
A Wonga loan to go to the pub? I should beat you with a salmon
A few weeks ago, I read on Facebook that a friend was heading out to the pub and because he didn’t have any money, he got himself a ‘Chunk of Wonga’ which means he has just taken out a £400 Wonga payday loan. After following the discussion, he said he had taken it out for 30 days....

I read the T&Cs and was pleasantly surprised
Update 19 March 2013: Following the comments about my blog in the forum I spoke to the Co-operative Electrical about its terms and conditions. It appears that a broken link during the purchase process meant I was shown an incorrect version of the terms and conditions. The correct terms and conditions, which have now been fixed, allow...

Giving up smoking bought me better health… and a holiday
I never made the choice to be a smoker. It was a lot of stupid little decisions that got me hooked. It’s addictive stuff. At university, I’d have a cigarette here and there while partying. Then I started to smoke when I was stressed with coursework, revision or exams. I was smoking every day, but didn’t consider...

Corn by any other name would taste as sweet
Most consumers are aware of the crafty marketing ploys companies use to get us to part with our cash, most notoriously the hard-to-resist smell of fresh baked goods in supermarkets. Yet while we know all about tricks such as this, along with brightly coloured money-off signs, multi-buy offers and clever wording on packaging, many of us still...
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