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Yodel has again been named among the worst delivery firms in the UK, according to MoneySavingExpert.com's latest annual poll of more than 9,000 users. But DX and iPost Parcels pipped it to the wooden spoon.

With Christmas just over a week away, MoneySavingExpert.com has rounded up its top tips for cutting costs for shoppers planning to splurge on presents and festive trimmings.

With just over three weeks till Christmas, if you're looking to snap up bargain gifts abroad make sure you factor in customs duty and VAT, as the item may not turn out to be so cheap after all.

Customers who order from Amazon will now be able to collect their parcels from one of 10,500 local Post Office branches.

Sainsbury's Nectar card customers can exchange their points for vouchers of twice their usual value from today, to spend on Christmas goods including toys, homeware, Tu clothing, electricals and Taste the Difference wine.

Update: 12 December 2014: Tesco has extended its Clubcard Boost, so you now have until 21 December to exchange vouchers for Boost tokens either in store or online.You still have until 24 December to spend vouchers. Tesco has also recently added Baby & Toddler as a new department due to customer demand.

Shoppers will earn just half as many points for spending the same amount of cash at Sainsbury's from April next year, it was announced today.

Many eBay users who opt to pay for upgraded listing services such as 'gallery plus' and subtitles to make their goods stand out from the crowd will pay more to do so from 14 August.

If you have a Kiddicare gift card, spend it now and see if you can bag a bargain as the retailer's confirmed it's shutting all but one of its stores.