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Sneaky thieving shop assistants – the importance of checking your change

Probably what some of you might think is a bit of a simplistic topic, but in the past, I’ve written about the [...]

A tip on making and receiving calls with your bank

Earlier this week, I posted some tips on what to do if you think you might be the target of a financial [...]

Some good tips on Reporting E-Mail Scams and Spoofs

This Q&A came from the New York Times recently. While it’s US focused, it does point out some useful tips on what [...]

Vodafone are added again to the ValueIreland Overcharging Hall of Shame

I missed out on publishing this addition to the Overcharging Hall of Shame back when it happened, but it’s worth remembering that [...]

What would it take for you to switch your bank?

There’s a lot of talk these days about how our choice in banking is slowly but surely being eroded with the closure [...]

Another reason not to get involved with gift vouchers – I’m losing count now

One of the more popular pages on this site is my constantly updated feature on reasons not to get involved in using [...]

Buy Irish? Make sure you check the small print

I wrote recently about some comments in the Seanad and elsewhere from people concerned that Irish consumers were sometimes being conned into [...]

Readers E-mail – Is this a scam website? What can I do?

This e-mail came through from a ValueIreland.com reader recently. For the moment, I’m going to blank out the company name as I [...]

Overcharging by the banks – our regulator still only talking a good game

I wrote on Monday about the fact that “naming and shaming” banks and businesses that steal money from their customers isn’t having [...]

Are Irish business so brazen that “naming and shaming” doesn’t matter any more?

Way back in 2004, Senator Donie Cassidy tried to start a “name and shame” campaign in the early days of what became [...]