A new iPhone for $65, Kate & Monique's Euro trips & free shower heads [Money & Chill]
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You'll find our full disclosure, disclaimer, and link to our financial services guide in the show notes. Okay, welcome to this month's Money and Chill. Kate Campbell, wonderful to have you with us. Good to be back. Monique, always a pleasure. I'm here, yep. We dragged you along again. We've got some money-saving tips. We're also going to share some other resources. Everything from things you can do in your bathroom to things you can do at a retail store or on your favorite social media channel. We've got all that today. What else has been happening, ladies? Kate, what have you been doing?
Life has been very expensive for me recently and things have cost a lot of money. There's a lot of things that go into buying a property that you don't think about, like buying a vacuum. I didn't realize I needed one until this weekend when I kind of got to the point and the old vacuum just wasn't cutting it anymore.
So did you get a hand-me-down?
I did get a hand-me-down, but it was someone's vacuum that they didn't want and there was a reason for it. It didn't work very well.
Okay. Well, we can write that person off of the Christmas card list.
You have to vacuum the same spot about 10 times to get the things going up. So new vacuum, new me.
What kind of vacuum did you get?
A cheap version of a Dyson because Dyson costs quite a bit and probably a third of a European flight. So I did buy a cheaper version of a Dyson.
That's interesting. So you quantify everything in a European flight. Yes. Well, flights are so expensive now. What does it cost you to book your tickets to Europe?
Just over three grand, but going at peak time, just after Christmas Day. Okay.
So that would mean that a third of that's like $1,000. So then if you go out for lunch and it's like $100, what's that? I can't do quick math. 30 lunches? That's a lot. Yeah. That's like one-thirtieth of a European flight. Wow. And then it's like, what, even more for coffees. I like how we justify this in like units of European flights.
Oh, I don't look at coffees in units of European flights, but yours were heaps cheaper. Yeah, I'm going like off-peak though. So it's like half of yours. How much did you get your flights for? Like $1,400. Yeah, but I've also got like a 10-hour layover. It's like it's not a fun time, but it was cheap. So I was like, yeah, I'm doing it.
Yeah. Who are you flying with?
Singapore Airlines.
Singapore Airlines. Okay. And you're flying with Qantas? Well, that's probably...
Yeah, totally. I saw the Qantas prices and I'm like, yeah, no, Singapore Airlines, thanks.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:57
2
How can I save money on a new iPhone plan?
5:57–13:00
3
What travel plans are being discussed and how can I budget for them?
13:00–21:13
4
What are the benefits of getting a free shower head?
21:13–26:54
5
How can I take advantage of energy rebates in Australia?
26:54–37:20
6
What is the Supermarket Swap and how can it help my diet?
37:20–39:41
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