bonus part2

movingforward2010

some of you may remember my post from this thread: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1796541

with regards to my bonus from work

heres a snippet so you know which part to read (hijacked thread)

(I spoke to the OR today regarding my one off TAXABLE £150 bonus and my car brakes situation.

She immediately said i couldn't keep it, she told me to 'get a lift' until i had saved some money up as they had allowed £25 a month for the car ( i only went BR 3 weeks ago so ive not really had chance to save up the money :rolleyes: ). I not usually an awkward person but its going to be quite difficult to get a 'lift' for a 50 mile round trip a day in the remote area i live!
:mad::mad:
Her next suggestion was to get my mum to pay as she owns the car, i explained that she could'nt afford it and this had led to huge arguments with my mum, as why should she 'be expected to pay for repairs to a car that was only originally going to be used for 20 miles a week not 350 plus!' (my mums words)

she then said that i shouldn't use the car, which led back to square 1, as i couldnt get to work. so stale mate. I said if i had the work done i would send in the receipt as proof too!

So now should I (a) keep on driving it - but slow cause the brakes are bad, (b) not go to work (c) take the money and see if i can get a one way ticket outta here
:rotfl:



Actually I feel quite miserable, i dont want to spent the money on a holiday or clothes, drinking, smoking, gambling, drugs, loose women or something frivolous .

ohhhhhh i dont know what to do

p.s how much will be left out of the £150 after tax - currently i get £897 net

and if i do have to give the £150 up how do i pay it to them??

anyway when my creditos get £2 each from the £150 i'll probably be jobless or in a ditch!)

Any way heard back off the OR. My bonus is actaully £134.78 (pro rata:rolleyes:)
so after tax its about £120- something.
OR has let me keep £57.50 for the brakes, which wont even cover half the parts never mind the labour costs,.

I think this is a bit mean, they know i have no access to credit or any other money (plus ive only been paid once from work since BR, playing catch up still), and my surplus is £30. I dont know what to do? if i appeal it might p!ss them off and they may say to me that all the money will be taken in to account

mum is still being a c0w and moaning about the car

tigerfeet2006

Have you actually spoken to the assitant reciever or the OR at all? or only the clerk?

movingforward2010

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

Have you actually spoken to the assitant reciever or the OR at all? or only the clerk?

My examiner, who i wrote to and she spoke/passed letter to the assistant OR.

the first letter i had back said i was to pay my £15 bonus to them, they'd missed the '0' off lol

fiveyearplan

Have you shopped around for the brakes?

movingforward2010

another thing is the examiner knows who i am everytime i ring, i do ring once a week , today she immediately said 'ahh Mr XXX number 268' as i said hello is that Miss xxxxx, dont think this is a good thing lol

movingforward2010

fiveyearplan wrote: »

Have you shopped around for the brakes?

yeah the parts are around the £105 mark, plus fitting on top

fiveyearplan

No, I liked being anonymous and only spoke to them a couple of times. My motto is no news is good news. Maybe you should have just spent the money on the brakes and not mentioned the bonus.

fiveyearplan

wxmlad wrote: »

yeah the parts are around the £105 mark, plus fitting on top

thought you would have shopped around - just clutching at straws.

movingforward2010

fiveyearplan wrote: »

No, I liked being anonymous and only spoke to them a couple of times. My motto is no news is good news. Maybe you should have just spent the money on the brakes and not mentioned the bonus.

I tell them everything, i just wanted to be completely honest and open. but perhaps honesty isnt alway the best policy

fiveyearplan

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

tigerfeet2006

Write a letter addressed to the OR and set out everything to him/her as you did in your first post and make sure you point out if you do not have a car then you can't work as there is no bus service and taxi's would be prohibitive and there is no one who lives near you who goes in your direction.