Category: "What is the point?"
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 »
Santander/Abbey - 5 bags of change a day only!
By Value hunter on May 13, 2010 | In In real life, Money chat, Common sense, Bad business, What is the point? | Send feedback »
It is reassuring to know, that Santander bank have their customer's best interests at heart and that security at their branches is of paramount importance... Unless of course, you actually need to use one of their branches! It has taken four (that's… more »
Companies advertising something they do not do
By Value hunter on Mar 11, 2010 | In In real life, Common sense, Bad business, What is the point?, Dear diary | 2 feedbacks »
Simple problem: AA repairman has broken the immobiliser on my van, whilst attempting to fix a brake problem. Van is towed to my local garage for brakes repair, garage are unable to start the van to drive it into the garage to fix it. The garage have… more »
Windows Media Player cannot play this file because...
By Value hunter on Feb 12, 2010 | In On the web, Bad business, What is the point?, Product reviews | Send feedback »
The purpose of any media player, is to play media, DVD,CD, MP3, etc, all on your computer, easily, quickly and error free. So why are there so many problems and issues with windows media player? Mrs frugal has a laptop, she uses it rarely, but on… 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 »