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MSE's top tips on how to be festive and frugal this Christmas
MSE has rounded up its top tips for cutting costs for shoppers planning to splurge on presents and festive trimmings
16 December 2014
Nectar points cut in half at Sainsbury's and points for bag reuse scrapped
From 11 April 2015, Nectar card holders will earn only one point for every £1 spent at Sainsbury's
14 October 2014
Planning an eBay sale? Act now as fees are set to rise
eBay fees for upgraded listing services such as 'gallery plus' and subtitles will rise from 14 August
12 August 2014
Shop online at Office? Change your password after security breach
Office says hackers have accessed the personal information of customers who opened accounts before August 2013
29 May 2014
eBay cyber-attack: Change your passwords, auction site warns users
eBay is urging customers to change their passwords after information including names and phone numbers were accessed
21 May 2014
Planning a big eBay sale? Beat new charges and do it this weekend
From Tuesday eBay is changing its insertion fee, so if you've got lots of items to sell, you should do it now
9 May 2014
Check your change! Kew Gardens 50p coin attracting £310 bids on eBay
One in 300 people could have an
21 February 2014
eBay shoppers to 'click and collect' at Argos stores by Christmas
Online auction site eBay is teaming up with Argos to trial a 'click and collect' scheme
24 September 2013
eBay sellers beware: Its fees now eat into postage costs
eBay users should beware new rules the site has implemented today that'll see it take a cut of postage costs
5 September 2013
Currys and PC World launch laptop trade-in scheme
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9 new coronavirus need-to-knowsAs UK returns to 'level 4' alert
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TSB Classic Plus interest rate to fall to 0%
23 September 2020
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Confusion over Klarna direct debits after shoppers miss out on new Xbox pre-orders
23 September 2020
Shoppers trying to bag the new Xbox All Access bundle this week may have had direct debits set up by finance provider Klarna to pay for consoles they couldn't order, after huge demand meant retailers sold out. Those who took out a credit agreement but missed out on the Xbox bundle will have also been subject to hard credit checks - we've full info on what's happened and what you can do about it below -
Car and home insurers face ban on charging existing customers more than newbies
22 September 2020
Car and home insurance customers should pay no more when renewing their policy than they would if they were taking out a new one with the same firm, under radical new proposals from the financial regulator -
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22 September 2020
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I'm self-employed but confused about whether I can claim that my business is adversely affected by coronavirus
22 September 2020
100s of self-employed people are confused about what constitutes being “adversely affected” by coronavirus, we have some helpful scenarios to work out where you stand, as well as HMRC’s guidance.
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Is it time to ban Christmas presents?
14 September 2020
Update September 2017: It’s eight years since I first braved this subject, expecting a snowstorm of protest. Instead, year after year more join in, like Julia who recently tweeted me, “@MartinSLewis, finally took your advice and told my family I can’t afford Christmas presents. What a weight off my mind. Thank you.” One year even the Archbishop of... -
Martin Lewis: I confess, I did a 'decoy effect' experiment on my Twitter and Facebook followers… and it may be why they're buying more Jaffa Cakes
7 September 2020
Behavioural economics is a powerful science. Some retailers are undoubtedly using it to make us pay more to get less. One element is the 'decoy effect' – where a higher-priced item is sold, to make items next to it look like bargains. So I wanted to do a little experiment to test it -
Martin Lewis: Payment holidays extended – but should you take one? Mortgages, credit cards, loans, payday loans, car finance and more
11 August 2020
Within the last week, we've seen the extension of coronavirus credit card, personal loan and overdraft help to 31 October 2020, with mortgage payment holidays already extended. The regulator's other help schemes are also likely to be extended too, including car finance and payday loans, yet should you do it?
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