Shacking up, cohabiting or living in sin. However you label it, it means the same thing – moving in with your partner before you walk down the aisle first. Luckily, gone are the days when it was considered scandalous to move in with your partner before marriage. In fact, these days I’d be more shocked if friends of mine waited until after their wedding to live together for the… View Post

If you are a regular reader of YourBestFriendsGuidetoCash.co.uk, you know that I love getting a good deal. I believe that we should always try to get the most bang for our buck, no matter what our budget. Regardless of what you earn, why pay more for the same product or service if you don’t have to? Whether it is a household staple or a personal luxury, why should you spend… View Post

  Did you know that more than three quarters of what is on eBay is actually brand new and not sold in an auction? I certainly didn’t. Well, not until the team at eBay got in touch after reading my latest Bargain Hunter column in The Metro. While I have written about eBay outlets in the past when I worked at The Telegraph, but it seems that in the last… View Post

As a parent, particularly as a mother, the lead up to Christmas can be fraught: there’s your children’s parties and nativities to attend, the classmates’ cards to write and the present shopping to be done. And this year, I cocked up. Not because of the last-minute revisions to my daughter’s letter to Santa, but somehow, I managed to buy duplicate items  not once, not twice, not even on three occasions. Yes,… View Post

Consumers are regularly faced with bad customer service, whether we are trying unsuccessfully to return an item, negotiate a better deal or question an incorrect bill. In fact, a staggering 63% of us feel that poor service is unavoidable. How depressing is that? I don’t know about you, but I’m fed up with feeling fobbed off. So, is there a way to complain effectively that will guarantee results? It seems there… View Post