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Wales's best consumer stories, with Lucy and Rhodri Owen. As Rhodri gets out and about, Lucy shares top tips for money saving, and roving reporter Jessie Swinburn investigates consumer problems.

The programme revisits a topic from November 2008, the Give and Take pyramid scheme, which was sweeping across South Wales. Pensioner David Parvitt and his family allege it has left them thousands of pounds out of pocket.

With concerns that the recession could lead to an increase in burglaries, Lucy Owen has the lowdown on how to keep property safe from crime.

Viewer Catherine Walker, from Ruthin, thought she had a good idea how much it costs to ring someone from a BT payphone, but her call was a lot more expensive than she expected. Rhodri Owen finds out why not all BT phoneboxes are what they seem.

If you've decided to improve your home rather than move, how do you know whether the tradesmen you employ are qualified? Rhodri helps two members of the X-Ray 100, Zoe and Darren Hughes from Crofty in the Gower, to work out what the badges and qualifications used by different trades mean.