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Re: What is the best way to sell old silver coins?
Don’t put them into an auction house, the commission will kill it for you. Let’s say you have a coin worth £100 (the value a coin dealer would sell it at). Typical auction commission is 20% plus VAT …1 -
Re: Missed flight due to understaffed Security
My husband once caught a plane as it taxied away. He threw his case in and then the air hostess grabbed his arms and helped him in. As they came o to land the captain announced over the tannoy ‘ woul…3 -
Re: Buying a Freehold Property with a Management Company
Earlier this year we bought a 7 year old freehold property with management fees. I think all in it cost us £320 for the management company fees involved with the sale, unfortunately there is no way a…1 -
Re: Santander ID and income check
How even low-level organised crime sidesteps the KYC nonsense honest people are harried with:- https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/aug/25/other-post-office-scandal-organised-crime-la…2 -
Re: Securing fence beams
Stainless steel fasteners are very expensive and could be considered overkill unless you’re using them in high tannin woods like oak. They don’t have the same tensile strength but on the positive sid…1 -
Re: Aegon s.32 Buyout Plan
I found out yesterday that my issue was primarily caused by me filling in the ii transfer request form incorrectly. 🙈🙉🙊 Hopefully all will go smoothly from here on …3 -
Re: The New Top Easy Access Savings Discussion Area
Yeah, ditched mine a few months ago for the same reason.1 -
Re: Most cost efficient way to keep toilet hygienic?
I can see this thread ending up as one of the weekly highlighted threads……..1 -
Re: What happens if you straddle pension age increase?
It also makes no difference at all whether you take the tax free cash now, or later, apart from any tax paid on growth / income before you can get it reinvested in an ISA. As an example, lets say she…1 -
"Investment advice" from Martin Lewis?!
Given his efforts to reduce inappropriate use of his name by scammers, etc, it does only seem a matter of time before this gets taken down, despite being published by a satirical site… https://www.th…8
