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Re: Personal Finance 2012: Guest Post from Kate of CurbYourConsumerism

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Re: Part exchange: the key to a new home

Van — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:05:17 -0000

This sounds like lunacy.

So the housebuilders are going to take these empty houses on their books? Why would they do that? Obviously to facilitate the sale of their new homes at rediculously inflated prices, they will have to buy these old homes for similarly inflated prices.

What are they going to do with them? Sell them or rent them? Who's going to buy them? Can you imagine the conversation - "Oh, this is a lovely house we're selling. We didn't build it, we bought it off the last person we sold a newbuild to because they couldn't sell it for the price they wanted, so we're trying to flip it for them."

Re: Should the minimum wage be scrapped?

Van — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:02:21 -0000

Of course the minimum wage should be scrapped. The wailing Lefties say that it is an inhuman argument and point out the cost of living... but no matter how hard it may be to live on NMW it is infinitely harder than having no job at all, and all the NMW does is destroy job creation and cause long term unemployment.

If the NMW is such a good idea, why not make it £1000ph? Do you think we'd all be better off, or in fact would we all be unemployed now because our productivity isn't worth £1000ph? If that is too high, then what about £999ph? Or £99ph? Or £9ph? At all levels it causes unemployment.

If you are too stupid to understand that artificially high price-fixing of the labour market reduces the demand for labour then you don't deserve to be paid the minimum wage.

And for people who say "Have you worked for minimum wage?" - Yes I have, I've worked on less. And that job is no longer there now because the minimum wage has made it unviable. Working gives you the chance to improve your skills and your productivity, enabling you to climb the wage ladder.

People need to remember that jobs do not grow on trees - they are created by employers, so if you screw around and increase their costs, of course they are going to hire less.

Re: Extreme Couponing – yes, it’s a real thing

Austin Young — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:15:40 -0000

My girlfriend is genuinely hooked on the tv show. The phrase "fml" has never been uttered with such regularity by me as it has been in the last few weeks.

Re: Gold mining in Scotland

Margaret Kay — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:33:49 -0000

Wow, this is crazy. I've mined for gold before - when playing the computer game 'Yukon Trail,' so maybe I will join Sangster and make it rich!!

Re: Extreme money saving: 10 top tips

James Meikle — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:16:50 -0000

If I spot any I'll scoop them up for you :)

Re: Diplomacy, the Chinese Way

Jemma Porter — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:36:15 -0000

Send back a haggis. Those are animals, right?

Re: Why Always Me? – ‘Super Mario’ the new David Beckham?

Margaret Kay — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:48:34 -0000

that hat is AMAZING

Re: Ethical investing – Is it for you?

Ron Robins — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:10:51 -0000

I'm glad to see you're talking about ethical investing.

Surveys all-over-the-world show that most investors want to invest in ethical companies and don't want their investments being the cause of grief to others. Then since so many of our core values are alike — and are supportive of higher ideals -- that in the long run, only companies employing these higher values will likely prosper.

I've been following ethical investing for some forty years.

In 2003, I founded a site to educate investors about ethical/socially responsible investing. It's now one of the foremost global sites on this topic.

It covers the latest related global news, research, books, links, articles, etc., and according to Google rankings is one of the world's most popular on this subject. It's at http://investingforthesoul.com...

Best wishes, Ron

Re: Guest Post: 5 ways to save on your petrol consumption

Jade Evans — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:32:04 -0000

Hi there - I was interested in writing a guest post for you, but I can't seem to find your contact information on the site! I'd love to hear from you.

Re: Student debt and the ‘baked beans’ dream

Heather Mhari McGreevy — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:37:02 -0000

Feeling your pain here Lisa! Can't wait to get rid of all my student debts!

Re: Your Occupy Wall Street Blogger’s Guide

Andrew — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:22:09 -0000

A short film looking at some of the members of Occupy Newcastle, United Kingdom - please watch and share!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Re: Money in a jar: saving made easy

Kaley — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:12:02 -0000

I know those jars. If only paperclips could buy me dinner. Good luck!

Re: Money in a jar: saving made easy

Margaret Kay — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:31:39 -0000

My change jar is full of euros, American coins, paperclips, buttons and a plethora of other crap that is of no use to me. I'm now inspired to clean it out and start saving! Thanks!

Re: How not to find a new job

Heather Mhari McGreevy — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:16:54 -0000

Haha brilliant.. I've had a few interview fails in my time - managed to say 'willies' and set off a fire alarm - somehow still got the job, must have been down to my charm and not my apparent lack of intelligence!! Still can't believe I done that!

Re: The Young Apprentice Returns

jenbm — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:38:36 -0000

cannot wait :)

Re: From e-commerce to f-commerce

Mia Perry — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:51:33 -0000

There's no doubt the F-commerce is the next step in the e-Commerce evolution.
www.StoreYa.com

Re: Should the minimum wage be scrapped?

EmmaDeeDee — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:21:39 -0000

The problem with unpaid internships is that some graduates are unable to support themselves while they are working for free. This puts people that don't have savings or "the bank of Mum and Dad" at a disadvantage and what we end up with is a workplace full of the same kind of people.

I agree with Andrew: the majority of companies will take any opportunity they can to boost their bottom line. If the minimum wage is scrapped then incomes will take a sharp dive, people will tighten their purse strings and the economy will grind to a halt once again.

Re: Could Monopoly money come to the rescue of our local communites?

Margaret Kay — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:08:47 -0000

This is so interesting- can't believe I hadn't heard about it before!

Re: Should the minimum wage be scrapped?

Andrew Moir — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:26:20 -0000

If it were scrapped, how long before most jobs were classed as "low productivity"? Companies don't exist to look after people but to make profit for those at the top. Big corporations exploit people wherever they can and this would be no different.

Anyone who thinks the minimum wage is too much clearly hasn't tried living on it. It's fine for academics to suggest it doesn't work in basic economic terms but perhaps the entire problem with society is that profit takes precedence over the humanity.

Re: Extreme money saving: 10 top tips

Margaret Kay — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:12:37 -0000

Thanks for the tips! I'll keep my eyes peeled for dead foxes on my walk home from work. Yummmmm!

Re: Little money saving changes that will make a big difference to your wallet

month end money — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:27:17 -0000

There is no wrong for having credits cards unless you are capable enough on paying your credits. Sometimes, credit cards can lead an individual into debts. You should learn also on how to manage your finances cleverly.

Re: 40% of households suffer financial slump

Georgie — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:00:34 -0000

When the recession first hit in 07/08 I kind of wondered what all the fuss was about as I wasn't feeling any difference. But over the last few years with increasing prices and wage freezes I have definitely started to feel the pinch

Re: Are petrol prices falling as low as they should?

Georgie — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:17:24 -0000

There's no way they are as low as they should be. As soon as the price of oil goes up they cant increase the pump price fast enough but when it drops they take ages the pass on the savings (if at all). But from their point of view why would they? We have to buy petrol for our day to day lives regardless of the cost, so until the electric car comes along we should just get used to it!

Re: Top tips for avoiding online credit card fraud

Georgie — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:06:14 -0000

Some good suggestions except on point 4 I would have to say its much better use a credit card online instead of a debit card regardless if it cannot be used internationally or not. Someone used my credit card online last year and the card issuer just asked which transactions were fraudulent on refunded them no questions asked. I've heard it can me a major hassle to reclaim any money from a debt card though.