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Halifax
:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: IDID WHAT MARTIN SUGESTED CLAIMED BACK MY BANK CHARGES AND GOT 326.00 BACK OF THE 600.00 THEY TOOK FROM ME FOR CHARGES TRY IT IT ONLY COST ME 4 FIRST CLASS STAMPS CHEERS MATE :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:…
Advice re Parcelforce
Wondered if anyone out there can adivise? I bought a piece of art from Germany and was advised by the seller that it would be delivered by Parcelforce. They advised me to check the item when it was delivered and to refuse to accept it if was damaged thus making it simpler to sort out replacement. The parcel arrived today…
Gym membership
Help - I registered with a local gym last Nov. Diddnt go once and now am getting demands for the monthly payments please help!!
radical change since i diceded to buy a house
before i didn't have a debt but i was spending nearly all my wages so i decided to save as much as i could i start by terminate my gym £39 a month my supplements for gym £20 start use the free transport for work instead of my car £100 a month in petrol call my internet provider (AOL) and moan about the price see my…
Playing the web
I am always looking for oppurtunities to save money, One way is to sign-up to some of the survey sites on the net. Some of these such as Ciao & Opinionworld pay cash, whilst others such as Ipsos & Harris poll give you points that you can redeem for goods or vouchers. Sign-up to Mutual points, they give you £25.00 for…
Council Tax
Just to say thank you for method of challenging banding publicised in national press earlier in year. Took a while. Now have £2,965.21, refund from 1.4.93 and a lower band. SML
£1640 in three months!
I just calculated that since February this year I've paid off approximately £1640 in debt. :D About £500 of that came from reclaimed bank charges, but the rest came from simply spending less than I earn! The big difference for me has been that I take out a fixed amount of spending money in cash at the start of each week,…
Nominate Post Of The Month for June '07
Please nominate your most Useful/Helpful Post of the Month £50 Award by replying to this post. Remember, you're nominating, NOT voting - there is a difference! :smiley: Also, please don't lobby to win the prize - as Martin says, it's not cricket! Please include: A. A hyperlink to the specific thread/post - highlight the…
No real measure of the savings...
Okay, so I've made £20 on Pigsback and had probably £10 of freebies I would not otherwise have had but the true "saving" has been in helping me realise that I need to take direction of my money and make that work for me. Before finding MSE I was content to spend my way through the month, save the rest in a normal account…
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