model, stop and think how you could save money.
Don’t just upgrade your phone, there are some fancy new models coming out this year, including the new Apple 2.0 3G iPhone. But rather than buying the model on a 12-month or 18 month think about buying a cheap contract mobile phone in the UK, very frequently you’ll be better simply buying the handset as a standalone purchase and then buying a SIM card only contract.
That will invariably make the contract cheaper, as it’s based just on the SIM (of course) rather than on the inflated cost of a new phone. SIM only contracts exists on all the big networks, and you can still get your free talktime and text deals… but your notice period is likely to only be 30 days rather than the whole 18 months or whatever.
Ask your provider for details. Even better if you don’t want a new handset - you can slot the new SIM into your old phone. What’s the point of that you ask? Well the advantage is that there are appealing new contracts appearing all the time. For example, T-Mobile, has a £20 a month deal, giving users 500 minutes talktime plus unlimited texts. All you have to do is buy the SIM card. And as well as the SIM only deals, there are lots of other ways to save money on mobiles. If you ARE changing handsets, then don’t just throw away the old phone.
We’ve talked before about getting cash for phones. The Carphone Warehouse offers trade ins against new purchases, while mobilephoneexchange.co.uk will buy your old mobile off you. Alternatively, you can donate your phone to charity, where it will be recycled and sent to a developing country.
If you buy a contract mobile phone online it is often cheaper than in the shops - look out for contract mobile phone sales on those sites too. Find out about family call plans, as all the big providers now offer these. You’ll save money and you can ensure you always have a tab on the kids… as you’ve got their number. Ask to change your contract mobile phone tariff. Say you’re going to move unless they switch you to a cheaper plan. Just like banks, mobile companies entice you in with a plan and then leave you languishing as better deals arise… demand to be switched. Consider whether you’d be better switching to pay as you go. If you are one of those people who just want a mobile to be contactable .. and make very few calls yourself, then it’s almost certainly a waste of money having a contract. Buy the most basic phone. Because even the most basic phone - and I’m looking at my sad and b attered four year old Nokia now, has a camera, and a video camera and, for all I know, a teasmade.
Fact is you don’t use most of the extras… So don’t buy them. And the fewer fripperies there are on a phone, the less there is to go wrong. And don’t go for the free gifts… the only thing that matters is how much your contract will cost you each year. Refer a pal and get a bonus. 3Mobile offer £30 to both you and a friend if you refer them and they sign up. Find out how much various things are costing you. How much are texts. Are calls to landlines ludicrously expensive. Is it cheaper for you to ring other people on the 02 network for example. How much are you going to get stung for ringing home from abroad… people get VERY nasty shocks on this one.
And check that tariff. Some of the cashback monthly tariffs are hellishly complicated. The lender quotes £25, but you have to pay £35 and then you claim it back at the end of the contract, and so on. They could have been designed to confuse us… or am I just being a sceptic?
Related: www.moneysupermarket.com, www.mobilephoneexchange.co.uk
Tags: mobile phone, contract mobile phone sale, best contract deal for mobile phone, contract mobile phone tariff, personal financial advice
Using a free blog platform such as wordpress.com is the perfect way to start your own barter system, but word of mouth is essential, so start talking to people in your area.
In the barter economy one person may have produced too many peas or potatoes this year, another may have plumbing skills going underused, or be an expert typist.
With money tight, and people increasingly wanting to shop local, community swap schemes and barter economies are going to become big economic news in the next few years.
Related: Wordpress
Tags: barter economies, barter, barter economy
Go to your local community websites, these are typically on platforms such as Gumtree and Yahoo Groups. Alternatively go into Google and type your town name plus the word ‘swap‘ or ‘barter‘. You’ll almost certainly find local forums with local people looking to trade goods or services.
Related: www.gumtree.com, Yahoo Groups
Tags: community websites
