Monthly Archives: November 2006

I’ve just been horribly caught out….

Since June, I’ve been commuting to work by bus. On many occasions, I haven’t had the correct fare, and received these refund [...]

Calls to China from mobile phones

You’d think that making a phone call on your mobile to a number in China would be horribly expensive. I thought so [...]

Is the Government at fault for “Rip Off Ireland”?

CIE are looking to increase their fares by 9% according to this article in the Sunday Times yesterday. As a fairly satisified [...]

In Search of The Popes Children

I was reading this thread on AskAboutMoney this morning about last weeks TV programme “In Search of the Pope’s Children” fronted by [...]

Insurance you don’t need

In the past week, the Irish Independent has published two articles discussing the types of insurance that you don’t need. These articles [...]

Fair play to Leopardstown Race Course

Given all my comments here previously about credit card surcharges, and todays earlier comments regarding the £11 per ticket service charges with [...]

Watching out for scams

The National Consumer Agency is currently running a campaign warning Irish consumers of the dangers of different scams that are constantly running [...]

Small Claims Court is now Online

Today’s the day for new websites. I’ve just seen it mentioned on the AskAboutMoney forum that the Small Claims (Court) Online project [...]

New National Consumer Agency Website

The new website for the National Consumer Agency is being publicised at the moment. I would definitely recommend that people check it [...]

Sharp pricing practices for Rugby World Cup tickets

Have just received an e-mail from a mate who’s in the process of buying tickets for the Irish games for the 2007 [...]