This e-mail came through from a ValueIreland.com reader who had some computer problems.
Hi,i bought a computer from the store 7 months ago.When [...]
Consumer Rights
What are my rights when my computer software isn’t working?
Make your Manky nominations for shoddy Irish products and services
Recently, I wrote about the Australian Consumer Choice Shonky awards. In the absence of anything similar here in Ireland, I thought we [...]
Make your Manky nominations for shoddy Irish products and services
Yesterday, I wrote about the Australian Consumer Choice Shonky awards. In the absence of anything similar here in Ireland, I thought we [...]
Australian Consumer Organisation awards “Shonkys” for substandard products
Every year, the Australian consumer organisation, Consumer Choice, awards what they call their Shonky Awards. A Shonky is awarded to companies who [...]
O2 Grafton Street – 60 minutes for a 10 minute transaction
Recently, I spent nearly an hour in one of the infamous O2 stores on Grafton Street in Dublin. My Nokia E51 had [...]
What’s the “Consumer Consultative Panel” doing these days?
Short answer – not a whole lot.
During the course of the meltdown in the Irish banking system last year and the revelations [...]
Competition Authority and National Consumer Agency. A marriage made in hell?
I wrote previously, Are the Competition Authority happy to be merged with the National Consumer Agency?, about how it was unlikely that [...]
Top Tip when booking online for anything
In this post last week, I referred to this thread on Conor Popes Pricewatch blog where there was some discussion on the [...]
When will we see Ticketmaster.ie pull this stunt in Ireland?
I was recently online on Ticketmaster.com buying some tickets for Cirque du Soleil in New York in December when, at the very [...]
What garages are doing to get customers in the door
Talking to a colleague of mine during the week, he had a story that made him pretty angry the previous weekend. He’s [...]
