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Council Tax advice please
Hi everyone I live with a friend, and we moved into a house in January, 2017. Upon moving in, we needed to pay off council tax owed on the previous house, which we did. Letters were sent to our current address with our names on, and we paid monthly. Since then, we haven't received any council tax letters. That is until a…
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Reclaim Repossion fees
Hi All, In April 2017 I came home from work to find my house had been repossessed by Santander and the locks had been changed. I made an application to the court to have it set aside and was granted a hearing in June 2017 which I subsequently won. I finally moved back in early July. It has now been a year since that…
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Missold Insurance/Endowment Policy
I am currently claiming against an insurance company for mis-selling me an endowment policy that was non-qualifying for tax purposes thus I am faced with a tax bill upon maturity. The policy was taken out in joint names but was later transferred to my single name 20 years ago. The financial ombudsman have said that the…
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Mis sold timeshares now on band waggon !!
Not sure if this is for real or just scammers jumping on the "mis sold" bandwaggon. I clicked on a link today cancelourtimeshare (yes all one word) as I have heard from other members that cases are being heard for mis selling of timeshares and maintainance fees. This company claims no win no fee, however will take a…
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Welcome Finance PPI
Sorry if this has been asked before, but has anyone reclaimed PPI from Welcome Finance? I had two loans with them around 1998 and was informed if I didn't take PPI, even though I didn't need it, I couldn't have the loan. I have no paperwork. Is there any chance of getting it back?
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Missold loan underage - Advice
Hi - first time posting. Looking for some views and any advice please. I’m now in my mid 30’s but at the age of 17 I was given a £17k loan from the bank. The bank manager told me “not to worry” about my age and falsified documents to change my date of birth. I was not in full time employment and have spent nearly the last…
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LPA partial refunds available
The government are now offering partial refunds to people who paid for Lasting Power of Attorney between 2013 and the price reduction of 2017. https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney-refund It only takes a few minutes to apply online. This deserves to be more widely publicised, but there doesn't seem to be a way of flagging…
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Bright House Redress
Hi there this is my first post. Not really sure if I am in the right place. I was a customer of Bright House for several years, I paid £625 for a tablet and then could not keep up payments so I returned it. I still had another £800 to pay and I was told the amount would be cancelled and that would be it I was pretty…
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Please can someone advice me
My partner drives a lot of miles in his own car per week to work and his employer only pays 22p per mile when I’m aware that you are entitled to 45p per mile up to 10,000 miles and 25p per mile for more than 10,000 miles. Does anyone know how we go about claiming back the remaining 23p or 3p per mile that he is entitled…
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Month End Money complaint
Hi, I'm looking for help in locating a payday loan company called Month End Money. I had several loans with them from 2008 - 2011. I also had loans from Wonga, QuickQuid and Payday U.K. Those 3 were easy to find and send complaints to, however Month End Money are more elusive. I don't know if they're out of business now.…
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Successful Reclaim of Mis-sold Building Insurance from 2001
<div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>I thought that I would share the story of my successful reclaim of mis-sold insurance from 2001.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2001 I purchased a flat which was my first property with a mortgage from Halifax.<br><br>I was told that as a condition of the mortgage, I had to take out buildings…
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Successful Reclaim of Mis-sold Building Insurance from 2001
<div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>I thought that I would share the story of my successful reclaim of mis-sold insurance from 2001.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2001 I purchased a flat which was my first property with a mortgage from Halifax.<br><br>I was told that as a condition of the mortgage, I had to take out buildings…
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Mortgage Audit Bureau
Anybody had any dealings with Mortgage audit bureau, claim they can identify where you've been overcharged when you've had arrears etc. Would be grateful of any feedback (not looking for opinions thx)
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Can you reclaim for wrong council tax band if you no longer own the house?!
I hope you someone can help!! I bought my house from my mother in law 2 years ago, having heard martin Lewis talk about council tax bands I checked ours as soon as we moved in and found that we were the only house on our road that was on band E, the other were all band D! We managed to successfully appeal, have had our…
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MSE News: Lost money to a scam via a Western Union transfer? You can claim a refund
Fraud victims who paid money to scammers via Western Union wire transfers over a 13-year period can now try for refunds...Read the full story: 'Lost money to a scam involving a Western Union wire transfer? You can now claim a refund from the US' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Just fab I made a mistake
In November 2017 I bought myself some boots but carefully tried to ensure this was a one of purchase as I was aware that just fab charge u on a monthly basis. Well this is now occurring in being charged £35 a month i have phoned to cancel in which they said they would refund me but unfortunately haven't and I'm still being…
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Fixtures and Fittings in Council Tax Valuation
I suspect my house should be in a lower Council Tax band. The current Banding is based on a house sale in 1991, but I suspect the price paid included fixtures and fittings which do not count against the Banding price. How can I find out if an element of the Sale price was for Fixtures and Fittings?
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Refused MPPI by the Halifax as I did not go to ombudsmen within 6 months of letter refusing
Hi I hope someone can give me some advise. I claimed for PPI in 2014 through a company but was told I have been refused. Since watching Martin on tv and being contacted by another company about PPI i decided to try and claim again. Well I recently had a letter from Halifax saying that I claimed in 2014 and they sent me a…
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Marriage Tax Allowance
Hi, My wife was a non taxpayer for a year in 2017 after mat leave ended, she has now returned to work and is a taxpayer again, are we entitled to claim the allowance for the previous tax year? or is it just backdated to the start of the current tax year in which case we are too late for a claim. Thanks in advance
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Single person discount council tax
I stopped claiming 25% single person discount when my son & his wife came to live with me whilst saving for their own home. They are now in the process of buying their home, once they become the legal owners on completion, they will be liable for full council tax on that property as our local authority (all?) no longer…
