Partly because no one likes to be ripped off.

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Then again, if you're willing to hand big bucks to someone you don't know for a product you have not even laid eyes on, getting ripped off would appear to be the least of your problems.

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They have created powers, too, so that if people are ripped off by energy firms they will be able to get compensation through the energy regulator.

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In any event, given Spain's large regional disparities, some equalising mechanism will also still have to be agreed on, with rich regions screaming that they are being ripped off, and poor ones that they are being starved.

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Its roof ripped off, passengers can be seen standing on the top deck, waiting to get off.

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His most notable investment may be buying and selling Ticketmaster, an outfit which has managed to make every concertgoer in the United States feel ripped off.

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