Price comparison websites 'misleading'

[Catriona]

Price comparison sites are failing to give the cheapest quotes for financial products, according to a consumer watchdog

More...Price comparison websites 'misleading' (External link to This is Money)

[Paul Carcone]

This shouldn't be vastly surprising...

Also, it is important to remember that, in using a price comparison site, you are limiting yourself to those companies who have subscribed to it...so the whole market is not available to you.

I tend to use price comparisin websites as a starting point and then investigate options further directly with the companies that seem to be offering the best deal.

Using Travelocity and Expedia like this tends to save me around £15-20 per flight.

[red]

So based on that article you need to now compare price comparison sites!!!!!

I would imagine that they would be really enjoyiing the current period with energy price rises.

[Tony]

Find the cheapest deal, then go to Quidco - The web's cashback cooperative and you'l get some cashback if they are signed up with the same people. If you have a website you can set yourself up as an affiliate for many utility companies and get some commission e.g.
TradeDoubler - The European Affiliate Network
Commission Junction - A Global Leader in Affiliate Marketing, Online Advertising and Search Engine Marketing

This is how the price comparison websites make their money...

[katealpha]

Have you tried Frugaller? I'm not sure if it covers every cashback site but it's a good place to start to compare cashback deals if you know what retailer you are going to use. eg today I was looking to book a night at a Travelodge, so used it check out which cashback site (I am a member of several ) was offering most cashback for this hotel chain.