Product Description

Do you want to cut your bills without cutting back? Are you fed up with being ripped off? Do you want more money in your pocket? The average person spends more money on their telephone bill than stocks and shares - so why do finance books always talk about the markets? Whether it's utilities, credit cards, DVDs or debt, The Money Diet holds the secret of how to save. With crash-diet tips for speedy savings, a healthy eating guide to debt management, case studies and a complete financial fitness for life programme to strengthen reader's money-saving muscles, Martin Lewis can save you -6000 a year with his fully-researched, easy to implement, cutting-edge advice!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3302 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

Synopsis
"Do you want to cut your bills without cutting back? Are you fed up with being ripped off? Do you want more money in your pocket without changing your lifestyle? What we all need is detailed, no-nonsense advice about organising credit cards, finding the cheapest utilities, how to get the very best mortgage deals and how to haggle with every shopkeeper - in other words, how to make sure we're not wasting pennies. With one hundred new MoneySaving pages, in this fully updated edition of the bestselling The Money Diet, Martin Lewis shows you how to be canny with your finances, and provides clear-cut advice on payment of bills, ways to slash spending, which banks to use and choosing the best deals on an even greater range of products, including: mobile phones; package holidays; pensions, credit cards and insurance; books, CDs and DVDs.

From the Publisher
Fully revised and updated - the money diet that can save the average family up to £6000 a year

From the Author
The Money Diet is focused around a Calorie Counter of savings. This, right at the start of the book, details the things you can save money on, how long each takes, how much you'll save and whether it's hard, medium or easy to do. A simple but powerful devise to put money into people's pockets.

Customer Reviews

Rubbish book, just go on the website...
Man is a genius and comes with some amazing advice but the book is a major disspointment because everything is on the website and im dont like the way the book is written. If you wanna save money dont buy this book just look on the website, not being awkward or negative its just common sense

At long last a money saving book from which we can all benefit!!
I have read a couple of other money saving books before, and not been very impressed. So much so that I nearly gave this one a miss! Glad I thought again!
This book does NOT tell you how to live you life, but sets about offering money saving tips, which retain your lifestyle.
This offers tips about banking, credit cards, your mortgage lender, your gas supplier, telephones, and general shopping (and more!). It's advice on how to pay the least interest on your debts, attract the most interest on your savings, and how to make your general purchases at a much lower cost.
Generally speaking the sort of person who would read this book would be someone who is pretty good with their money (myself included). However, for the first time, I feel a money saving book could save me a bit more money (though far be it from the £6000 it suggests on the cover!).
If you are going to read one money-saving book, I strongly recommend you read this one!!

Worth a read
This is a good book, essentially makes you think more carefully about your money - I found it hard going, but nevertheless a good book to have regardles of your financial position. The main point I took out of it was to think before you spend anything for 5 seconds, however small it is, do you really need it? The tips are ok but if it was better written it would receive 5*'s.