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Whether it's high street charity shops or websites like eBay and Vinted, there are plenty of second hand bargains to be had if you're looking to save cash on clothes (and do your bit for the environment at the same time). Have you ever bought a pre-loved item of clothing?
"Waiter, waiter! There's a fly in my soup!" "Shh! Quiet down or everyone will want one." Badum-tsh (thank you, I'm here all week) Whether it's an unwanted insect interloper or something else entirely, it can be disappointing to be dining out only to have a meal marred by a mistake. While some of us might flag it to the…
How do you organise your savings? This week Forumites have been discussing the merits of different approaches to saving for specific goals. Read on for more on that – and the rest of the week's MSE Forum highlights. Seen something on the Forum we should include in next week's highlights blog? Let us know in this thread.
We're revamping the 2020 blog, so we'd love to hear about more of your £1 (ish) bargains. Send 'em this way. In the 2023 thread, some of the top examples you told us were: * Top Secret Comedy Club entry, where Jack Whitehall and Paul Chowdary were performing * A pregnancy test to confirm the good news * A first press of…
Bit of a dilemma can someone help We rent our house about £3000 a month before tax ect. Tennant moving out this month. I am 66 and wife 58, we use income to support my private and state pension and my wife and I are both retired. My wife pays all tax on self-assessment basis. Roughly profit of £32k per year after tax and…
Hi all I’m in a bad situation. So I think it’s worse than others as it’s 10 x fines at £170 each. Long story short, I started at a new gym that rents the building and has access to a car park which is owned by smart parking. Everyone has had trouble over the years and the advice was to not respond and you’ll not have to…
With pensions being considered part of the IHT estate from 2027, I need to revisit my arrangements. This will take me over thresholds I had thought myself under. Presently, my wife is leaving everything to the kids in her will; I have split it 50% to her, a sixth each to those same 3 kids. But it strikes me that we both…
I've previously asked a question about my house previously being a cannabis factory. I got some very helpful responses, thank you everyone. I was worried thst the growers had caused damage as since living here for 2 weeks we've noticed a lot that we hadn't seen on the few short viewings. The door frame upstairs on the…
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