MSE News: Sale-and-rent-back firms offer "woeful" advice, says Which?

Former_MSE_Helen

This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:

"The consumer group has reported two firms to the regulator after an investigation uncovered major problems ..."

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pauldavey18

any danger of finding out the names of the companies, with results, from your research?

pete_v

I'm not suggesting that these companies ought to be able to say whatever they like and get away with it, but surely it's daft to be approaching the seller of a service to ask whether that service is the right one for you? Even my granny would say that's just common sense.

In that sense this *shouldn't* matter, because people *should* be seeking impartial advice before they ever speak to one of these firms. Obviously "should" is not the same thing as "does", of course.

Pete