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Free Phone Calls
2008-01-24 20:32:00 A lot of your money at university is probably spent on calling your friends and family back home. However, it is possible to get calls for free. Skype is a brilliant free to download service, in which you can make free calls and free video calls to others with skype.What do you need?All you need to use the service is to have an Internet connection and to download skype. Also if you do not have a microphone, you will need to purchase one, but you can pick them up cheaply. It is advisable if you are going to use skype a lot to buy a headset.AlternativesYou can also use windows live messenger to chat to people using its call feature, however I have found skype to be the better alternative. Another cheeky way of getting free phone calls is to get people to call you;-)!Little Saver Rating More About: Phone , Save Money , Free , Calls , Phone Calls
Free Phone Calls
2008-01-24 20:32:00 A lot of your money at university is probably spent on calling your friends and family back home. However, it is possible to get calls for free. Skype is a brilliant free to download service, in which you can make free calls and free video calls to others with skype.What do you need?All you need to use the service is to have an Internet connection and to download skype. Also if you do not have a microphone, you will need to purchase one, but you can pick them up cheaply. It is advisable if you are going to use skype a lot to buy a headset.AlternativesYou can also use windows live messenger to chat to people using its call feature, however I have found skype to be the better alternative. Another cheeky way of getting free phone calls is to get people to call you;-)!Little Saver Rating More About: Phone , Free , Calls , Phone Calls
Get Paid To Review
2008-01-22 21:03:00 It is possible to earn a little extra cash by getting paid for your opinion on review sites. The main two review sites are dooyoo and ciao.What can you review?You can review pretty much anything, as long as they have it listed on their sites. For example in the past I have reviewed thatchers cider and Leeds United football club.How much can you earn?On dooyoo you collect dooyoomiles by writing reviews (1000 dooyoomiles is equal to £1). You get paid 500 dooyoomiles (50p) for every review you write over 150 words, which is a good amount for not much effort. In addition to that you get 15 dooyoomiles (1.5p) for every rating your review receives, which soon builds up.On ciao the amount you earn is a little more complicated. You do not get paid for writing a review, however you receive money based on your reviews ratings and viewers. You get paid more for being the first to write a review on a particular subject.How much you earn is very much dependent on how much effort you are willing ... More About: Make Money , Review , Paid , Get Paid To
Get Paid To Review
2008-01-22 21:03:00 It is possible to earn a little extra cash by getting paid for your opinion on review sites. The main two review sites are dooyoo and ciao.What can you review?You can review pretty much anything, as long as they have it listed on their sites. For example in the past I have reviewed thatchers cider and Leeds United football club.How much can you earn?On dooyoo you collect dooyoomiles by writing reviews (1000 dooyoomiles is equal to £1). You get paid 500 dooyoomiles (50p) for every review you write over 150 words, which is a good amount for not much effort. In addition to that you get 15 dooyoomiles (1.5p) for every rating your review receives, which soon builds up.On ciao the amount you earn is a little more complicated. You do not get paid for writing a review, however you receive money based on your reviews ratings and viewers. You get paid more for being the first to write a review on a particular subject.How much you earn is very much dependent on how much effort you are willing... More About: Review , Paid , Get Paid To
Recycle Your Old Mobiles For Dosh
2008-01-22 18:33:00 Companies like envirophone and cex will now buy your old mobile phones for money. They make their money by then selling these phones on, usually to parts of Asia.Before you sell your phone there are a few things to consider:Phone ChecklistIt must turn onIt must have no significant damageIt must have its batteryIt must not be barred or be water damagedIt must be of UK or european specificationRemove your simcard before you send off your phonePotential EarningsHow much you earn by selling off your old phones very much depends on your phone model and therefore could be anything between £5 and over £100. Although its never going to be a big earner, its a handy bit of cash.What if My Phone is Damaged?If your phone is damaged, envirofone may still offer you anything between 30%-70% of the value of the phone.Other Places to ConsiderYou may find that you may make more money on ebay or simply flogging it to a mate, therefore always look around to see where you can make the most money.Little ... More About: Mobiles , Make Money , Dosh , Recycle
