Every
month or so we round up our top
websites. Some of the chosen sites have been in
the news, some are just trusty favourites. All are
worth a visit.
1) Post Christmas money blues?
www.moneysavingexpert.com
MoneySavingExpert.com
is run by award winning TV & radio presenter
Martin Lewis - it's UK based.
Martin
created this site in February 2003 and it's now
the UK's biggest money site, with over a million
users every month.
Lots
of articles, including: Balance transfers. “The
savings are simply enormous. If you’ve debts
on credit or store cards, shifting to a new card
with a special ‘balance transfer’
offer is a must..."
Another
of his recent articles is about how to reclaim
bank charges;
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“This
is a step-by-step guide, including template letters,
to forcing your bank to repay the last six years
charges for going beyond your overdraft limit,
or cheque and Direct Debits bouncing. Plus there’s
a specially developed calculator so you can add
interest on top. Thus you can join the thousands
who’ve already successfully reclaimed £100s
or £1000s.”
Martin
Lewis says: “The law is plain: any charges
banks levy on their customers must be proportional
to the actual costs they incur. The simple question
is, ‘does it really cost £35 to send
an automated letter when someone’s gone
1p over the limit?’"
2)
ID cards:
bbc.co.uk/action
network
It’s
an interesting debate – do you realize that
the UK government will be issuing ID cards to
UK citizens from 2009? The government would like
it to be compulsory for you to carry an ID card.
What’s got some groups angry is what’s
behind the card – the national Identity
register – which they say will mean a surveillance
state, brought in by politicians who believe they
know best.
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3)Giant
rubber balls for horses! Horseballs.com
Featuring a video of horses running around carrying
giant rubber / vinyl balls - worth a look.
4)
Do you like the smell of books?
http://uk.geocities.com/booksniffersanon/
It's
the British book-sniffing enthusiast's homepage.
5) Plan 9 From Outer Space on
Google Video http://video.google.com/videoplay?
docid=7038656109656489183
"Plan
9 from Outer Space is a 1959 science fiction/horror
film written, produced and directed by Edward
D. Wood, Jr. Particularly famous now after the
success of Tim Burton's dramatization of the director's
life, Ed Wood, the movie is widely regarded as
a leading candidate for the title of "worst
movie ever made".
"It
earned Edward D. Wood, Jr. (a devotee of Orson
Welles) a posthumous Golden Turkey Award as the
worst director ever."
UFOs
that look like the’re hanging from strings,
wooden acting etc.
In
order to destroy several billion humans, they
raise three zombies from the dead...
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