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  • 56 of 56 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    steffee

    5 Stars Which? Online - The Online Which? Review with images 03/02/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Articles accessible from 1996

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Drowdy Forums

    I guess by now most people have heard of ipoints? Well, if you haven't it's basically an internet based reward scheme, whereby you gain ipoints by signing up to other websites, filling in questionnaires or buying certain products from certain online stores. You get emails (at least two a day I'm afraid) informing you of certain offers, for example "earn 2 ipoints per £1 spent on such and such website" etc. But this is not a review on ipoints, so I'll move on then. Well, recently I received an email telling me if I joined up to Which? Online's free 30-day trial, I would receive a whopping 225 ... more
  • 3 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    sroylewis

    5 Stars Top hole! 31/08/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Excellent content, good sense of community, good payback.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None really.

    With Which On Line, you get that real confidence that continuity of service is guaranteed. That's very valuable when we see how big providers like Lineone with huge parents like BT behave in building customer confidence then terminating contracts. The Consumers' Association is of course risk adverse, cannot be funded by advertising, and has to have the interest of consumers at heart, so it's unlikely to do anything that is unsustainable. Which On Line has tight service agreements with NTL that provides the electronic infrastructure, and technically things are just about as good as they could ... more
  • 3 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jmmaury

    4 Stars Good value service 28/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Can always connect, access to excellent consumer reports

    Disadvantages Disadvantages It costs monthly and call charges

    I've been with WOL for a while now - I like their service. At this point I must confess that I seldom use them as my dial-up access to the Internet - why? because I use WorldOnline (was Localtel) and screaming.net so that my Internet calls are free. Why do I still fork out money for WOL then? As with most unmetered ISPs, there can be congestion times. I signed up with Which? before the ISP market got saturated (maybe even before it really took off) and am still with them as my back-up ISP. The advanage I see with WOL is that they *actually provide a service* rather than being just a glorified ... more
  • 4 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Rousfart

    5 Stars It's Which Jim... 27/08/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Content. Access.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Cost of calls.

    If you are a member of the Consumers Association, it doesn't cost much to subscribe to Which Online. Approximately five pounds per month. I've no idea how much it is for a non-member. Connection has always been first time and have never experienced the sort of slowing down that I have from some 'free' providers. Content is very good indeed with access to the C.A.'s huge library of product tests. Another bonus is you receive further discounts from some e-retailers. It's not enough to pay for your subscription, (unless you buy a lot), but is better than some store loyalty cards. There are ... more
  • 17 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    susancarter

    1 Star Watchdog Needed to Watch Consumer Watchdog! 13/02/2006
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Consumer Watchdog, loads of information at your finger tips

    Disadvantages Disadvantages "Free" trial not free, they don't return money taken by mistake

    Having heard good things about the Which? online 30 day free trial, I thought I'd give it a go. Unfortunately, it is not platform independent (i.e. it is designed for Windows users) and I use Risc OS so I was unable to access all the features. The actual service seems okay but I would advise people not to sign up for the trial unless they expect to remain subscribed. I cancelled my subscription following the terms of the "free" trial as I couldn't access all the features and I did not have the leisure to look at it through a slow dial up connection. That is where the problems started. My next ... more
  • 2 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Houseofhubbards

    4 Stars Which made the purchase of a new tumble drier a cinch! 19/08/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Quick, easy to use and informative

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not always clear quite how much information is available on many subjects without digging around

    Recently our old faithful tumble drier broke and was labelled unfixable. As a working Mum with 2 young children I felt a rising sense of panic. What to buy, where from etc and all on a budget with no knowledge. A friend suggested I join Which and follow their review process and check out their Best Buys. It was very easy to join (with a month free) and so very easy to follow their testing information. The way it was all separated into budget and features etc made it so simple. Within around an hour I had researched and decided which one was for me, priced it for the cheapest deal and ordered ... more
  • 0 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    pdfisk

    5 Stars Which? Switch good for energy supplier comparison. 27/03/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Lots of data and easy to use.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages One minor glitch,

    I found the Consumers' Association site Which? Switch (http://www.which.co.uk/switch) great for comparing energy suppliers. It is part of the main Consumers' Association website, but I was trying to work out which energy supplier I should consider under various combinations of solar energy generation and types of tariff. It enabled me to understand how I should make best use of Economy 7 or equivalent, by giving details of the tariff from many suppliers, including everything I wanted to know about tariff and contract terms . The site was happy to recommend options from which it could make no ... more
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