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'Would you help a fellow consumer?' poll results/discussion
Poll between 23 Feb - 02 March 2009: Would you help a fellow consumer? You’re in the queue at an electrical shop. The person in front of you is taking back their new radio, bought a few days earlier, as it's faulty. The shop staff tell him/her “you have to send it to manufacturer, it's not our business.” You KNOW this is…
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Can you use a voucher on a first date? poll discussion
Poll between 10-16 Feb 09: Can you use a voucher on a first date? The taboos surrounding vouchers have virtually disappeared, as a tribe of credit crunch voucheristas choose where they go depending on the 2fo1 restaurant deals. Yet as it's Valentine’s week, does this apply to a first date? Imagine Bob asked Sarah out to…
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MONEY MORAL DILEMMA: Would you ask for your tip back?
Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on: Would you ask for the tip back? After a £40 meal and drink for two in a perfectly pleasant restaurant, you pay by card, tap in the gratuity, and type in your pin. Once the receipt prints out you realise instead of the £4 (10%) tip you meant to give, you've…
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MONEY MORAL DILEMMA: Should Harry pay Ron’s speeding fine?
Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on: Should Harry pay Ron’s speeding fine? Harry's jetting off on holiday on a 5am flight. To help him out, Harry’s friend Ron kindly agrees to drive him to the airport. Yet, Harry wanted a lie-in, so they’re running late and cutting it fine. En-route Ron is…
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MONEY MORAL DILEMMA Should Sandy pay off Danny’s debts?
Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on: Should Sandy pay off Danny’s debts?? Danny and Sandy have just got engaged. Sandy's very careful with her cash and has got some savings, but Danny's systematically run up some electrifyingly large debts from suping up his car. While we all know Danny better…
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Should Rebecca come clean about David's baguette?
Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on: Should Rebecca come clean about David's baguette? Every day, personal assistant Rebecca dutifully picks up lunch for her boss, David. He gives her £25 a week to get his usual bacon baguette and bottle of coke, every day. Yet MoneySaver Rebecca realises the…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Do you charge house guests for breakages?
Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on: Do you charge house guests for breakages? You invite friends to stay for the weekend. They’re there with the children and everyone’s having a great time. Then sadly young 6 year old Tommy throws the cricket ball he was playing with through the new-ish £500…
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MONEY MORAL DILEMMA: Should you give cash to the drunk homeless man?
Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on: Should you give cash to the drunk homeless man? For a few months you've been helping out Pete, a friendly homeless man who you walk past on the way to work. He's always friendly and polite. Then one day you pass him and spot that he's got a couple of six…
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MONEY MORAL DILEMMA: Should Robbie kick up a fuss?
Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on: Should Robbie kick up a fuss? After the New Year celebrations, five lads are struggling to find a cab with enough space to take them all home. After a bit of patience, Gary hails two cabs and decides Mark & Robbie should get in one and everyone else in the…
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MONEY MORAL DILEMMA: Do you ask for new shoes?
Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on: Do you ask for new shoes? You go to a house warming party kitted out in your best gear but the host, gives you slippers and says please leave your new £150 designer stillettos/Italian leather loafers at the door with everyone else's shoes to stop dirt. When…
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poll to be done on council tax: Scotland's council tax to be frozen but england
to pay for it!! in yesterday's paper it says council tax in Scotland will be frozen until 2012 and England would be paying for this. I wonder what other people's thoughts are on this as i find it 1) outrageous that it is increasing again in England 2) there is one law for England and one for Scotland. is it not time that…
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'Is it time to ditch the pound?' poll results/discussion
Poll between 05-12 Jan 2009: Is it time to ditch the pound? The pound's dropped like a stone against the dollar and the Euro. Is it time we moved our currency into part of a bigger one? Should the UK join the Euro? A. Yes - [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]31% (5242 votes)[/FONT] B. No -…
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Return of tv to Comet
I purchased a lcd tv/dvd player from Comet 10 days ago, and during this time it has gone faulty on two occasions.(it has 12 month manufacturers warranty) I took it into the shop for an exchange or refund, but the customer services desk said that they have to see the problem happening in store. But because it wasnt…
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Question of the week: Do you need to pay for shop breakages?
We went to our local store, and my child accidentally ran into a display of jars, the manager is trying to force us to pay for all the damage – over £90s worth. Is he right? There’s no hard and fast rule on this and quite often it comes down to each individuals shop’s discretion. Consumers are obliged to take reasonable…
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'Are you a knock-off Nigel or Nigella?' poll discussion
Poll between 22-30 Sept 2008. Are you a knock-off Nigel or Nigella? While walking down your local high street, you’re approached by someone with a plastic bag full of almost certainly fake DVDs of films you want to see. Buying one's generally considered a criminal offence, yet the trade persists. Which is nearest to your…
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would like a poll on thoughts on council tax r
rises due in April..09. i have heard that will go up by about £48 inour area per year. and i see how much money they waste at this end!!!
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Archna's Free Game of the Week: Zahada
This collection of riddles and puzzles needs a lot of patience, or is that brain power :) , to get through. Can you even get past the first level? Click the link to play the game: Zahada Thanks to MoneySaver Ipra for the suggestion. Don't forget if you have a suggestion for a game and want to see it in the Moneysaving tip…
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I See The Thought Police Have Been And Removed The Bikini Photos Thread!
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MONEY MORAL DILEMMA: Should Grant and Tiffany charge for their wedding?
Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on: Should Grant and Tiffany charge for their wedding? Grant and Tiffany have lived together for three years and their house is fully kitted out. They plan to get married locally next summer and aren't really in need of much; though the cost of the wedding…
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'How close to the brink are you?' 2009 poll results/discussion
Poll between 26 Jan-3 Feb 2009: How close to the brink are you? Three months ago we first did this poll... then recession was on its way. Now it’s here. Have things changed? On a scale of nought to nine, how near the financial edge are you? Which of these is nearest your situation? [FONT="]0[FONT="] No problem. No…