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Daily Mirror
21-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mirror
Mrs Hinch fans say £1.62 product 'melts off toilet limescale'
Toilet limescale can be a nightmare to remove, but one cleaning fan has revealed how a simple product can melt it off in minutes — and can prevent it coming back Limescale, also known as calcium carbonate, is a mineral deposit that forms when hard water leaves residue upon evaporation. In the loo, particularly on the seat and bowl, these mineral deposits result in brown, yellow, and grey stains which stubbornly cling to the surfaces, making cleaning a headache. One individual in search of cleaning hacks took to the Mrs Hinch Tips and Tricks Facebook page anonymously seeking advice on keeping their toilet free from unsightly limescale and the persistent yellow-brown marks that reappear within weeks after cleaning. They posted: "My toilet gets brown stains so easily. It's spotless now, and in a couple of weeks, it will be disgusting again and full of limescale, with yellow-brown stains. How can I prevent it?". Fellow Mrs Hinch fans were quick to offer a solution, with many in the group suggesting Harpic Power Plus toilet cleaner as a miracle product for tackling the issue. Poster Sarah Hill said: "Harpic melts off the limescale. I use it every week to make sure it doesn't come back. My toilet's always shiny now." Harpic Power Plus Toilet Cleaner Gel is available in a number of supermarkets, and is currently just £1.62 in Asda. Elly Barrett agreed, saying: "Remove the limescale with Harpic in the black bottle. You just need to leave it in there for a few minutes before flushing." She also warned against using bleach, which may only temporarily disguise the problem: "If you use bleach, it will just bleach the colour out, but it doesn't remove the limescale, so the colour will come back after just a couple of days.", reports the Express. Jayne Hawley said: "Black Harpic once a week. Leave it in the toilet for 10 minutes before flushing, and the limescale never comes back." Denise Bolster shared her top pick by posting an image of Harpic Power Plus toilet cleaner and commenting: "This stuff every time. It works wonders." In agreement, Patricia Lancaster replied: "That's what I use, it's brilliant." For those looking for a greener alternative, citric acid comes highly recommended. Sandy Herring remarked: "I always use citric acid and my loo is sparkling and has been for years." Jan Young suggested: "Citric acid spread around the rim with a gloved hand, then sprinkled in the bowl overnight, then just flush as normal in the morning." Janet Barret cautioned against bleach, promoting citric acid instead: "Bleach can be the reason why you are getting permanent stains. "I wash my toilet with citric acid or a mixture of citric acid, water and washing liquid."
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Sezzle pitches coupon feature to consumers and merchants
This story was originally published on Payments Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Payments Dive newsletter. Correction: A previous version of this article mischaracterized how Sezzle implements a discounting feature on its product marketplace designed to increase customers' awareness of products. The functionality doesn't use an app nor is it branded. Buy now, pay later company Sezzle has introduced a coupon feature that applies shopper discounts on items within the company's product marketplace. This might seem antithetical for a player in the BNPL industry, which generally pitches its product to merchants as a way to increase average check sizes, but Sezzle executives insist coupons will work for both customers and the company's business clients. The new feature went live in February with discounts ranging from 5%-20% on some products within the company's marketplace, which has about 1 million items, a Sezzle spokesperson said Friday. Sezzle's coupon option automatically applies the best discount offers at checkout. Not every product at the company's marketplace has a coupon. Sezzle executives first mentioned the coupon feature in the company's Feb. 25 fourth quarter earnings call. 'I'm certain that our typical customer uses them heavily, and in many cases, needs them to stretch their paycheck,' Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim told investors on the call, referring to coupons and discounts. The coupon function is a way to retain existing customers and entice new ones with the prospect of saving money, he said. For merchants, the BNPL firm sees the value of coupons as increasing their product's exposure across more channels and to more shoppers. Customers who are price-sensitive will benefit from wiser spending and an easier way to compare deals, Sarah Hill, senior vice president of product for Sezzle, said in a March 6 interview. 'The core value propositions to merchants has historically been an increase in conversion or increase in average order value,' she said. With the coupons, Sezzle's merchant customers can attract more price-conscious shoppers, Hill said. Analysts who cover the Minneapolis-based Sezzle have taken note of the new feature, but reserved judgment, citing its newness. 'I have not seen it deployed for any amount of time so it is too soon to make any judgments on its impact on revenue,' Hal Goetsch, a managing director for the investment firm B. Riley Securities, said in an email. 'It sounds like Sezzle is currently experimenting with monetization for couponing in terms of how much of a discount they give the customer to create attraction and retention and how much of it Sezzle retains,' Northland Capital Markets analysts Mike Grondahl and Owen Rickert wrote in a Feb. 26 investor note. Grondahl declined in an email to say if he thinks the discounts will increase revenue for Sezzle, which offers BNPL services for merchants such as Amazon, Doordash and Target. For the fourth quarter, Sezzle reported net income of $25.4 million, up from $2.9 million from the same quarter in 2023. The company had $98.2 million in revenue for the quarter, up from $48.9 million for the year-ago quarter.
