Friday, February 19, 2010

Vacations

Do vacations make you happier. Read this interesting report. I agree with the findings. It is better to have a vacation at home.

Increase in motor insurance premiums

Mr Tan
I've been told by my motor insurer that there was a general increase of motor premiums of about 20% across the industry from last year. This is within your understanding?

REPLY
I believe that this is the situation, but you can call the General Insurance Association of Singapore to find out.

http://www.gia.org.sg/

Shared bicycles at University of Indonesia


The University of Indonesia has 14,000 undergraduates.

It provides 500 bicycles for shared use by the students. The students do not need to own their bicycles or to lock the bicycles when not in use. This save parking space.

This photo shows the students riding the shared bicycles along the bicycle path.


The university also operates shuttle buses to transport the students within the campus.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Spend Wisely On Your Insurance – Check out Online Insurance Quotes

Internet is fast becoming an integral part of people’s lives. Almost everything today is available on the internet. People purchase almost everything they need to run their daily life from the internet. Since so many things that are available online for free prove to be useless, people have an impression that everything available free online is rubbish. But unlike other stuff, insurance quotes available online for free are not at all worthless. Online insurance quotes are some genuine stuff and should not be taken as worthless. Online insurance quotes can guide you to make some good investments which may help you in the later stage of your lives when you need money the most.

Campbell Solberg Associates, a leading
American insurance company along with other insurance companies invite people to insure and secure their future with them. If you go to an insurance consultant he will charge you money for providing valuable forecast. But insurance companies provide free online insurance quotes which save you valuable money but at the same time help you to make some intelligent investments for a secure future.

Free
online insurance quotes help you make a comparison between various insurance schemes and policies offered by different companies in a very short period of time and then choose the one which suits your needs the best. If you have to collect these quotes from different companies and make a comparative chart on your own in order to compare it, then it would have been a very complicated and time consuming thing to do.

This whole exercise has been made easy by Campbellsolberg who provide its customers an online comparison of various quotes. Apart from providing the online insurance quotes, Campbellsolberg also offers most competitive prices for any insurance policy you want. It makes your life a lot easier as you get
home insurance quotes online and also have an access to other insurance quotes like auto insurance quotes and disability insurance quotes from the convenience of you home.

Spend your money wisely and make a choice that suits you and your family. For better information on online insurance quotes logon to:
http://www.campbellsolberg.com

Affordable housing - 3 years of average income

According to this article, an affordable housing represents 3 years of average earnings. I have recommended that  the price should be not more than 4 to 5 years, so I am already stretching on the high side. Many people are buying properties representing 7 years or more of their earnings. I consider it to be far too high.

Products at Internet Shop

You can now view the pictures of the books and other products at Internet Shop. Click on "Details" for the specific product. There is a discount of 15% for purchases up to 28 February 2010 under the Promotion Code - BLOG.

To order: http://projects.easyapps.sg/iShop/public/common/Order.aspx

The Shape Quiz is now available in a book ($6) or a mini-pak ($2). They contain 4 plastic pieces to form 100 shapes. It is fascinating and interesting. Many people enjoy this puzzle. Some customers bought a few mini-paks to give to their children - one for each child. After 15% discount, the price is $5.10 and $1.70 only  

Get compensation from distributor

Dear Mr Tan,
I received a check for my Mindbond series 1, representing 21% of my investment. Fidrec has scheduled my hearing in March. The Fidrec officer told me they will continue to adjudicate my case, but I feel the hearing is meaningless. Could you kindly give me your advice please?

Reading you blog became my daily routine but recently I found limited information on the minibond issue. I think many victims have decided to give up like myself. I really appreciate what you have done for us victims.

REPLY

You should continue to attend the FIDREC adjudication and fight hard to get some compensation from the distributor for your loss of 79%. This should be on top of the refund that you have received.