Thoughts on sale to MoneySupermarket — downhill from here?

Jew

First off, I'm really happy for Martin Lewis, I would have done the same thing.

But, sadly, I think MSE is going to get worse from now on. The deals will be more corporate — as now they're just things that people and Martin's team find, but via MoneySupermarket, they'll be deals that companies ask MoneySupermarket to put up — so not really "hidden finds", or anything like that.

It'll become a tool for direct promotion (like an ad), rather than finding promotions.

Just my 2¢.

StaffsSW

Jew wrote: »

It'll become a tool for direct promotion (like an ad), rather than finding promotions.

Just my 2¢.

That is indeed confirmed in the press release that MS.com issued yesterday - http://corporate.moneysupermarket.com/mony/news/rns/rnsitem?id=20137219

Combination supports and enhances MoneySupermarket.com's strategy through:
o Enhancing MoneySupermarket.com's brand and user content
o Growing MoneySupermarket.com's direct-to-site revenues and improving MoneySupermarket.com's customer experience
o Utilising MoneySupermarket.com's skills to optimise MoneySavingExpert's website and user experience

DelBoyPhil

What martin said was BS really.

If you telling us that your site is going to be independent then thats like talktalk selling skytv etc. its just rubbish and we will all see this in the years to come.

StaffsSW

Even the initial announcement was nothing more that more "spin" - claiming that MSE was "joining" MS.com, not being sold to.

SailorSam

How many threads have we had about the sale of Mse during the last couple of days. We've had hundreds of posts, is there anything new to say on the subject.

dp6305

complete sell out- i now think he had this planned right from the start.
i am going to deactivate membership

The_pc_tech

Best to sign up for a webmail address and point your profile to that, you can't delete your account/.

nilrem_2

dp6305 wrote: »

complete sell out- i now think he had this planned right from the start.
i am going to deactivate membership

Lol unless you have another 'handle' you only joined about 2 days ago?

[Deleted User]

When some company is taken over/bought out, they always claim they'll run it as it was, etc etc etc. But that doesn't last for ever. Sometime down the road things always get merged and parts closed down etc.

barmonkey

nilrem wrote: »

Lol unless you have another 'handle' you only joined about 2 days ago?

im guessing its another AE thats too scared to comment under their real user name, theres alot of them around recently