Related links above threads

PhylPho

Mobeer wrote: »

My favourite link is either a user posting "Cant connect new PC to the net" and getting the deeply sarcastic and almost cruel suggested link "Voip: Completely free calls", or the inexplicable suggestion when the user posts "Sata newbie unable to install Sata drive", which gets a first link "Rent your parking space:".

Great stuff, Mobeer. And that last link is a classic -- stand by for a future update "cowboy builders tarmac scam alert".

For a bit of fun, it might be good to compile a list of Laughable Links (even if MSE introduced this, er, facility as a means of providing information, not entertainment.)

* I now appreciate that having penned this, the Related Links will feature an archival reference in Bargain Buys about half-price boxed DVD sets of John Wayne movies.

Jenna_Appleseed

lol at the "what are the link" bit of the current related links

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Old_Wrinkly

PhylPho wrote: »

For a bit of fun, it might be good to compile a list of Laughable Links (even if MSE introduced this, er, facility as a means of providing information, not entertainment.)

I see a thread on 'Thanked posts' brings up links to the Post Office, and a thread related to 'board mods' brings up a link to 'Over-60s money saving' ( I suppose some Mods need to swap their Vespas & Lambrettas for mobility scooters now )

PhylPho

Well, I've only had time for a quick browse of today's (Sunday's) crop of Related Links, but it's still quite an education:

"Knocking sound when turning corners" (Board: Motoring, Public Transport & Cycling) results in RyanAir U-Turn.

Good God. Are the wheels about to fall off Ryanair jets as they pull onto and off airport taxiways?

"Blackpool advice, please" (Board: UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments) results in: Cheap MoTs.

A couple of years back, Blackpool hoped to open a Super Casino, thereby making it one of the best places in Britain to gamble. Though that plan fell through, at least all is not lost: thanks to MSE, the resort can today boast of being one of the best places in Britain to get an MoT.

"Rant ahoy! Meat in my Chinese when I ordered Tofu" (Board: Praise, Vent & Warnings) results in: £60m to be paid back where prices were hiked.

This is fantastic news for anyone who believes they were over-charged in a Chinese restaurant. I'm certainly filing for £1 million compensation re my over-priced Sweet 'n Sour.

"Any advice on buying a shed please" (Board: Local Moneysaving / Northern Ireland) results in: Buying Repossessions: get 30% off.

I had no idea so many garden sheds were being repossessed in Northern Ireland. Considering the price of sheds nowadays, it may well be worth going over to a Belfast auction to snap up a couple of dozen for re-sale back here. I think MSE is onto something with this.

And finally. . . (well, for this morning at any rate):

"Female window cleaners" (Board: Small Biz & Charity Organizers Moneysaving) results in: Tips, tricks and treats: all top bargains, loopholes and deals.

This really is amazing stuff: not merely how to treat yourself to a female window cleaner, but how to get one full of loopholes and at a bargain price.

As with Northern Ireland's repossessed garden sheds, I hadn't realised there was also a market in lady window cleaners. Sincere thanks, then, to MSE for being such an invaluable investment guide to commodities not normally covered by the Financial Times.