Today, Eircom have confirmed that 0.5m calls to free phone numbers and competition lines from land lines were incorrectly charged on the [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2007
“a good day for retailers, the music industry, and artists”
But not for consumers. News here today about the fine levied on CDWow by the Irish and British music industries for apparently [...]
Ryanair Follow Up
Just following up on last post, now that Ryanair site is available again, I can see that for the 55min flight to [...]
Are flights really on time?
I was reading this article in the Wall Street Journal online earlier today regarding how flights are supposedly taking longer now (in [...]
European roaming charges slashed
There’s been a big hoo-haa in the last couple of days about the EU efforts to cut roaming charges for European consumers [...]
Inflation running at 50%
Well, it is if you’re selling your house through Sherry Fitzgerald according to this report on Ireland.com earlier today. They’re increasing their [...]
Price gouging becomes a crime in the US
An interesting article on the Bloomberg site earlier today. They refer to US legislation which will make price gouging when it comes [...]
Switching Banks, Bank Accounts, and Mortgages
We’re told that inertia is the reason why banks get away with all the overcharging they’ve admitted in the past. And that [...]
NIB – not bad once they give you time
I mentioned last week about calling into National Irish Bank with a view to switching accounts. Having been in there yesterday to [...]
Checking your change
I was in Blackpool over the weekend and experienced one of the the scams we’ve written about in our tips article on [...]
