#consumer-rights — Public Fediverse posts

Deal or no deal? How to know if the retail price is right
By Donna Ferguson

As the government prepares to crack down on ‘phoney bargains’ we ask experts about what exactly constitutes a genuine price reduction

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/sep/05/discount-deal-price-reduction-rules-uk-retailers

#Consumerrights #Advertising #Retailindustry #Business #CompetitionandMarketsAuthority #Consumeraffairs #UKnews #Regulators #Money #TheGuardian #DonnaFerguson

A £500 gift or a free toothbrush: is it worth switching bank accounts?
By Rupert Jones

As the battle for current account customers takes a new twist we look at how tempting the offers really are

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/sep/05/swich-bank-accounts-gift-free-toothbrush

#Banksandbuildingsocieties #Consumeraffairs #Consumerrights #UKnews #Money #Banking #TheGuardian #RupertJones

Digital Isn't The Problem! #PlaystationBlackout it’s Sony claiming we don’t own our games.

Meanwhile, Xbox is NOT going all-digital?
#PlayStationBlackout #PS5 #DigitalOwnership #Sony #Xbox #GamingNews #OwnYourGames #PlayStation #GamingCommunity #TechNews #ConsumerRights

OVO Energy bombarded an autistic man with debt demands for an account he never had — for years

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/sep/02/ovo-energy-debt-demands-autistic-son

#wellness #consumerrights #disability

Fake 10 Downing Street listing on Booking.com highlights security failures
By Ben Quinn

Consumer watchdog Which? set up and accepted payment for fake listing for ‘1 bed apartment in heart of London’

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/sep/02/fake-10-downing-street-listing-booking-com-highlights-security-failures

#Consumeraffairs #Travelleisure #Business #Money #Consumerrights #Property #London #UKnews #TheGuardian #BenQuinn

Fake 10 Downing Street listing on Booking.com highlights security failures https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/sep/02/fake-10-downing-street-listing-booking-com-highlights-security-failures #ConsumerAffairs #TravelLeisure #Business #Money #ConsumerRights #Property #London #UkNews

My autistic son lives in fear of bailiffs from Ovo breaking into his flat
By Anna Tims

He doesn’t have an account with them, but is being bombarded with demands for money and threats of debt collectors

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/sep/02/ovo-energy-debt-demands-autistic-son

#Money #Consumerrights #Consumeraffairs #Energybills #Householdbills #UKnews #Energyindustry #TheGuardian #AnnaTims

A game gets shut down, what now? Our blog post on the supposed UK consumer complaints route that gamers are meant to take #gaming #consumerrights #SKG https://gamersvoice.org/game-shut-down/

Your Phone Stops Being Yours

https://europeanpirates.eu/your-phone-stops-being-yours/

Boss of City regulator accused of threatening consumer group over £9.1bn car loan scheme https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/01/boss-of-city-regulator-accused-of-threatening-consumer-group-over-91bn-car-loan-scheme #MotorFinance #ConsumerAffairs #Business #Money #UkNews #FinancialConductAuthority #Banking #Regulators #ConsumerRights

Boss of City regulator accused of threatening consumer group over £9.1bn car loan scheme
By Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

FCA chief, Nikhil Rathi, warned of ‘adverse consequences’ if challenge made to settlement, court filings allege

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/01/boss-of-city-regulator-accused-of-threatening-consumer-group-over-91bn-car-loan-scheme

#Motorfinance #Consumeraffairs #Business #Money #UKnews #FinancialConductAuthority #Banking #Regulators #Consumerrights #TheGuardian #KalyeenaMakortoffBankingcorrespondent

My abusive and aggressive partner left me but O2 insists I meet him in person
By Anna Tims

I need to take him off my family account, but it says the only way is for him to join me for a joint call with O2

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/sep/01/my-abusive-and-aggressive-partner-left-me-but-o2-insists-i-meet-him-in-person

#Consumerrights #Consumeraffairs #Money #O2 #Business #Telecoms #Society #TheGuardian #AnnaTims

Child trust fund firms face review over efforts to find who owns £1.5bn worth of pots https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/sep/01/child-trust-fund-firms-face-review-over-efforts-to-find-who-owns-15bn-worth-of-pots #ChildTrustFunds #Savings #StateBenefits #Benefits #Society #Money #BanksAndBuildingSocieties #UkNews #FinancialConductAuthority #FinancialSector #Business #Regulators #FamilyFinances #ConsumerAffairs #ConsumerRights

Child trust fund firms face review over efforts to find who owns £1.5bn worth of pots
By Hilary Osborne

