From birdseed loaf to a pulled pork rort, site swaps cheap, cheap tips

For 10 years, the OzBargain site has been drawing the value-conscious together to share deals and money-saving ideas.

Meriton apartment chain manipulated TripAdvisor reviews, ACCC claims

The serviced apartments had no hot water, broken phone lines and out-of-order lifts, but, the consumer watchdog says, Meriton Serviced Apartments had a sneaky trick to sidetrack guests who might write disparaging online reviews.

Youi customers share their worst horror stories

Horror stories about alleged Youi scams and frauds have continued to flow in, after Fairfax revealed allegations about wide scale illegal conduct at the major insurer.

Does Youi owe you? Insurer accused of billing without consent

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Unlike other insurers you cannot get an insurance quote from Youi online – it must be through a phone interview. That's where the trouble starts.

Nando's in turmoil as franchisees rebel against head office, security guards called in

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Chicken giant Nando's allegedly used private security guards to take over a restaurant as part of a war against its largest franchisee over expensive upgrades.

Bank sold debt after woman failed to pay for account she didn't want

Patricia Howard's first hint that something was wrong came when one of her credit cards was cancelled. Then the debt collectors started calling her.

Woman launches legal action against debt collector

The voice on the other end of the line was muffled, threatening. Edwina Crawford sobbed into the phone, begged it to leave her alone.

The great mattress industry stitch-up

The bed you sleep on every night is taking you for a ride.

Melbourne car share company's free account not so free

When is a free account not really free?