The Cheapskates Way: Debt Free, Cashed Up and Laughing
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I would like to personally invite you to join the Cheapskates Club with exclusive access to the Cheapskates Club Member's Centre, dedicated to sharing with you how to cut the cost of everyday living and still have fun.
I welcome the opportunity to share with you creative, simple, Cheapskate ways to save money on your day to day living expenses. Our monthly online publication, The Cheapskates Journal, can help you to gain control of your money, giving you the best value for every cent that you spend.
Don't wait, join the thousands of other Cheapskates and re-discover your money in 2008!
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The Cheapskates Club
Whatever your goals, the Cheapskates Club will show you ways that you can save money every day.
On or about the first of every month, the new edition of The Cheapskates Journal, full of brand new information just for Cheapskates members, is uploaded to the Member's Centre, ready for members to read at their leisure. In the Cheapskates Club Member's Centre you'll find:
The Cheapskates Journal - published monthly and packed full of articles and useful tips
Back Issues - archived back to October, 2001. Over 521 articles for you to browse at your leisure
Cheapskates Tip Store - search specific or browse thousands of invaluable tips
Factory Outlets - a nationwide directory of Member's favourite discount and factory outlets!
Cheapskates Club discussion groups - join in, it's great to chat to friends
Super Saving Stories - inspiration from Cheapskates Club Members telling their saving stories
Just Ask - do you have a question? Just ask, and let other Cheapskates help you!
Printables - forms designed especially for saving money, time and energy
Cheapskates web links - get access to the best information and deals online
Cheapskates Tips Sheets - exclusively prepared for Cheapskates Club members, with new tip sheets every month
Saved $300 a Month "I am very much a member, just about to renew my membership. Cheapskates has saved me and my family not only at least $300 a month but a lot of time." Candice, Glen Waverley
Don't struggle feeling alone in debt today when there is friendly practical help just one click away. For only 8 cents a day, that's only $29.19 per year, you will learn how you can save thousands of dollars.
Light at the end of the tunnel Dear Cath, I only wish I could type better to explain the difference you have made in my life even in just a few days there is light at the end of the tunnel. Your site not only has provided me with great tips, I know if I have a problem all I have to do is type it into the search, and there is the answer! I thank you and your members from the bottom of my heart." Barbara
Save money on everyday items so that you can enjoy the things that are important to you – family, friends, fun – debt free, cashed up and laughing
Not buying lunch paid for my trip to Perth "My wife and I have just had a great week in Perth, paid for by not buying lunches. When Sally started making lunches for us I thought she was nuts especially when she told me not buying lunch would pay for a holiday. In 8 1/2 months she had the money to pay for our week in Perth, airfares and accommodation and site seeing included. Only thing is she insisted that we still pack our lunches each day instead of buying them :)." Greg & Sally M., Werribee"
What would you do with an extra $50 or $100 a week? What would you do with an extra $1,000 or $5,000 a year? Think about how stress-free you would feel seeing a healthy savings account for your future. The Cheapskates Club is the best (and the cheapest) way for you to learn the hints and tips that will save you money, time and energy and change your life Begin Today
Feed a family of 4 for $70! "My husband didn't believe that I could cut our grocery bill to just $70 a week for the four of us. But now we've done it, he's so excited he thinks you should write a book! It was really easy for me to really slash our food costs and best of all, nobody has guessed that I'm a Cheapskate shopper!" Susan, St. Clair
Guarantee
We know you will save money by being a member of the Cheapskates Club.
In fact we are so confident that you will find ways to save money by using the Cheapskates website and enjoying the Cheapskates Club that that we guarantee it. If you can't find a way to save 10c a day we will gladly refund your money, no questions asked.
A simple change has saved us over $90 "Hi Cath, When you said that not using the clothes dryer would save us $85.80 a year I thought you were just saying it. Well we've just got our electricity bill and it is $27.60 less than it usually is. I've been hanging the washing out and it looks like you're right, I am on track to save over $85.80 this year just for using the free energy of the sun. I can't wait to try some more of your suggestions, they really work. Keep it up, I need to save more. Thanks." Sheila, Yarra Valley.
Take a peek at what Cheapskates Club members will be talking about this month.
Regular Features
Articles
Cheapskate Tip Store
From Cath’s Desk
Happy New Year Cheapskaters! And an extra special welcome to all our new Cheapskates Club members. Welcome to club, we are very pleased to meet you. If you're feeling overwhelmed more ...
Sneaky Sales Tricks
This time of year isn't called the Silly Season for nothing. It's the busiest and biggest time of the year for retailers throughout the country. December more ...
Hot Curling Iron Holder
I use my curling iron 2-3 times a week and hate to leave it in the sink, unplugged but still hot. I made mitts or holders for them from my old more ...
Dear Cath
How to store rice, recipes and instructions for Muffin Surprise and Crockpot Casserole and the dilemma and ethics of re-gifting are all answered this month more ...
Pack a Picnic
Summertime is the perfect time to pack a picnic and head off into the wild blue yonder. Or at least a local park, beach or nature reserve. It doesn't have to more ...
Perfect Park Toys
I dip into my recycle bin for "park toys" for my kids. Clean butter containers, laundry detergent measuring cups, and any other plastic containers more ...
A Thoughtful Moment
There isn't any better time to be thankful than the first day of a brand new year. We have 365 unblemished days ahead of us, to love, to live, to work, to be grateful and to more ...
