星期二 [ 2010-1-26 9:44:57 | watches1013 ]   Meet the wiser misers; OU MEET the money misers - we have decided to put our money where our mouths are.Throughout this year, four of the Money Mail team and their spouses will be swopping insurance, gas, electricity and phone providers to see just how much we can save. And that's not all. We'll be collecting loyalty points, using vouchers from the internet or magazines and watching out for special offers. And as we do it, we'll be explaining how you can follow suit to save hundreds of pounds for your family. We're each setting ourselves lofty targets of saving between [pounds sterling]500 and [pounds sterling]2,300 this year.To get started, we thought we'd tell you how much we're spending on life's essentials and luxuries. The idea is not to change our lifestyles - we don't want to be miserable. Instead, we're going to become smart spenders by using every special deal at our disposal to make our money go further . . . TONY AND VALERIE HAZELL TARGET SAVING - [pounds sterling]600 VAL and I live in a five-bedroom house about 30 miles from London and have two sons. The elder, Andrew, 20, is studying physics at Nottingham University. The younger, Alex, 16, attends a local comprehensive and is preparing for his GCSEs. Both tax our income in their own ways. We won't be able to save money on our small mortgage, so we plan to make our big savings by swopping utilities. Last year we paid [pounds sterling]370.90 to BT for phone bills, so we've lined up a swop to TalkTalk. We're initially paying [pounds sterling]9.99 a month for line rental, but all our local and national land line calls are free for six months after which we pay [pounds sterling]7.99 a month (this has since been replaced by a less attractive deal). We should also save on calls to m Other articles: http://www.hslx.net/Blog/View/?401 浏览(286) | 回复(0) |