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How to love and enjoy saving money

I don’t love saving. I catch myself dreaming of inventing the next hot iPhone application, becoming Steve Jobs favourite person and earning millions upon millions so I never have to scrape by again. I fantasise about becoming a rock star and selling out, garnering myself copious amounts of cash in the process.
The smarter part of [...]

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An anonymous credit card tip from an actual bank employee

Here at Savings Guide, we encourage people to submit their own money saving tips. Especially juicy tips like this direct from an employee of a major Australian bank!
The person who submitted this tip wishes to remain anonymous. We thought it was a very enlightening read and definitely worth sharing.
Here it is:
Dear Savings Guide,
I work for a large [...]

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How managed funds can save you money

Investing in the share market can be daunting, especially when you are left to your own devices for investing your money.
Take me for instance, I invested a fairly hefty sum of money

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Doubling your utility bill payments to accrue more credit

I was flicking through Money Magazine this morning and found an interesting little tip from a reader that wrote a letter in.

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Cheap low cost day trips in Australia

No one wants to be stuck in the city in perfect summer weather like we’ve been having. Days like these make me gaze out the window and think of where I’d rather be. But these thoughts don’t have to be daydreams only, and you don’t need to be rolling in money to get out of [...]

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How to save money on school lunches (part 1)

School lunches don’t have to cost the earth. Unless my children are one of a kind, they really aren’t as fussy as advertising and the like make them out to be. Mine would be more then happy if I let them eat vegemite sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
But besides that, it does get difficult [...]

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