This Q&A came from the New York Times recently. While it’s US focused, it does point out some useful tips on what [...]
Tag Archives: National Consumer Agency (NCA)
Yet again, the NCA is wasting their time, and our money
I really wish the NCA would do their job. The National Consumer Agency is a government quango set up, apparently according to their [...]
The National Consumer Agency Price Comparison Website – RIP – and just as well
It’s some time ago that the NCA admitted that they had to give up on trying to build a grocery price comparison [...]
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 [...]
Can someone tell Dan White at the Herald that the NCA is going away?
Dan White of the Evening Herald wrote yesterday evening about the fact that Ann Fitzgerald has declined to accept her bonus, thought [...]
ConsumerValue from the National Consumer Agency
During 2009, the National Consumer Agency set up a new section on their website – ConsumerValue. According to the web page blurb: [...]
Who really is the cheapest supermarket? Don’t expect the NCA to tell you!
Splashed across the Aldi website at the moment is the headline “Ireland’s Best Value Discounter”, while available on many of the Lidl [...]
NCA survey results – Consumers are shopping around less. But why?
Back in January, the National Consumer Agency released the results of a survey (and strangely, seemed to release pretty much the same survey [...]
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 [...]
What can I do about pubs changing their prices?
An e-mail came through from a ValueIreland.com reader recently, where the answer is very simple to the one that I gave to [...]
