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Re: Cancer, cash and carrying on
I paid a stupid tax a couple of weeks ago, but decided to see if I could undo it today and it worked 😁 I signed up for a gold Amex (perks, points etc) and forgot to cancel the auto renewal 🙄. £195!…3 -
Re: June 2026 Grocery Challenge
Afternoon all, I have finally had chance to total up the weekends spends. I went to Tesco and brought YS, a few tinned items and snacks for the kids £34.77 spent. Then to Lidl, calculator in hand to …10 -
Re: withdraw or settle from finance
Everyone is guessing. You need to do your own research, reading the small print, to be sure.1 -
Re: Crypto mistake
The maths is all out here. £1,000 plus £2,600 plus £6,700 plus the VAT on the £6,700 does not add up to £16,000. Whatever money that was sunk into this (if it ever was), it is long gone.2 -
Re: Why do Nationwide make it so difficult to open a Flex One Account for a teenager?
Really? I'm GenX, on the cusp of boomerdom, and we had no computers at school. We were still using logarithm tables in maths lessons, despite pocket calculators becoming more available at the ti…1 -
Re: DCB Legal Smart Parking Limited
No modifications needed, its all done for you, copy and paste as is, all 11 paragraphs, into the start defence box on MCOL, save and submit, no need to wait3 -
Re: 2026 - 52 Week Envelope Challenge
Well done, this has been added2 -
Re: Money saving octopus
"When you pick another fixed, just make sure that how ever you speak to understands that you want it to start when your current fix finishes. And get it in writing too." I did mine online a…1 -
Re: Money saving octopus
When my fixed was due for renewal back in January, I locked in (at the time) a more expensive fix early December. But it only started when my old fix ran out. If I had started looking in November, I …1 -
Re: The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread
Two of the top variable rate accounts, Nationwide and Cooperative, have remained at 6.5% and 7% respectively despite cuts to the base rate. And both allow withdrawals (limited in Nationwide's ca…1
