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Category Archives: Choices
Taking on the Banks over bank charges
Radio 4 had a programme covering the issue of reclaiming bank charges. They also just had a good one on Privacy in peril which cover identity theft and use of information stored on us in databases such as credit card … Continue reading
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Phone Call Costs
Ok, after my post the other week on phone call costs, I though I would post up a summary Here are some pre-dial numbers for having cheaper UK mobile calls: 0844 428 0004 (4p/min) 0844 428 2525 (4p/min) price comparison … Continue reading
Rip off ATMs and bank charges
BBC have a story today about rip off ATM charging. This comes after the goverment forced pensioners and those on benefit to get bank accoutns to receive dole in. There was a previous story on Scottish TV. In our area … Continue reading
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The market creating cost spread on phone calls
I just added to my webpage on phone issues that some of the cheapest phone calls can be had is by using pre-dial numbers from a company called Connect Telecom UK Ltd (Finarea SA) under brandnames Phonecheap, 0844calls, Discountdial, Dialaround, … Continue reading
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Broadband in the UK
Recently a few friends have asked my advice on which service provider to go for when getting Broadband internet connection. I have a page on my homepage concerning internet access in the UK, but I did look further into the … Continue reading
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Power of adverts (in UK)
In Scotland and I guess rest of the UK power companies are heavily advertising at the moment. For the past few weeks here Scottish Power and Scottish Gas (brand name of Centrica) have adverts that use price as a selling … Continue reading