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TopTips.ie – A Euro Saved is a Euro Earned
In the coming weeks, I hope to finally publish a new website as part of the reorganisation of the ValueIreland.com set of websites. Currently there is the ValueIreland.com original, plus this Value Ireland Blog, as well as the SayNoTo1890.com. I’m ...
Sale. Discounts. Special Offers. Bargains. Money Off.
In the last couple of weeks there’s been lots of talk about downturns and recessions and businesses finding things tough. We’re being told that they’re offering us all sorts of discounts to entice us to spend our money with them. And of course,...
Car Clocking - To undertake or not undertake!
In the last few months, the fuckers* have pursued three garages for the offence under the Consumer Protection Act of car clocking - technically a misleading commercial practice. For those not familiar with the term, car clocking is the practice of re...
NCA and consumer legislation nothing more than a charade
In a freaky sense of timing, this article was published in todays Irish Times, available here on the new free Irish Times on the web. I was particularly drawn to Dr. Caseys last line:In any case, we don't need costly institutions to give us advice ou...
National Consumer Agency Surveys - tell us something we don't know
Right! Let’s get one thing out of the way here. I don’t think we needed the fuckers* to tell us last week that things were cheaper in Northern Ireland relatively speaking than they are down here. We’ve been travelling north for our shopping in ...
