Do you shop around when your insurance company or energy supplier sends you a bill with increased prices?
Here are three changes that can help boost your household budget — and you can do all three in a few hours or even less.Loading Instagram contentIt took less than three minutes to check my electricity bill using the Victorian website. As I'd switched providers recently, I was glad to find out I was already on the most competitive plan.
After a 15-minute phone call, his insurer offered to reduce the increase to 13 per cent — and he was happy to accept.Checking insurance quotes isn't as easy as comparing energy plans. To factor in reading the policy documents and signing up to a new policy , I'd estimate a total time of two hours. It means I'm now getting 5.35 per cent interest on my savings, without any bonus conditions, which seems like a good deal. The account came with a transaction account which has no fees and earns interest which is something I hadn't seen before from other banks.