Scams & Ripoffs

Beware of this “mystery shopping” scam

In these difficult times, you’ll see articles in various publications containing suggestions on how to boost your income. Some of the more [...]

How to identify a clocked car

A little later than I intended, here is our Value Ireland Top Tips on how you might be able to identify if [...]

The Sun supports Irish consumers – sort of, maybe

This e-mail arrived in the ValueIreland.com inbox a couple of weeks ago.
Seems the Sun newspaper has decided to champion the consumer in [...]

Ticketmaster – Overcharging rugby fans

Over the years, ValueIreland.com has received many e-mails from Ticketmaster complaining about being ripped off through their extra charges when buying tickets [...]

Why are Tesco really dropping the price of clothes?

Irish News of the World
Sunday April 5th, 2009
Diarmuid MacShane

Why are Tesco really dropping the price of clothes?
In mid-March there was much hoo-haa [...]

Top Tip for Saving Money Online

Irish News of the World
Sunday March 22nd, 2009
Diarmuid MacShane
Top Tip for Saving Money Online
You may have heard about a number of scam [...]

Going cold turkey on sterling to euro exchange rate stores

This e-mail came in to ValueIreland.com last week and gave us a little chuckle:
I just want to let you know, I am [...]

Aldi – inflicting higher euro prices than sterling comparisons

We’re being told that it’s mainly the UK stores that are inflicting a higher euro conversion price of their sterling prices, but [...]

Don’t give companies free money if you don’t have to!

We’ve written many times that as much as possible you shouldn’t be giving companies interest free loans in the form of buying [...]

Did you make your commitment to AIB?

You’ve probably seen the ridiculous full page advertisements taken out by AIB in the newspapers on Sunday. The Angry Hedgehog has an [...]