Airport parking can easily cost you a small fortune if you’re not careful. Parking prices for Gatwick Airport surpassed an average of £10 per day last month, according to analysis by Holiday Extras. So how can you avoid getting ripped off? Independent Airport Parking Association (IAPA) Chairman Nick Caunter has the top tips you need to make […]
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Holiday rip-off: Booking scams rise 25 per cent in year – average £1,500 lost by tourists
Victims of scams typically lost £1,500 in 2017, according to City of London Police data. There were 4,700 reported cases worth a total of £6.7 million. Travel trade organisation Abta’s chief executive Mark Tanzer said: “Abta sees at first-hand the damage caused by travel fraudsters with the many devastated customers who contact us for advice […]
‘Altered Carbon’ is more than just a ‘Blade Runner’ ripoff
Altered Carbon is the very definition of a guilty pleasure. The show, adapted by Laeta Kalogridis from Richard Morgan’s novel, isn’t exactly well written. And, like most Netflix joints, it goes on for way too long. But it’s gorgeous, it’s filled with charismatic actors and its cyberpunk aesthetic feels like a ’90s anime brought to […]
Jack Black SLAMS Thor Ragnarok as ‘School of Rock rip-off’ as Chris Hemsworth HAMMERS back
The new Marvel movie may be smashing the box office worldwide at the moment, but Black has a big problem with Thor Ragnarok. In a new Instagram video, the Tenacious D legend said: “You know in School of Rock where I sing a part of that monstrous Led Zeppelin jam Immigrant Song, and it’s super […]
Deja Vu All Over Again: Movies And TV Shows That Rip-Off ‘Groundhog Day’
This weekend, Happy Death Day will give audiences that old familiar feeling that they’ve seen something like this before. Because they have: it’s a slasher movie take on Groundhog Day. But Groundhog Day isn’t the only film to use the time loop scenario. Ever have deja vu? The feeling that you’ve been somewhere, or said […]
Estate agent fee RIP-OFF: House sellers have paid more than £300m this year so far
The average commission paid to a High Street agent across England and Wales is £3,862. And this is despite traditional agents cutting their sales commission from a typical 1.6 per cent to 1.3 per cent to compete with a growing number of online services. The £26bn worth of property already sold in 2017 means families […]
Car insurance rip-off revealed – Sneaky trick insurers do to charge you more money
Motorists are being warned that they are missing out of saving over £250 on their car insurance by leaving it too late to switch. UK motorists who change early could end up banking some excellent savings but those who leave it late can be penalised. According to comparison site GoCompare, drivers could save at least […]
Food shopping RIP-OFF as supermarket prices rise again by as much as 18 per cent
Research by mySupermarket.co.uk compared the price of a basket of shopping containing 35 popular items in June and July. The cost in June was £83.04, compared to £84.35 in July, a rise of £1.31 in just one month. mySupermarket revealed the majority products rose by two – eight per cent, but onions and kitchen towels […]
Britain is banning ‘rip-off’ credit card fees (MA, AAPL, AXP)
LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) – Britain will stop companies ranging from takeaway food apps to airlines from charging an extra fee to consumers who want to use credit cards and other payment services, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The total value of surcharges for the use of debit and credit cards, which have also […]
Britain’s airport parking rip-off – most expensive charges revealed as Brits jet off
Airport car parking is one of those annoyances and expenditures that is at times completely unavoidable. Now it has been revealed by a new study how expensive airport car parking can actually be. The most expensive UK airport parking costs three times more than the cheapest and, at one airport, it will set the driver […]