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Charlie Weston

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
402 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

you know, they know now who you are because they got the details of the Revolut accounts when the High Court, you know, told the supplier to hand these over.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

This is a way of getting out of it without any consequence.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

But, you know, it'll be worrying for some people.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

Others just won't care and they'll just say, you know, I don't care.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

But look, it's not just Sky here.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

We're also talking about Clubber.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

We're talking about Clubber TV, League of Ireland TV, LOI TV and GAA Plus, plus Premier Sports.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

they're all mentioned in the letter that was sent to these 200 people saying cease and desist.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

You know, and you have certain sympathy with LOI TV and GA Plus, you know, these are small organisations compared to the Premier League and they have subscription-based models and they just see it as piracy.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

Others have very strong views that too much has been charged by Sky and that's part of their model maybe and, you know, they don't feel any compunction about using a dodgy box to get an illegal stream, if you like.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

It's gone up a lot, but it's not, it hasn't kept pace with, you know, if you're on a minimum wage, you're really going to struggle to rent somewhere to pay for groceries.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

You know, I don't, you know, I don't think that's a great idea.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

Well, they can do, but I mean, my understanding is from talking to economists is, you know, people's pay, it's an expensive country, people's pay hasn't increased sufficiently to meet the bills and people are stretched out.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

Some good news, Matt.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

You know, we've seen...

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

Last month, Bank of Ireland, they raised interest rates on one of their savings products.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

And today, PTSB have brought out a new variable deposit account.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

It's called a 32-day notice account with a variable rate of 1.25.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

Now, they're saying that is the best among the pillar banks in the country.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Personal Finance: 25 Per Cent Rise In Everyday Costs Over Last 5 Years

And, you know, you can take it out if you give them 32 days notice without any penalty whatsoever.