'MSE is biblical says Tesco boss' blog discussion

Percy1983

I can believe this, they make jokes at work about how I have a Martin Lewis shrine I praise every night. With that they do treat me as one of his prophets and ask me what they should do in many financial situations.

Butti

jamesd wrote: »

There's one small problem. RPI includes housing costs, CPI doesn't. If it's really changing from CPI to RPI that'll be a good thing for those on benefits.

No I've just got it the wrong way round!
The benefits bill has gone up and up partly because landlords have got greedy and partly because of supply and demand. We sold off shedloads of council houses under Right to Buy and we now have a big shortage so we are housing people in the private rented sector rather than building more houses.

Old_Wrinkly

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

"Biblical proportions" means big.

Not for the loaves and fishes before the miracle ...
Or the Eye of the Needle. Or ...

But I also think that they mean that what Martin / MSE says is "treated as gospel".

Exactly. My first post was because Martin simply seemed to assume it meant that MSE was now recognised as a 'big' site.

CompBunny

Very proud to be a member of this site and forum, if the big cheese of Tesco has pricked up his ears to your "little" moneysaving cult then I'm sure many, many other large companies are doing the same. What better place for them to listen to the very heartbeat of the consumer, sharing their honest views, hopes and fears about every aspect of consumerism? Good for them, good for us, good for the future.

Power to us, the savvy customer. Power to moneysavingexpert.com!

Heres hoping MSE continues to fight OUR corner! I'm sure there must of been some massive offers on the table to greatly favour certain companies somewhere along the way

ootie

redstararnie76 wrote: »

Really interesting that the Tesco guy picked up on it, but very true!!
Only the other day I realised that there's actually very few decisions that I make without consulting MSE first: online shopping - what vouchers are available? buying a house - absolutely every aspect! home insurance - consult the guide; switching energy providers, - see guide; choosing a holiday destination - ask on forum; trying for a baby - there's a MSE group; being pregnant - MSE group; having children - MSE group etc, etc. It's so much more than just about debt!

Absolutely agree, I consult MSE before virtually everything these days!

kazwonn

:T What a wally Tesco boss! :rotfl:
I think you and the team Martin, do a fab job. You helped my partner and I reclaim our bank charges last year and I personally got refunded the whole of my Barclaycard balance 2 weeks ago plus 160 extra! Unreal. I not long sent off the figures for the rest of our cards so just hoping for the same result. We can't thank you enough. I'm due to give birth to my baby number 2 in july so to get rid of some debts makes me a happier mummy. Love you all and thank you so so much. Keep up the excellent work. :j

BobbinAlong

The influence of MSE was illustrated yesterday at work during a discussion about car insurance. One woman said "I go to my broker and he gets me the best deal" whilst another man said "I go through all the comparison websites in order".... Response from another? "You must read MSE!!"

Qwertyu

Good old Tesco!

Confident their shopping is cheaper than asda otherwise they will refund double the difference.

I just bought from Tesco

4 x old el paso bbq fajitas dinner set = £3.14 each
4 x princes tuna chunks in brine = £5.39 each
8 packs of 8xdiet coke cans (2 for £6.50)= £26

Total = £60.12

In Asda;

4x old el paso bbq fajitas dinner set (2 for £3)= £6
4 x princes tuna chunks in brine = £3 each
8 packs of 8xdiet coke cans (2 for £4) = £16

Total would have been = £34

I will be trying the Tesco price promise and so hopefully If my maths is correct, I should get a voucher back for £52.24 = cheap shopping :-) and it's all thanks to MSE!
:money:

rickbonar

Mr Lewis perhaps you are guilty!

How do you plead to the charge that you single handedly started the banking crisis by rallying huge numbers of bank customers to legally challenge the excess charges on their overdrafts and bank cards and credit cards.

Also how do plead to the charge of undermining the confidence in banking by this measure and re enforcing the difficulties with the Northern Rock with articles about the limited protection to customer assets and limited compensation by the FSA and government.

And there is also the charge that you in turn with these combined measures set an avalanche running with other organisations joining forces against the banks and government.

Also are you guilty of doing the same with the rumblings in the Northern Rock and by highlighting the fact that originally the UK government was NOT going to assure the Northern Rock banks assets and this set the avalanche reverberating across to banking institutions and lenders in the USA and in turn causing them to question these and in part are responsible of the failure of major institutions in the USA and starting a worldwide recession.

Are you guilty of being the public’s financial messiah or are you guilty of being the public's financial anti-Christ?

rickbonar

Butti wrote: »

No I've just got it the wrong way round!
The benefits bill has gone up and up partly because landlords have got greedy and partly because of supply and demand. We sold off shedloads of council houses under Right to Buy and we now have a big shortage so we are housing people in the private rented sector rather than building more houses.

Yes they sold off shedloads of council houses that's true but how is that a bad thing?

The people that bought them got themselves out of paying rent all their lives & more than likely saved benefit bills by doing so at some later point.
The people living in these haven't moved abroad but they are off the housing list.

Traditional labour governments did build more council houses but under new labour the new labour government just kept with the John Major's tory government policy of renting out to housing associations instead(which are a lot dearer and with less rights).

I know they're supposed to be non profit making but you have a look at the upper staffing pay packets ... a guy earning £30k in the equivalent council housing post would earning in millions in one of these "non profit making" housing associations.

As I recall some survey around the time New labour were in power to say that population of the UK had actually gone down.

If that's true then why is there such a need to have more housing? Unless there is a hidden section of foriegn refugees or the rich are buying 4 or 5 houses to live in as single people.