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| 50 Quick Student Money Saving Tips |
| 2008-07-22 17:50:03 |
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Times may be a little tough at the moment, therefore I have created a list of 50 money saving tips to help all students in these times of need.
1. Loan textbooks instead of buying them.
2. Make use of free dvds from your university library.
3. Buy food with a friend and share the cost.
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| How To Find The Best Free Software |
| 2008-07-14 06:31:47 |
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There is absolutely loads of brilliant free software on the internet to cover all you needs, so you never need to pay for any ever again. All you need to do is find where it is.
Why Is There Free Software?
They are a number of reasons why companies or individuals provide software for free [...]...
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| The Ultimate Student Discount List |
| 2008-06-27 07:03:39 |
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This list is ongoing as student offers change, so do not forget to check back here from time to time. Also feel free to add any student discounts that I have missed.
HMV - 10%
Zavvi - 10%
Barratts - 15%
H&M - 10%
Topshop - 10%
Dorothy Perkins - 10%
Pilot - 10%
Miss Selfridge - 10%
Oasis - 10%
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| Take A Packed Lunch To Uni |
| 2008-06-25 11:28:07 |
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If you are one of those people who have degrees that involve going into uni everyday (over lunch), then by simply making your own packed lunch, you could save yourself a lot of money very easily.
If you buy a £2 sandwich from your student union and spend another £2 a day on drink [...]...
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| How To Beat The Ticket Touts |
| 2008-06-23 07:22:23 |
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A very easy way to save yourself some money on tickets is to make sure that you know when the tickets will come on sale, so that you can beat the ticket touts.
The easiest way to do this is to sign up to ticket alerts, so that you can pay the face value [...]...
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| How To Save Money On Haircuts |
| 2008-06-10 11:33:13 |
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Haircuts can be quite expensive these days. However, do not despair, as there are four simple practical ways that will save you money the next time you need a haircut.
1. Go To a Beauty College
At most beauty colleges you can get free or very cheap haircuts cut by apprentice hairdressers. However, [...]...
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| Student Summer Checklist |
| 2008-06-06 17:15:57 |
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By now you have probably finished all your exams and have a long summer ahead of you. Lack of dosh can be a problem in the summer, therefore I have constructed a Money Saving Student checklist to help ease your money troubles.
1) Get A Summer Job
To get a decent summer job you [...]...
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| Make Money Selling Your Photos Online |
| 2008-06-01 13:51:04 |
If you are a budding photographer then it is possible to make some extra dosh by selling your best photographs online through microstock websites.
How Does It Work?
You simply upload your best photos to a mircostock website and an approval team will check them. Then if approved you can start earning money from each photograph [...]...
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| Save On Petrol |
| 2008-05-29 08:58:49 |
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Petrol is ridiculously expensive these days, making it almost impossible for most students to keep driving. However, there are a number of easy ways in which you can reduce the amount that you spend on petrol.
1. Keep Revs Low
The most fuel efficient amount of revs is between 1500 and 2500.
2. Close [...]...
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| Freecycle |
| 2008-05-28 04:30:18 |
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Want something for free? Freecycle may be the place for you. Here people recycle their old junk and give it away for free - good times.
What Is Freecycle?
Freecycle is a non-profit organisation of communities. These communities are usually organised by city or area, therefore you should join which ever community is [...]...
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| eBay Selling Tips |
| 2008-05-27 06:10:38 |
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Everybody knows that eBay can be an easy way to make some extra cash by selling your old junk. However, not everybody knows how to sell their items for their full potential.
Below are 11 tips on how to make your eBay items sell for more:
1. Make Your Item Title Stand Out
The title [...]...
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| Free Office Software OpenOffice.org |
| 2008-05-13 12:23:30 |
A good office suite is vital as a student, however currently the home version of Microsoft Office 2007 is £74.99 on amazon (if you didn’t get it with your computer). However, you can get almost the same packaged for nothing by using a free office suite called OpenOffice.org.
What Does The Suite Contain?
Writer - a [...]...
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| Always Use Your NUS Card |
| 2008-05-04 16:36:34 |
The NUS card is a brilliant thing and that will save you money at thousands of places across the UK. All you need to do is follow these two rules…
Rule Number One - ALWAYS CARRY YOUR NUS CARD!
If you don’t have your NUS card on you, you probably will not get a discount.
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| 8 Tips For Saving On eBay |
| 2008-04-16 09:17:37 |
1. Check for Typos
Sometimes eBay sellers misspell words in their items title, making it more difficult for people to find it. This either results the item not selling at all, or selling for cheaper that it would usually because of a lack of bidders. However, by using popular sites like Fat [...]...
