Martin Lewis' MoneySaving Live Discussion

Former_MSE_Lawrence

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Martin Lewis' MoneySaving Live Video

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honeybear_2

Just a quickie before talking about the whole thing; when I watch it off the email it freezes at 25:36 no matter what I do. Clicking to watch it on youtube makes it work fine though

honeybear_2

Ok, clearly I was bored this evening as I'm the only one posting about this thus far!

Firstly I have to say - Martin, you're such a geek!!!!

But, more seriously, I think it is a well-presented & informative piece. The examples given hit home very well as they are situations I think anyone can picture, though you make a terrible 6y.o. :rotfl:

I think it's a crying shame that I & people of my generation & later weren't & haven't been educated about money (& other life skills but a different topic for a different thread). Equating an APR to an actual monthly sum passed me by til my late 20s

I do admire you hugely for starting MSE & tackling things like PPI, council tax, parking charges just lately head on in a very relevant way. I'm learning a lot :T

One final point tho, don't pull your trousers up so much when you're on stage, it's not a good look!

Pennylane

Saw Martin on GMTV today - some good tips and plenty of rabbit Martin!

MSE_Martin

honeybear wrote: »

One final point tho, don't pull your trousers up so much when you're on stage, it's not a good look!

MoneySaving Live was not long after this...

http://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2008/12/18/i-lost-1-stone-in-6-weeks-on-the-%e2%80%9cdo-i-really-look-like-that%e2%80%9d-plan/

Hence why my trousers needed the help (i was quite embarrasse when i watched it back)

ThinkingOfLinking

Thanks for posting it so we can all see...a few of us completely missed the newspaper promotion at the time.

*will edit/update this post with feedback when it finishes playing*