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A little bit of sunshine in amongst the dark clouds of debt!!!

Just to prove there is always a little thing to smile about in amongst this awful debt situation- I started to ring some companies today to change over DD's into a new bank account and I had a couple of lovely surprises!!

I asked BT if there was anyway of lowering our charges- we seem to pay an awful lot for our monthly DD- they agreed- and instead of paying £29.50 per month we are now on a monthly DD of £15!!

The same thing happend when I rang Anglia Water- when I asked the nice man to change my bank account details he said 'The computer wants to lower your charges to £34 per month instead of £44' !!!!!!!

Whoop de doo thats a saving of nearly £30 per month!!!

Worth a phone or 2 Id say if anybody wants to try it!!

C x:T

Comments

  • niccatw
    niccatw Posts: 3,096 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    :j Yay, great news! :j:D
    Jan10: 28,315.81 Jan11: 18,015.32 Jan12: 7,682.58 Jan13: 2,987.73 Current debt: 1,225.55
    HFC [STRIKE]1896.10. [/STRIKE] 225.55 SLC2 [STRIKE]5123.34[/STRIKE] 0 Others [STRIKE]2085[/STRIKE] 1000 Bcard [STRIKE]1172.60[/STRIKE] 0

    Mike's Mob
  • inca_2
    inca_2 Posts: 283 Forumite
    Ah that's fab news! nice one!
  • bertman
    bertman Posts: 275 Forumite
    Well done - its always good to hear good news - and the sun is shining here today!!!! Going to take my dog out for a long walk (that is something that doesn't cost anything!!)
    Debts as of June 2012 - £68,986.35
    Now £27,470.20 :T
    57% of debts cleared:beer:
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