Category: "Money chat"
Pensioner's December gas bill more than trebles!
By Value hunter on Jan 22, 2010 | In In real life, Retirement, Money chat, Bad business, Frugal wars | Send feedback »
When paid by direct debit, a pensioner friend of the website was paying £40 per month for their gas supply. Back in August 2009, their six monthly statement showed they were in credit, but as we hear all to often, it "will level itself out over the… more »
The world of *
By Value hunter on Jan 14, 2010 | In Money chat, Bad business, Frugal wars | Send feedback »
We see it everywhere we look, on every sign, on every piece of promotional bumph, included to refer us to some small print that we hardly ever read, until it is too late. The dreaded asterix * The sprog came home from college today, prevented from… more »
Using a credit card to pay the mortgage
By Value hunter on Jan 14, 2010 | In News, Money chat, Frugal wars | Send feedback »
A credit card is an unsecured debt. These are being used more and more to meet monthly payments on people's mortgages. The idea being, is that people will not fall behind with their mortgage, if they cannot keep up the payments on their credit card,… more »
Eon key meter failings - Eon staff must do better!
By Value hunter on Jan 7, 2010 | In In real life, Money chat, In the home, Bad business, Frugal wars | 5 feedbacks »
Eon fitted us a smart key meter - after paying for credit to go on the meter, the emergency £5 credit was showing at nil and unavailable, Eon staff insisted that it was my fault and that I had used the "emergency" before my own credit ran out! Here isÂ… more »
Companies I wish never existed - Direct line car insurance
By Value hunter on Jan 4, 2010 | In Money chat, Bad business, Frugal wars, What is the point? | 10 feedbacks »
Direct line car insurance - not just direct line, but all insurance companies. (I have chosen direct line as they do our car insurance) Why is it that what ever I do always ends up costing me more money? I changed our vehicle today, went through all the… more »