WEBVTT - Budget Battle | Cheap tech support vs tool libraries

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to How Do They Afford? That's budget battle where

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<v Speaker 1>we each take a money tip from a listener and

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<v Speaker 1>go head to head. I'm Michael Thompson and hello, Canna Campbell,

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning.

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<v Speaker 2>How are you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going well. I'm looking forward to a win. We

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<v Speaker 1>have an esteemed colleague, a judge in the studio here

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<v Speaker 1>to help us decide a winner today. That judges my

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<v Speaker 1>colleague from the Fear and Green business News podcast, Sean

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<v Speaker 1>almas Sean.

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<v Speaker 3>Hello, Hello Michael, Hello, Canna, Hello Sean?

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<v Speaker 1>Can I kick us off? What have you got for

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<v Speaker 1>us today? What tip have you dredged up from somewhere?

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<v Speaker 2>It's a simple but powerful one. Just a reminded everyone

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<v Speaker 2>to consider using air Tasker recently. I've been having lots

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<v Speaker 2>of IT problems and I called a few various different

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<v Speaker 2>tech gurus who provided me a range of quotes which

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<v Speaker 2>were very expensive and involved coming and collecting my computer

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<v Speaker 2>with me having to drop it off and lose it

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<v Speaker 2>for a few days. But I jumped onto air Tasker,

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<v Speaker 2>uploaded my issues and put up a budget and I

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<v Speaker 2>was able to have someone help me online for twenty

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<v Speaker 2>percent of what the original quote was provided, and I

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<v Speaker 2>now have their details saved, so if I have any

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<v Speaker 2>other future IT issues, I can contact them directly. I

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<v Speaker 2>am going straight to the source, saving time and money.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, excellent one, Michael, be that well.

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<v Speaker 1>I will. In fact, I won't, Josh will because Josh

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<v Speaker 1>has sent this to me via Instagram, and I'll read

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<v Speaker 1>it exactly as it's written. In fact, he says, Hi, Michael,

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<v Speaker 1>want a money saving tip that'll beat Canna. I have

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<v Speaker 1>two words for you. Tool libraries. Seriously, he says, you

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<v Speaker 1>need to get on board with these. Don't be fooled

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<v Speaker 1>by the name. They're not just for tools. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you mean, so for everyone, not just for me? He goes,

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<v Speaker 1>don't be fooled by the name. They're not just for tools.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of them are called libraries of things now.

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<v Speaker 1>It's capital L and capital T libraries of things now,

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<v Speaker 1>says But the idea is that you go there and

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<v Speaker 1>you can borrow what you need, garden tools, power tools,

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<v Speaker 1>things for the kitchen, things for around the house. You

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<v Speaker 1>can typically get them for a fortnight. Then you return it.

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<v Speaker 1>You pay an annual fee, right, and this is kind

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<v Speaker 1>of this is the money side of it. You pay

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<v Speaker 1>an annual fee. Often somewhere around eighty dollars, which goes

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<v Speaker 1>to maintaining the collection, and then you just go for it,

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<v Speaker 1>and he says, it is so much cheaper than having

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<v Speaker 1>to buy all these things yourself and store them. Pressure

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<v Speaker 1>cleaner for the driveway, borrow one if you need a wheelbarrow.

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<v Speaker 1>You borrow one ice cream maker for a dinner party,

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<v Speaker 1>borrow one. Sporting gear, borrow it, camping gear, borrow it.

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<v Speaker 1>You can borrow all of it and you only have

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<v Speaker 1>to pay one fee of about eighty bucks per year.

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<v Speaker 1>And you can just keep on borrowing things and you

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<v Speaker 1>take it back and a fortnight is long enough to

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<v Speaker 1>actually get the use out of it that you need.

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<v Speaker 1>He says. Tool libraries or libraries of things are now

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<v Speaker 1>dotted around the country and they will save you an

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<v Speaker 1>absolute fortune. He says to me, he says, Michael, you're welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's a cracker.

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<v Speaker 3>I reckon it's a family member of yours. If he

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<v Speaker 3>says Michael, you're welcome, that's exactly what you would say.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually, it kind of is, isn't it. I think he's

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<v Speaker 1>probably been listening to the podcast for a while. God

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<v Speaker 1>Old Josh, but that's a cracker. Isn't it like it's

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<v Speaker 1>just and what I have had a look at the

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<v Speaker 1>websites and I kind of checked to make sure that

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<v Speaker 1>they are available in Sydney, and I checked for Brisbane,

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<v Speaker 1>and I checked for Melbourne. I checked for a whole

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of different places, and they are. They are everywhere now,

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<v Speaker 1>and they are just like if you need a tent,

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<v Speaker 1>you go and borrow one from there, and you can't

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<v Speaker 1>get like all these things for the kitchen, like expensive

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<v Speaker 1>appliances and things, and you use it and then return

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<v Speaker 1>it and you only pay once for all of it.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's just I am blown away.

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<v Speaker 2>By it once or once a year.

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<v Speaker 1>Like once a year, yes, but I mean, that's it's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty it's pretty amazing.

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<v Speaker 3>Tell me, Cannam, if you were the judge in this

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<v Speaker 3>and you weren't a competitive person and I was you,

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<v Speaker 3>which one would you give it to?

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<v Speaker 2>Michael wouldn't win that?

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<v Speaker 1>It's good, it is good.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's just give it to Josh, Like Josh, it's just

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<v Speaker 2>not Michael. I'm coming with all my.

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<v Speaker 3>Tips myself here. Give me a.

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<v Speaker 2>Chance, like Michael's getting them off from everyone else.

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<v Speaker 1>Getting all the hard work here.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not giving any credit to Michael, what service. So

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<v Speaker 3>don't get me wrong here, it's always the listeners of

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<v Speaker 3>how they afford that that's winning versus yourself in this one.

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<v Speaker 3>That is just a great idea, Josh, not you, Michael,

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<v Speaker 3>Josh big win.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that you robbed me of my victory here

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<v Speaker 1>I have won, yet I have so I cannot celebrate

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<v Speaker 1>like you two, the collusion between the two of you

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<v Speaker 1>to deny me what is rightfully mine. Like that's like

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<v Speaker 1>saying that that a gold medalist at the Olympic didn't

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<v Speaker 1>win the gold their country did. Like, No, I am

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<v Speaker 1>the medalist here. I'm the one standing on the podium

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<v Speaker 1>with the medal around my neck. I won, Josh. All

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<v Speaker 1>Josh did was give me the tip. It was the

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<v Speaker 1>presentation of it that really kind of brought it home.

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<v Speaker 3>No, that's not right, Josh. Well done.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh cheers, all right, Thank you very much, Sean.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks Michael, Thanks Hannah, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>There we go. That was the budget battle from how

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<v Speaker 1>do they afford that? It is a bonus episode out

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<v Speaker 1>each week. Send your own savings tips in. I'll put

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<v Speaker 1>the links in the show notes so that you can

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<v Speaker 1>pick either me or Cannah. Please be me because I

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<v Speaker 1>need all the help I can get. It may be

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<v Speaker 1>yours in the battle next week.