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Advantages: It show's what companies are searched and the results of them all sucessful or not
Disadvantages: Can be inaccurate

This site is excellent for comparing insurance quotes from a variety of suppliers. I have used it for 2 years now and each year it has provided me with the cheapest quote for both Car and Home insurance. There is a couple of slight problems with the site, the first is that on a few quotes, when you try to get them it turns out that the actual quote is higher than the site. The only way around that is for moneysupermarket to take a lot more information ...
...lot of time being wasted. It would be nice however to have the option to do this if you wanted too. The other problem I found out when I moved into a new home is that it takes quite a time for moneysupermarket to update their post code database, so I had to resort to the old method of calling round all companies (A lot of the companies also do not update their records well and refused to quote as well) Overall I would recommend this site to anybody ... Read review

Advantages: Free, Informative
Disadvantages: Some articles lengthy, doesn't cover everything

Financial sites tend to be quite informative, not brillantly well laid out, loaded with ads and spyware and on the top of it have some sort of catch/hidden agenda/subscription fee requirement. Well, this site is none of the above things. It is extremely information, excellently laid out (infact the site just had a complete makeover recently) - it's ad free, no spyware, no payment required and on top of it is run by Martin Lewis of ITV's ''Make Me ...
...This Morning, GMTV, Wright Stuff, Trevor Mcdonald etc. Martin Lewis is well informed on almost all financial issues and his interest in the field of saving money makes it easy to give layman advice professionally that is tested and trustworthy and honest. He doesn't intend to make money out of the site by no ads but the only money he does make is by affliate links he provides but even then he provides non affliate links, so you choose if you want ... Read review

Advantages: Free, impartial & one of the first places you should go
Disadvantages: does not list true high yield investments

Thanks to all the readers who reviewed and told me my article was in the wrong place and thank you also for the link given in the ratings to show me where the correct place is. I will give my thoughts on The Motley Fool. I use the fool site at least 4 times a week. The site belongs to two brothers who are very knowledgeble on finance. Easy to Navigate which a wide variety of impartial facts. This is the first site I visit when I want to compare products ...
...share service which is relatively cheap called champion shares. I do not use this service myself as I have a similar service which for employees is cheaper. I have heard however from several friends that its excellent and reliable. The fool offers impartial information which is relevant to the majority of people. It is important to note that the fool is independant and is certainly not like other services owned by banks or building societies. The ... Read review

Advantages: Lots of features
Disadvantages: None of them work

Shockingly SHOCKINGLY poor service.!!!!! They're owned by the halifax so I thought it was a safe company.. Opened an account with them 3-4 months ago.. For the first month I could not log in.. took approx 15-20 phone calls, with each time a promise it would be sorted before it finally worked. First time I tried to buy shares, the transfer function did'nt work, meaning I couldnt transfer funds from my bank to finance the purchase.. another 2 weeks ...
...the account.. but when I tried to purchase shares, I got an error saying I had no funds in the account, even though I had transfered cash and could see the balance on the same screen!! more phone calls. Great.. everything seemed to be working, bought shares in 6 companies over the next few weeks. One of the companies issued a profit warning.. I tried to sell shares.. got an error saying I didnt own the shared, even though I could clearly see them ... Read review

Advantages: Easy Conversion, Easy to use
Disadvantages: Not much else to the site

...remember. Anyone who can’t remember XE.com will probably have goldfish style memory. The site itself is simple and well laid out. All you have to do is enter the amount you’re going to need converting. You then select the conversion you want from a drop down menu. Click the button and you’re given a conversion of what you’ll be looking at paying in your own currency. It’s also handy for figuring out if the item you’re buying will be below the £18 ...
...builders mat also appreciate the free tools that you can integrate into your site for currency conversion. I’m not into this so can’t really comment on the ease of use. XE.com is one of the best converters on the web simply because it does it’s job and nothing more. ... Read review