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Re: The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread
Zopa RS 7.10% Same here. Mine matured yesterday 19/8. I couldn't find any RS under Pots. Chatted with cs who said the RS was no longer on offer. Then played around on the (also Android) app, fou…2 -
Re: 2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes
#4 with an additional August payment of £445.25 please.1 -
Re: Hotel fire
In exceptional circumstances after a fire then you either accept their goodwill offering or negotiate if you believe they should do more. If you accept then signing to say you will not take further a…2 -
Re: Hotel fire
You seem to have been well looked after particularly as you were upgraded to have breakfast. You could compare what other guests offered. The ones who were already into their stay would have had to m…1 -
Re: Share dealing - need advice about "bed and spouse"
I think the trustee of a SIP has to be UK resident. Good point, well made. But the SIP trustee would be different to the person administering a company's share plans. On leaving employment, shar…1 -
Re: Bold leap into retirement
The positive and negative of volunteering is as there is no salary it is done very much on your terms. With no reward there is no fear of losing an income so can stop doing it if the fun goes. The do…3 -
Re: Dealer says "we refuse to reject" on faulty £7.4k Astra within 2 weeks. Legal stance?
True. I still can't reject the car because they claim they can't find any faults with it. It's also worth noting that the dealer only tested the clutch via a road test—when I asked if …1 -
Re: Any way I can speed up this payment of funds owed?
The supplier is allowed up to 6 weeks from ceasing to supply you to provide you a final bill. They failed to do that so you are automatically due £40 Octopus Energy should have identified their own f…3 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
Re the Lid app ,are you activating the card whilst you are on the coupon page? I now always return to the home page before I activate it and no longer have a problem with the coupons.5 -
Re: Any way I can speed up this payment of funds owed?
You shouldn't need to ask them, GSoP payments are supposed to be paid automatically to you. Follow my advice given previously in this thread. If Octopus Energy are silly enough to let this go to…3