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Re: NEXT Pay in 3 - What The Actual...
You've spotted it!!! All of these things seem to be set up to befuddle and eventually cause the customer to end up paying more due to fees, interest, etc - all the things the accounts purport to save…1 -
Re: Tomato Energy (Electric Only Supplier) - Too Good To Be True ?
I tried their demo, put in my postcode, selected my address, and I got a popup stating they had found 5 meters at my address (all within the same postcode) and to select one of those 5 addresses lis…4 -
Re: Tomato Energy (Electric Only Supplier) - Too Good To Be True ?
That's some real delusional nonsense there isn't it? They made TOU tariffs easy? Err no they royally !!!!!! that up when other suppliers have managed them with no issues for years. Working hard to ha…5 -
Re: State pension calculation and HMRC calculator
35 is not the maximum under transitional rules (I personally needed 44 as I was contracted out for most of my working life).1 -
Re: Pension advisor prices?
Yes, you can. But, the poster didn't and instead said "Google said" and posted AI slop.2 -
Re: Pension advisor prices?
Is that Google AI? If so, it cannot be trusted. You don't know that output has been created from recent information, or from website blogs created 10 years ago. No-one should be paying more than 1% …2 -
Re: State pension calculation and HMRC calculator
The 35 years only applies if your entire working life occurred after the introduction of the new State Pension (nSP) on April 6th 2016 (so roughly if you were born this century). for those of us bor…2 -
Re: State pension calculation and HMRC calculator
The “35 years” rule is a maximum, not always what you personally need. You have pre-2016 pension contributions and so your pension is based on a “starting amount” calculation under transitional rules.1 -
Re: Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 4th Quarter 2025
STS for me this week 🙄4 -
Re: US Citizen
Actually, no. It's a commonly held belief, regularly put about by tax preparation industry misinformation, either in ignorance or (more likely) because it helps their bottom line. And you can find i…6
