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Vouchers: the case for the defence
Is voucher mania good for Britain? Money-off vouchers and their users have taken a kicking over recent days, but I feel that’s unfair. After all, the vouchers boom over recent years has allowed many...
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Football and MoneySaving: A marriage made in hell
What £1,400 pays for I’ve got a confession. I work for MoneySavingExpert.com but fail in practising what I preach in one area of my life. I’ll have spent roughly £1,500 this football season watching my...
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Ordering online? Your address could leave you flat
Orders may be flat-lined If you live in a flat conversion, did you know you could end up missing out on top deals because many retailers won’t recognise your address, which could mean you fail a credit...
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Why won’t banks give me a savings account?
Should I resort to a piggy bank instead? You’d have thought it was easy to apply for a savings account. Especially as you’re giving banks money. Think again. I’m in week four of trying to apply for an...
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Tourist traps: avoid the overseas scams and dodgy charges
Not all taxi drivers play fair Going on holiday is great, but even while you’re off relaxing you often need to beware of scammers, or even well-known brands that try to sneakily get their mitts on your...
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Moving home? NEVER forget your travel insurance
No insurance? This paradise could become a nightmare There are times when life gets so busy that you forget some of the simplest rules. That’s my excuse after I discovered last week, to my horror, that...
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I’ve given up on savings
"It's goodbye to savings for now" I’ve finally ditched ‘em. I’m so fed up with the paltry rate I can get on a normal savings account, for the first time in my working life I don’t have one at all. It’s...
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Simplifying broadband prices: our system
Simplifying broadband prices: our system Today, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled a TalkTalk broadband deal we wrote about earlier this year was not clear enough. The deal came with a...
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The ASA claims our broadband write-up’s ‘misleading’– we disagree
The ball has hit our arm, we've not committed a bad foul The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has today ruled that a TalkTalk broadband and line rental deal we wrote about earlier this year was...
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Roses anyone? Yodel’s leaving some of them out in the open
Valentine’s Day is a day of (hopefully) love Valentine’s Day. A day of (hopefully) love, giving, time spent with a special one and… delivery firm Yodel leaving people’s flowers on the pavement. OK, so...
View ArticleiPhone fan? Should you avoid buying standard headphones this year?
I normally take iPhone rumours with a handful rather than a pinch of salt as many are nonsense, no doubt fuelled by crafty leaks to generate interest. But this one has got my attention and I’m taking...
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Should you buy euros/dollars before EU vote result? New trick solves this...
Update, Tuesday 5 July: This trick still works but the Brexit vote led to many currency firms watering down the gain. The text below is as first published on 21 June so for the latest firm-by-firm info...
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The worst ‘paying in pounds abroad’ rip-off I’ve seen – where £160 of cash...
We’ve always warned against paying in pounds abroad, and on a trip to Greece last week I saw the worst example I’ve ever witnessed of the perils of doing so. With the peak summer-holiday period...
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The great service station fuel rip-off
You should NEVER rely on filling up your car at a service station. An example I came across earlier this week drives home the point in one of the worst rip-offs I’ve seen. I was driving from my London...
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Avoid horrid €1 to £1 airport exchange rates
Buying currency from an airport is the MoneySaver’s equivalent of filling up a petrol car with diesel – it’ll seriously damage your financial engine. I somehow resisted the temptation to stop the poor...
View ArticleWhy I won’t buy an iPhone 7… I could fly to Australia for that price
I used to get sucked into the Apple hype, often watching its iPhone announcements for personal as well as professional reasons, but I’m past that. Last night’s iPhone 7 launch was particularly...
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iOS 10 annoyances: How to unlock without pressing the home button
The new iPhone operating system iOS 10 has a snazzier feel but there are a couple of annoying settings I’ve managed to sort, and by letting you know how I did it, hopefully it can help you too. I’ve...
View ArticleWhat’s your worst customer service cock-up? Can you beat Sky’s lack of common...
‘Welcome to fluid viewing’ boasts Sky in its advert for its new Sky Q service. Well, it would help if it worked. I want to tell you about Sky’s double failure to install Sky Q properly in two flats in...
View ArticleAirport parking warning: How being too precise can cost you £££s
Airport parking can be cheap if booked ahead. But you risk big charges if you overstay due to a delayed return flight – though there’s a trick to get round this. The problem, as I found last week,...
View ArticleHow I got £230 off fibre broadband – you can do it too
I love to haggle. It may be ‘un-British’ but this week it’s netted me a £230 saving on my broadband. Hopefully it can show you how easy it is to give it a go. My fibre contract is up at the end of the...
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