MSE Discussion: MoneySavingExpert.com to join the MoneySupermarket.com group

kattybtm

Just wanted to congratulate Martin,

Using this site over the years has really helped us save or recoup money, and i've snagged quite a few bargains too;). would hate to think that anyone begrudges Martin the deal he has landed after he has done so much to help all of us.

here's to you Martin:beer: (first round on you though I think )

laineyc_2

meher wrote: »

If the stagnating old style board changes, then I'd be the first in queue to admit I've been wrong and acknowledge that it is all atruistic. That board needs purifying, replenishing and reviving and the all-important missing element - ideas.

Lol! We could all do with some replenishing and reviving at times, meher.

meher

laineyc wrote: »

Lol! We could all do with some replenishing and reviving at times, meher.

:snow_grin

Cheeze439

Well done Martin, you deserve it.

I'm a quieter but long time user of this site and forums. It's a shame the 'we fear change' brigade have to rubbish this move before anything has happened. Complain when there's something worth complaining about. It seems to me that there's a good code being put in place to protect the site, so lets go with it and see how it goes.

If any single one of you can hand on heart tell me you wouldn't of done this deal for £86 million then you are deluded or bare faced liars. Martin has saved people an absolute fortune and should be knighted for his work, not have imbeciles turn on him.

marleyboy

Patr100 wrote: »

Jeez. Boo Hoo. Some people. I just can't wade through this entire thread.
If you want to stop using the site or forum . Spare us the moral indignation.
Two words.
Just go.
And that MSE tattoo you got will have to be surgically removed as you realise he is a journalist who runs a sometimes useful site , not some deity.
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Most members dont just want to leave, they want their membership REMOVED, some of us have never wanted to be a member of Moneysupermarket for obvious reasons.

It would appear that we have NO CHOICE, Mr Lewis has sold all our history on MSE to a profiteering website without our permission.

Simply leaving is not going to delete your membership, it will do nothing to stop your personal details being passed on to them, something we were promised would never happen was our details would be passed on to third parties. That is exactly what has happened.

That is why many of us are angry, we never once agreed to let him profit from our details, he has done just that.

terra_ferma

Personally I don't care if Martin has made a fortune out of this site, through affiliate links, and through the sellout.
But c'mon! selling to a company with a huge conflict of interest? There is no way it can continue to be independent and be trusted by users.
Even in the (extremely) unlikely event that it manages to keep its independence, it will have lost the trust of the people using it.

What a pity, very very sad, this forum is an incredible place, a good trade off between us getting all the advice we need, from Martin's team, the forum etc, and him getting lots of ££££ through the links we click.
a win-win situation, but now?
How can we trust MSE to tell it as it is when there will be someone above whose interests have to be served?

rising_from_the_ashes

kabebz wrote: »

I cannot believe I'm reading such selfish, negative comments! Anyone would think you were being personally mugged!

Martin continues to run the site, and campaign for us, the consumers, many of you have been here for years quite happily taking FREE advice using the FREE guides.

Martin, I'm sure has a life aside from "moneysaving'.

He clearly states in his Q and A that the site has expanded so much he himself does not have the time or experience to run the site as its massive as it had become. (it also take money to pay staff, website hosts, extra bandwidth, weekly newsletter productions, web designers, admin, and the team behind MSE and this is where I presume site revenue earned is directed, gosh and I bet Martin also take a wage himself! I expect some of you will be up in arms about that!)

MSE has been far reaching worldwide, how many of you signed up to the email so 50p was donated towards the tsunami appeal, and this site has helped many other charities before and since.

He is donating 1 MILLION to CAB for starters, and a further 9 MILLION for other charities. :T:T:T:T:T

Let get real here!

Here here!

Whilst I'm nowhere near jumping for joy at hearing the news, I cannot believe some of the comments I've read.:(

I hate change ...... but let's try to think positively and see what happens - Martin's not deserting anyone - he's still going to be around for a considerable time - why shouldn't he (and the rest of the MSE team) and some fantastic charities benefit for all the hard work that's been done over the last 10 years.

jd87

I still don't understand what "personal details" people think have been "sold" here. The only personal information the site holds is our email addresses. Anything you have ever posted in the forum is in the public domain anyway and always has been since the moment you clicked submit.

DevilInDisguise_2

Mandelbrot wrote: »

From what he says elsewhere, it seems that Martin will have a 3-year contract as 'Editor-in-Chief', with various options (presumably on both sides) for this to be extended ... or not.

How long do football managers usually have contracts for?

Any employee (as Martin will be) can be sacked, or more likely eased out gracefully if that is better in PR terms (with a suitable new job title).
Martin has said he trusts the MoneySupermarket management (which is why he is selling to them).
Enough to be happy to let the other editor(s) get on with things when the baby arrives and he gets parental leave/wants to help out at home?
It's not going to be easy to put in the hours at MSE when you've got all the money you'll ever need and you become a new father.

Incidentally, didn't Martin indicate that (some) current MSE staff would benefit financially from the sale (presumably the senior long-serving ones). Might some of them decide they no longer need the hassle of a day-to-day job? If so, that could affect the way the forum/site works.

What hours? The majority of articles that appear on this site are not written by Martin Lewis, but by his team.

He once stated he was motivated more by ego than money. It seems to not be the case when someone comes knocking with a handsome cheque.

chriswatts

A very strange announcement since if you want to save money you don't click through on sites like moneysupermarket and instead go back to a cash back site like Topcashback. So they claim the site will stay independent but we'll have to see if anti-moneysupermarket posts go walkies and if we all get Spammed from Moneysupermarket!