Categories: "Bad business"
Shopping discrimination
By Value hunter on Jul 13, 2010 | In Bad business, Frugal wars, Quango watch | Send feedback »
Why is discrimination permitted by the powers that be and various consumer bodies/quangos that we, the people pay for? Age shopping discrimination: I can stand in Greggs on a given day and pay 10% more than the person next to me, for exactly the same… more »
Aviva - a simple car insurance quote
By Value hunter on Jul 6, 2010 | In Bad business, Frugal wars, Product reviews | 1 feedback »
Logged on to Aviva's website for a simple car insurance quote... Here are the results. Logged on to Aviva website, complete with "Two months free insurance" banners - Â clicked on car insurance quote, filled in all my details. Problem number one - The… more »
Direct line double the cost of my car insurance
By Value hunter on Jun 30, 2010 | In Money chat, Bad business, Frugal wars, Product reviews | 5 feedbacks »
Direct line have more than DOUBLED the price of my car insurance. Not one single advisor, underwriter or administration staff can give me a valid reason for doing it. Was £29 per month, it will now be increased to £60 per calendar month - for the… more »
Companies taking people's budget gains
By Value hunter on Jun 23, 2010 | In Money chat, Bad business, Frugal wars, What is the point? | Send feedback »
Companies are pre-empting the budget and taking the tax breaks that the government are giving us all. The government needs to step in sort this mess out, any help that people get from the powers that be, is given to them in lower taxation but more than… more »
Budget petrol price watch
By Value hunter on Jun 22, 2010 | In News, Money chat, Bad business, Frugal wars | 1 feedback »
Back in April 2010, when the government of the day announced their budget, they froze a rise in petrol duty. All the speculation in the media, was that petrol duty would be increased. One day prior to the budget, in my area all the garages put up the… more »
