Car Insurance Shopping Warning

We bought a new car this week which meant of course looking for new car insurance. As you are supposed to I used the comparison websites in order to get the best deal as well as contacting my usual insurers however none of these worked out the best deal for me.

When looking for insurance we want a company who know what they are talking about, who don’t expect an excess equivalent to the value of a kidney on the black market and who are competitively priced yet include all of the features that we need.

Using the comparisons certainly weeded out a few insurers who seem to think highway robbery is fine and dandy in 2014 however I found myself frustrated by some of the prices quoted, knowing I’ve had better in the past. In the end I took out a very competitive policy from a car insurance company not on any of the comparisons which has worked out cheaper with extras added in.

I posted previously about saving money this summer, being more frugal with our living costs and reducing bills and as part of this I was determined to find the absolute best deal, and did. My advice for you is to use the insurance comparison websites by all means however really shop around using sites such as this site to fine the best deal for you and to ensure that you get the most for your money. I hate paying over the odds and had I been caught up in the baby meerkat stuffed toy frenzy I certainly would have been.

Do the leg work (which still doesn’t take very long in the age of the internet) and make sure you don’t pay more than you have to!

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One for My Gamer Friends: A Mix between a MMORPG and a Facebook-Type Game?

Once upon a time I suppose I could have called myself a gamer. I’m a keen Diablo fan (although none of the more recent versions are as good in my opinion as the original), I played the first Star Wars online (stimpacks ahoy) for ears until Jump to Light Speed came out and it all went to pot and no-one is as good at Boulder Dash on the C64 than me, no-one.

Roy is the true gamer in the house. He has a properly optimised pc for his online games (which no-one must download anything onto under the pain of death / a severe frowning at) and his Xbox 360 is much used, when it hasn’t been borrowed so the 8 years old can play Minecraft.

No, I’m not the gamer I once was; I just don’t have the time. Between working full-time from home around the kids and enjoying non-digital family fun there doesn’t seem to be time to enjoy gaming as part of my leisure time as I once did and besides, it would take so long to level up, only playing for a half an hour here and there that it wouldn’t seem worth it.

So far I’ve avoided the app-type games such as Angry Birds and the like as they really don’t do much for me and clog up the mobile however I have been introduced to something a little different which has caught my gamer’s eye.  To me www.casinosagafans.com looks like the perfect in-between gaming situation which means not trying to get my fix from watching the kid’s games and not flogging a dead horse trying to play more intense games which take up too much time.

I have to say the idea of being able to play with dragons, kings, dwarves and a number of other fantasy characters appeals to me and of course I have posted before about being a fan of online bingo and other casino-type games where I enjoy the odd flutter here and there. With Casino Saga it seems I am able to enjoy gaming which captures my imagination and yet doesn’t take up my entire evening while playing a wide variety of different games, all of which help me unlock the mystery of the Golden Crown (cue fantasy-themed dramatic music).

More MMORPG than Candy Crush (I never could bring myself to try CC!) this type of gaming has started to become popular with gamers like myself who are not adverse to pay to play games (just as well when you consider the amount we’ve spent on game subscriptions and all sorts in the past!)and as with any other casino game you can of course make some winnings as well as progressing through the game.

If you are a gamer, does this type of platform appeal to you? Already popular I think it could become a whole new way of gaming for adults who don’t have the time to dedicate to full online games such as World of Warcraft etc, time will tell.

I am certainly interested and might just take the plunge one of these evenings!

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