The Bad News Thread

amosworks

Ceri wrote:

my bad news.

After last week earning an extra £300 in various ways, yesterday I got my payslip, the first one after getting my P45 in, and they have taken an extra £80 odd off me in tax - this after I got £68.80 tax rebate last week!!!!

Why give it in one hand to take it from the other???

I've also had to pay £150 on glasses & I'd put the £68.80 on my CC right away so I'm actually down (bought a payg mobile yesterday but getting home to find the payslip)

Sorry to hear that, do you know why it was taken? Are you on the right tax code??

Ceri_2

amosworks wrote:

Sorry to hear that, do you know why it was taken? Are you on the right tax code??

Nope, but I am on the right tax code, I wasn't before but am now ho hum.

lynzpower

I spent 61.oo in tescos today :eek: we are MEANT to be on a 20 a week budget. Really stuffed up this week. With a bit of luck we MIGHT be able to manage a meat & veg only shop next week, buit unlikely

Montymoo_2

Just found out that my pay date for my new job is the 18th of every month and not the 28th as I first thought. As i signed on for the last time on Thursday I now have no money coming in until the 18th of May. The bank and credit card companies are going to have a field day with the bank charges and late payments

Horasio

It takes 8 days to set up an online Alliance and Leicester isa account, yet they claim you have time to open it before the deadline on 27 March :mad:

Horasio

We have had nothing but trouble since May 1997 - life was much better before that

mountainofdebt

you know that c@ck up I made in February and paid my ex employer over £100 instead of my credit card - and subsequently found out that they had gone into recivership?

Well I waited the fortnight as asked by the receivers (who had written to the director to confirm that I didn't owe the company any money and their bank to confirm that the money had been credited to their account) and asked them to phone me with an update. As yet they've not replied - so I guess they haven't got any news for me - and I guess I'm going to have to realistically write off that money.

In addition to that Barclays haven't paid me the £100 I was waiting for for opening an account as their definition of two cosecutive months is certainly not mine so it looks like I'm going to have to wait another 28 days for it!!!

taplady

Am soooooooooooooo angry! today in the B&Q car park in Gloucester someone hit my car and broke off the mirror as well as leaving some lovely scrapes down the side and didn't have the decency to leave their name and number:mad: :mad: :mad:

BACKFRMTHEEDGE

That's nasty. Sorry for you. :grouphug:

amosworks

Ceri wrote:

Nope, but I am on the right tax code, I wasn't before but am now ho hum.

Eeek :eek: If I were you i'd cause merry hell until I found out what had happened. Hassle them Good luck!!

Montymoo wrote:

Just found out that my pay date for my new job is the 18th of every month and not the 28th as I first thought. As i signed on for the last time on Thursday I now have no money coming in until the 18th of May. The bank and credit card companies are going to have a field day with the bank charges and late payments

How about a short-term cash loan from family or friend to see you through until you get paid? Hope everything's going ok so far :-\

CCStar wrote:

It takes 8 days to set up an online Alliance and Leicester isa account, yet they claim you have time to open it before the deadline on 27 March :mad:

Hassle them until they do it for you on the spot. Damn companies with their deadlines Hope you get it opened in time. Remember, there's no such thing as "Computer says no" - it's manager says yes! Good luck!

mountainofdebt wrote:

you know that c@ck up I made in February and paid my ex employer over £100 instead of my credit card - and subsequently found out that they had gone into recivership?

Well I waited the fortnight as asked by the receivers (who had written to the director to confirm that I didn't owe the company any money and their bank to confirm that the money had been credited to their account) and asked them to phone me with an update. As yet they've not replied - so I guess they haven't got any news for me - and I guess I'm going to have to realistically write off that money.

In addition to that Barclays haven't paid me the £100 I was waiting for for opening an account as their definition of two cosecutive months is certainly not mine so it looks like I'm going to have to wait another 28 days for it!!!

Put yourself down as a creditor and see what happens Good luck!

taplady wrote:

Am soooooooooooooo angry! today in the B&Q car park in Gloucester someone hit my car and broke off the mirror as well as leaving some lovely scrapes down the side and didn't have the decency to leave their name and number:mad: :mad: :mad:

Ahh crap! What :mad: little :mad: :mad: without the common decency to :mad: his :mad: details. :mad: 'em.