A Which? investigation reveals that some mobile phone manufacturers are overstating battery life length when compared to Which? testing – with one model doing so by half. The consumer champion carried out its own tests to establish the average talk time for popular phone models from five brands and compared the results to the […]
Retail giant Amazon is only removing a proportion of a flood of fake and suspicious reviews that risk misleading shoppers into buying poor quality products, a Which? investigation has found. The consumer champion looked at the number of reviews that Amazon removes for popular tech products and found 78,000 that have been removed in the […]
Leading kitchen and bathroom retailers are using potentially misleading discount claims to lure homeowners into rushing to spend thousands of pounds, a Which? investigation has found. The consumer champion analysed promotional offers for popular kitchen and bathroom retailers for a year between March 2018 and March 2019 – and found firms were using techniques including […]
Poor quality products are being boosted by inflated reviews on the websites of Britain’s biggest retailers – potentially misleading consumers, an investigation by Which? has found. The consumer champion looked at 15 products that it had rated as Don’t Buys, a status given to products that fail to meet the standards of its rigorous, independent […]
Greater Manchester commuters are still enduring more delayed and cancelled trains than passengers in the busiest transport hubs around Britain after last year’s chaos on the rail network, new Which? research reveals. In a 12-month comparison of some of the busiest commuter hubs around Britain the consumer champion found passengers using Greater Manchester stations had […]
One in six mortgage holders has been rejected for a mortgage in the past, according to new research from Which? Mortgage Advisers. The research shows that one in six (16%) mortgage holders surveyed has been rejected for a mortgage and that the most likely areas for mortgage rejections were London (29%) and the West […]
The majority of people who shopped online over the Christmas period last year had a problem with a delivery – with parcels thrown over fences, taken to the tip by binmen and even getting chewed on by the dog, according to research from Which?. Which? looked at the delivery experience of people during the […]
Ever wondered what it would cost to buy Bridget Jones’s flat in Borough Market? Fancy living in the countryside cottage from The Holiday? Thinking about splashing out on the McCallister’s Chicago mansion from Home Alone? Find out if you could afford them with new research from Which? Mortgage Advisers.Which? Mortgage Advisers has calculated the cost […]
David Chaplin joins Which? as Head of Campaigns and Strategic Communications from agency Hill+Knowlton Strategies. David will lead strategic communications for Which?’s advocacy division, continuing to build its impact in making the lives of consumers easier, safer and fairer. He joins Which? from H+K where he led on media relations and campaigns strategy. Prior to […]
Shoppers are being misled by unscrupulous sellers using fake and paid-for online product reviews, according to a Which? undercover investigation. The investigation reveals how easily some sellers are actively bypassing the rules to offer free products in exchange for false and highly-rated reviews. Which? found evidence of Facebook groups – with tens of […]