The idea behind this book is to help you save money on things you have to buy as well as the luxuries that you really feel you can’t live without. The book is divided into five sections – Spending It; Milking It; Making It; Financial Stuff and Directory. These are fairly obvious headings apart from the second one which is about the day to day expenditure such as food, transport, home etc.
With many of the suggestions in this book you need to be well organised – such as planning ahead to give you time to walk instead of getting the car out or getting off the bus one step earlier than usual. Saving money on supermarket shopping by comparing prices on things you buy all the time may well end up costing you money if you’re travelling to different shops or getting your home delivery from more than one supermarket. In fact getting the best value for money can end up becoming a full time job if you let it.
My feeling is that the book is very much one you can dip into as you feel the need to save money on certain things – or try and make more money. I thought it was very London-centred which means some of the tips are irrelevant for those of us who don’t live in big cities. But there are still some good tips for people who don’t live in the home-counties. I was pleased to see an author suggesting that it is possible – and cheap – to incorporate exercise into your daily life without the expense of a gym membership and the associated time needed to use it. Walking is free and good for you and gets you from place to place.
Where I did think this e-book edition really shows the advantages of e-books is that you can immediately go to any websites mentioned in the text without having to put the book down and switch on the computer. The Directory – which is the last section in the book – provides a handy list of all the useful websites and organisations mentioned in the text. If you didn’t use anything else in the book it would be worth buying for this alone. Overall – with the few reservations I have already mentioned – this is a useful book if you want to make your money go further or even make a bit more for yourself.
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Natalie Churcher
Brilliant and intelligent book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2013Sylindria
Accessible ideas for saving money
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2013Cheshire Tiger
Reassuring rather than useful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2013