Recycle Your Old Mobiles For Dosh
2008-01-22 18:33:00 Companies like envirophone and cex will now buy your old mobile phones for money. They make their money by then selling these phones on, usually to parts of Asia.Before you sell your phone there are a few things to consider:Phone ChecklistIt must turn onIt must have no significant damageIt must have its batteryIt must not be barred or be water damagedIt must be of UK or european specificationRemove your simcard before you send off your phonePotential EarningsHow much you earn by selling off your old phones very much depends on your phone model and therefore could be anything between £5 and over £100. Although its never going to be a big earner, its a handy bit of cash.What if My Phone is Damaged?If your phone is damaged, envirofone may still offer you anything between 30%-70% of the value of the phone.Other Places to ConsiderYou may find that you may make more money on ebay or simply flogging it to a mate, therefore always look around to see where you can make the most money.Littl... More About: Mobiles , Dosh , Recycle
Make Money From Reviewing Music
2008-01-21 17:52:00 If you are a fan of music it is now possible to get paid to review songs on a free new website called Slicethepie, which aims to give fans an involvement at various stages of the music industry including scouting, breaking and investing in new bands.Scout RoomsThe section of the site that is of most interest from a money making point of view is the scout rooms. This is where you get paid for reviewing tracks by giving them a rating out of five stars and writing a brief review of the song (roughly three sentences is adequate). The amount that you get paid for reviewing tracks is based on your scout rating:One star scouts get paid 3p per reviewTwo stars 6p per reviewThree stars 9p per reviewFour stars 15p per reviewFive stars 21p per reviewAlthough this may not sound very much, you only have to listen to 60 seconds of a song before you can review it, therefore potentially if you were a two star scout (average) you could earn over £3.00 an hour by just reviewing songs. However, your s... More About: Music , Money , Make Money , Make , Reviewing
Make Money From Reviewing Music
2008-01-21 17:52:00 If you are a fan of music it is now possible to get paid to review songs on a free new website called Slicethepie, which aims to give fans an involvement at various stages of the music industry including scouting, breaking and investing in new bands.Scout RoomsThe section of the site that is of most interest from a money making point of view is the scout rooms. This is where you get paid for reviewing tracks by giving them a rating out of five stars and writing a brief review of the song (roughly three sentences is adequate). The amount that you get paid for reviewing tracks is based on your scout rating:One star scouts get paid 3p per reviewTwo stars 6p per reviewThree stars 9p per reviewFour stars 15p per reviewFive stars 21p per reviewAlthough this may not sound very much, you only have to listen to 60 seconds of a song before you can review it, therefore potentially if you were a two star scout (average) you could earn over £3.00 an hour by just reviewing songs. However, your sc... More About: Fun , Music , Money , Make Money , Make
Selling Old Textbooks
2008-01-19 17:48:00 By now most of you will have finished your January exams and have textbooks that you will almost certainly never use ever again.There are three main possible places where you can turn your books back into drinking money:1. Selling at UniversityMost university departments have book sales in which you can sell your old books. You can also usually advertise books on noticeboards in your department. This is probably the most cost effective way of selling your books, as you do not have to pay the university any fees or have to pay for postage, however your audience may not be as wide as selling on the web.2. Amazon MarketplaceAmazon Marketplace is an excellent and easy place to sell your old books. All you have to do is type in your books ISBN and a description of its condition and its instantly up on Amazon. Amazon gives you £2.50 (paid by the customer) for postage and packaging (always check how much it will cost you to post), however they do take a fee. This is 86p for completion, 17.... More About: Make Money , Ebay , Textbooks
Selling Old Textbooks
