"Interview under caution..."

Ames

DonutUK wrote: »

If you are not expecting that money to be there, and are living within your wages, i would have no reason to check my accounts.

I am lucky in that i do earn fairly good money and work in a job where i don't have a lot of free time to spend it!

Why would i be looking for a payment i am not expecting?

So, you've got the money there ready to just pay back in full? Why then would you only want to pay at a rate you decide?

epitome

Torry_Quine wrote: »

If the OP knew that there was a problem in one area though it would seem sensible to check her account for any other potential problem

You're referring to the JSA being closed from the wrong date? The OP would have had a brown envelope letter giving the date of claim closed. Still no reason to check your account for continuing HB -having informed HB on the phone that you want it closed- if you are not one who is inclined to check your accounts.

DonutUK

Ames wrote: »

So, you've got the money there ready to just pay back in full? Why then would you only want to pay at a rate you decide?

Point of principle....

Torry_Quine

epitome wrote: »

You're referring to the JSA being closed from the wrong date? The OP would have had a brown envelope letter giving the date of claim closed. Still no reason to check your account for continuing HB -having informed HB on the phone that you want it closed- if you are not one who is inclined to check your accounts.

OP,
Who do you rent from? Private Landlord? How did you pay your rent for January, Feb and March?

To me it seems the obvious thing when you are stopping or indeed starting a benefit to check your account anyway. Far more when the JSA stopped early.

It does seem strange to me that everyone doesn't check their account at least monthly if only to check for erroneous transactions.

epitome

DonutUK wrote: »

I have no problem in attending an interview, when i can, and in principle no problem repaying the overpayment, but it will be at an amount that i can afford not one that they say.

Why don't you still have the money?

FBaby

nannytone wrote: »

i merely stated that someone who has more than enough MIGHT not check, but others certainly do![/B]

maybe people who work and get a liveable wage dont need to check bamk avvounts.

I guess I didn't take 'liveable wage' as 'more than enough', hence my response, but either way, it still makes no difference to me as I strongly believe that anyone regadless of their earning should be checking their bank balance as a routine task, if only just because of errors and fraud/

FBaby

nannytone wrote: »

i didnt say that people who earn well dont check .... but that people that dont need to must have more than enough money, to be able to miss a payment of a few hundred every month![/B]

OK, we are on the save wavelength after all

nannytone_2

ive always been really good with money, and know where every penny has been spent.... but i know a lot of people are much more 'easy come, easy go'
but it stands to reasin, that the less you have, the closer you would watch it.
i check my account most days.

FBaby

epitome wrote: »

Did I say many? Maybe it is "many" I don't know, it probably is "many".

I said I could relate to the OP not checking, because I don't check mine.

I don't like to see people on forums dismiss out of hand what an OP has said is the case just because it does not fit what they do in their own lives. People are different in all aspects of life.

It has nothing to do at all with fitting with others do. It's about taking responsibility to insure that exactly what has happened to the OP doesn't occur!!!

If you choose not to do something that you know is good practice and would protect you, then accept the consequences of that choice, pure and simple.

Dovah_diva

epitome wrote: »

I can, some of us do not look at our accounts very often we just use debit cards for groceries etc.

That is simply stupid. If you were the victim of card fraud you'd not know, potentially for months. And you think this is a good way of managing your finances?

nannytone wrote: »

maybe people who work and get a liveable wage dont need to check bamk avvounts.
thos that live on benefits/limited incomes, usually know almost to the penny, how much money is in the bank

Sorry, but you're talking crap. I earn a good wage and check my account frequently. You just love to bleat about how hard things are for you - at every available opportunity.