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Laptop Reviews
Hi, My Sister is off to Uni next year and we are looking to get a laptop for her, does anyone no any websites that review laptops?? Been on Which? website, rubbish and you have to sign up for it!! Many thanks.
Martins Own Ltd Company
Is it just me being blind and not noticing but has martin now started up his own limited company? Noticed on the bottom of the forum © Martin Lewis and Martin S Lewis Ltd it always used to read © Martin Lewis :)
Forum Response Notification E-mails
My e-mail account is currently being constanly bombarded by an e-mail notification from one of the forums. Obviously the operational status of my e-mail account has been greatly affected to what technically amounts to a DOS attack. can ayone here look into it?
<Email this article to a friend>
After reading the very helpful 'free cash from credit cards' article I promptly wanted to forward it to a pal, but despite my computer wizardry abilities I wasn't sure of the best way to do it. I copy and pasted the link into a new email but it appeared incomplete and gave an error message when used. I followed the link to…
uk.msnusers.com
Hi all, When I browse this forum, I frequently get a dialog box headed: Connect to uk.msnusers.com and a request for my MSN Passport details so that I may log in. I suspect it's legit and I could therefore simply log in and not get the prob again. BUT. I am wary of having any unnecessary connections open an don't want the…
Digital camera query
Help me please My 3year old computer has only one USB which my broadband is connected to. Iwould like to use my digital camera. Do not know anything about computers so what do i need.
Plea to regulars from Martin
The site has taken a bit of a hammering this morning as the email went out yesterday and will this afternoon as Martin's on Radio 2 this lunchtime. Can everyone try to keep searches down to a minimum, not use big graphics and stop snow-balling until after 5pm? Thanks for your help everyone. :)
site crashing or is it me?
Hi, I was trying to log into the site around 1am and all I kept getting was a page saying the site was unavailable and maybe the sites server was down. I could get all my other sites in my favorites but no MSE sniff sniff. I am on dial up and wondered if this could be the problem or did this happen to anyone else. I have…
Where's the Money Tip E-mail ???
Are we missing a tip e-mail this week? Is it delayed due to "extra special" content? Where is it?
LAST POSTS UNAVAILABLE???
When looking on " show last **** posts of this person" All I get is "the page cannot be displayed" any ideas why?
scrolling coloured text question.
could sum1 tell me how to do it ???pretty pretty please :-/ :-* :-*
New Terms & Conditions & Privacy Statement
Just to note we have updated the site's terms and conditions of use and added a privacy statement. Both impact using this Chat Forum To view them click terms and conditions privacy statement To ask a question or discuss this simply click reply
All-singing, all-dancing posts....
More and more people seem to be using animated pics, smileys and now tickers to illustrate their posts...just wondered if/how much all these bells and whistles contribute to slowing down the site/using up resources ??? Personally I like to see them and I'm as guilty as anyone in using them but would be happy to remove any…
How about an Air Miles hints 'n' tips board?
Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but here you go... Is there any mileage (excuse the pun...) in a board to discuss Air Miles? I know that most of the people on MSE are sensible enough to collect airline-specific miles through their credit cards and supermarket spend etc. However, I'm sure that there are…
Existing Posts
What has happened to the posts below the message box for replies? It makes it difficult to remember something that was in a post that you are replying to,you could just scroll down and all the replies where there,now they are not. If I go back to the thread then back to the reply,my reply has gone,or is there now another…
colour colour everywhere
Now don't get me wrong there ain't nothing wrong with colour....................but you've got to place it not chuck it ;D ;D ;D The yellow in budgeting it too yellow :o :o Too many colours and worse still too many shades of colours is not aesthetically pleasing IMO And the grey at the top of chat makes it look like it's…
Where have the side links gone ?
For some reason when I bring up the home page of the site,the yellow link boxes no longer show on the left hand side. I can still access all areas from the drop down boxes at the top I know it must be the settings on this PC,as they are still showing on work PC's ok. What do I need to alter? It may be that other websites…
New Search Defaults
In a short term effort to make the search works we've changed the defaults. Now when you search you have to choose the boards (though you can click select all) and it doesn't search as far back Also the search box at the top of site we've reduced the number of returns on that to 20. Hopefully this will mean it crashes less…
is it just me or.........................
well, is it just me or is the site painfully slow tonight :( ;)
can u use sigs and help needed
hi i have just started a loan company up ,with a mate who does it full time , i still work full time in my other job as a driver ., can i use a sig to promote my web site, also the site may also be useful for people looking for a loan. i am trying to get my site known without spending much money on this, but would give a…

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Ofgem proposes new 'no standing charge' Price Cap – but Martin Lewis warns vulnerable customers need to be opted in or it won't work
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Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland to cut overdraft rates for millions but hike them for others – here's what's happening and full help
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Warm Home Discount expansion confirmed with millions more eligible for the £150 top-up this winter – here's what we know
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Martin Lewis: At last a chance to fix Council Tax flaws impacting millions – debt collection, difficulty challenging your band, discounts and more
Major flaws in the Council Tax system in England could finally be fixed in future, as the Government has launched a wide-ranging consultation to review hideous debt collection practices, the difficulty of challenging your band, the overly complex and horribly-named Severe Mental Impairment discount and more. MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis, who has long campaigned on these issues, shares his response and analysis.
Energy complaints to be dealt with more quickly and Energy Ombudsman to get new powers under Government plans
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Warm Home Discount expansion confirmed with millions more eligible for the £150 top-up this winter – here's what we know
Around 2.7 million more households, including 900,000 families with children, will become eligible for the £150 Warm Home Discount this winter, as the Government has confirmed it will remove the existing 'hard to heat' eligibility criteria. The extension has only been confirmed for winter 2025/26, with further changes possible for future years.
Base rate held at 4.25% – here's what it means and when it might be cut next
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Winter Fuel Payments to be reinstated for millions – Martin Lewis explains how it'll work, what it means and if it's an improvement
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