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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…
Best Saving Tips Please
New to the site, but loving it as it goes. Can you please tell me some money saving tips, motivation ideas and how to set targets. I have joined all the cash back sites and cash for clicks. Please help me. :confused: £35k in debt, very proud to have stood up to deal with it:confused: Can anyone tell me the best budgeting…
Nominate Post Of The Month for September '07
UPDATE: The winner has now been chosen; well done Oliver27. Please send me (MSE Natasha) a PM with your name and address. Nominations are now open for October'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 - there…
How much do I save in a month?
Its a good question. I have no idea! So i thought Id use this as a bit of a blog, to see what I save in this pay month. I get paid tomorrow - so Ill start then ;) we do have some plans- we are off on hols in October, which we need to buy some stuff for including a camera, and Im changing job again, so money will be tight I…
I've saved my holiday!
Woohoo I've just saved £285 (plus £45 quidco) on my home insurance by following Martin's advice, so in the past twelve months that makes a total of:- £200 mortgage exit fee reclaimed £140 saved on car insurance £60 quidco on car insurance (validated but not yet paid) £285 saved on home insurance £45 quidco on home…
Should I accept ??
I have been offered £560 from Abbey in response to a claim for £1477 including interest (£1320 without). They say they have transferred this money into my account, which they have. The question is do I accept or do I file a moneyclaim? Do I call Abbey to complain about the settlement?
Telephone saving
My biggest saving ever is the Virgin Media telephone/broadband. I get broadband half price at £12.50 and phone for a massive £2.00 inc all uk geographic numbers 24/7 FREE! This offer is valid for a year with the phone and 6 months with BB. Oz
AXA Compensation
Hy I sent a letter to AXA regarding an endowment policy and i have just received a letter from them with an offer of £896.84 compensation. :j They uphold that the policy wasn't missold but admit had we taken a repayment mortgage with them we would have been better off to the tune of the amount above. The endowment was only…
Nominate Post Of The Month for August '07
UPDATE: The winner has now been chosen; well done damski. Please send me (MSE Natasha) a PM with your name and address. Nominations are now open for September'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 - there…
im now nicoteen free and quids in!!
:j :T hi everyone....wanna tell you about my big achievement ...i have stopped smoking!!!! its been a month today without the nicoteen sticks and i have saved 31x£4.97=£154.07..... not bad hey:T :T :beer:
Pregnany money saving mission!!
Hi everyone :wave: This is my very first post!! I found out I was pregnant last year!! My baby is due in July of this year. It is a very exciting time for me and my husband. I recently decided that once baby is born I will take a break from work for about 5 years :T (cant wait!!) but that of course means that I will only…
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
this months goodies
sorry if this should be posted elsewhere, have already asked on tech page how to add this info onto bottom of all posts so awaiting that bit of fun. but just had to let you know how well i have done this month with all the helpful hints on this site. £40 of money off vouchers for chain of hotels/restaurants after…
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…
my savings
i have saved like £200 in 2 months how have you guys done
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…
My Savings
A huge thanks to this site. Since I joined the site in 2004 I must have saved a small fortune and become debt free I have recently reviewed all my finances again these savings are from this review...... Changed Electricity Supplier (first time I have done this) saving £200 per year Installed Save-A-Flush Bags saving £20…
going bankrupt but would you???
still reclaim bank charges i really want to do this as im sure id get a small fortune but we owe money to that same bank for credit cards and a loan would you wait til the bankrupcy was over then claim??? or just go for it thanks
Nominate Post Of The Month for July '07
UPDATE: The winner has now been chosen; well done ems2. Please send me (MSE Natasha) a PM with your name and address. Nominations are now open for August's Post Of The Month. 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…
RBS Victory!!
I'm new to posting on the site, but get the mailout every week and used Martin's reclaiming guide to go after RBS who over six years have taken over £3500 in charges from my account. The process initially started last September but didn't really commence until May 22nd this year when I asked for my charges back. A total of…

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"Catastrophic" Council Tax debt collection practices – that can see bailiffs at your door within six weeks demanding payment for the whole year despite missing just one month – are to be investigated by the Government. It's a win for MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis and his charity the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) who've campaigned against this rapid escalation.
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'Catastrophic' Council Tax debt collection practices to be investigated by Government – Martin Lewis says move is 'brilliant news'
"Catastrophic" Council Tax debt collection practices – that can see bailiffs at your door within six weeks demanding payment for the whole year despite missing just one month – are to be investigated by the Government. It's a win for MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis and his charity the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) who've campaigned against this rapid escalation.
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