Categories: "Common sense"
HETAS coal fire confusion?
By Value hunter on Jan 1, 2011 | In In real life, Common sense, Frugal wars | Send feedback »
HETAS - the official body of solid fuel domestic heating appliances, fuels and services - are recognised by the government for approval of appliances. HETAS can recommend installers, solid fuel types and chimney sweeps. Unfortunately, the installation… more »
Stay frugal this Christmas eve
By Value hunter on Dec 24, 2010 | In Money chat, Common sense, Frugal wars, Frugal thinking, Thrifty shopping | Send feedback »
The clock has struck 12 here, tis now Christmas eve! We are all in the "marketing" zone, whereby fears and worries about forgetting a gift, food shopping, etc, are at a height never seen at any other time in the entire calendar year. No matter how… more »
Save the tradition of bonfire night!
By Value hunter on Nov 5, 2010 | In Fun, In real life, Common sense, Frugal thinking, Dear diary | Send feedback »
Traditional English bonfire night in 1957
Traditions are passed on to children around the world by their families, but here in the UK traditions are being watered down and allowed to disappear. It is not very thrifty, to pay out for the ever increasing costs of fireworks, but the costs of… more »
Avoid unpaid direct debit bank charges
By Value hunter on Oct 24, 2010 | In In real life, Money chat, Common sense, Frugal wars, Frugal thinking | 1 feedback »
Bank's love to charge for each unpaid direct debit (and knock on overdraft charges, etc), it makes huge profits from them, it knows this, their customers know this, the powers that be know it. So avoiding running up unpaid direct debit charges (and… more »
Warm front scheme complaint
By Value hunter on Oct 19, 2010 | In In real life, In the home, Bad business, What is the point?, Quango watch, Product reviews | 36 feedbacks »
Warm front turn a simple system into a taxpayer funded, money making scheme!
In principal, the warm front scheme is a reliable way of bringing boilers up to date, improving heating in homes, improving insulation to retain heat and save energy. In practice, from start to finish in this case, warm front has been completely… more »
