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Hunters, bargain buyers and shopping grumps
Thursday, 19 July 2012, 8:54 am | Oily Rag
The staff in the oily rag community projects department have not seen a lot of sunlight lately. They have been busy night and day collecting and analysing the latest survey data about the psychology of oily rag shoppers. More >>
Scientific discovery for frugal families
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 9:57 am | Oily Rag
The oily rag community is electric with their latest scientific discovery. Some say it is the most far-reaching discovery of the new millennium. No it’s not the discovery of the God Particle in a tunnel in France and Switzerland that has everyone excited ... More >>
Oily Rag column by Frank and Muriel Newman
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 12:01 pm | Oily Rag
Frugal living is thriving, and the mail bags have been overflowing with creative ways to keep more dollars in your pockets and purse. Our oily rag webmaster was telling up the other day that we get more than 100,000 visitors to the oilyrag.co.nz web ... More >>
The oily rag rule of thumb and water heaters
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 6:47 pm | Oily Rag
This week Oily Raggers have some questions and some tips. Firstly, a question that lands some people in hot water! More >>
Oily Rag: Hotel Haggling
Friday, 4 May 2012, 2:09 pm | Oily Rag
Accommodation has been in the news recently so we thought we would come up with some ways of saving money when away from home, but first, here is a pest query and some new tips to share from our oily rag website. More >>
The chicken or the egg?
Friday, 20 April 2012, 1:30 pm | Oily Rag
Did you know, according to the Egg Producers Federation, every one of us consumes about 230 eggs a year. That’s about as many as the typical back-yard chicken produces in a year (they have statutory days and holidays off as well!). More >>
Living Better For Less Cost
Friday, 27 January 2012, 10:44 am | Oily Rag
It is always very interesting opening mail from the oily rag community. Although the good frugal folk of oilyragaroa have been writing to us for a couple of decades now it still amazes us how people keep coming with great money saving tips and ways ... More >>
Oily Rag column - week beginning 23 January 2012
Friday, 20 January 2012, 5:36 pm | Oily Rag
The good folk at Statistics NZ have been trundling their trolleys in the isles at your local supermarket to see if the things on your grocery list are costing more or less. Usually they find goods cost more, a lot more, but not this time – the ... More >>
Frugality takes hold
Friday, 13 January 2012, 12:36 pm | Oily Rag
When the oily rag website was first published a few years back we had no idea it would grow into a community of thousands and have tens of thousands of page views a month. Frugality is obviously sweeping though the suburbs as more and more people ... More >>
Oily Rag column - week beginning 2 January 2012
Friday, 30 December 2011, 2:22 pm | Oily Rag
It seems the festive season is a time for oily raggers to put pen to paper and write about living off the smell of an oily rag. The mail bags have again been full and lots of new tips are being added to the oily rage website, which is now a huge collection ... More >>
Oily Rag column - week beginning 5 September 2011
Friday, 2 September 2011, 11:56 am | Oily Rag
The air is abuzz with anticipation and high expectation as the nation counts down the sleeps to the starting whistle in what will be six weeks of whistles and wails, cheers and chortles, and roads clogged with campervans and lost tourists. More >>
Oily Rag: Riots, Stiff Upper Lips and Yorkshire Puddings
Friday, 12 August 2011, 11:19 am | Oily Rag
The streets of the mother country are rioting so we thought we would create a riot of our own by suggesting some traditional oily rag meals from England. As it happens a local member of the oily rag club happens to come from the shire of York so we ... More >>
Handy bathroom savings
Friday, 22 July 2011, 8:32 am | Oily Rag
This week we are ducking into the little room for some quiet time to reflect upon the savings that can be made in the bathroom. Ian from Kawerau has some advice for shavers. “Don't buy those expensive shaving gels - go back to the old shaving brush ... More >>
Oily Rag column: Winter-warm penny pinching recipes
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 10:03 am | Oily Rag
The winter chill has set in so we thought it time to share a selection of reader tips about low-cost warm-winter meals. More >>
Oily Rag: Fixed price power and happily married
Friday, 1 July 2011, 10:12 am | Oily Rag
Oily ragger John from Warkworth has asked an interesting question. "I recently received an offer from Mercury Energy to 'lock in' my power price for the next three years but at a price that is about 9 percent more than I pay now. Should I do that?" More >>
Oily Rag column - week beginning 20 June 2011
Friday, 17 June 2011, 10:04 am | Oily Rag
In recent weeks more details about the savings habits of we kiwis have been released. And the findings aren't all bad. A Nielsen survey, commissioned by Sorted (the Retirement Commission's website), found 56 per cent of respondents said they were less inclined ... More >>
Oily Rag - Making the most of what others throw away
Friday, 3 June 2011, 12:47 pm | Oily Rag
Oily raggers are great at getting more out of less, and making the most of what others throw out. According to the Oily Rag Research Department about a quarter of those who live off the smell of an oily rag do so because they can’t bear wasting things ... More >>
Oily Rag column - week beginning 18 April 2011
Friday, 15 April 2011, 1:16 pm | Oily Rag
This week we traverse the serious topics of babies and living off the smell of an oily rag. • Let’s get to the bottom of the issue regarding nappies. We took a quick trip down an online isle to see how disposable nappy prices compare. On this ... More >>
Oily Rag column - week beginning 28 March 2011
Friday, 25 March 2011, 1:38 pm | Oily Rag
New Zealand has not been spared from the spate of ‘people power’ uprisings beaming into our living rooms each night between Ellen and Coro’ Street. Oily Rag people power is taking hold as our suburban back yards are being transformed into cost-saving ... More >>
Ways to beat rising petrol prices
Friday, 25 February 2011, 12:04 pm | Oily Rag
The Middle East is in turmoil and while it may seem a long way from the trauma of our own nation the effects will soon be felt by motorists at the petrol pumps. Crude oil prices have risen to US$100 a barrel on international markets as street protests ... More >>