Exclusive: FCA pressures firms to do more to sort 760,000 accounts as watchdog urges families to use free tracking service

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/sep/01/child-trust-fund-firms-face-review-over-efforts-to-find-who-owns-15bn-worth-of-pots

#Childtrustfunds #Savings #Statebenefits #Benefits #Society #Money #Banksandbuildingsocieties #UKnews #FinancialConductAuthority #Financialsector #Business #Regulators #Familyfinances #Consumeraffairs #Consumerrights #TheGuardian #HilaryOsborne

Gaming:

Then: "We keep you entertained"
Now: "We keep you addicted"

Then: "We let you spend on what you like"
Now: "We manipulate you to overspend to please our investors"

Then: "This is yours"
Now: "You don't own this. You're just renting it

#gaming #gamers #consumerrights #digitalownership #darkpatterns #monetisation #microtransactions #gamedev #livedexperience #culture #capitalism #reflections #videogames #tech

New payment set up? Get in touch! The bank scam where your ‘bank’ is the scammer
By Hilary Osborne

Impersonation scams – where callers or texts claim to be from trusted entities such as banks, HMRC or even the police – are rife … and growing

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/aug/30/new-payment-set-up-get-in-touch-the-bank-scam-where-your-bank-is-the-scammer

#Scams #Consumeraffairs #Money #Consumerrights #Banksandbuildingsocieties #LloydsBankingGroup #Banking #Business #TheGuardian #HilaryOsborne

Site provides instructions to get up to $175 back for your pre-installed Windows 11 license — new portal provides legal forms, but warns buyers not to wipe storage first

#Windows #Linux #ConsumerRights
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/site-provides-instructions-to-get-up-to-usd175-back-for-your-pre-installed-windows-11-license-new-portal-provides-legal-forms-but-warns-buyers-not-to-wipe-storage-first

Get your Windows license refund

https://en.refund4freedom.org/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478340

#HackerNews #WindowsRefund #LicenseRefund #TechNews #ConsumerRights #RefundProcess

Burnham announces crackdown on rogue bailiffs and ‘cowboy builders’
By Rupert Jones

New rules are aimed at protecting people in debt in England and Wales and stopping homeowners being ripped off

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/aug/27/burnham-to-tackle-rogue-bailiffs-cowboy-builders-debts

#Borrowingdebt #Consumerrights #Regulators #Money #Business #AndyBurnham #England #Politics #UKnews #Wales #TheGuardian #RupertJones

Burnham announces crackdown on rogue bailiffs and ‘cowboy builders’ https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/aug/27/burnham-to-tackle-rogue-bailiffs-cowboy-builders-debts #BorrowingDebt #ConsumerRights #Regulators #Money #Business #AndyBurnham #England #Politics #UkNews #Wales

Sony PlayStation no longer wants us to own video games. As I understand, they implied we are only being licensed to the games. Days ago, they emailed users the full Terms of Service or something similar, asserting Sony PlayStation policy. Ok, what's your opinion? Because I very rarely play video games. Plus, I have never owned a console.

#digitalrights #drm #tech #ownership #playstation #sony #indieweb #videogames #consumerrights #righttorepair #software #systemicissues #openweb #critique

New EU-wide product repair rules come into force

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0824/1588931-repair-rules/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49415621

#HackerNews #EUrepairrules #productrepair #sustainability #consumerrights #innovation

How can I convince NHS pensions that I am not dead?
By Anna Tims

It has not paid me for months and I am in severe financial distress, and apart from my husband while I try to sort it out

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/aug/24/nhs-pensions-not-dead

#Pensions #Money #Consumeraffairs #Consumerrights #Pensionsindustry #NHS #UKnews #TheGuardian #AnnaTims

The PM is promising to fix our everyday annoyances – and I have a list to get him started | Emma Beddington
By Emma Beddington

Andy Burnham hopes we’ll forget the big stuff if he sorts out our minor frustrations and low-level gripes. Pothole politics hasn’t won me over yet, but I know some changes that could

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/23/andy-burnham-fix-everyday-annoyances-list

#AndyBurnham #ZohranMamdani #Business #Consumerrights #Politics #TheGuardian #EmmaBeddington

The #ConsumerRights Wiki.

“[A] dedicated repository of information on anti-consumer practices …”

https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Main_Page

🚨 Alleged GTA 6 gameplay footage and a full map have leaked online. CyberLeek claims responsibility and has issued demands to Rockstar—days before the Netflix “Extended Look” premiere. 🎮🔥 #GTA6 #Gaming https://www.eurogamer.net/gta-6-leaked-gameplay-map-cyberleek #CyberLeek #ConsumerRights