Monthly Archives: July 2007

LoCall numbers could cost you extra

A good article here in the Irish Examiner by Paul Kelly about how consumers can end up spending more money when making [...]

ODCE – Another useless government agency

At the moment, a couple of government agencies (the National Consumer Agency (NCA) and the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE)) [...]

Too posh for Lidl and Aldi

In the past I’ve written about what I see to be certain Irish peoples attitudes towards shopping in Aldi and Lidl. One [...]

You and Your Money Expo, with Eddie Hobbs

We’ve been asked by the publishers of the You and Your Money magazine to let you know about their Expo coming up [...]

NTL customer service, again

Earlier this month, I wrote about my positive experiences with the NTL customer service. I was reading somewhere since (but I can’t [...]

Can we Irish drive a hard bargain?

There’s an interesting article here from todays Irish Times about the unwillingness of Irish consumers to haggle. Presumably this follows on from [...]

ESB – on the side of the consumer?

Anyone notice this little piece of propaganda from the ESB in the past week. According to this article here in the Irish [...]

Test drive anyone?

My sister was recently out looking to buy a new car. She pretty much knew what kind of car she wanted, and [...]

Tips on getting cheaper home insurance

While I was away on holidays, the Irish Independent published an article entitled “Top tips to make sure you get a bargain” [...]

Minister Martin is asking the bleeding obvious

Apparently, according to this article in the Evening Echo the minister is seeking our thoughts (we, the public) on the way concerts [...]