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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Sugar Mamma's Fireplate,

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Speaker 1: the podcast where we ignite your financial independence, fuel your

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Speaker 1: early retirement goals and dreams, and empower you to build

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Speaker 1: long term sustainable wealth. I am your host, Canna Campbell,

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Speaker 1: and if you didn't know this, I'm actually a licensed

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Speaker 1: financial planner with over twenty two years experience. I'm also

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Speaker 1: a busy working mum of three young kids, and I'm

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Speaker 1: someone who is incredibly passionate about helping you create financial harmony,

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Speaker 1: freedom and choice in your life, but in the most

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Speaker 1: efficient way possible where you always uphold a sense of

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Speaker 1: joy and balance in your life. Now, today's episode is

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Speaker 1: proudly supported by Amazon Australia because I have some very

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Speaker 1: exciting news to share with you that will help create

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Speaker 1: some breathing space in all of our budgets right now,

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Speaker 1: and that is the Amazon Prime Big Deal Days has

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Speaker 1: just kicked off, which is something I think most of

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Speaker 1: us will really appreciate as Christmas is just around the

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Speaker 1: corner and our budgets are already feeling the pinch, with

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Speaker 1: so many of us, including myself, looking for ways to

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Speaker 1: help stretch our money further without sacrificing the sense of

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Speaker 1: generosity of the festive season. So in today's episode, I'm

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Speaker 1: going to walk you through how to make the most

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Speaker 1: of the Amazon Prime Big Deal Days, which are by

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Speaker 1: the way, already underway, so that you can capitalize on

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Speaker 1: this week long event filled with incredible savings opportunities, but

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Speaker 1: not by spending more, but actually spending smarter. So I'm

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Speaker 1: going to share with you what the latest data tells

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Speaker 1: us about how Australians are shopping this Christmas, the practical

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Speaker 1: money saving hacks that I personally use during all of

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Speaker 1: those Amazon sale events which I love so much, and

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Speaker 1: how you can redirect the money that you save as

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Speaker 1: well as the time hopefully towards your exciting financial goals,

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Speaker 1: whether that's paying down debt, topping up your super or

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Speaker 1: building up your investment portfolio and long term growing passive

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Speaker 2: So let's get cracking, all right.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with what the research tells us about how

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Speaker 1: we are spending, saving, and surviving right now, because I

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Speaker 1: think you'll find this data and research absolutely fascinating. So,

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Speaker 1: according to this new research commissioned by Amazon Australia, the

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Speaker 1: average Australian household is expected to spend around two two

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Speaker 1: hundred dollars across the festive season three in four Australians,

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Speaker 1: that's seventy five percent, So they're consciously trying to stick

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Speaker 1: that makes perfect sense and is such a great idea.

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Speaker 1: Between the cost of living pressures and all those interest

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Speaker 1: proactive shoppers than ever before. In fact, eighty two percent

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Speaker 1: on sale, and seventy seven percent believe that they can

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Speaker 1: And I'm definitely someone who's in agreement with that myself,

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Speaker 1: that's three hundred to four hundred dollars saved. Money that

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Speaker 1: use those savings towards our next share, portfolio purchase, or

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Speaker 1: to think about as you listen today's episode. This is

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Speaker 1: not about encouraging spending. It's about using the tools that

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Speaker 1: make our existing shopping and spending go so much further. So,

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Speaker 1: what exactly is this Amazon Prime Big Deal Days. Well,

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Speaker 1: this year's event runs for a full week from Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: exclusively for Amazon Prime members now. During this time, you'll

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Speaker 1: find huge discounts across hundreds and thousands of products, from

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Speaker 1: which is an ultra low price destination within your Amazon

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Speaker 1: it's called passion paralysis. Almost two thirds of Australians sixty

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Speaker 1: In the Amazon app, I create multiple wish lists. For example,

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Speaker 1: time saver. Alexa can even track your deliveries and keep

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