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End commission on financial products to advisors (including Which Mortgage Advisors), or pass these bribes on to conumers
How can we trust advice on products that have a bribe for those recommending them (whether or not they are paid an up-front fee) attached unless it is passed on to the consumer?
Hi allotmentor, thanks for sharing your idea. I just want to point out, however, that all of our mortgage advisers are paid a salary for providing impartial advice. As they don’t receive commission, they will only recommend a mortgage that they think is right for the consumer.
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keith says:
4 March 2016
Water Charges.
Its that time of year again when the water compaines send out their latest bills for the coming year,
I’m paying more for water than gas & electric! This needs looking into!
For as long as I have been using Mascara its really been expensive for the amount you get. Don’t you think Which should do review of Mascara and let us know the true cost for so little.
There’s a strong belief that companies are motivated purely by greed, but is this always true? Do some companies have a strong public service ethos? Or are they all motivated purely by Money?
I thought you might like to share your idea as a comment on this convo.
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Michael Anthony Wearing says:
5 March 2016
Hotel Pricing policy
How can any Hotel Justify their varying prices for the same room! Seafront Travelodge Bournemouth in May –
mon £49 tues £59 Wed £75 Thu £ 49 Fri 70 Sat £139 Breakfast not inc
If the sender of a postal item has not paid enough, Royal Mail charges the recipient the underpaid amount PLUS an administration charge. You don’t even know what you are paying for.
More should be done to bring better internet to the UK
We can see many other countries taking on gigabit internet speeds and many in Europe – I feel more should be done to bring us up to the mark and make our country one of the best for internet speeds.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION TO ALL MEMBERS.
How many of you nice people have watched the parliamentary channel on TV and watched the Simpsons. Can anyone tell the difference please.
Can anyone help me with cheap phone calls to Australia. I used a contact at 1p per minute plus BT extra, which was 1p and last July went up to 11p per minute. 12p per minute makes it expensive.
Withdrawal of Skype TV app – Skype has announced it is withdrawing support for its app, carried on many Smart TVs, from June 2016. Samsung have already confirmed the app will removed from their Smart Hub in June 2016; other manufacturers will likely follow.
Many SmartTV viewers maintain contact with family using this app; its loss will affect them severely. Can Which do anything to prevent this?
The Office of rail and road need to take action against the Civil engineering companies that arrange planned road closures, very often these planned closures over run causing many problems.
The site has an inbuilt fault. It uses your current suppliers standard rate, normally the highest, to compare with the the lowest rate available and this will always favour switching even if this might not be in the consumers best interests.
Hello Grumbler, thanks for your comment. I’ve spoken to the Which? Switch team. The way we calculate savings is based on those stipulated in Ofgem’s Confidence Code – the code by which switching sites operate. We abide by the overarching principles of the Code, including the way cost/savings are calculated.
The assumes that if you are on a fixed term tariff coming to an end you will automatically roll onto the supplier’s standard tariff which is what will happen if you do nothing – the figures are also seasonally adjusted. Thank you
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Mike Hebard says:
24 March 2016
On-line banking.
Make banks cross check payee name. They do not do this which allows fraud to take place. They only check account number & sort code. With cheques the account name is cross checked!
There should be a national database for lost property.
Currently there is little to no hope of having lost property returned. There are too many places to hand it in and if you do, you never know if the owner will go to the right place to find it.
Making complaints to Facebook about fraudulent sales being made is very difficult. There is no medium for doing so. Has anyone else found this frustrating and how can it be corrected
Am I alone or has anyone been subjected to a “National Database” on the telephone? – try a scrivener/lawyer in Brussels using a UK TEL NO: and the TPS is unable to even send them a letter. Comments?
Share your idea
End commission on financial products to advisors (including Which Mortgage Advisors), or pass these bribes on to conumers
Hi allotmentor, thanks for sharing your idea. I just want to point out, however, that all of our mortgage advisers are paid a salary for providing impartial advice. As they don’t receive commission, they will only recommend a mortgage that they think is right for the consumer.
Water Charges.
I’m paying more for water than gas & electric! This needs looking into!
Mascara
Are there any socially responsible companies?
This idea was chosen on Fri April 2016
Thanks for sharing your idea Ian. I alluded to your idea in my convo this week on brands, which can be found here: https://conversation.which.co.uk/shopping/brand-labelling-marmite-unilever-pepsico-nestle-mars/
I thought you might like to share your idea as a comment on this convo.
Hotel Pricing policy
How can any Hotel Justify their varying prices for the same room! Seafront Travelodge Bournemouth in May –
mon £49 tues £59 Wed £75 Thu £ 49 Fri 70 Sat £139 Breakfast not inc
Royal Mail underpaid postage
More should be done to bring better internet to the UK
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION TO ALL MEMBERS.
How many of you nice people have watched the parliamentary channel on TV and watched the Simpsons. Can anyone tell the difference please.
Can anyone help me with cheap phone calls to Australia. I used a contact at 1p per minute plus BT extra, which was 1p and last July went up to 11p per minute. 12p per minute makes it expensive.
Withdrawal of Skype TV app – Skype has announced it is withdrawing support for its app, carried on many Smart TVs, from June 2016. Samsung have already confirmed the app will removed from their Smart Hub in June 2016; other manufacturers will likely follow.
Over running roadworks
Which energy comparison site
Hello Grumbler, thanks for your comment. I’ve spoken to the Which? Switch team. The way we calculate savings is based on those stipulated in Ofgem’s Confidence Code – the code by which switching sites operate. We abide by the overarching principles of the Code, including the way cost/savings are calculated.
The assumes that if you are on a fixed term tariff coming to an end you will automatically roll onto the supplier’s standard tariff which is what will happen if you do nothing – the figures are also seasonally adjusted. Thank you
On-line banking.
Make banks cross check payee name. They do not do this which allows fraud to take place. They only check account number & sort code. With cheques the account name is cross checked!
There should be a national database for lost property.
Making complaints to Facebook
Am I alone or has anyone been subjected to a “National Database” on the telephone? – try a scrivener/lawyer in Brussels using a UK TEL NO: and the TPS is unable to even send them a letter. Comments?