There’s an old saying : “they that accuse others are guilty themselves”

Mind you the point about him being a Man City fan makes me wonder? A lot of this football following is a form of homoeroticism!
Only joking.

Martin Lewis may be upsetting retailers and bankers and politicians by informing the public of the truth about how they’re being ripped off.

He’s clearly doing a good job.

I am sure he doesn’t deny it. Not too bad, not to sinister – who cares.

What i care about is that the guy is seriously fraudulent and encourages people with not a penny in the world to basically go to loan sharks.

Why is this guy so well in with the FSA that they turn a blind eye – is he giving them “favours”.

FSA – i have reported this guy many times, TAKE ACTION NOW

John

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/latesttip/

‘See the cards anyone can get’ links through to this:
Use ‘expensive’ credit cards.
If you can’t get credit, sadly, the solution is apply for hideous 30%-ish rate credit cards offered by the likes of Barclaycard Initial, Capital One Classic*, Monument, Aquacard* and Vanquis*

You can also try the special Smartsearch from comparison site MoneySupermarket*, which effectively assesses your credit worthiness (a bit like our Credit Checker), then tries to match you up with the best card.

How many suckers have clicked the Vanquis link, or Capital One Classic or Aquacard which are marked as affiliate links so pay him when you click. Vanquis makes it absolutely clear to affiliates promoting its card that it does not approve everyone. The terms for affiliates :

http://www.affiliatewindow.com/merchant_directory.php?action=showmerch&mid=1269

Vanquis says:

However, we are very keen to stress that this does not imply that we are able to approve applications from customers irrespective of their present or previous circumstances. We have stringent and specific criteria that potential new customers must meet in order to be accepted, as well as applying all relevant money laundering and other regulatory validation tests to any new applications.

Some examples of the criteria that an applicant must satisfy are:

Applicants for a Vanquis Abacus Card must be UK residents and over 18

Applicants for a Vanquis Blue or Gold Card must be UK residents and over 21

Applicants must be registered on the voters roll

Applicants must not have an outstanding County Court Judgement against their name or one that has cleared within the past year

Please note these are examples only and are by no means the only criteria that new applicants for a Vanquis card must meet

If you wish to disclose these terms please link to our website http://www.vanquis.co.uk

Promotion of the Vanquis card

Vanquis has provided a variety of banners which may be used to promote the Vanquis visa card for your website.

Please note that Vanquis (and you as a credit broker in promoting the credit card) is bound by the provisions of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and licensing requirements of the Office of Fair Trading. (See the Office of Fair Trading website. http://www.oft.gov.uk/Business/Legal/CCA/default.htm)

It is therefore essential that should you promote the credit card beyond the use of the banners, then any copy must be approved by Vanquis beforehand or your participation in the programme may be immediately terminated.’

So as industry insiders have you asked Vanquis what it is doing approving copy that is so misleading? MSE says it is authorised to sell insurance products by the FSA, but there’s no evidence I can find on his website that he’s licensed with the OFT to promote credit cards.