A Payment A Day - Part 9

Flower08

psychopathbabble wrote: »

Just took my car to the garage as the handbrake light was on permanently, not only did they charge me £23.50 for just having a look.... it needs £350 of work doing.... I'm not a happy bunny, I was so getting my debt busted and now another setback.

Sorry to hear that

OH has been to work to find out why he hasnt been paid, and got the answer of 'im not sure'. His boss suggested they check they have his right bank details - well they managed to pay him into that bank every week for the last god knows how many years!! :mad:
Anyway its now being looked into, so god knows how long that will take. Luckily get tax credits on Monday but that usually goes straight into the rent account and doesnt get touched so this is going to mess all the budgeting up now.

psychopathbabble

flying_fresian wrote: »

What needs doing to it?

£350 is such a lot of cash

The most urgent and expensive is rear wheel cylinder leaking and shoes contaminated at £173.50 apparently this is dangerous so I shouldn't even be driving.

The rest is speedo not working, rear coil spring broken and need new brake pads at the front.

Ive asked my friend if he could lend me the money, so I can just get it all fixed in one go and my friend who is getting married her brother works in a garage so im going to ask him for a quote and maybe leave it with them while im at the wedding... although this would involve driving a fair few miles with the leak. I guess it depends on how much cheaper itll be. I'm so annoyed... more at the cost than anything, and how I was getting sorted but something always ends up s0dding it up... I suppose it proves I need to get a fund built up for repairs so this doesn't happen again.

:(:(:(:(:(

psychopathbabble

Flower08 wrote: »

Sorry to hear that

OH has been to work to find out why he hasnt been paid, and got the answer of 'im not sure'. His boss suggested they check they have his right bank details - well they managed to pay him into that bank every week for the last god knows how many years!! :mad:
Anyway its now being looked into, so god knows how long that will take. Luckily get tax credits on Monday but that usually goes straight into the rent account and doesnt get touched so this is going to mess all the budgeting up now.

Not a great weekend for us huh? Hope it doesn't take too long to sort out.

Flower08

psychopathbabble wrote: »

Not a great weekend for us huh?

No it really isnt!! Wouldnt have been so bad if I hadnt had my hours cut but we really are living week to week at the minute and literally have nothing left by Friday! Good job the cupboards and freezer is full!

mooomin

psychopathbabble wrote: »

The most urgent and expensive is rear wheel cylinder leaking and shoes contaminated at £173.50 apparently this is dangerous so I shouldn't even be driving.

The rest is speedo not working, rear coil spring broken and need new brake pads at the front.

Eep! Have you noticed problems with the braking or was it just that the light was on? Do you think the garage is trustworthy?

sashanut

Hi all:j

Sorry to hear of those of you with troubles - cars & otherwise. Hope things get sorted soon. Jus popped in to make a PAD of £200 to Virgin cc - I just realised although I thought it was zero interest, the debt seems to be going slowly UP - not DOWN. I have no idea why, MBNA is the same too:mad::mad::mad:

Tks f-f

OneStepATaTime_3

A PAD of £45 for me today. First one :j

£5 to NPower debt and £40 to court debt

psychopathbabble

flying_fresian wrote: »

Eep! Have you noticed problems with the braking or was it just that the light was on? Do you think the garage is trustworthy?

They have been ok, my last mot was just a passenger seatbelt and tightening the parking brake.

I've asked a friend to ask his mate (he is an east londoner with a few contacts!) about fixing my car. Just looking up prices of parts to see if it's cheaper.

My other friend has agreed to lend me the money, so I can at least get it fixed.

Paulgonnabedebtfree

psychopathbabble wrote: »

Just took my car to the garage as the handbrake light was on permanently, not only did they charge me £23.50 for just having a look.... it needs £350 of work doing.... I'm not a happy bunny, I was so getting my debt busted and now another setback.

I could have fixed that for nothing. Just take the bulb out. Job done.
What was the problem then? Brake discs?

psychopathbabble

Paulgonnabedebtfree wrote: »

I could have fixed that for nothing. Just take the bulb out. Job done.
What was the problem then? Brake discs?

The most urgent and expensive is rear wheel cylinder leaking and shoes contaminated at £173.50 apparently this is dangerous so I shouldn't even be driving.

The rest is speedo not working, rear coil spring broken and need new brake pads at the front.


:rotfl::rotfl: Next time I bl00dy will! A lovely MatyMoo has offered to find a cheaper solution as her partner has been in the motor trade for 40years.. fingers crossed