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Send a child having cancer treatment a cuddly toy for Christmas
A really lovely initiative this year is from Cancer Support UK who are sending warmie teds to children who will be in hospital having treatment for cancer this Christmas. It is harder this year due to coronavirus isolation -- many of the toy rooms are closed and people cannot send in toys as individuals. Donate £10 and…
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Exceptionally thoughtful young man.
Supermarket carpark. Enormous bang from offside front of car and car lurches down. A young man hears the noise and expresses concern. We drive home very tentatively and young man, unbeknown to us, follows to make sure we are okay. So worried. We didn't thank him enough, but we are very grateful and blessed for his kindness…
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HSBC banking statements 2004
hello, not sure if right place so apologies. I have a critical need to find a transaction between two HSBC account during 2004. Can anyone help?
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Student accommodation not delivering advertised facilities.
I am a first year student and decided to move into student accommodation. I decided to go private through the accommodation instead of through the university itself. The advertised room I signed the contract for advertised a balcony and free use of the gym, cinema room, common room, and study room. The balcony has been…
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Refunds from Trailfinders and (amazingly) Expedia that they didn't have to provide
Just before Covid happened, me and my partner were due to go on a once-in-a-lifetime round-the-world-trip with a significant part of our trip being Hawaii and a stay at some nice hotels in LA. At the last minute my partner was denied a travel visa to the USA for absolutely no reason (he is a UK resident but has a Romanian…
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Sykes Cottages - prompt refund
My son and his friends booked a cottage in Northumberland via Booking.com, for Sykes cottages. On the day the local lockdown came into force! It did take 45 minutes to get through on the phone, but a helpful member of staff took the details and arranged for a refund to be made via an online account set up for him. Money…
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Success complain and reclaim
I was helping my daughter navigate her way through some financial difficulties, using the resources available on MSE, when I stumbled across the information about mis-sold packaged accounts. Years ago my bank insisted I must open one of these, but after I'd read the info here I realised I'd been had. Long story short, I…
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Gift cards
I'm not in a great position. Moved 2 days before lockdown. A charity gave me gift cards from one4all. So I could buy a spare bed and bedroom furniture. I have mental health problem so my son would come up and stay with me so I can get out and about. So I've had to do without my son. In a new town. Cant go to a store to…
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Damsons being offered for picking
Someone was offering Damsons to pick near Birmingham
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Happy New Year!
Shanah tovah to all starting Jewish New Year
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Got a bank note for the first time in 5 months
I was given a £10 note today. It's the first money I've handled in 5 months. Takes me back .... :) These plastic notes are great, as you can wash them or sanitise them, and they are fine afterwards. Proper money laundering.
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Premier Inn
Not really a "random act of kindness", but definitely something positive... I had a couple of Premier Inn bookings. One was for a few days in early May, the other for 2 June. They were prepaid and not cancellable. When the COVID-19 crisis hit, the attraction that I'd intended to visit in May was closed until further notice…
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Beautiful
My partner and I were in Mexico, and we wed had a horrific time of it and, well, we long story short we were sat down with a few Mexican police officers. Contrary to the stereotypes they were pretty cool.. They knew we'd had a good load of problems and we were OK really, but anyway they went in as it started to rain, and…
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Sending sweets and soda to usa
Hey I just wanted to know about sending sweets and soda to USA, my partner wants some british candy and I have no idea how I would send it like he mentioned about a form from the fda but I dont know if I need this. Any help would be appreciated also which is they best way to send a parcel.
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Snowdon Mountain Railway - Brilliant Customer Service
We had booked to go up to the top of Snowdon in August. They emailed us to tell us that if we wanted to cancel we could, as the train would not be going to the summit. We decided we would cancel and (hopefully) go back next year. Once I'd emailed them to tell them this, the credit refund was on my credit card later that…
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Well at least . . . #smallmercies
Well at least . . . This didn't happen during the storms and floods
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Eurocamp
I can't fault them, I booked our holiday last year for a holiday in August this year. I paid our deposit of £99 and waited until we had to pay the final balance which was due 6 weeks before travel. At that point the air bridges hadn't been put into place so I cancelled the holiday. Eurocamp kindly moved the deposit to a…
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Charitable Fund grant and UC
I am out if work because of Covid-19 and claiming universal credit. I have received a hardship grant from a charitable fund, will this affect my universal credit entitlement?
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need help and advice
hi all, im a newbie at this sort of thing, never used forums before so bare with me. im in a mess completely. ive just come out of a 2 year relationship which has totally destroyed me completely (god i loved her, still do but its over) i have a roof over my head but thats it, just a chair, and a rug. my problem here is i…
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Stamp Duty Holiday and Shared Ownership Staircasing
Hi All, just wondering if anyone knows if we would be eligible for the stamp duty holiday if we decided to staircase up to 100% ownership on a property worth £360,000 within this SDLT holiday period until March 2021 many thanks, nathan
