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Direct Line Home Insurance M&S voucher offer
HI, just tried to get a quote with DL for my home insurance following yesterdays email. The on line quote directed me to call them direct because of the property type, and they said there was no MSE offer for home insurance, only car insurance. Anyone had similar issues?
webmaster@moneysavingexpert.com
OK, I clicked the link and sent a e-mail as suggested. Bizarrely, the automatic reply was: So, do I wait for a reply/assistance as promised, or just 'rest assured' that something will possibly be done one day?
Was my post deleted?
I signed up to post a reply about a good experience with a company in an otherwise apathetic thread. I returned a few hours later to check for replies and my post is gone. Did I break the rules? Do I need double digit post counts before positive comments are allowed? Bit annoying because I put a lot of time into sharing my…
Spring forward and fall back
After putting up a notice on the site banner about the clocks going back, why hasn't the clock gone back on this website? According to GMT, I'm posting this on Monday 28th October 2013, but the site will tell readers that I'm posting at 00:27 BST on Tuesday 29th.
(1 2 3 ... Last Page) linking in threads titles
For a long thread nobody wants to go to pages 2 or 3 directly. It would make much more sense to provide direct links to the last three pages instead, i.e., say, (1 ... 26 27 28). Is this possible to do within vBulletin?
Showing wrong poster
Just saw a thread and it said a certain poster had replied. Opened the thread to find someone else had made the reply. Went back to search forums and again it showed the wrong poster had replied. Clicked the posters name and it took me to info page of the correct poster. What's going on ?
Weekly forum roundup - 25 Oct 2013
Hi all, Here's this week's installment of the forum stats that we share every Friday. We kicked this off a few weeks ago - you can view the first post and get a bit more info here, if you like. Most popular boards Unmoved at the top of the pile is Competitions Time - which had more views than the rest of the top 10…
Help, please
Why, when I post two voucher codes for money off deals that I won't use, are they being deleted and called "spam"? I've never spammed anyone in my life. I thought this forum was about trying to help others? Can someone PM me and explain what's wrong with posting these? Thanks.
M&S Home Insurance
HI MSE. I used a MSE link to buiy M and s home insurance in May where there was an offer for i believe a 20 or 30 pound voucher for m and s if you bought the home insurance. either way i bought the hime insurance and the voucher never arrived. i have contacted m and s and they have said i did put the code in correctly…
Santander Annual ISA Fees
Energy club
Hi can anyone advise. I have just used the cheap engery club comparison. It has identified that my present provider has a better tarrif. It is stating that I would get £30 cashback if I switch. Is that correct, I stay with my same provider, switch tarrif via the link and get £30 ?
Weekly forum roundup - 18 Oct 2013
Hi all, This is the second installment of the forum stats that we're going to be sharing with you every Friday. We kicked this off just last week, and you can view the first post here, if you like. Most popular boards Unmoved at the top of the pile, Competitions Time was the number one board again this week, helped by the…
Firewall Error
hi i sometimes get a firewall error,where it says my request has been blocked and to contact customer support at [EMAIL="webmaster@moneysavingexpert.com"]webmaster@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL] with a link ,does anyone else get this
Has anyone else just had "thanks for joining up" emails?
I've just had three emails thanking me for signing up for the weekly email. I've been receiving the email for years. Is it just me or has something gone a bit wrong?
Double Posting
Everytime i make a reply to a thread it is as if i am pressing the button twice, But am only pressing it once but it still shows a message saying i need to wait before i can post again.
Requesting deletion of a thread
How do you go about contacting the MSE team for this? I know it's not normally the done thing by the team & it's not something i'd usually request, but one of my threads has been identified by someone 'in the real world' (someone who knows me) which could get me into bother (potentially). So i'd like to contact the team to…
Has the Search been changed?
I could used to search for something like "Jane Smith" and it would just bring up the posts with those two words together. Now it brings up posts with the word "Jane" and the word "Smith" in it, separately. I.e one could have the name Jane Brown in it, and one could have the name John Smith. It's a bit annoying that you…
Weekly forum roundup
Hi all, Every Friday we’re going to start sharing with you some of the exciting forum stats that our clever robots/technical staff tell us. We’ll be giving you a rundown of the week’s most popular boards and threads, as well as mentioning some of the more kooky topics that have been keenly discussed in the seven days…
New thread not posted on forum why ?
I posted a thread on the insurances forum earlier tonight around 5pm its now 9:25pm & its still not on there WHY ? ? Personally I believe its because its about the U.K's largest supermarket group accusing them in so many words of THEFT & we ALL know how NO one likes to upset them as they are or seem to be able to do as…
Forum posts on Twitter
This thread relates to this thread in the Families forum: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4788301 Now, we have asked MSE Andrea for further information on the thread but she hasn't responded. Primarily, we are concerned with our username & posts being reproduced on Twitter without being advised. More…

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