£3 billion wasted on rubbish: and we have to fight for refunds

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Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Citizen's Advice has revealed that in 2012 we spent an astonishing £3 billion on goods and services that subsequently turned out to be a waste of money. Then when we tried to get a refund, replacement, or recompense, we ran into a brick wall. The service had over 400,000 requests for help between April and November last year for people who had found themselves stuck with rubbish.

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