I’m a great advocate of this little site Quidco. Simply search for your shop on Quidco, click through to the shop using their link and make the purchase as normal. Within hours your transaction is tracked and a few weeks later it’s paid directly into your bank account. There are some great deals on there – I’ve recently cashed in on £70 when I signed up to O2 broadband for a year and £15 for LOVEFilm to send Free DVDs to me for a month.

In two years of online shopping we’re approaching £1000 cashback. Not bad for clicking a few links!

So my iPhone was out of contract as of last November, after having it for 18 months and paying £35 a month. Now I’m looking forward to upgrading to the new iPhone later this year.

After looking at the O2 website I see you can actually ‘upgrade’ your tariff to  the Simplicity SIM only deal with no renewed contract. This give you the same monthly minutes, same unlimited data and for £10 a month less. Not only that, but if you decided you don’t need those 600 minutes you can go for the even cheaper £20 a month (300 minutes/unlimited data) option. As mentioned above – the deal is contract-less and leaves you ready for an upgrade to the new iPhone later in the year.

Whats really annoying is that O2 are not automatically doing this for their existing customers – only the ones that notice the cheaper alternative. The experience has left a bad taste in my wallet and my loyalty to the brand is out the window. Spread the word and save some money.

2009 was a year I’ll never forget.
I married, honeymoon’d, moved to the south coast and even bought a Volvo estate. And I already know that 2010 will be another record breaking year for me.

Wishing all my readers a happy and prosperous year ahead. I am looking for bigger and more challenging projects in 2010 and am available now! So if you are (or know of someone) looking for a creative with a decade of experience please do me the favour and pass my details on.

I have found the latest version of Microsoft MSN auto quits when running on a corporate network. If you need the previous version which works fine, download it here