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Welcome to the Cheapskates Club community.
As a Platinum (paid up) member you have access to the whole Cheapskates website and it is huge! Thousands of web pages of information to save you money, time and energy so take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with all the features and your visits will get more enjoyable every time you call in.
I hope that you've had a chance to spend some time at the website reading the current issue of Cheapskates Journal and perhaps some of the back issues, too.
To make navigating your way around the Member's Centre enjoyable we have put together some tips for using each of the main features of the Member's Centre.
Logging In/Logging Out
Logging in to the Member's Centre is easy. Just enter your username (your email address) and the password you chose on your application form into the fields under Member Login at the top right hand side of our homepage and click the login button.
If your login is successful (you've used the recorded username and password) you'll be taken to the Member's Centre homepage.
If you have forgotten your login details, just click on the "forgot my details" link to have them sent to you.
To successfully log in using a mobile phone or tablet, please make sure you have the auto first letter capitalisation turned off. Log in details are case sensitive and must be entered exactly as recorded or log in will fail. If you're not sure of what you are typing in, click on "show" on the log in screen to double check.
To logout simply click on the log out button at the top right hand side of the page and you are automatically logged out. Easy!
Article Archive
New articles are added to the Article Archive every week, sometimes more often. They feature on the front page until they are archived, where you'll find them listed in alphabetical order so you can find them anytime.
The Tip Store
The Tip Store is the place you'll find hints, tips and ideas to save money on just about everything you can think of. Each category has a number of sub-categories, making it easier to find just what you are looking for.
Tips are displayed in their categories with the latest tips at the top of each page so you don’t need to scroll to the bottom of the page to find the newest tips.
And if a tip jogs your memory and you want to share a great idea, you can do so easily by clicking on the Add a Tip link at the top of each page.
Add a Tip
Have a great money, time or energy saving tip to share? You can easily add a tip to the Tip Store by clicking the 'Add a Tip' link at the top of each page in the Tip Store and adding your tip. The Tip Store is updated daily, so it's worth checking in often.
Latest Tips
Find the latest tips to be added to the Tip Store without going through each category. This page shows you the tips added for the current week, with the newest tips at the top of the page. This is one page you'll visit everyday.
Members Forum
We are very excited about our new forum. This is the place where you can chat to other Cheapskates Club members, sharing ideas and information or asking for help with a problem. This is your area so don't be afraid to use it.
1. You'll find it here.
2. Login using your temproary Cheapskates Forum username and password. Your temporary forum username is the "name" part of your email address, your password is temporarily set at "cheapskates". If you're not sure, let me know. Once you have logged in, update your forum username and password.
3. This is where you can have some fun. Click on your avatar at the top right of the forum. A drop down menu will appear with four options:
Settings - Here is where you edit your username, password and email address for forum notifications. If you would prefer to use a username different to your email address, this is where you edit it.
Edit Profile - Here you can update your personal information: name, birthday, where you are located, choose your IM, add or edit your avatar.
Followed Content - a great new feature. When you find a topic you'd like to follow, check the box at the bottom right of the topic. It will add the topic to your Followed Content list, where you'll be able to find it without searching through the entire Category.
Log Out - this is pretty much self-explanatory. If you didn't choose the option to remain logged in, this is where you log out after your forum visit.
4. Introduce yourself, start a thread or two and leave messages in the threads that have been started if you'd like to.
Recipe File
Currently over 1,700 tried and tested recipes. You know they are good because they have all been contributed by your fellow Cheapskaters.
Click on the category link to be taken to the recipes in that category.
If you have a great recipe to share, just click on the Add a Recipe link at the top of each page.
Weekly Newsletter
The weekly newsletter goes out on a Thursday morning so look for it in your inbox. Each week it is chock-full of great money, time and energy saving hints, tips and ideas.
The newsletter is also archived on our website, so if you delete it or want to re-read an edition you can do so easily in the Newsletter Archive.
Tip of the Day
Exclusively for Platinum Cheapskates Club members, every day we send out a money, time or energy saving tip. So you get a variety of tips we have the following schedule:
* Monday - Craft
* Tuesday - Cooking
* Wednesday - Finances
* Thursday - Household
* Friday - Shopping
All the Tips of the Day are archived on Cath's blog, Debt Free, Cashed Up and Laughing.
