The Good News Thread...

tesuhoha

Bunnie1982 wrote:

My new good news is that I found out that I am getting a significant payrise, meaning after my tax and pension is taken I will have an extra £20 a month

Glad to hear that. Its good to get a payrise

amosworks

Techuhoha, don't worry about the 14 day deadline. When you file your claim you can add 8% interest - how much extra would that be for you??

Count your lucky start at least they're ignoring your paperwork instead of losing it and asking if you'd be so kind as to send them a copy :rolleyes: Useless lot, and I trust these people with my hard earned kahuna?

tesuhoha

Hope you get it all back Amos. If you get it all back how much debt will you have left after that? Or will it pay most of it off? I havent worked out the 8% on the spreadsheet yet I've been so busy selling loads of stuff on ebay and I keep finding more and more. Just found some junior lifejackets in the shed. Dont suppose we'll be needing those again. I think the 8% will be a fair bit because some of the charges go back 6 years. Glad to read that youre sorting things out with your partner.

amosworks

Thanks teshuoha Well after they pay me I will be debt free, bill free and have a few hundred spare. I'm going to use that few hundred to start building up my emergency fund before I start investing and saving the rest of my income. I will soon have a £5k lump sum to invest and about £900pcm additionally on top of that if all goes to plan :cool:

After spending several years in debt it will be nice to finally be free and actually in a position where I don't have many worries besides what I'm gonna wear when I go out.

BTW I'm currently also pursuing another 25 legal cases looking at unfair charges, so anything from them will also go in to my emergency fund.

MushyPeas

Hi Tigerlily. Can you please tell me how you received £20 from South West Water? I live in the South West but haven't received a cheque. Thanks. MP

D&DD

:j Whoopee I won 1000 piggypoints so now have nearly £20 in vouchers I can order

RVK2

More of a bump really. But...I found £30 I'd forgotten about and I've got myself a little ironing job and my 2nd day no smoking. All qualifies as good news in my book

Emmzi

woohoo! A lost £30 quid! Where should we all start looking??

lynzpower

Last night my lodger paid in £500 to my account :j

Thats for the deposit. Out of that I'll pay 300 to my ex- housemate whos deposit I didnt have back for her ( -300 off my sig!) , then buy a cheapie garden furniture set ( via quidco of course ) and the rest at my CC.

Wooo!!!!

Rob_K

Be careful lynzpower, you never know when you might have to pay that deposit back!

My good news is that I checked my online bank account today and noticed that it had been credited with £65, which can only be the bank charges I claimed back a few months ago!! I wrote to them in Febuary, got fobbed off with a few "we feel that our charges are fair" messages, put in a formal complaint and thought that they weren't going to do anything about it. 3 months later the money turns up! Fantastic!

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