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Re: Good and Bad Buys at Lidl and Aldi stores (***Please don't expire***)
I'm most disappointed in these TRONIC batteries from the Lidl Supermarket. Buy cheap, buy twice.2 -
Re: Strange Starling Bank scam...that I fell for
It did used to be a thing years ago - 2020 I was charged for receiving calls in Turkey from a UK number, but the world of telephony was a very different place then.3 -
Re: Contactless... limitless
Interesting you should use smart meters as an example, when there are many logical reasons not to want one. Not a good example.1 -
Re: Vaillant EcoTEC Sustain Boiler; water leaking from bottom - better to use Vallaint's Repair Service?
Yes it’s £399 but the good news is that’s inc vat. most probably cheaper to get a independent engineer, and you ask them to do a service at the same time. And not just checking flue gas’s, a full ser…1 -
Re: How to live without heating - save £000s
"My gut feel is that all parts of your body need to be almost equally insulated" Interesting, wore my 50p Amazon Haul wool-like gloves for the first time today on a circular five mile walk …1 -
Re: Vaillant EcoTEC Sustain Boiler; water leaking from bottom - better to use Vallaint's Repair Service?
I haven't let it dry yet (just been tipping the water out of the bowl and putting back) but from what I can see the water is as clear as tap water.1 -
Re: Vaillant EcoTEC Sustain Boiler; water leaking from bottom - better to use Vallaint's Repair Service?
Yep a magnetic filter is fitted.1 -
Re: Boiler has died
The boiler mostly likely supplies power to the thermostat, so its likely the boiler electrical issue1 -
Re: Is II a no brainer
No that’s wrong about HL, my Wife does drawdown fully online every year. The only paper form she’s ever done was the very first time a few years ago. She’s taken tax free cash online ( the web page d…2 -
Re: How to totally freeze credit for UK citizens?
Kind of. You can place CIFAS notice on credit file. https://www.cifas.org.uk/ You can also setup paying account on one or all credit ref agencies. Then you get notified of any changes on credit file.3