Debt Free, Cashed Up and Laughing Blog
Keep up with Cath on her blog. This is the place where Cath writes about the ordinary, day-to-day goings on in her house as she lives life the Cheapskates way. She shares the nitty gritty with you - the cleaning and cooking, the gardening and preserving, the washing, ironing (sometimes) and mending (it never ends), the sewing and the celebrating, the stockpiling and the bargain hunting and anything else that makes up her day.
Ask Cath
If you have a question about living the Cheapskates way, just ask. Look for your question in our weekly newsletter or the Journal, where you will be inundated with good advice from Cheapskates Club members. You don't need to struggle to find a frugal answer to your questions ever again.
Printables (Tip Sheets, Ebooks, Member Creations, Tools & Planners)
Cheapskates Club Platinum members have access to the full library of printable tip sheets, e-books, how to instruction sheets and planners. They are all listed in their categories, making them easy for you to find when you need them. New printables are added every month.
All printables are available as a .pdf so you will need a .pdf reader to download and read any Cheapskates Club printable. You can get a free .pdf reader from Adobe, just click here.
Your Profile
Have you changed email addresses? Or do you need to update your username and password? It's important that you keep your details up to date; especially your email and login details and we have made it easy for you to keep your details up to date. Simply click on 'My Profile' on the login screen to be taken to your profile. There you can update your details as necessary. Don't forget to save the changes!
Membership Renewal
As per the terms of subscription, your renewal will be processed on the due date. Renewal notices are not sent. You can find your membership expiry date on your profile page (membership are active for one year from the date of joining/renewing).
Contact Us
To ask a question please use the Contact Us form found at the bottom of the menu on the left side of the page. This ensures your request gets to me and is the easiest way to contact me.
I get a lot of mail and email and it's not always possible for me to personally respond. Please be assured that it is all read. I love to hear from you, what you're doing, your stories, your struggles and your triumphs on this journey through frugality, so please keep in touch.
You are the reason for the Cheapskates Club and I really enjoy hearing from you. You can always contact me through the Contact Us page and I'll do my best to get back to you.
These are the main tools you'll find in the Member's Centre. There are others, listed in the menu. I hope you use them and benefit from them as you live life the Cheapskates way.
As a Platinum (paid up) member you have access to the whole Cheapskates website and it is huge! Thousands of web pages of information to save you money, time and energy so take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with all the features and your visits will get more enjoyable every time you call in.
I hope that you've had a chance to spend some time at the website reading the current issue of Cheapskates Journal and perhaps some of the back issues, too.
To make navigating your way around the Member's Centre enjoyable we have put together some tips for using each of the main features of the Member's Centre.
Logging In/Logging Out
Logging in to the Member's Centre is easy. Just enter your username (your email address) and the password you chose on your application form into the fields under Member Login at the top right hand side of our homepage and click the login button.
If your login is successful (you've used the recorded username and password) you'll be taken to the Member's Centre homepage.
If you have forgotten your login details, just click on the "forgot my details" link to have them sent to you.
To successfully log in using a mobile phone or tablet, please make sure you have the auto first letter capitalisation turned off. Log in details are case sensitive and must be entered exactly as recorded or log in will fail. If you're not sure of what you are typing in, click on "show" on the log in screen to double check.
To logout simply click on the log out button at the top right hand side of the page and you are automatically logged out. Easy!
Article Archive
New articles are added to the Article Archive every week, sometimes more often. They feature on the front page until they are archived, where you'll find them listed in alphabetical order so you can find them anytime.
The Tip Store
The Tip Store is the place you'll find hints, tips and ideas to save money on just about everything you can think of. Each category has a number of sub-categories, making it easier to find just what you are looking for.
Tips are displayed in their categories with the latest tips at the top of each page so you don’t need to scroll to the bottom of the page to find the newest tips.
And if a tip jogs your memory and you want to share a great idea, you can do so easily by clicking on the Add a Tip link at the top of each page.
Add a Tip
Have a great money, time or energy saving tip to share? You can easily add a tip to the Tip Store by clicking the 'Add a Tip' link at the top of each page in the Tip Store and adding your tip. The Tip Store is updated daily, so it's worth checking in often.
Latest Tips
Find the latest tips to be added to the Tip Store without going through each category. This page shows you the tips added for the current week, with the newest tips at the top of the page. This is one page you'll visit everyday.