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| Share Lifts and Save Money |
| 2008-04-02 11:19:51 |
I have just found a brilliant free website called LiftShare.org, which as the name suggests is a site which you can use to organise lift sharing.
How Does It Work?
You register for free with the site (which currently has 220,001 members) and you enter your location, destination and frequency of travel. It then tells you [...]...
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| CouchSurfing |
| 2008-03-30 09:09:22 |
About
CouchSurfing.com is a brilliant website that allows you get in contact with people all over the world to see if they will put you up for free.
Where Can I Stay?
CouchSurfing currently has 475, 451 members from 226 countries all over the world. For example, at the moment there couches available everywhere from Madagascar to New [...]...
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| Cheap Night In - Free DVD & Cheap Popcorn |
| 2008-03-13 18:08:35 |
Below are two top tips for having a brilliant cheap night in watching a film:1) Free DVD RentalsIt currently costs £4.50 to rent a new DVD from Blockbusters for 5 days. However, it is possible as a student to rent DVDs for free from your university library. Obviously it depends on the individual library, however you will probably be surprised at the range of DVDs your library has.2) Cheap PopcornPopcorn ready popped in a shop will cost you a couple of quid and will taste all right. However, you can make it yourself at a fraction of the price and it will taste brilliant. All you need to do is follow the recipe below:IngredientsPopping Corn (currently 69p at Somerfield)OilButter (optional)Sugar (optional)Cinnamon (optio...
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| 50% Off Young Persons Railcard |
| 2008-03-06 05:42:54 |
Until March 16th 2008 National Rail is offering half price Young Persons Railcards for just £12 instead of the usual £24.About Young Persons RailcardThe Young Persons Railcard gives you a 1/3 off train travel for one year if you are aged between 16 and 25 years old.How Do I Get This Discount?Simply visit the website through this Young Persons Railcard link and enter the code SAVING12.Should I Buy A Young Persons Railcard?You should only get one if you spend over £36 in one year, which for most people is usually the cost of just one journey.Little Saver Rating Get one quick if you travel by train!For more tips on saving on train travel see the post Save Money On Train Tickets.
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| Best Free PC Security Software For Students |
| 2008-03-04 20:14:48 |
It can be really annoying when your computer gets a virus, as it can take a lot time to get rid of and it may cost you money to get your PC repaired if you are not a computer geek. This happened to my friend last week, therefore I have decided to compose a list of the best free software for protecting your PC.FirewallIf you are in your first year, you probably use the halls network to connect to the internet, which leaves you open to certain threats and therefore you should definitely have a firewall installed on your computer. The best free firewall that I have found is Comodo Firwall Pro. I had previously used ZoneAlarm; however I found it to be a little slow. Comodo Firewall Pro on the other hand uses less resources, is easy to use and configure, ...
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| Make Money From Your Car |
| 2008-02-29 12:31:11 |
If you take your car to university petrol can be a great cost to you, however it is possible to make money out of your car by using advertising agencies such as AdsOnCars.What Do They Do?These agencies will pay you to put various size advertisements on your car, for usually between 3 months and a year, depending on the length of the advertising campaign.ProsMoney!Thieves are unlikely to steal a car covered in advertisements.You can usually decline any adverts that you do not want on your car.ConsMakes your car look ugly.Not many people have made money in this way.How Much Can You Earn?Apparently you can earn up to £200 a month depending on what type of ad you have on your car or you can choose to get free petrol (which is pretty much worth the same). Howev
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| Top Five Student Money Savers |
| 2008-02-29 07:43:59 |
Below is a list of five of the top student money savers featured on this site with Little Saver Ratings. If you follow these tips, you should save a lot of money each week:-).1. Save On FoodBy following these tips 10 Tips For Saving Money On Food you could save up to £10 per week on your food shop.Little Saver Rating: Definitely worth it!2. Free Phone CallsBy using skype to make free phone calls, you can save a lot on your mobile phone bill. Read more in this post Free Phone Calls.Little Saver Rating: Brilliant!3. Save On TextbooksYou can save a huge amount of money on textbooks by loaning and finding the cheapest places to buy them. Read more in this post Save On Textbooks.Little Saver...
