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Re: New printer advice
Laser all the way. I bought a mono Samsung M2835DW in 2014 and it's still going strong - printed over 7000 pages. I use 3rd party cartridges now. Previous deskjets seemed to forever clog up or d…4 -
Re: Leasehold flat - Window opening into garden of next flat
I have instructed my solicitor to check the legal side and they haven’t got back to me yet. We are still fairly early in the process and my solicitor has ordered searches and haven’t probably gone th…1 -
Re: What to do with big premium bond win
Thanks everyone. 🫶 It wasnt THE big one but the next biggest. £100,000. It means we can move into a bungalow which my husband will need in future due to his parkinsons (and my knees lol.) I already …8 -
Re: Anyone now powering their home / exporting via their EV (V2X)? Tariff query..
Hi all, thanks for all the positive feedback, much appreciated. Having an electronics degree and working in the mobile telecommunications industry for many years I have a reasonable understanding of …1 -
Re: Anyone now powering their home / exporting via their EV (V2X)? Tariff query..
A home gateway is definitely part of my design as although I've only experienced 3 power cuts in 30 years of living in my house, I would be spitting feathers if in the near future they become mo…1 -
Re: MBNA - pro rata payment offer - advice please
I was extremely surprised myself! I had a very difficult time with them before I started the DMP so I was braced for a nightmare. (Lots of unpleasant stuff happened like agents phoning the house at a…1 -
Re: Pension Issue
Yes but that doesn't mean they can guarantee to actually achieve it.3 -
Re: Swagbucks 2025
Yes, I look at the score for Solitaire. Currently top score is 725.1 -
Re: HSBC £220 switch offer for opening a Bank Account (15/06/2026 to TBC)
HillStreetBlues Also overruling staff is admitting training is woeful. Yes, it's really about doing whatever makes life easier for themselves, rather than doing what's best for the customer…3 -
Re: Historic Aviva lifetime mortgage – could a 2015 drawdown be a separate actionable event?
I can see the logic of a reserve: if money wasn’t needed immediately, leaving it undrawn avoided interest accruing unnecessarily. But then… £4,000 of the initial advance was borrowed at roughly 7% co…1

