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Archives for May 2010

Hotel comparison sites
We recently took a mid-week 2 day stay in London and having chosen our hotel based on internet research, then looked for the lowest booking price based on using many of the sites recommended by MoneySavingExpert. We eventually booked directly with the hotel web site as this was 10% cheaper than any of the comparison sites,…
Can we have post/thread of the year back?
Just driving back from Sainsburys and had to pull over due to having flashbacks from this thread,Couldn't stop laughing, and this is months later! Hubby thought i was nuts! https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2250785 This thread if you ever feel down is a brilliant tonic!:T:T:T thistledom deserves a medal for…
Comparison Sites
I did a search and couldn't find any similar threads but correct me if I'm wrong. I've just had my buildings and contents renewal and, as usual, it is over priced. So, off I go into my annual gruelling trawl throught the comparison sites and I find some tempting offers. Low and behold my present provider has the best price…
bargainspy.co.uk
I posted in the grabbit section today a pizza hut offer https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2499733 I was searching google for some more voucher codes and noticed that the above website had a copy of my post from here on their website. Seems their website harvests all the post from the grabbit forums…
curtail excessive benefit bashing threads
The discussion area is overrun with benefit bashing threads so could they be merged into one big one so they don't clutter the forum up thanks
Anyone else having to click twice on forum jump?
Since the 'new look' layout I often have to click twice when using Forum Jump to get to a different forum. It only seems to happen when I click on the 'Go' box next to Forum Jump. Clicking on everything else seems to load straight away. Anyone else experienced this?
DT overrun by moved benefit threads from the benefit section of the site
It seems strange that we have a benefits section on the site but yet the board guides move any discussion on benefits to the DT section. The DT board is being overrun by benefit threads and it's purely because the board guides in the benefits section keep transferring them to this 1. Martin, sort it out. You will soon need…
Posting links or images in messages
I tried to post a link in a message but an error came up saying that I couldn't do that as I was a new member - joined a few days ago and have about half a dozen posts to my name. I can't see anywhere how long you have to be a member or how many posts you have to have before the restriction is lifted....... anybody know??
The REMOVE THANKS Button
Is it possible to put a time limit to it, I noticed a users thank count keeps going down instead of up, postcount can go down when thread are deleted but not the thanks, I think someone with spite is going back to delete the thanks, is it fair, and no its not me, I dont post much.
Why has the thread "finding if a company is real" been pulled?
There was nothing libellous, slanderous and only information accesible from the public domain. Again it seems that MSE is preventing it's members from getting the necessary help from other forum members when they are not getting the goods or service they pay for. Youve done the same here as you did with the littledivaz…
where has the weekly email gone??
Its one of lifes great pleasure's (I need to get out more) But lately wednesday are vacant as im not getting the weekly email and I have even re-registered my email addy Anyone else missing it?? :mad:
Change in email address - notification of new replies.
They used to come from: [EMAIL="webmaster@moneysavingexpert.com"]webmaster@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL] Now they're coming from: [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"]abuse@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL]
Is the new version too bright?
Hi folks, While for most the new version (we hope) looks great. Some have reported that they find the white background too bright - and indeed we've tested on a large number of monitors and about 1 in 20 it does look very bright. THis can make it difficult to concentrate on or read. A Quick Fix for the Brightness Problem…
New Look Speed - Back to usual
Hopefully its zipping along for everyone again - which means those who switched back to the old look for speed - do come along and join the new look party. If its not fast let me know
Renting out your car
Tried this after hearing about whipcar on radio 4. We own a sportscar that isn't used between 8am & 5pm daily and not much at weekends. thought could do with extra cash. No good with whipcar as they only go up to group 14 insurance. Car also needs to be less than 8 years old. just thought you should know.
can you make 'last post' button bigger again please
what it says on the title please as its small now but i like to look at it on my touch screen mobile and its like trying to tap on a pin head, its really difficult! i didnt want to post in the other threads as this might not be read there;)
Where has the forum jump gone?
Having to scroll to the top of page every time you want to get back to the forum you're reading is a real pain. Any chance of it being put back?
T IN Y URL banned?
Why has t1nyurl been omitted from the site? This means loads of links are now dead if people do not know where they originally pointed to. There are restrictions in place now for newbie posters posting links so why can we not have this back? I understand this masks the real url of sites visited and can redirect to some…
Reporting posts - how?
I've just tried to report a post by clicking on the red triangle. A message comes up telling me that the default email client isn't installed on my laptop. If I want to report a post, how would I go about doing it? Just click the post number which brings up the post in a separate window and copy the URL?
Problems with the Thanks button
Anyone else with this glitch? When I thank a user it doesn't show at all and when I refresh the thanks button is again there. I tested it with Laks and she has confirmed that she can't see my thanks. Not a matter of life or death, but still... UPDATE FROM THE MSE TEAM The problem is only with a limited number of users and…

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