We’ve had Comet, Jessops HMV and now Blockbusters, all gone into administration within a matter of weeks. Not only does this truly suck for the thousands of staff facing unemployment, but it also puts us consumers in a tough place. That is once we’ve finished picking the... [Continue reading]
How to exchange your unwanted Christmas present for a refund or exchange. Inevitably we always end up with a few dodgy presents that we don’t like, we often joke about the ropey knitted Christmas jumper (although I did get an awesome knitted cardie from my wife’s Nan which... [Continue reading]
The festivities of Christmas Day are yet to be over, but we're already getting ads and emails about the January Sales adverts have begun. The January sales inspire equal measures of excitement and dread in most people. It’s a fantastic time to stock up the wardrobe, bag a new... [Continue reading]
As a nation, there’s nothing more we love than a good bargain, that feeling that you’ve swindled the shops and grabbed a great deal for a fraction of the regular cost. However, it’s the shops that usually get one over on us, as we fall for some of their most devious... [Continue reading]
Support your local traders & retailers this Christmas About a month ago, one of my Facebook friends posted about supporting local and independent traders and retailers. I was fairly dismissive of it at first – it’s a horribly middle class statement in the same lines as... [Continue reading]