Back to School Ready or Not
We are just getting into the swing of summer holidays when lo and behold it's back to school sale time! Come January 2 the shops will more ...
Less Gel More Hold
I'm a professional hair dresser and I share this tip with all my clients. If you use hair gel, you can double your savings by running water over your more ...
January 2008 Tip Sheet
Enjoy a summer Aussie icon in style with these great tips for a Bonza Backyard Barbie! An easy clean, delicious marinades and a sturdy more ...
The First Grocery Challenge for 2008
It's time to get back on track and to get started it's time for a grocery challenge. January is definitely going to be a challenge, with kids more ...
Recycle School Supplies
As soon as my children get home from school on the last day of the year we go through their school bags . I pull out any school supplies more ...
Menu Planner
Fill in the meals you plan to eat for the week, fortnight or month and put the plan somewhere prominent: stick it to the front of the fridge with a magnet, blu-tack it more ...
Shopping With Kids - It Can Be Fun
How often have you left the children at home with Dad while you raced around doing the shopping because it was too hard to more ...
Anybody's School Stuff
If you have more than one child, buy school needs such as drink bottles, lunchboxes, swimming bags, book bags etc in gender-neutral more ...
On The Menu The backyard barbie is standard for most Australian households and really comes into it's own during the summer. There's nothing better than a barbie with family and friends on a more ...
More Tips
Cool Gift Idea for Teens
Teenage movie bottle with 5 teenagers (boys and girls)I think this is a great Christmas idea. Take a clean 2 litre soft drink container cut a more ...
Fabulous Veggie Cleaner
I have tried a variety of vegetable brushes for cleaning produce, but never felt like I was getting it cleaned thoroughly or fast enough. I more ...
Quotes of Note
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~~Bill more ...
Rub the Scuffs Away
I was appalled to see a customised cleaning product in the supermarket especially for removing the black scuff marks on floors. The best and more ...
Holiday on a Shoestring
My husband and I wanted to take our five children aged 11 down to 18 months to the theme parks on the Gold Coast for a holiday. Coming more ...
More Tips
Bonus Buys from Bakers Delight
Make sure you get your copy of the Bakers Delight calendar. On the back page are heaps of freebies for each month of the year for....more ...
Sparkling Stainless Steel
I have a kitchen full of stainless steel appliances and have spent a lot of time and money to try and keep them sparkling. They look wonderful....more ...
Comfort Without Air-Conditioning
We live in Perth and the past few summers we have threatened to install air-conditioning but could not bring ourselves to spend the....more ...
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Free Hints and Tips
Browse our Free Hints and Tips. Full of useful information, you will find ways you can save money today. (Remember this is just a taste - join the Club and access thousands of tips). Enter Your Tip Here
Tip competition
Do you have some great ways to save money? Share your idea online.
Submit a tip now and you can win free Cheapskates Club membership. That's right, each month we select the best tip and give away 1 years free membership to the Cheapskates Club.
Share your favourite money saving, time saving or energy saving hint and be in the running to win a one-year membership to The Cheapskate Journal.
We publish a Winning Tip each week, so enter your great money, time or energy saving idea now! Enter Your Tip Here
(Don't worry, if you win and you have already joined Cheapskates we will extend your club membership for an extra year).
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About Cheapskates
The Cheapskates Journal was the first money saving website of it’s kind to help Australians to save money on their everyday cost of living.
Today it still offers you the best value for money with our wonderful Cheapskates Journal. Now in its 8th year of publication it has been read and used by thousands of Australians and New Zealanders to save money every day.
Cheapskates has partnered with the ABC to bring you our new book, "Debt free, Cashed up and Laughing". It is packed with strategies, tips and ideas and case studies to inspire and challenge you to live the life you deserve today. Buy it at ABC shops, ABC centres and all good book stores or online from abcshop.com.au.
The Cheapskates team is proud to serve you and loves to hear your wonderful stories. Please join our friendly Club and share you money saving wins with us soon.
About Cath
Queen of Cheapskates
Cath has been called Queen of Cheapskates by the many media and journalists who have interviewed her over the years. Now in her 8th year of sharing her ideas, Cath is without a doubt Australia's expert in all ways to save money.
Cath is passionate about showing people how to save money on everyday things so that they can use the money they save to enjoy a better lifestyle. She has hundreds of letters of thanks from people throughout Australian and New Zealand who have used the Cheapskate information to change their lives.
Making a Difference I love opening my email and receiving a note from one of our club members who is celebrating paying off a credit card or returning from a family holiday they have paid for with money saved by changing a few spending habits. Cath Armstrong, Queen of Cheapskates and Founder of the Cheapskates Journal.
It is great to see so many people making simple changes and enjoying huge benefits.
In the Press
Cath has been a regular guest in the Australian media. She has featured on Today Tonight, A Current Affair and Sunrise on a regular basis over the years. She is regularly on ABC radio and has been published in many Australian newspapers and magazines.
Cath has been Guest Speaker at a number of events including the CPA (Certified Practising Accountants) conference to 200 accountants and spoke at the Women Talking Cents inaugural event in 2005.
Cath is always happy to help spread the message that saving money is fun.
Saving money and saving the budget in Australia is easy with the Cheapskates Club's money, time and energy saving hints and tips. Find out how to get the best discounts, biggest bargains and keep budgets in the black.
