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Bank Charges Reclaim Success and Savings...!!!
Hi everyone I successfully reclaimed in excess of £2000 in bank charges in the spring of this year :T and have saved loads on top by following Martin's advice on: balance transferring credit cards to 0% balance Transfer Card for 15 months switching energy supplier switching broadband supplier using tesco codes to boost…
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Barclaycard
:beer: Thanks Martin Just received over £600 from late payments from Barclaycard. :T Thank you
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Beat the hackers/HiJackers of our finances
Sign up to the weekly email so everyone is informed. even if site goes down, through financial/political means, we are all still in here receiving much needed info that we need to fight injustice.
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various savings; thanks to all
:j 1) claimed over £1000 bank charges thanks to this site, paid off my overdraft and got me on track! :j 2) Tesco vouchers; had loads of codes, tips and info. Had hundreds of pounds worth of vouchers so far this year. :j 3)changed my credit card to one with 0%; would never have got around to it if not for this site :j 4)…
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Council Tax refund - and a bit more from the Valuation Office!
Thanks, Martin, for providing me with the guidance to reclaim overpaid Council Tax to the tune of almost £2,600. AND IT DOESN'T STOP THERE..... As I'd been overpaying for more than 13 years, I asked my Local Authority for an additional amount to reflect the interest they'd earned on my money! They referred me to the…
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Grateful
Thank you Martin for showing us how to reclaim bank charges as I eventually got them refunded to the sum of £2000. I used your templates but the bank initially refused so I contacted FOS who took the bank to task. Iam now in the process of looking out loans which had PPI and will contact the firms involved (fingers…
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Nominate Post Of The Month for October '07
UPDATE: The winner has now been chosen; well done simon123. Please send me (MSE Natasha) a PM with your name and address. Nominations are now open for November's Post Of The Month. Please nominate your most useful/helpful Post of the Month £50 Award by replying in this thread. Remember, you're nominating, NOT voting -…
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PPI charges - Thanks Martin!!
I'd never even heard of being able to claim back money on PPI - until the site went down and the annoucement was on the page about it, so i'd just like to say thanks to the hackers, cos now they're going to save me LOADS of money :j I've looked into it and my current loan has a PPI that i was told i had to take out…
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Council Tax Rebanding
Following the amount of publicity given to this subject particularly on Money Saving Expert Some four months ago I took the bull by the horn and carefully went through all the steps recommended and found that my property which was banded E should have been a Band D. I rang the District Valuers office to confirm the adress…
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love this site!
I am brand new to all of this but am loving it so far. Myself, hubby and our 3 boys have just enjoyed our free break at Haggerston Castle, I've just received my cheque from the Halifax for £100 because I had overpaid when we changed mortgage lenders and I am cuurntly waiting for all the freebies I've sent for. The only…
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Airmiles or quidco?
Just wondering what is more beneficial? I have some items i want to buy as xmas presents from 1 site. I can collect cashback from quidco and airmiles from the same site. The question is, should i collect the airmiles, or the cashback? I don't know which is best choice! Any advice?
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This site helped turn my finances (&life!!) around
The main impact this site has had is to make me much more aware of my whole financial situation and to take control of it so that I can plan for a comfortable future. It has focussed my attention on how to save, invest for the future and make my money go further. I feel on top of my finances for the first time in many…
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Over £30000 saved possibly over £40000 in 5 years time
Hi, really glad to see that the site is back up and running. When I joined this site I had no clue about mortgages, I just thought that they where all the same. After reading about overpayments, I went from 23 years down to a 15 year fixed rate and initally saved over £32000ish and took 8 years off the balance just by…
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Today we received £963
Thanks Martin Today we received £963 from Lloyds TSB for mis-sold loan insurance (my husband had just been made redundant when we took out the loan). We followed your advice and they have sent us the money as a "good will gesture". We only wrote to them less than 2 weeks ago. They soon got back to us. Thanks a million for…
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Today we received £963
Thanks Martin - after following you instructions to reclaim loan insurance, we have received a cheque from Lloyds TSB for £963. We took out the loan just after my husband was made redundant, he had another job to start 3 weeks later but hadn't started it. We followed your advice and came up trumps. Apparently the cheque…
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Thank you very much, Thank you very very much
Thanks to Martin for saving me money on my travel insurance. I have just bought an annual policy via MoneySupermarket (because that's where I had to go for the deal on Martin's advice) and I just picked up a policy for £30.50 - better than the renewal quote I had from UIA.
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Credit Card Charges
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saving now I am single!
Guess it's a case of having too really! No there is no longer 2 incomes but just mine it is making me take all kinds of cost cutting measures. I really feel the cold and I think by now my heating would be on but now when I get cold i just put on jumpers and a pair of socks and when I get really cold I go to bed. Food is…
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Skint First time Buyer - superb savings succeses
Hi, I've joined this site as i used to throw money around like confetti, but now in the process of moving out of my parents and faced the daunting reality of life in the "real world!" Like a man on a mission, i have managed to cut costs in the following areas IN 1 WEEK with not a lot of effort. I am comparing these savings…
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Daily Top Topics (chat forums)
For the latest top topics click here Archive:- *** New entry or re-entry [highlight]Top chat topics viewed on Tuesday 26/6/2007[/highlight] ***Loophole! Get a year's RAC cover for £9.99 = 4,132 views :money: SUMMER SALE bargains thread save up to 80% @ Play.com = 3,110 views ***6MP, 3x optical zoom digital camera for £50…