Have you seen George Clooney in ‘Up in the Air’? In this movie Clooney plays the role of Ryan Bingham, a bloke who travels around the US sacking people on behalf of bosses who don’t have the guts to do it themselves. One of the leading threads throughout the movie is Bingham’s hobby (which is more like […]
Crowed-sourced Cheap Petrol in your pocket
Power to the people! This catch phrase is normally associated with various political movements and agendas. You would not often think that people power can help you get cheap petrol and ease the pain at the bowser. Would you? After all, it’s not like we as individuals can make our own petrol at home, right? 😉 […]
Getting the Most out of Supermarket Loyalty Programs
Here at Spending Hacker we are not big fans of loyalty programs. It seems that the ABC’s outstanding consumer affairs show The Checkout aren’t fans of them either… We don’t like collecting points/stamps/coupons/whatever as we believe that the only ones who benefit from that are the retailers. No thanks, we would rather get paid instead. […]
Credit score: the secret number that rules your life!
Did you know that the way the credit reporting system works in Australia has changed significantly in March 2014? Since then, a new concept has been introduced to Australia, which has been at the core of the credit reporting system in many other countries (like the UK or the US) for many many years now. It’s called: credit […]
Become an ‘eBay Ninja’ & get the BEST price on eBay every time
Have you ever heard the term “Achilles heel”? Wikipedia defines ‘Achilles heel’ as follows: An Achilles heel is a weakness in spite of overall strength, which can actually or potentially lead to downfall. I am not really the bragging type but I’d like to consider myself as a ‘power consumer’ with an above-average level of […]