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| Listen To Music For Free |
| 2008-02-27 11:06:41 |
Music is pretty expensive these days with itunes charging a huge 79p per track to its UK customers. However, it is possible to listen to an absolute massive amount of music for free on a new site called Songza that was launched in November 2007.How Does It Work?You simply type in the name of a song or band and Songza finds the song in an instant. You can then play the song, rate it, watch the video or create a playlist with just one click.Why It's BrilliantIts FREEIt is so simple to useIt has a huge database of songsYou can create playlistsIts brilliant for listening to music before you go outBad PointsSome songs are of poor qualityYou can only listen to the songs onlineAlternativesThere are other music search engines out there such as Seeqpod.com, however
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| NUS Extra Card - Is It Worth It? |
| 2008-02-25 12:22:20 |
You can purchase an NUS Extra card from their website NUS Extra. It'll cost you £10 and entitles you to a range of discounts. The cost of £10 may seem a little cheeky at first, however part of this cost goes back into your student union.The DiscountsThe card offers a good range of discounts on major products and stores such as Amazon.co.uk, Dominos Pizza, McDonalds, AA, Endsliegh, Topman, Sta Travel, NME and Interflora.For a full list of discounts see NUS Extra - Discounts.How Long Is It Valid?The card is valid from 1st September 2007 to 30th September 2008. So if you bought one today, it would only be valid for 7 months.Is It Valid Abroad?The NUS Extra card is also an International Student Identity Card, which means that you can use it in 116 countries and entitles you to over 35,000 d...
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| Selling Old Textbooks |
| 2008-02-22 09:32:11 |
By now most of you will have finished your January exams and have textbooks that you will almost certainly never use ever again.There are three main possible places where you can turn your books back into drinking money:1. Selling at UniversityMost university departments have book sales in which you can sell your old books. You can also usually advertise books on noticeboards in your department. This is probably the most cost effective way of selling your books, as you do not have to pay the university any fees or have to pay for postage, however your audience may not be as wide as selling on the web.2. Amazon MarketplaceAmazon Marketplace is an excellent and easy place to sell your old books. All you have to do is type in your books ISBN and a description of its condition and its instantl...
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| Save Money On Train Tickets |
| 2008-02-20 17:36:16 |
It can be really expensive when you want to get the train back home or to visit a friend. So I have compiled a list of six top tips that will minimise this cost and save you money.1. Always Book in AdvanceThe earlier you book the cheaper your train fare will usually be and by booking in advance you will guarantee yourself a seat. The optimum time to book is about 12 weeks before your journey, as this is when the train timetables are released. For example, a single train ticket from Leeds to Bristol in 12 weeks time from today would be £15, whereas the same time train in a month from today would be £56.50. However, even if you do not book this far in advance you will still save by booking in advance and you can usually...
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| Save On Textbooks |
| 2008-02-18 06:43:29 |
At the beginning of the semester probably one of your largest expenses is textbooks. However, there are a number of ways to minimise this cost. Firstly you should consider the three following questions:1) What books do I really need?2) Can I loan these books from the library?3) If I can't loan all the books, where is the cheapest place to buy books?Loaning BooksFirstly I will consider whether you need to buy textbooks at all, as loaning books will obviously cost you nothing. Most textbooks can usually be found in small to medium sized quantities in your university library, depending on the size of the library. However, they usually go quickly, so you should act fast. Once you have got out these books you can usually keep renewing them once a week for the length of the semester, unless some...
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| 10 Tips For Saving Money On Food |
| 2008-02-13 09:13:44 |
The average student spends around £20-28 per week on food, which makes up a large part of your weekly budget. Therefore, it is important that you spend this money wisely, to get the most out of your money.Below are ten tips on how you can save:1. Substitute MeatsMeat is generally the most expensive item that you will probably buy at a supermarket, but it is possible to substitute meats and save money:The cheapest mince is usually pork instead of beef.Chicken breasts can be quite expensive in certain supermarkets, but turkey can be used instead in most meals, which is usually around £1 cheaper.If you are looking for beef, braising steak and mince is usually its cheapest form.2. Find Your Cheap...
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| Save Money Online With Voucher Codes |
| 2008-02-10 08:30:52 |
I have just discovered an excellent site called MyVouchersUK. This is a site packed full of voucher codes that you can use when shopping online to receive a discount on your order. I recently have used this site to buy some flowers for my girlfriend for valentines day.What Discounts Do They Have?This site contains a huge variety of discounts for a large range of online merchants including Interflora, Currys, Tescos, Amazon, Asda and Argos. The discounts themselves are usually a percentage off your order or free delivery.How Do The Discounts Work?You simply copy the discount code that they give you onto the merchants site on the order page and it will automatically calculate the discount.What Are the Alternatives?There are a number of similar sites for examp
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| Make Money As A Researcher |
| 2008-01-31 06:11:51 |
If you want to try and make some money at university but a part time job is not for you, then it is possible to make money from being an online researcher for companies such as Texperts and AQA.These companies make money by customers texting in random questions and a researcher replies with the answer.How To ApplyOn the Texperts website you can take a quiz called 'Have you got the Tex-Factor?' in which you have to get 100% on each round of the quiz in order to have the possibility of working for them. It is very difficult to pass this quiz, shown by the fact that a high proportion of their employees are Oxford and Cambridge graduates. I have recently passed the test and am waiting to here from them.On the AQA website in order to apply for a job you have to ...