2008-01-19 17:48:00 By now most of you will have finished your January exams and have textbooks that you will almost certainly never use ever again.There are three main possible places where you can turn your books back into drinking money:1. Selling at UniversityMost university departments have book sales in which you can sell your old books. You can also usually advertise books on noticeboards in your department. This is probably the most cost effective way of selling your books, as you do not have to pay the university any fees or have to pay for postage, however your audience may not be as wide as selling on the web.2. Amazon MarketplaceAmazon Marketplace is an excellent and easy place to sell your old books. All you have to do is type in your books ISBN and a description of its condition and its instantly up on Amazon. Amazon gives you £2.50 (paid by the customer) for postage and packaging (always check how much it will cost you to post), however they do take a fee. This is 86p for completion, 17... More About: Textbooks
Make Money As A Researcher
2008-01-19 15:43:00 If you want to try and make some money at university but a part time job is not for you, then it is possible to make money from being an online researcher for companies such as Texperts and AQA.These companies make money by customers texting in random questions and a researcher replies with the answer.How To ApplyOn the Texperts website you can take a quiz called 'Have you got the Tex-Factor?' in which you have to get 100% on each round of the quiz in order to have the possibility of working for them. It is very difficult to pass this quiz, shown by the fact that a high proportion of their employees are Oxford and Cambridge graduates. I have recently passed the test and am waiting to here from them.On the AQA website in order to apply for a job you have to send them an email and they send you an application form and test to complete.Potential EarningsYou can expect to earn around 30p per text, which means that if you worked full time for one of these companies you could earn aroun... More About: Money , Jobs , Make Money , Make
Make Money As A Researcher
2008-01-19 15:43:00 If you want to try and make some money at university but a part time job is not for you, then it is possible to make money from being an online researcher for companies such as Texperts and AQA.These companies make money by customers texting in random questions and a researcher replies with the answer.How To ApplyOn the Texperts website you can take a quiz called 'Have you got the Tex-Factor?' in which you have to get 100% on each round of the quiz in order to have the possibility of working for them. It is very difficult to pass this quiz, shown by the fact that a high proportion of their employees are Oxford and Cambridge graduates. I have recently passed the test and am waiting to here from them.On the AQA website in order to apply for a job you have to send them an email and they send you an application form and test to complete.Potential EarningsYou can expect to earn around 30p per text, which means that if you worked full time for one of these companies you could earn aroun... More About: Money , Make Money , Make
Student Beans
2008-01-19 15:26:00 Student Beans is brilliant website that provides students with discounts on a wide range of goods and services, including discounts on eating out, going to the cinema, online shopping and at bars. If you cannot quite afford to eat out but disparately want to, Student Beans is the place for you with its best discounts often on eating out, which is very much a student luxury.How Do I Join?It is very easy to join, all you need to give is your name and email address and the university that you are currently studying at. Once you have registered all you need to do is go to the offers section and print out a voucher for the discount that you want and show it to the place it is valid for along with your student id, to prove that you are a student.Little Saver RatingAll students should definitely go check it out at www.studentbeans.com More About: Student , Save Money
Student Beans
2008-01-19 15:26:00 Student Beans is brilliant website that provides students with discounts on a wide range of goods and services, including discounts on eating out, going to the cinema, online shopping and at bars. If you cannot quite afford to eat out but disparately want to, Student Beans is the place for you with its best discounts often on eating out, which is very much a student luxury.How Do I Join?It is very easy to join, all you need to give is your name and email address and the university that you are currently studying at. Once you have registered all you need to do is go to the offers section and print out a voucher for the discount that you want and show it to the place it is valid for along with your student id, to prove that you are a student.Little Saver RatingAll students should definitely go check it out at www.studentbeans.com More About: Student
Welcome
2008-01-15 15:51:00 Welcome to the money saving student. Expect posts containing information on how to save and make money while your time as a student. Your comments are always appreciated. Enjoy:-)!
Welcome
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