January 31st, 2008 |
by Winston |
published in
Precise Spending
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Advertisers and marketers know how to make even billionaire’s feel inadequate once you allow them to control your spending choice.
Ask the new billionaire owner of the new A380. Does one man need so much space in the air?
Read on …
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January 25th, 2008 |
by Winston |
published in
Precise Spending
I was disturbed that I recently (then) purchased an Off Peak car (restricted hours usage for our foreign friends) and I was shopping around for insurance quotes but none of the major firms offered a discount for Off Peak Cars.
It simply did not make sense to me in actuarial sense (the maths that the insurance companies use to decide risk), since Off Peak Cars “spend less time on the road, (thus statistically) contribute to less accidents”
December 17th, 2007 |
by Winston |
published in
Precise Spending
Many of my long time readers would know that I am a long time supporter of taking taxis instead of driving your own car to town. Mathematically, it has been cheaper.
Now with the change in taxi hikes being rather substantial - almost a 65% increase in taxi fares.*
Have you ever seen your investment portfolio increase by 65%? Petrol, in comparison, has only gone up an average of 10% … …