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Re: The Cashback for Bank or Investment Accounts Discussion Thread
Can a company telling you they don't want you as a customer because you went directly against their T&Cs and attempted to extract £500 from them really dreadful customer service? Or simply …1 -
Re: Joyous January's No-Spend Days Challenge!
January 2026 NSD challenge Off to a start = 5 days = 10 days = 15 days = 20 days = Target reached = Target beaten = January targets 32b3in2013 7/18 AuntieL 15/15 beanielou 23/19 cathybird 17/15 Chang…1 -
Re: The Cashback for Bank or Investment Accounts Discussion Thread
eToro were more reasonable with me. I took a punt knowing full well it was unlikely to be successful, because I only closed my existing (but long empty) account a few days before applying for a new …4 -
Re: British Gas have destroyed my partners Credit Score
Hi, The key question here is "did your partner close the account when she left?". I can imagine a scenario, particularly in a multi-occupancy property where everyone simply kept on paying (…3 -
Re: January 2026 Grocery Challenge
Getting quite tight now - £237.85 spent, so £12.15 left until 1 Feb. Milk, coffee and toilet rolls bought today. I know I still need margarine and bread. I'd like an alternate sandwich filling f…5 -
Re: Being nosey... How many Regular Saver accounts do you have?
First time I've revisited this. I'm at 44 ct, will open the ESBS and MHBS in Feb taking it to 46. 6 are just 'ticking over' as membership maintaining. About 14k pm, near 15k from …2 -
Re: Living the Good Life - mortgage free and living in line with our values
Lovely to have an adventure to look forward to.3 -
Re: Water from boiler overflow pipe
No it doesn’t appear so , the gauge seems to stand firm at just under 2 bar1 -
Re: Dad’s Simple Estate…. and Probate.
I think you might not need a probate IF the bank is willing to release the monies without it - you need to check what their limit is - it's usually around £50k mark.1 -
Re: The Cutting Down Alcohol Challenge for January & 2026 :)
January 2026 AFD challenge 7 days = 14 days = 21 days = 28 days = Target reached = Target beaten = Entire month = January targets BlueJ94 7/18 Brie 10 cathybird 20/21 Dark Sunday 10/14 doingitanyway …4
