Thorpe Park with Trevor McDonald. Rides, cries and lost luggage Blog Discussion 26 May 2006 at 7:18PM in Martin's blogs & appearances & MoneySavingExpert in the news 20 replies 5K views

Former_MSE_Andrea

This is a chat forum discussion on Martin's 'Thorpe Park with Trevor McDonald. Rides, cries and lost luggage' blog which you can read here.

skylight

I hope Chrissie gets things sorted. Is she going to keep Martin updated??????

sneekymum

I hope you name and shame the bank.

mini

I don't understand, the benefits office pay if you can prove bank charges were because of benefit payments not being made, have issued the payments in my time & have known people more recently to claim back charges. Also the bank should be clued up to this, I know Natwest have in the past so the snowball doesn't grow.

Glad the kids enjoyed the day

mini

nelly_2

Next time you get free entry to a theme park and free repeat front seat rides; can I come please?

Smiley_Mum

Really sorry to hear of Chrissie's plight with the BA. I hope that the situation gets resolved for her and her family.

Lovely to hear about the kids and how much they enjoyed their trip to Thorpe Park. Good one!! :T

Came across this info on the DWP website, perhaps Chrissie has already come across it though...

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/dwp/2003/frm/07_exgal.asp

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/dwp/2003/frm/07_exgal.asp#q

foreveryoung_3

Hi its Chrissie here, thankyou for your supportive comments. I did inform the benifit office and took all the proof asked for in fct on 3 different occasions s they asked for different items. I gave up eventually. More recently it happened and again I have taken in my statements and returned items letters and still have heard nothing, once again I took them to the office. I did inform my bank that a payment had not gone in but they never mentioned a refund. I find the whole banking system and debit payments and mistakes by the benifit office so hard to deal with, I just lose where I am at.

I have recieved a letter from Abbey saying they are sending me the statements I have requested, Once I have them I will know the exact amount I have been charged. It would be brilliant to get some back as it would pay all I owe and have some left to get some help with my sons needs. Saving me having to go Bankrupt and feeling like a criminal but committed no crime.

Thankyou to Martin and the team, we had a fantastic time, we all got totally soaked in the end, my kids thought you were all great and sorry for any bruises inflicked by my little darlings (Tim) Oh and 'eyore' has a proud place in our front room. Thankyou

Claudie

Good luck Chrissie and welcome to the site.

Edinburghlass_2

I'm sure Martin will have pointed you in the direction of his article on this Chrissie but for anyone reading this and missing the link in the blog it can be found here.

Also the discussion thread with lots of success stories is here.

Get those guys behind you Chrissie and don't give up

System

Hi Chrissie, not much to add really but i just wanted to say hello and welcome to the site.

bookworm1363

Hi, Chrissie, we met at Thorpe Park over lunch. Sorry we didn't meet again, by the time Martin arrived and filming got done, the park was shut, and my lot had been waiting in the car for a while!!!

You still have my tel. no if you want to make contact or talk about other issues... Hope you get results with the petition too.

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