http://blog.consumerchoices.co.uk Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:18:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Saturday 26th July, 2008 - £8,428.07 in debt… Oh yeah! I'm amazing! Look at what I've just done - look at the debt counter! LOOK AT IT! Yes, I've been working very hard - like some kind of idiot - for the past 18 days, and finally I'm seeing some money arrive in my ... http://blog.consumerchoices.co.uk/2008/07/26/olivia-buck-needs-debt-help-day-86/ Olivia Buck 180284  Energy costs are set to rocket....   EDF has become the first of the big six energy suppliers to make this summer’s anticipated gas and electricity price increases.   Gas prices will increase by 22% and electricity by 17% for existing domestic customers from July 25th (today) onwards. The inflation busting price rises have ... http://blog.consumerchoices.co.uk/2008/07/25/edf-instigate-price-hikes/ Dan Drage 321693    Bournemouth gets broadband... Promising super-fast broadband for everyone, Bournemouth has been chosen as the home for the UK’s first “Fibrecity,” because of its superb, err… sewer system! Yes, Bournemouth will soon be the first city in England to boast the Fibrecity status, and not because of it’s notoriety as a colourful ... http://blog.consumerchoices.co.uk/2008/07/25/super-fast-broadband-for-seaside-fibrecity/ Becca Talbot 381690  Takin' it to the streets... Thursday 24th July, 2008 - £8,778.07 in debt… Ebay is the bane of my flipping life at the moment. If you've been following my blog, you'll know that I started off by sticking some old stuff on Ebay and paying off my smallest debt in a week. ... http://blog.consumerchoices.co.uk/2008/07/24/olivia-buck-needs-debt-help-day-85/ Olivia Buck 180284  Steer yourself out of trouble.. Warnings have been circulated today regarding a banking Trojan virus purporting to be a news story about former Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso. The Trojan virus, disguised as a fabricated news article giving details of a supposed motorway accident involving Spaniard Alonso just outside Bilbao, carries the ... http://blog.consumerchoices.co.uk/2008/07/24/fernando-alonso-virus-detected/ Dan Drage 321693  Genuine Pace   Morrissey would of course counter that headline with a dismissive ‘it makes none’, but his best days are behind him and (as far as I’m aware) he knows very little of the telecoms market. In fact, a more accurate response would perhaps be 'it makes some, but not as much as ... http://blog.consumerchoices.co.uk/2008/07/23/100mb-broadband-so-what-difference-does-it-make/ Dan Drage 321693  Bournemouth - The Promised Land Tuesday 22nd July, 2008 - £8,810.98 in debt… I recently asked around on some forums about services that make it easier to get out of debt, and was bombarded with links to Whatsthecost.com, which apparently is what all the cool people are using. I just went there for the first time, and I ... http://blog.consumerchoices.co.uk/2008/07/22/olivia-buck-needs-debt-help-day-83/ Olivia Buck 180284  We're pulling rabbits out of hats...   In response to the deluge of mail we received regarding the complexity of submitting meter readings to British Gas, here at Consumer Choices we are pleased to announce we’ve cracked the code.   For the inside track on how to successfully submit a meter reading at britishgas.co.uk/meter, ... http://blog.consumerchoices.co.uk/2008/07/21/click-energy-5-how-to-input-meter-readings/ Dan Drage 321693  Right on!   Having entertained statues of John Lennon, art installations sympathetically dedicated to America’s loss during 9/11 and rock concerts by both the Manic Street Preachers and now defunct US supergroup Audioslave, Cuba is about to experience a new phase in 21st century cultural development.   Broadband is coming to Cuba, bueno!   The service ... http://blog.consumerchoices.co.uk/2008/07/18/libertad-cuba-gets-broadband/ Dan Drage 321693    "Is that super size madam?" After being encouraged to eat our greens, count our calories and watch our waistlines, it seems more than a little hypocritical that those who choose to live unhealthy lifestyles could actually prosper from bigger pension payouts. But if plans from Legal & General, Britain’s biggest annuity ... http://blog.consumerchoices.co.uk/2008/07/18/boost-your-annuity-unhealthily/ Becca Talbot 381690