Categories: "In real life"
Office of Fair Trading cannot rule on overdraft fees?
By Value hunter on Nov 25, 2009 | In News, In real life, Money chat, Bad business, What is the point? | Send feedback »
The supreme court's ruling today, that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) cannot investigate on overdraft fees charged to customers, if they are unfair or not, is yet another smack in the teeth for the people of the UK. The immediate question it raises,… more »
Taxing a car - a farce and a rip off!
By Value hunter on Nov 24, 2009 | In In real life, Money chat, Common sense, What is the point? | 1 feedback »
A few years ago, before we were pushed into doing everything "online" I always taxed cars at the post office. I would tax cars for family, friends, etc. In the past few years in computer land, I have been taxing my car only, using the online system… more »
Going green costs more - why?
By Value hunter on Nov 23, 2009 | In In real life, Wondering | Send feedback »
It is clear that everyone in the world would like to go "green" but why does everything concerned with "saving the planet" "protecting the environment" or "going green" always cost the people more money? In the past few years, windfarms have sprung up… more »
Fined for feeding ducks in the park?
By Value hunter on Nov 19, 2009 | In News, In real life, Common sense, What is the point? | Send feedback »
A woman has had her penalty notice fine of £75 for feeding ducks in the park with her son, dropped, by a local council. Originally, the lady was fined for feeding the ducks in a "non designated area." At first Sandwell Council defended the issuing of… more »
A real coal fire
By Value hunter on Nov 18, 2009 | In In real life, In the home | Send feedback »
In our house, we rarely use the fire. It has to be minus 10 outside and ice cold in the house before it gets turned on. So, when we started the building work (which still needs plastering) I decided we should have a real coal fire. Heating and water… more »
