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This week's MSE Forum discussions span the range from what sort of garden hose to buy, to how to plan a bucket-list adventure by train on the other side of the world. Read on for more of this week's MoneySaving talking points. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/team-blog/2026/07/forum-highlights-10-07-2026/ Seen something…
Long-time Forumites will have seen tales of retailers clamping down on customers they feel have made too many returns. How often do you find yourself returning goods you've bought online? Do you only return things that are clearly broken or not up to scratch? Or are you happy to send something back if you've changed your…
Holiday booking often involves a balancing act. You might find a bargain that's less convenient, a luxury option that's more expensive, or a flexible booking that offers extra peace of mind. When it comes down to it, what matters most to you when booking a holiday? Vote in the poll and share your thoughts in the thread.
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Looking for advice I bought a washing machine from Currys Clearance (ebay), and been in daily use, never overloaded and it has been good until recently before developing a fault. I contacted Samsung as I thought I'd activated their extra warranty but appears I never did. In short I got an engineer to come have a look and…
Just received this in my inbox from: GOV.UK - DVLA Account Review<updates@Personal.RenewalGOVUK.svenskaslynor.eu> Says: "Important Account Update Keep Your Automatic Payments Running Without Interruption Dear Customer, ……" The email doesn't give any links to click on and does give good advice to "Please sign in to your…
I was writing a lengthy e-mail on my i-pad when suddenly AI took over and added words without my control. When I tried to delete the new words I lost most of what I had written. This has never happened before. Any explanations? I then wrote what I wanted to say as a Word Document and sent it as an e-mail attachment, which…
Morning I received a parking charge to keeper from NCP. The date of incident 20.5.26, date sending letter 30.6.26, letter received in post 7.7.26. Not sure who was driving, as incident going back to May, also we received notice 7 weeks after the incident.
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