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Are price match deals worth the time and effort?

We just visited a pair of major electrical and electronic retail park outlets. Comet stocked four of the five products I wanted whilst Company X offered all five. Comet offered a ‘buy one – get one half price deal’ whilst Company X proudly proclaimed that “We won’t be beaten on price!” But just how good is this [...]

Buying from out-of-town stores, is it worth it?

There was a time when Britain’s towns were full of small family-run businesses that sold everything we wanted and their staff were only to happy to help. Then came out-of-town stores on trading estates, putting all these nice local businesses out of the running because they could not afford to compete. Well, it looks like [...]