Consumer champ?
July 3, 2009 by samsonites · Leave a Comment
Analysis
By Kevin Peachey
Consumer affairs reporter, BBC News
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Nobody is immune to being caught out by rip-offs - not even the new Consumer Minister, Kevin Brennan.
Art of haggling
May 5, 2009 by samsonites · Leave a Comment
By Kevin Peachey
Consumer affairs reporter, BBC News
How do you deal with people who try to argue down a price According to one charity shop manager: "They try to haggle, so I put the price up!"
Haggling might not be successful with good causes, but profit-chasing retailers are becoming more accommodating with those consumers who give it a try.
Size matters
January 13, 2009 by samsonites · Leave a Comment
By Kevin Peachey
Consumer affairs reporter, BBC News, Maidstone, Kent
A message on the green signboard is the only clue that this vacant unit was recently a shoe shop. It suggests passing shoppers “love their feet”.
This podiatric love affair appears to have turned sour. A handwritten note on the door explains that the store - Sole Solution - has closed. Read more
Present worries
November 21, 2008 by samsonites · Leave a Comment
By Kevin Peachey
Consumer affairs reporter, BBC News
The shining Gibson guitar was going for a song on the internet, but any expert could hear it did not play like the real thing.
You might not expect musical instruments to be among the haul of counterfeit or dangerous goods seized by trading standards officers. Read more
