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	<title>The Captain's Blog ™</title>
	
	<link>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog</link>
	<description>Welcome to the personal blog of Captain Consumer®</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A pointless Morrisons sales promotion</title>
		<link>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/11/28/a-pointless-morrisons-sales-promotion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Captain Consumer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[treacle tart]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/?p=136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mrs Consumer and I found ourselves in Morrisons the other week, where we happened upon a buy one, get one free offer for Lyons Treacle Tarts - located on a table at the end of an aisle.
Not having enjoyed anything nearly so sweet or rich for as long as either of us could remember, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mis-reporting the UK into depression and recession</title>
		<link>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/11/19/mis-reporting-the-uk-into-depression-and-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/11/19/mis-reporting-the-uk-into-depression-and-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Captain Consumer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/?p=130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To date, I&#8217;ve steered clear of commenting on the state of the economy, largely because there&#8217;s already quite enough in the way of reports, statistics and &#8220;expert views&#8221;.
Yet I&#8217;ve also found myself harbouring a growing sense not just of frustration, but of something approaching anger at the way in which some sections of the press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vodafone disowns online shop</title>
		<link>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/11/08/vodafone-disowns-online-shop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/11/08/vodafone-disowns-online-shop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Captain Consumer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile phones]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vodafone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/?p=126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a rather peculiar discussion last week with Vodafone customer services, who (completely inaccurately) seemed keen on pretty much disowning Vodafone&#8217;s own online shop.
As I was nearing the end of my mobile phone contract, I&#8217;d called to explore my options. I was expecting to discuss the relative merits and costs of choices like continuing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air Miles / Flying Club miles - who cares…</title>
		<link>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/11/03/air-miles-flying-club-miles-who-cares/</link>
		<comments>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/11/03/air-miles-flying-club-miles-who-cares/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Captain Consumer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[airmiles credit card]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[british airways credit card]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[virgin atlantic credit card]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/?p=118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;what they&#8217;re called?  Not certain staff within Virgin Atlantic, apparently. The airline itself has evidently made great efforts to ensure that the currency earned through its loyalty scheme is consistently referred to as Flying Club miles - including throughout both the airline&#8217;s own website and that of American Express, the airline&#8217;s current partner bank.
However, when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Dear, Alamo</title>
		<link>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/10/27/oh-dear-alamo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/10/27/oh-dear-alamo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Captain Consumer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/?p=116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alamo would like us to encourage you to choose them if you&#8217;re considering hiring a car within the UK this Autumn.
To incentivise you, they&#8217;re pleased as punch to be offering a free upgrade on their UK rentals at present.
Sadly, however, they&#8217;ve managed to make a real dog&#8217;s dinner of explaining how it works. Not that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dell’s context insensitive help</title>
		<link>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/09/29/dells-context-insensitive-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/09/29/dells-context-insensitive-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Captain Consumer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/?p=111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By any measure, Dell has to be one of the UK&#8217;s most accomplished online retailers. Their website provides both home and business users with a diverse range of PCs that will cover most buyers&#8217; needs.
Typically, when buying a new PC online from Dell, you start with a base configuration. You&#8217;re then given the option of either keeping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virgin Atlantic prizes - with a BIG catch!</title>
		<link>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/09/15/virgin-atlantic-prizes-with-a-big-catch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/09/15/virgin-atlantic-prizes-with-a-big-catch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Captain Consumer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/09/15/virgin-atlantic-prizes-with-a-big-catch/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the current economic climate, with rising inflation fuelled by increased bills for utilities, petrol, food, mortgages and more, it&#8217;s entirely sensible for us all to be making an extra effort to save money where we can.
Surrounded by such doom and gloom, I&#8217;m sure many of us find ourselves even more tempted to spend a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save the BBC by making it smaller</title>
		<link>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/07/04/save-the-bbc-by-making-it-smaller/</link>
		<comments>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/07/04/save-the-bbc-by-making-it-smaller/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Captain Consumer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leisure]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/07/04/save-the-bbc-by-making-it-smaller/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a new report from the Centre for Policy Studies, the politically independent think tank, the BBC is trying to be too many things to too many people, resulting in spreading its resources across too many TV and radio channels.
The report, entitled &#8220;How to Save the BBC&#8221; was authored by Sir Anthony Jay, the co-writer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Millets - more retail genius</title>
		<link>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/25/millets-more-retail-genius/</link>
		<comments>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/25/millets-more-retail-genius/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Captain Consumer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/25/millets-more-retail-genius/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Telegraph, the chief executive of Blacks Leisure Group plc, which owns outdoor store Millets and other retail brands, recently revealed a revolutionary strategy that will surely send shock waves reverberating throughout the retail world for months.
In previous years, the content of the Group&#8217;s window displays across the land has been dictated by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dell promotes HP servers!</title>
		<link>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/18/dell-promotes-hp-servers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/18/dell-promotes-hp-servers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Captain Consumer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dell servers]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[hp servers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[servers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.captainconsumer.co.uk/blog/2008/03/18/dell-promotes-hp-servers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone within Dell&#8217;s marketing department will be in for an ear bashing after an embarrassing blunder that appears to promote HP as offering better performance than Dell.
The error lies within a huge graphic (726 pixels wide) that runs across the full width at the top of Dell&#8217;s server pages. The text includes a boast that Dell&#8217;s blade servers [...]]]></description>
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