Categories: "Fun"
Avoid unpaid direct debit bank charges
By Value hunter on Oct 24, 2010 | In In real life, Money chat, Common sense, Frugal wars, Frugal thinking | 1 feedback »
Bank's love to charge for each unpaid direct debit (and knock on overdraft charges, etc), it makes huge profits from them, it knows this, their customers know this, the powers that be know it. So avoiding running up unpaid direct debit charges (and… more »
Warm front scheme complaint
By Value hunter on Oct 19, 2010 | In In real life, In the home, Bad business, What is the point?, Quango watch, Product reviews | 36 feedbacks »
In principal, the warm front scheme is a reliable way of bringing boilers up to date, improving heating in homes, improving insulation to retain heat and save energy. In practice, from start to finish in this case, warm front has been completely… more »
Be thrifty by being organised
By Value hunter on Oct 17, 2010 | In In real life, Common sense, Frugal thinking, Baby, Dear diary | Send feedback »
One of my biggest failings, is being unorganised. As anyone who knows me will tell you I am forever running out of time. Being frugal/thrifty, can be helped by organising your time more effectively. It could be shopping a month earlier for christmas… more »
Car insurance costs record rise say the AA
By Value hunter on Oct 12, 2010 | In In real life, Money chat, Bad business, Product reviews | 1 feedback »
Car insurance premiums have risen by a new record amount say the AA. Really? Thanks for stating the bleeding obvious! The reason the AA say, is because of another surge in injury claims - utter rubbish! My insurance more than doubled with direct line,… more »
When the Financial ombudsman service are not impartial
By Value hunter on Sep 30, 2010 | In Bad business, What is the point?, Quango watch | 4 feedbacks »
With hundreds of thousands of individuals putting their trust in the independance of the Financial Ombudsman's service (FOS) every working day, to resolve their disputes, at the very least, after the months to deal with a case, you would expect them to… more »