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The Whistleblower - Watch Online Now
The Whistleblower watch online, the first of five programmes on Britain's Streets of Debt. :money: More info: Britain's streets of debt: Whistleblower
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My story so far
I realised in feb 06 i was in deep debt,( thought is was around 30 kish) and i would be able to handle it.... well after contacting payplan and working it out fully found out it was more than 60k un fortunatly at the time i was self emmployed and income was not high enough so i got a job. (for a bank) so when all the…
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Impulse Buying!
I’m not actually in debt, but find this board a great help to stop me overspending. I know I have a problem, and if I was on a lower wage I would have most probably ended up in thousands of pounds debt. My problem is impulse buying. I can quite happily be sitting at my computer reading a forum or web page, when I follow a…
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debt collection agencies?????
I am already paying one debt off via a agency who gives me a card to pay at post office etc or online I wanted to know if i contacted the agency they would beable to sort out my other debts and so i would only have to make one payment instead of a few to different agencies.
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Please Advise
i have an number of loans with a bank. could i get a credit card and put the outstanding amounts on to a card and pay it off that way. i have 4 loans in total and have managed to get two of them down to under a thousand pounds. any advise appreciated. thanks
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Will Summer Undo Lots of DFW Work?
Hello peeps. I was just sitting here thinking the board seems kinda quiet tonight. It's been a lovely weekend so I guess a lot of people have been out enjoying the sunshine...and who can blame them, it's been a long time coming! Then I thought "Hells bells......does this mean people are out spending a fortune at theme…
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bet ebay will have a free listing day during the world cup
Hi All when I was in deep debt I did a bit of ebay selling to raise money they usually have a free or 1p listing days during sporting events to attract attention I wouldn't mind betting they will offer somthing like this on one of the days england are playing so if your thinking of selling somthing and you can wait may be…
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I'm so sad and unhappy
I've just had, what should have been, a lovely weekend. My brother and his girlfriend have been with us since Thursday evening and I haven't seen them for a year. She's pregnant, so my brother is going to be a dad for this first time. They came to visit us because they hadn't yet seen my son who is now 5 months old. I did…
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How on earth do you do it???
I'm reading through everyone's posts and keep seeing budgets of £80-100 per month for food. How do you do this? I've managed to shave £s off my bill by planning meals in advance, buying from the reduced section and keeping an eye on BOGOFs but... £80 a month??? I'm seriously over the top with my budget and there is only…
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New here, hi
just thought i would say hi. I'm a mum to 3 work part-time and am married. I have struggled with debt on and off ever since uni days am nearly 40. I have made a vow to sort myself out and stay debt free now for the sake of my kids. Just wish my hubby would face up to his . Anyway I've set up a DMP with CCCS and just had my…
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Another TV debt program this week.
There was a small story in the Sunday Observant today that mentioned a new BBC program called something like "debt street". "Britain's Streets of Debt" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/5005374.stm
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Guilt trip!!!
Hi everyone I have not been around for a while cos feel to embarrased (sp) The reason being Tues week i am going on holiday to marjorca with my mum:o My mum will be 70 in dec and since my dad died nearly 3 yrs ago has not been away for 16 yrs (apart from his 1st anniversary when i took her away for a week as neither of us…
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Goals for week beginning June 4th
Okay seeing that we started this on the other thread I decided to open a new one here! (hope i'm not stepping on anyone's toes :o ) These were mine- 1: Transfer money and house ddebits to new account. Am in the process of doing this, welcome pack only came on Saturday 2: Find the local butchers (running low on meat) Did…
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debt free date?
can you tell me how you all work out your debt free date? i thought i saw a thread on here with a link to a website that works it out? thanks
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BBC News Article / Program
Just been reading this... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5029530.stm quite interesting, nothing we didn't already know though? It's on Tv tomorrow "The Whistleblower. On Monday, 5 June 2006" I would say that whilst I agree that banks are very underhand in their tactics for getting people in debt, they are also after…
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What have you spent today, Sun 4th Jun
I'm up early this morning so i'll start today's thread. I was hoping just to spend on bread and milk today but my dog clippers gave out half way through grooming one of the dogs last night so she's left with half a very bad haircut (as opposed to the full very bad haircut she normally gets!). With one and a half dogs yet…
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Unpaid parking tickets
Hi I have a question and have posted it here as it vaguely shakes hands with the whole debt thing. Someone I know has recevied notification that their car is going to be seized as they have at least one unpaid parking ticket against it. It is a fairly new car (about 4-5 years old). Here is the rub though - there is…
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Whistleblower Britains Streets of Debt
This link may be of interest to those battling with debts. The BBC are to show another Whistleblower programme concerning retail banking. J_B.
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Not so good this month
Hi all Feeling a bit disappointed with things today. Checked my balance online just now, knowing that the DDs scheduled for beginning of month will have come out, and yep we are broke for a week or so. Now, for the last three months or so, we have been turning things around and haven't gone over my overdraft at all,…
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Higher mortgage, higher debt and a shell of a house.
I know that I am relatively lucky compared to others but I am not feeling very happy tonight. Today we went to see the house we are moving to in about 3 weeks time. I had only seen it once before on a winter's day and I assumed that was why it was so dark. However, today it was a bright summer day and that house was dark,…
