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Amazon has been accused of ruining Christmas after it several shoppers received packages intended as presents, without any packaging.

Amazon has been accused of 'ruining' Christmas after shoppers reported receiving items which were intended as presents without any packaging. The retail giant, which in the past has come under fire for posting small items in a large amount of packaging, now sends out some purchases with little or no extra packaging, meaning the item ordered is visible on arrival. In some cases, pre-packaged items such as children's toys have been delivered with only a sticker added. Find hidden 75%-off deals at Amazon with our Amazon Discount & Deals Finder.

Thousands of Iceland Bonus Card customers have been caught up in a security breach which saw criminals illegally access accounts and a large number of cards cancelled as a precaution, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal. 

Vision Direct customers who ordered online or updated their details earlier this month may have had their personal and financial data stolen, after the website was breached. 

Next customers have been left frustrated after an "error" on its site led to some items wrongly appearing at a discounted price on the clearance page.

Some Sainsbury's stores are no longer offering customers cashback on debit cards at the tills as part of a trial.

Some Sainsbury's customers have been sent the wrong Nectar 'double-up' vouchers that are worth a fraction of the amount they'd ordered – or haven't received any at all.

An investigation has been launched into whether online shoppers are paying different prices for the same items – depending on factors such as where they live and whether they are married.

Supermarket bargain-hunters require a unique set of "skills and knowledge" spanning both shopping and cooking to truly make the most of yellow-sticker discounts, according to a group of academics who analysed nearly a thousand MoneySavingExpert.com forum posts.

The UK's two biggest cashback sites are set to be owned by the same group in a proposed deal which has been referred to the competition watchdog.