Category: "What is the point?"
Car insurance - Customers are being ripped off!
By Value hunter on Feb 14, 2011 | In In real life, Bad business, What is the point? | Send feedback »
Without exception, I know of no one that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting, who thinks all is well with the world of car insurance! The reason why was brought home to me only this week. Back in October, I was driving towards my school, where I was… more »
Doorstep clothing collection scams - What's being done about it?
By Value hunter on Feb 11, 2011 | In Bad business, What is the point?, Quango watch | 2 feedbacks »
Charity backed leaflets and/or collection bags are being posted in letterboxes all over England. Most of the companies and/or charities doing the collections, do not have a license to do so, which makes even posting bags/leaflets a criminal offence. It… more »
Charity commission response to our Little Treasures Children's trust complaint
By Value hunter on Jan 24, 2011 | In In real life, Bad business, What is the point?, Quango watch | 10 feedbacks »
Weeks after registering a complaint in writing, via the Charity commission's own website (charitycommission.gov.uk) we finally have a response to our complaint, regarding Little Treasures Children's trust - posting collection bags and returning to… 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 »
Warm front turn a simple system into a taxpayer funded, money making scheme!
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 »
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 »
