It pays to shop around

A few months ago I halved the cost of my ISP for the next 18 months. Saving approx £96 per year and (after initial trauma) getting a better service. Yesterday I saved £120 off a multi-car insurance policy (2 cars, his and mine) by shopping around. Yay! And today I changed energy supplier which should save me £600 over the coming year.

I'm all for being loyal to companies that treat you well, and I support local businesses whenever I can, but honestly, you can't afford NOT to shop around these days - for some things, at least. That's £816 saved over the coming year for just a few mouse clicks.

But next year I'll probably have to do it all again because companies lure you in with low rates and special deals and then whack the prices back up after the initial honeymoon period. Thank goodness for the moneysavingexpert site and their email newsletter.

Name change coming soon.

It's decided. I'm just backing up the blog and then I'll be changing it to my own name, Jacey Bedford or jaceybedford or jacey_bedford or somesuch. Real soon now.