Categories: "Fun"
Actual loss or penalty charge?
By Value hunter on Nov 17, 2011 | In In real life, Money chat, Frugal wars | Send feedback »
"Actual loss" is a gauge for determining whether or not the fees, charges, termination costs or administration fees (and many more charges dressed up with fancy names) are what your personal circumstances have done to cause a loss to a business where a… more »
Energy saving fight back - Washing clothes
By Value hunter on Nov 13, 2011 | In In real life, Common sense, In the home, Frugal wars, Frugal victories | 2 feedbacks »
Saving money on doing the laundry every week in theory, should be easy. As part of our home's energy saving fightback [in which we look at everything we do from week to week] applying the simple process of breaking down each cost the savings appear… more »
How do you justify this - British Gas, Energy saving trust, DECC and OFGEM?
By Value hunter on Nov 5, 2011 | In In real life, In the home, Bad business, Frugal wars, What is the point? | Send feedback »
I'll keep it simple, so that staff from the aforementioned companies and state bodies can understand it. We installed complete double glazing, including all our doors - we used more units of gas We fitted cavity wall insulation - we used more units of… more »
The energy saving fight back has started...
By Value hunter on Nov 1, 2011 | In In real life, Common sense, In the home, Bad business, Frugal wars, Frugal thinking | Send feedback »
For theĆ draining of household finances, there is no bigger burden [that I am aware of] than that of the energy companies. The examples of mis-selling, mis representation and often blatant untruths are out there for all to see. Is there any other… more »
Dad diary: Baby routines, british traditions and a pile of other stuff...
By Value hunter on Oct 30, 2011 | In In real life, Dear diary | Send feedback »
It has been quite a while since I posted my stuff, but I have been very very busy and nipping on to the site every other day to check that it is still here. Baby routines? Sprog2 is no longer a baby really, at just over two years old, she's growing in… more »