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Should I accept ??
I have been offered £560 from Abbey in response to a claim of £1477 including interest (£1320 without). Should I accept the offer?
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!!
Sky + for £49!
:j This is my first post so please bear with me! Since last week our Sky TV was showing No Satellite signal being received on most channels, my Autistic son was having panic attacks as the sky was clear and sunny! I telephoned them to ask for an engineer to come and re-align my dish which I believed had been moved by the…
how i have saved
i have saved loads of money on websites. from swapping and surveys which i have not had to use a single penny. i have manage=d to save in the last month around 25 pounds. how much have anyone else saved this month and how?
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…
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…
£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 May '07
UPDATE: The winner has now been chosen; well done maggiesoup. Please send me (MSE Natasha) a PM with your name and address. Vote for this month'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 difference!…
Better mine than theirs!
Thanks to Martin I approached the Abbey bank and asked them for some (all?) of the money they charged me for repaying my mortgage recently. Quick as a flash I got £130 by return of post, unfortunately my own money! I read on this site somewhere about broadband costs and sent an E-mail to Orange asking, literally, would…
bank charge & mortgage fees
Thanks to this website, Ive claimed back £1770 in bank fees and £160 in mortgage fees this month. Wonderful!!!
Savings!
Hi all Not sure on individual amounts, but total monthly savings amount to just under £100 (£1000 a year!!!) it's like having a payrise for doing nothing, next task is to batten down my mobile charges. I've found that this site is so addictive and now I don't do anything financial without consulting MSE. Quidco is great as…
Me Too!
A newbie just wanting to say thanks for saving us so much money! Staggered to find, after following your instructions, that we'd been paying too much Council Tax all this time. We have had a very happy outcome and it's scary to think we could have been overpaying for years to come! Now I shall been looking for other tips…
So easy - £3200! Thank you so much
I followed directions regarding rateable value and rate banding. It took just six weeks and was dropped down a band - backdated to 1993! £2400 refund to us and £800 to the previous owner. Moral - if you don't ask, you don't get. Thanks Martin.
This site has changed our lives
On the first day I found MSE I got all my paper work out. Within the first week I had reduced the rates on both our credit cards, won a £10 voucher on Pigsback (which I had actually been a member of for years, but never knew how to use!) Realised I was owed £20 my my Mutual points - again I site I had been a member of for…
I won a years supply of ........
:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: Thanks (hic)
Holidays
Well, thanks to the guys and gals on the free easyjethotels thread, so far this year, i've booked/stayed mainly free at hotels for 17 nights b&b (4*) and have saved approximately £2000. I can't imagine it will be topped and, now that they've changed the ts&cs, I doubt it'll be added to much by Stelios! :D…
So many kinds of culture stones with wholesale price
So many kinds of culture stones with wholesale price We have many kinds of culture stones with beautiful colors, and we are to fully cooperate on the basis of equality and mutual benefit with partners from abroad. We hope sincerely we become your steady supplier in China. Website :htttp://www.weistone.com, E-mail:…
Pay as you drive car insurance
My 24yr old son has just insured his car (2 years no claims) with Norwich Union (pay as you drive). His annual mileage is around 2000 miles which is very low compared to the national average. He has paid a deposit of £120 which includes the fitting of the Telematic Device which transmits the distance travelled and on what…
Nominate Post Of The Month for April '07
UPDATE: The winner has now been chosen, well done Kipper, please send me (MSE Natasha) a PM with your name and address. Vote for this month'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 difference!…

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Martin Lewis: How to call your bank with just three digits – as 'anti-scam' phone number called over a million times
One million calls have been made to the '159' anti-scam phone number since its launch in 2021, new figures reveal today (Wednesday 30 April). MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis – one of the well-known faces most used in scams – explains how to call your bank by dialling just these three numbers.
Revealed: Holland & Barrett's supposedly cheaper 'Subscribe & Save' often costs more – it's promised a review after our investigation
Holland & Barrett's 'Subscribe & Save' scheme claims to offer regular shoppers "the best value" – but it failed to do so in the majority of cases MoneySavingExpert.com checked over a five month period. The retailer has now promised to review the scheme after our research found it was often more expensive.
Don't get your passport by post – 360,000 paid more than needed last year
If your passport is due for renewal, apply online if you can – it'll save you £12.50. More than 7 million Brits did just that last year – but over 360,000 missed out on savings by using a paper form instead, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.
Sainsbury’s Bank customer? NatWest takes over this week – here's what it means for savers and borrowers
Sainsbury's Bank's savings, credit cards and loans will be taken over by NatWest from Thursday 1 May. For most, this means little will change for now as the Sainsbury's Bank brand will remain, though it's expected to be phased out towards the end of this year. However, if you've over £85,000 saved across both banks, it's worth considering moving any excess elsewhere to ensure your cash remains protected.
Chase customer? Check if you can get its newly boosted 4.8% easy-access saver
If you've got a Chase account, check if you can boost your easy-access savings to 4.8% – made up of a 1.8% AER fixed six-month bonus plus its standard 3% variable rate. Chase says over 2 million customers can get the boost, which would top our normal savings tables if it were open to all, though it's beaten by the top easy-access cash ISAs.
NatWest to complete takeover of Sainsbury's Bank this week – here's what it means for savers and borrowers
Sainsbury's Bank's savings, credit cards and loans will be taken over by NatWest from Thursday 1 May. For most, this means little will change for now as the Sainsbury's Bank brand will remain, though it's expected to be phased out towards the end of this year. However, if you've over £85,000 saved across both banks, it's worth considering moving any excess elsewhere to ensure your cash remains protected.
Martin Lewis: Is the £20,000 cash ISA limit about to be killed off? What savers should be doing now
Plans to cut the £20,000 cash ISA limit later this year are being considered by the Government. In his latest video, MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis explains what's likely to happen, what the changes would mean for savers and what you should be doing now.
NatWest to complete takeover of Sainsbury's Bank this week – here's what it means for savers and borrowers
Sainsbury's Bank's savings, credit cards and loans will be taken over by NatWest from 1 May. For most, this means little change for now as the Sainsbury’s brand will remain, though it's expected to be phased out towards the end of this year. However, if you've over £85,000 saved across both banks, you'll need to move any excess elsewhere to ensure your cash remains protected.
NatWest to complete takeover of Sainsbury's Bank this week – here's what it means for savers and borrowers
From Thursday 1 May, Sainsbury's Bank credit cards, loans and savings accounts will be run by NatWest as part of a deal between the two banks. You'll be moved to NatWest in the future, likely towards the end of this year, but for now the Sainsbury's Bank brand will remain and you can continue to use its products and services as before.

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