Monthly Archives: January 2009

More Consumer examples of sterling euro price ripoffs

A ValueIreland.com reader sent us in this example of an item prices significantly higher in euros than the sterling equivalent should be [...]

Consumer News Weekend Short Stack

Here’s a few quick consumer news items for the weekend. News of the World – Don’t forget to check out our new [...]

Dear Business Website Owner! Don’t you want my money?

I’m sure I wrote about this before, but here I go again. Why do businesses who have websites, and who expect to [...]

Watch out for the Unexpected Invoice Scam

We received this e-mail from a reader some time ago, but I thought that it, and my response, was worth bringing to [...]

Dunnes Saver Stamp Card – probably worth ignoring

You’ll see these leaflets being pushed more and more inside Dunnes Stores outlets these days. It’s likely that lots of people will [...]

It will save you €1,000′s

Irish News of the World Sunday January 25th, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane Save Money. Don’t just “Not Spend” Some of our biggest monthly [...]

Follow the rules on sale refunds

Irish News Of the World, January 25th, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane What happens when I buy something in a sale, but want to [...]

Tip the Balance – Keep an eye out for small print

News of the World, January 25th, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane The Trouble with Saving Money A recent Financial Regulator survey told us that [...]

Eddie Hobbs and that directory enquiries advertising

Pop quiz – what company us paying for the advertising of its services on those radio and tv adverts at the moment? [...]

Top Tip for Saving Money on Telephone Directories

I haven’t immediately been able to find out the cost of printing and delivering the in excess of 2.4million telephone directories deposited [...]