Archive for March, 2010

Posted on March 28th, 2010 by by admin

Picking the best credit card

After my rant about how credit-cards-are-out-to-screw-you I thought I would write about how to pick the best credit card for you.
You might be just looking for your first credit card, a balance transfer or a better deal.
Balance Transfer
Since I still have a balance on my AMEX I decided I should transfer.
So I applied for a [...]

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Posted on March 16th, 2010 by by admin

Credit Cards are out to screw you

I am still have a Credit Card debt and it annoys me (see below for a bit more about my story). So I decided to write about all the ways that  Credit cards are out TO SCREW YOU.
Soon I’ll write another part to this as I plan to transfer my balance to another card (detailing how to [...]

Posted on March 12th, 2010 by by admin

No Money Newslink – your link to the latest financial stories

I am time poor (like the rest of the planet). I don’t have heaps of time to keep up with the news (I often get accused of ‘living under a rock’!).And a lot of the stuff in the news I am not that interested in.
But what if you could collect all the CURRENT stories and [...]

Posted on March 9th, 2010 by by admin

Should you repay your HELP-HECS loan or not?

Whether you SHOULD repay your HELP-HECS loan and the Best Ways to reduce your HELP-HECS loan
This article is 2/2 of HELP-HECS. See http://nomoney.com.au/hecs101/ for part 1.
I have spent time to try to make this as simple as possible (with a few diagrams, etc.). But I find that doing calculations makes me understand how things work better. So for those [...]

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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by by Scott

What to do if you find a wrong or fraudulent charge on your credit card

I will be posting part 2 of my HELP-HECS article probably tomorrow…. I just left it at home on my laptop and forgot to save (rookie error!)
If you like this article you might also like to read my article Freebies and Discounts and Why companies offer them
Resource – see the letter I sent Credit Card Dispute Letter)
Types of [...]

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Posted on March 6th, 2010 by by admin

Winner of Notebook &Invoicing for musicians

 Winner of the Notebook
Congratulations to Mark Panetta who has won the notebook worth $400 (or gift vouchers to the same effect).
But there are still benefits to signing up to the no money newsletter – I’m going to link to download my HELP-HECS calculator soon.
I used a random number generator after putting all my old and [...]

Posted on March 4th, 2010 by by admin

Giving away a Notebook or $400 gift voucher tomorrow!

Hi guys
Sign up to the nomoney newsletter  BEFORE Friday 5th March 11:59pm  and Get a Notebook or $400 gift voucher
If you can’t signup to the newsletter because of computer issues (but would like to) – email nomoneyau@gmail.com and I’ll add you to the notebook draw.
We (Dave and Scott – of nomoney.com.au) are giving away a Notebook computer tomorrow (worth about [...]

Posted on March 1st, 2010 by by admin

HELP-HECS – how it works and when you have to repay the loan

This is Part 1 of 2 of HELP-HECS
Part 2 (to be posted Monday 8th March 2pm) will be about:
1.Whether you SHOULD repay your HELP-HECS loan and
2. The Best Ways to reduce your HELP-HECS loan
I have also almost finished a HELP  calculator (to work out how long it will take to repay your debt) I will be providing a free copy to [...]

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