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Whether you're packing for a picnic or grabbing a bite during your break at work, supermarket meal deals can be a quick and easy way to get lunch sorted. But which one do you think reigns supreme? Vote in the poll, then let us know what your favourite lunchtime meal deal combination is in the thread.
Which one item truly brings you happiness for little or no cost? That's the question posed by one MoneySaver this week. Let's take a tour of some of the latest MSE Forum highlights. Seen something on the Forum we should include in next week's highlights blog? Let us know in this thread.
There's a bank holiday approaching (at least at the time of posting this!), which means many people will be thinking of attempting some jobs that need doing around the home. But while some seem comfortable knocking together an extension or retiling a bathroom, others find putting up a shelf or changing a fuse to be an…
I've recently viewed a house to buy. It's one of a block of 4 new build houses, each with their own freehold, but there is a shared driveway which is leasehold (999 years) and for which the freeholder is a major land/estates owner in the area. I'm aware of the pitfalls of leaseholds in general but what sort of thing can go…
Hi Everybody. I'm just looking for some guidance on my saga, please! Hopefully this is all something been seen before and I'm just boring people! I have recently received a Claim Form from DCB Legal/Smart Parking regarding 3 PCNs from 2021. (£100 x 3 + £70 fee for each plus 8% interest! Total of £815) The PCNs were from a…
Hi, I’ve recently received 2 letters in the past month regarding a parking charge issued in 2021. The first is a “Letter of Claim” from DCB Legal and the second is a Claim Form from HM Courts and Tribunals Service. I have received NO correspondence prior to these 2 letters regarding this. I have lived at 2 previous…
I have previously received a debt collection letter asking for roughly £140 (I thought this was a scam so threw it in bin) I have now received a genuine looking court letter asking for £260 or the parking company might issue a CCJ against me (or dispute the claim) Details given are for not paying for duration of stay at a…
Been with very reputable car insurance company for nearly 20 years Never claimed no points on licence no criminal driving convictions fines, nothing Got hit on a rounderbout i use several times a day... by a driver who only just passed his test few weeks prior, in his girlfriends car n lived 35 miles from my townhad no…
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