Members Forum
We are very excited about our new forum. This is the place where you can chat to other Cheapskates Club members, sharing ideas and information or asking for help with a problem. This is your area so don't be afraid to use it.
1. You'll find it here.
2. Login using your temproary Cheapskates Forum username and password. Your temporary forum username is the "name" part of your email address, your password is temporarily set at "cheapskates". If you're not sure, let me know. Once you have logged in, update your forum username and password.
3. This is where you can have some fun. Click on your avatar at the top right of the forum. A drop down menu will appear with four options:
Settings - Here is where you edit your username, password and email address for forum notifications. If you would prefer to use a username different to your email address, this is where you edit it.
Edit Profile - Here you can update your personal information: name, birthday, where you are located, choose your IM, add or edit your avatar.
Followed Content - a great new feature. When you find a topic you'd like to follow, check the box at the bottom right of the topic. It will add the topic to your Followed Content list, where you'll be able to find it without searching through the entire Category.
Log Out - this is pretty much self-explanatory. If you didn't choose the option to remain logged in, this is where you log out after your forum visit.
4. Introduce yourself, start a thread or two and leave messages in the threads that have been started if you'd like to.
Recipe File
Currently over 1,700 tried and tested recipes. You know they are good because they have all been contributed by your fellow Cheapskaters.
Click on the category link to be taken to the recipes in that category.
If you have a great recipe to share, just click on the Add a Recipe link at the top of each page.
Weekly Newsletter
The weekly newsletter goes out on a Thursday morning so look for it in your inbox. Each week it is chock-full of great money, time and energy saving hints, tips and ideas.
The newsletter is also archived on our website, so if you delete it or want to re-read an edition you can do so easily in the Newsletter Archive.
Tip of the Day
Exclusively for Platinum Cheapskates Club members, every day we send out a money, time or energy saving tip. So you get a variety of tips we have the following schedule:
* Monday - Craft
* Tuesday - Cooking
* Wednesday - Finances
* Thursday - Household
* Friday - Shopping
All the Tips of the Day are archived on Cath's blog, Debt Free, Cashed Up and Laughing.
Debt Free, Cashed Up and Laughing Blog
Keep up with Cath on her blog. This is the place where Cath writes about the ordinary, day-to-day goings on in her house as she lives life the Cheapskates way. She shares the nitty gritty with you - the cleaning and cooking, the gardening and preserving, the washing, ironing (sometimes) and mending (it never ends), the sewing and the celebrating, the stockpiling and the bargain hunting and anything else that makes up her day.
Ask Cath
If you have a question about living the Cheapskates way, just ask. Look for your question in our weekly newsletter or the Journal, where you will be inundated with good advice from Cheapskates Club members. You don't need to struggle to find a frugal answer to your questions ever again.
Printables (Tip Sheets, Ebooks, Member Creations, Tools & Planners)
Cheapskates Club Platinum members have access to the full library of printable tip sheets, e-books, how to instruction sheets and planners. They are all listed in their categories, making them easy for you to find when you need them. New printables are added every month.
All printables are available as a .pdf so you will need a .pdf reader to download and read any Cheapskates Club printable. You can get a free .pdf reader from Adobe, just click here.
Your Profile
Have you changed email addresses? Or do you need to update your username and password? It's important that you keep your details up to date; especially your email and login details and we have made it easy for you to keep your details up to date. Simply click on 'My Profile' on the login screen to be taken to your profile. There you can update your details as necessary. Don't forget to save the changes!
Membership Renewal
As per the terms of subscription, your renewal will be processed on the due date. Renewal notices are not sent. You can find your membership expiry date on your profile page (membership are active for one year from the date of joining/renewing).
Contact Us
To ask a question please use the Contact Us form found at the bottom of the menu on the left side of the page. This ensures your request gets to me and is the easiest way to contact me.
I get a lot of mail and email and it's not always possible for me to personally respond. Please be assured that it is all read. I love to hear from you, what you're doing, your stories, your struggles and your triumphs on this journey through frugality, so please keep in touch.
You are the reason for the Cheapskates Club and I really enjoy hearing from you. You can always contact me through the Contact Us page and I'll do my best to get back to you.
These are the main tools you'll find in the Member's Centre. There are others, listed in the menu. I hope you use them and benefit from them as you live life the Cheapskates way.