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**What's the BEST thing to happen to you today? 18th Aug-Daily Chat**

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  • katsu
    katsu Posts: 5,029 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    spud - ebay is eeeasy

    I've sold lots of random carp. Just take photos of it and describe it honestly.
    Debt at highest: £8k. Debt Free 31/12/2009. Original MFD May 2036, MF Dec 2018.
  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    tenmah, that's really harsh...did they give a reason?

    £345 isn't bad for a TEFL course is it? 2 day intensive in-class stuff, and then 70-80 hours online?
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  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Ellidee wrote: »
    Spud when you figure out how to ebay can you 'talk' me through it please? :) Meant to say Good Luck too ! xx

    Me too Spud. I have a load of carp to get rid of.

    B
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
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  • tenmah
    tenmah Posts: 2,209 Forumite
    Thanks for the link Scardey - unfortunately it is talking about the process she has just been through. No they don't give any reason why they turned it down. I am just so upset on her behalf. She goes to work, but can only work part time and then has to sleep in between to catch up. So I don't know whether they are penalising her for working, but the alternative is to sit at home and claim benefits and become housebound and depressed. Just doesn't make sense.
    OD [STRIKE] £2600 [/STRIKE] £0 :j Loan [STRIKE]£9500.00[/STRIKE] £0 :j Car [STRIKE]£3150[/STRIKE] £0 :j Moving Costs [STRIKE]£1300[/STRIKE] £0 :j Savings £1150 :j

    Everytime I hear the 'dirty' word Exercise, I wash my mouth out with chocolate!
  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    perhaps it might be a thought to go see someone at the Citizens Advice when she's feeling up to it.
    Cats don't have owners - they have staff!! :D:p
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  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Tenmah,
    It seems really unfair. Have you thought of writing to your MP. Sometimes it gets you somewhere with complaints.

    B
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'         48% off mortgage
    'one day I will be rich and famous…for now I'll just have to settle for being poor and incredibly sexy'. Vimrod Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOB
  • tenmah
    tenmah Posts: 2,209 Forumite
    Citizen's Advice were not too much help sadly. It might be worth writing to our MP, he is very good but he is a family friend which makes it a bit awkward!
    OD [STRIKE] £2600 [/STRIKE] £0 :j Loan [STRIKE]£9500.00[/STRIKE] £0 :j Car [STRIKE]£3150[/STRIKE] £0 :j Moving Costs [STRIKE]£1300[/STRIKE] £0 :j Savings £1150 :j

    Everytime I hear the 'dirty' word Exercise, I wash my mouth out with chocolate!
  • tenmah
    tenmah Posts: 2,209 Forumite
    Sorry, don't mean to knock back everything that is being suggested. This was her second tribunal and we seem to have exhausted all the help we can get. She has been helped by two welfare advisers at the Council (where I work) who both said she should get it based on her application and submission. So if they think she should, and they are working on DLA applications daily, I don't understand why the panel turned her down.
    OD [STRIKE] £2600 [/STRIKE] £0 :j Loan [STRIKE]£9500.00[/STRIKE] £0 :j Car [STRIKE]£3150[/STRIKE] £0 :j Moving Costs [STRIKE]£1300[/STRIKE] £0 :j Savings £1150 :j

    Everytime I hear the 'dirty' word Exercise, I wash my mouth out with chocolate!
  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    tenmah wrote: »
    Citizen's Advice were not too much help sadly. It might be worth writing to our MP, he is very good but he is a family friend which makes it a bit awkward!

    At this stage in the game I would be using any advantage I had Tenmah:)
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    tenmah - it does sound as if she is being penalised for working. My sis has cp and rang up to ask about taking a voluntary job for a couple of hours per week. They immediately cancelled her DLA and made her re apply....

    Unfortunately they don't seem to set much store to psychological issues such as self esteem being preserved by just getting out of the house.

    In my good news I got FOUR new clients today!!!!!!
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