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| Like Shopping? Get Paid To Shop |
| 2008-01-31 06:07:12 |
A fairly easy way of making money if you are strapped for cash is becoming a mystery shopper. There are a number of mystery shopper agencies such as Grass Roots and Gapbuster, but the best one that I have found is Retaileyes.What Does Mystery Shopping Involve?All that mystery shopping entails is purchasing an item from a shop and filling in a questionnaire and a few sentences about your shopping experience. Shops then use this information to improve their customer service.How Much Can I Earn?How much you earn per assignment depends, however you usually get around £3 to spend in the shop and around £7-9 for completing the assignment. Last summer I managed to earn around £150 in a couple of weeks.Can I Choose My Own Assig
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| Get Paid To Review |
| 2008-01-28 17:33:55 |
It is possible to earn a little extra cash by getting paid for your opinion on review sites. The main two review sites are dooyoo and ciao.What can you review?You can review pretty much anything, as long as they have it listed on their sites. For example in the past I have reviewed thatchers cider and Leeds United football club.How much can you earn?On dooyoo you collect dooyoomiles by writing reviews (1000 dooyoomiles is equal to £1). You get paid 500 dooyoomiles (50p) for every review you write over 150 words, which is a good amount for not much effort. In addition to that you get 15 dooyoomiles (1.5p) for every rating your review receives, which soon builds up.On ciao the amount you earn is a little more complicated. You do not get paid for writing a review, however you receive money b...
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| Welcome |
| 2008-01-27 17:54:51 |
Welcome to the money saving student. Expect posts containing information on how to save and make money while your time as a student. Your comments are always appreciated. Enjoy:-)!
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| Free Phone Calls |
| 2008-01-24 14:03:08 |
A lot of your money at university is probably spent on calling your friends and family back home. However, it is possible to get calls for free. Skype is a brilliant free to download service, in which you can make free calls and free video calls to others with skype.What do you need?All you need to use the service is to have an Internet connection and to download skype. Also if you do not have a microphone, you will need to purchase one, but you can pick them up cheaply. It is advisable if you are going to use skype a lot to buy a headset.AlternativesYou can also use windows live messenger to chat to people using its call feature, however I have found skype to be the better alternative. Another cheeky way of getting free phon
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| Recycle Your Old Mobiles For Dosh |
| 2008-01-22 14:44:51 |
Companies like envirophone and cex will now buy your old mobile phones for money. They make their money by then selling these phones on, usually to parts of Asia.Before you sell your phone there are a few things to consider:Phone ChecklistIt must turn onIt must have no significant damageIt must have its batteryIt must not be barred or be water damagedIt must be of UK or european specificationRemove your simcard before you send off your phonePotential EarningsHow much you earn by selling off your old phones very much depends on your phone model and therefore could be anything between £5 and over £100. Although its never going to be a big earner, its a handy bit of cash.What if My Phone is Damaged?If your phone is damaged, envirofone may still offer you anything between 30%-70% of the valu...
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| Student Beans |
| 2008-01-22 12:04:54 |
Student Beans is brilliant website that provides students with discounts on a wide range of goods and services, including discounts on eating out, going to the cinema, online shopping and at bars. If you cannot quite afford to eat out but disparately want to, Student Beans is the place for you with its best discounts often on eating out, which is very much a student luxury.How Do I Join?It is very easy to join, all you need to give is your name and email address and the university that you are currently studying at. Once you have registered all you need to do is go to the offers section and print out a voucher for the discount that you want and show it to the place it is valid for along with your student id, to prove that you are a student.Little Saver
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| Make Money From Reviewing Music |
| 2008-01-22 12:03:15 |
If you are a fan of music it is now possible to get paid to review songs on a free new website called Slicethepie, which aims to give fans an involvement at various stages of the music industry including scouting, breaking and investing in new bands.Scout RoomsThe section of the site that is of most interest from a money making point of view is the scout rooms. This is where you get paid for reviewing tracks by giving them a rating out of five stars and writing a brief review of the song (roughly three sentences is adequate). The amount that you get paid for reviewing tracks is based on your scout rating:One star scouts get paid 3p per reviewTwo stars 6p per reviewThree stars 9p per reviewFour stars 15p per reviewFive stars ...
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