Savings Guide – Daily Saving Money Tips

Fitness First has quickly become the number one gym in Australia, with more locations and better facilities then many of the other gym franchises. Each month we get a number of emails asking about ways to save money on Fitness First memberships, as everyone seems to have a close friend who pays nearly half of [...]

Summer is officially here. It’s hot, it’s sunny and the sky is a pretty shade of blue. I’ve officially out my winter clothes in an unattended drawer and can sigh with relief as I throw out my multitude of laddered stockings, vowing to start afresh next year. Summer brings with it sarongs, thongs and (if [...]

Luxuries are the first things to go when you start saving. Next thing you know, you have a sulky boyfriend who is not amused by your new hippie standards of grooming. You try and explain about how the superficial is less important than home ownership/ super/ a good credit card balance. But then you start [...]

I write in defence of clothes. Clothes make us feel happy. They make us feel good about ourselves. They give us a chance to express our personalities, and occasionally they do trivial things like keep us warm and stop us from inadvertently traumatising the neighbour’s five-year-old kid. They also tend to drain from your non-existent [...]

eBay can be a very useful way to get rid of junk laying around the house, supplement your income or pick up a bargain, however you need to be aware of the risks in buying and selling online. eBay has very good guides for purchasing certain goods and how-to guides for every transaction, so make [...]

Have you ever walked into a store and seen something you want, really want for that matter only to realise it is only marginally outside of your price bracket? Well maybe you need to step outside of your comfort zone and attempt to negotiate or in easy terms, ask for a discount. If you have [...]