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Poll Started 23 march 2009: Would you spend an MP's expenses? Recently, a number of MPs have had ‘exposes’ done on their expenses claims. Yet often it's within the letter if not the spirit of the rules. At £63,000, their salaries are above average, but substantially lower than big business bosses get. See the full MP's pay and allowances rules. If you were an MP, which of these is closest to what you’d do? (Be honest)
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22 March 2009
The pound has plummeted against the Euro and the Dollar, and while holiday prices have come down, the cost of doing anything once you’re abroad has rocketed. Has this changed your attitude to holidaying in Britain?
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16 March 2009
Poll Started 10 March 09: What's the APR of a ‘pint to say thanks for the cash’? If someone lent you £20 and said "pay me back in a week, then buy me a pint (£2.75) and we’re sorted", what’s the equivalent APR? Note: Thanks to Tony Levene’s guardian piece for inspring this. To calculate the APR,a compound rate has been used. THE ANSWER? Click 'Discuss This Poll' link AFTER you’ve voted to find out..
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9 March 2009
Over the last few years, a raft of cashback sites have sprung up, offering you a cut of the ‘affiliate revenue’ they receive, so that if you buy products through them, you get cashback on top (see top cashback sites and the cashback maximiser for more). Regular MoneySavers swear by them... but how widespread is their usage?
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2 March 2009
Poll Started 23 Feb 2009. Would you help a fellow consumer? You’re in the queue at an electrical shop. The person in front of you is taking back their new radio, bought a few days earlier, as it's faulty. The shop staff tell him/her "you have to send it to manufacturer, it's not our business". This is NOT correct, it is the shop you made the 'contract' with, thus the law says it needs to sort it. You KNOW what the shops said is wrong, so which of these is nearest to your attitude?
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22 February 2009
Poll Started 16 Feb 2009: Do you buy name brand medicine? Branded medicine has a powerful selling point: nobody wants to ‘scrimp’ on their health. Yet generic medicines (unbranded/own brand) offer EXACTLY the same active ingredient (see the cheap medicines guide for more) at a fraction of the cost. Often the only difference is the lack of fancy packaging, and the coating. Which of these do you mostly buy for yourself/your family?
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15 February 2009
Poll Started 10 Feb 09: Can you use a voucher on a first date? The taboos surrounding vouchers have virtually disappeared, as a tribe of credit crunch voucheristas choose where they go depending on the 2for1 restaurant deals. Yet as it's Valentine’s week, does this apply to a first date? Imagine Bob asked Sarah out to dinner on a first date, and as he asked, he says he’ll pay. When the bill comes he pulls out a 2for1 voucher... Which of these is nearest your opinion?
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9 February 2009
Poll Started 3 Feb 2009: Should we trade with China? Premier Wen Jiabao of China, the world's latest economic giant, is in the UK talking to Gordon Brown about strengthening trade. Yet everywhere he goes, there are protests about human rights issues. Which of these is closest to your view?
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2 February 2009
Poll Started 26 January 2009: How close to the brink are you? Three months ago we first did this poll... then recession was on its way. Now it's here. Have things changed? On a scale of nought to nine, how near the financial edge are you? Which of these is nearest your situation?
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25 January 2009
Poll Started 19 Jan 2009: Should we nationalise the banks? This week the government covered another £200 bn of banking assets and increased its share in RBS to 70%. Is it time for us to take the whole banking system into state ownership and control? Which of these is closest to your view of what the Government should do?
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18 January 2009
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