Why you should never take bills at face value - Times Online
Story date: 2008-06-11 05:55:00
Added on: 2008-06-14 20:00:47
Britons are throwing away £10 billion every year by being routinely overcharged on everything - from mobile phones to tax. Eight million people have been overcharged in the past three months alone, according to estimates by Moneysupermarket.com, the ...
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