Top 10 Ways To Save Money - Number 5 - Follow Through

Number 5 - Follow Through Okay.  You’ve finally decided to get your financial house in order.  You’ve worked through the numbers and sorted out your bills.  You’ve filled out your budget - (My favorite? You Need A Budget) - and you and your spouse on the same page.  There’s just one more thing you need to do â€" Follow Through. How many times have you said that you were going to focus on debt reduction, only to put it off for “one more month”? How many times have you “thought” about creating a

Have You Been Unfairly Treated By A Garage?

It was revealed today that a motorist whose car was written off (and I mean written off by all accounts) by a mechanic was shocked to discover that the same garage sent him a bill for £400. No wonder you’re curious as to what the bill pertained to â€" it was in fact the charges for the service carried out prior to the smash! Mr Alan Rees had his 1998 Daewoo crashed during a test drive from Pinhoe Garage in Exeter. Trading Standards have come forward to inform Mr Rees that he should not pay the b

Budgeting: The Critical Flaw That Causes Most Budgets to Fail

Budgeting. It’s a word we’re all familiar with. Everyone knows what a budget is, right? Yet how many of us actually make and stick to a solid monthly budget? The truth is that most of us start out with the best of intentions, but an unexpected expense comes up and busts our budget. Then we give up and go back to juggling our finances and worrying about having too much month left at the end of the money. However, if you are striving to create a budget for the purpose of systematically paying off

Would you trust this bank with your money?

It seems that there is no limit to what some banks in Georgia will do at the moment. Not only do they have no money but one of them take yours to compensate. A friend of mine had a plan to go to Germany to buy a car to replace the one hijacked by the Russians over the summer (note to Georgians, better not to have a very flash car in these circumstances). Luckily this scenario is covered by insurance in Georgia. Delays in getting a Schengen visa meant she had to put it in a safe deposit box