Does anyone else find Martin Lewis annoying?

[Expectnothing]

Or is it just me?

All the clickbait warnings earn him money - don't they?

I am happy to be told I'm cynical but I work in marketing and he's very much an influencer. Just an influencer with a different tone and agenda.

Anyway, happy to be told I'm cynical 😊

Really unfair.

OP has accepted why many ignore his style and focus on his message and has explained why his style is noticeable to her.

All the clickbait warnings earn him money - don't they?

They sure do.

I think he’ stepped his game up during lockdown and recently. Mainly because of the important issues that have to be addressed. Before that I found his approach deliberately confusing for consumers and he would make very simple things sound more complicated than they are.

I know he’s the ‘money saving expert’ but he also encourages a lot of people to spend money, switch accounts or transact in some way. This is all done through his site which earns him even more money through affiliate links.

but some people seem to like it so he’s just going to continue doing it.

I'm not sure I'd see a man worth £123 million taking his family on a "nightmare" budget flight and feel impressed about it....

I can understand why people might find his style of delivery annoying, but I think he genuinely wants to help. Besides, he sold his website for something like £60m. I doubt he needs the odd £ he'd get from people clicking on links.

He's substance over style which is a rarity these days

I don't find him annoying at all and think he's one of a small number of "public figures" that I would actually find trustworthy or take their advice. Of course he is loaded but it seems to me he is onside and advocating for the average person....which is more than most politicians do.

I know someone who has worked closely with him and wasn't esp complimentary but the person in question has also got quite a extrovert personality so it could just be a personality clash.

Yes he can be a bit annoying - I wouldn't want to be married to him 😀but otherwise I think he's great and a force for good in a world sadly lacking in people like that. Irritating or not, he's changed the lives of thousands of people for the better.

And he's not an "influencer". Influencers are pathetic little nobodies totally in it for themselves, to make money, get attention and massage their own fragile ego's. He's not doing it for any of those reasons.

Martin Lewis is OK! Only issue with him is he looks so much like Alexander Armstrong, he is so smug and uninteresting

I like him, I used to read his advice before he had his TV show. Anyone who encourages people to be in control of their money is good in my eyes.

I think like the BBC, I trust what he says.

He has got more shouty about life or death situations like the energy crisis but if you had to try and get through to the cunts in the Tory party to help poor people stay alive, maybe you'd get shouty and angry too.

This.

The man has done so much for millions of consumers over 15 - 20 years.
I don't mind if he has made money from that. In fact, I'm rather pleased to hear that he has.
He is passionate about what he does and has save so many people so much money and helped so many millions understand all things money.

It is so rare, and good to have someone trustworthy helping us all.

He can be useful....not always giving good advice tho...told people not to fix prices ages ago and they rocketed etc....he is not the bible...a lot of it is common sense stuff.....and he sold his website for millions....i dont watch him as can manage my own finances etc very well.

His writing style is slightly weird. He has "yet" and "it'd" littered across everything he writes, I play bingo with myself to see how many he gets in.

Yes. He has advised and I have acted on it in my interest

It's the fake outrage and humbleness I can't do with so for me, when he comes on the TV I switch over to something else, much the same as when I see Phil and Holly.

I like him, I think he gives great advice, especially during lockdown, he was a lifeline for a lot of people giving advice on furlough, benefit claims, mortgage breaks etc.

He gives a lot of money away to charity.

He helped thousands of people claim back on the PPI claims etc.

He gives away free books on educating teenagers on finances and is campaigning to get all schools to have to teach managing finances to pupils which is a great idea as teenagers need to know that debt is a bad thing and to discourage them from buying a lifestyle that they can't afford on credit cards etc, but learn that they need to budget their money and live accordingly.

I think he is genuine about what he does. Who cares if he makes money out of a link if I have saved £100 by switching banks? All I care about is the £100 I am going to get (hypothetical).

He is faithful to his religion, he seems genuine and trustworthy, a decent family man and genuine with his want to help people through the various crisis that have hit us the past few years.

I have followed him since he started out in 2003. He sold the business some years later, but remained on as Chairman. I think he is genuinely devoted to helping people, yes he makes money out of it, but he saves other people a lot of money.

I sound like some sort of evangelical fan grin], but I do like him and what he does

He is great. A find his style slightly annoying but he has saved me 1000s of pounds over the years. He is genuinely passionate and he can understand the impact of the cunts we have in government.

Can’t see any resemblance between them. Apart from them being male with short hair.

The vast majority of his site is to encourage you to spend on stuff you wouldn't have thought of if you hadn't been told it was a bargain.

I remember Martin from when he was just a poster on the motley fool, he was so far up himself.

However the site is useful if you avoid the click bait stuff and he never makes out he's on the breadline himself.

Martin has sounded utterly hysterical lately and has made me worry about his state of mind. But yes it could be attention seeking.
I feel he is undermining his creditability with his impression of a screaming banshee!!

He can be a little overdramatic which has got worse recently and I can imagine that scaring people. HOWEVER he spends a lot of time and energy helping people which he doesn't need to do as he definitely doesn't need the money so hats off to him. I bet the government absolutely hate him.

You're telling someone it costs nothing to be kind when you're the one starting a thread to slate someone.

You hypocrite.

😂 at “be kind” when you started a thread asking if anyone else found someone annoying

Last autumn he was going on and on about not fixing energy prices, i ignored him and fixed mine. I'd have been in the shit if I had listened to him. But I think his heart is in the right place.

Sorry but I think that's nonsense about 'the vast majority of his site encouraging people to buy stuff they don't need!'. Rubbish have you looked at his site properly? There is advice about every aspect of personal finances
He occasionally might highlight a bargain in his (weekly?) emails but obviously you only get whatever it is if you were looking to get that thing anyway! And that's just a tiny part of his emails.

You are expected to be an adult and his mantra he always tells people when about to buy something is to ask themselves 'Do I need it, Can I afford it could I get it cheaper?'

His style might be a bit intense but he's amazing at what he does, he has helped so many people, and he actually has integrity unlike most of our politicians
He's one of the good guys.