Save Money Tips

So let me ask you: if taste tests reveal that the taste of a coffee brand that happens to be cheaper, and in some cases quite a lot cheaper, was enjoyed almost as much by taste-testers, would you consider switching?

Which? researchers found that there was little correlation between price (and presumed ‘quality’) and the enjoyment of a given brand. They tested the instant coffees of seven supermarkets’ own brands-Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose, against Nescafe Original, which is as much as three times as expensive as the others. Nescafe was generally preferred, but not by much, and the experimenters estimate that a couple could save as much as £54 a year by switching.

At 6 AM, do you really think that you prefer a premium brand three times as much as you would a more economical brand? At that hour I’m lucky if I can find socks that match. But that’s a different blog post altogether.

Here is a quick video offering seven tips to save money on home insurance, by a former insurance agent and financial consultant. Tips like this are especially useful, because decisions like which home insurance or mortgage insurance to buy are in effect huge financial moves that you pay into for years. Comparison shopping is indeed (more…)

Here is an outstanding two minute video on saving money with coupons. One point is that it’s worth it to buy/get multiple sources of coupons, because you should always save more than you pay for the newspaper. The video is absolutely worth your time.