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Money Saving Websites

October 21, 2009 at 8:23 am

You’d want to be living under a stone not to have noticed the trend for money saving websites.  Here are some of my favourites:

1.  Cheap Eats

They’re only going 10 months and are this week celebrating their 1,000th post.  That’s a brilliant achievement.  This is a great little site that shares recipes and reviews, and I particularly like the ‘what’s in this week at Aldi and Lidl’ reports.  They always have a competition going on and as a result there’s a vibrant community of followers.

2.  Save A Few Bob

Practical ways to save money in the areas of Personal Finance, Family Spending, Lifestyle, Health & Beauty and Technology. Well known Irish journalists do much of the writing, so the feel is rather like one of the weekend magazine supplements – but all about saving cash.

3.  Dublin Waste

An initiative from Dublin City Council, Dublin Waste is a space where people can advertise items they no longer want and you can get them for free! I remember spotting, a couple of years ago when it first launched, a BMW for swap for something interesting… there are no Beamers on there now but there are plenty of TV’s, items of furniture, baby goods, sporting goods and other random items. To avail of something good on this site, you’ve got to be quick. Arrange transport and soon that item will be yours – for free.

Jumbletown is similar. My only complaint with it (apart from the hideous navigation up top) is the difficulty in removing your item once it’s gone.

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