Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

Pyxis

Jazee wrote: »

I have a story of good service too. We bought DS a g@meboy many years ago now and after a few months it went wrong. I phoned the manufacturers helpline and the very next day a replacement was delivered and swapped over.

Quite a shame that DS later swapped it for some p0kemon cards not realising the difference in value.

Well, it could have been worse..... it could have been your car! :rotfl:

ivyleaf

silvercar wrote: »

Anyone had any experience with "webuyanycar.com"?

My son contacted them several years ago to try to get an idea of how much they would offer for his car if he decided to sell it.

They then kept ringing him, very "matey" and chatty, trying to coax him to buy a car from them.

zagubov

silvercar wrote: »

Anyone had any experience with "webuyanycar.com"?

Only used them to find out how much my old car was worth. I then advertised it at work at that price and somebody snapped it up.

PasturesNew

I've moved around a lot, so took to having a simple filing system that "everything was around here somewhere" and I'd be able to find it. Most inbound mail are simply opened, hole stamped, then shoved into a big lever arch file, so in date order of arriving. A few items are then shoved into that lever arch file, still in the envelope as I know what's in there... and it's everything... all post...

Finally getting my head a little clearer from the life clutter of recent years, events and moves and decided that, in order to finally submit the tax return (did the figures months ago, left it sitting there "in case") ... I'd reorganise it.

So yesterday I went and bought some ring binders for the job.... and some C4 envelopes for archive filing. I've yet to decide what will force a move of records from a ring binder into archives....

sat down with the big file and am going through trying to work out how to group paperwork together and all you do is end up with the whole floor full of small piles of paper and random bits of paper/receipts ... and you think "bugg4h this".

I made hot chocolate with mini marshmallows instead.

I think I need four basic file piles:
- household bills/utilities, TV license, home insurance
- car stuff, tax, MoT, insurance, breakdown, V5
- property purchase and property related, solicitor communications etc.
- Govt communications, so tax return etc

I thought I'd colour code them - I bought two cheery colours and some black ones... I think I need a third cheery colour (they only had three). I can use one colour for a grouping, the cheery colours were 3-packs, so I could say lime green is household, one is utilities, the other is communications... leaving an empty one. EDIT: Ah, that can be "lifestyle", so anything to do with Denplan, or library memberships, or shop cards/points etc ...

Then there's banking.....

I need more files.... and I think I need to make my own covers for the black ring binders by covering them in wrapping paper to make them less grim looking.

Maybe if I do the Govt folder in a green, like their logo colour ... and banking might be done in parcel wrapping paper as it's boring.

It's not easy deciding a workable system....

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

Anyone had any experience with "webuyanycar.com"?

I phoned them in 2010 for a quote, £1000

I went to dealer garages to try to buy a second hand car and they offered me a £1000 trade in, so I went with that. To put that in perspective, the car I bought was on the forecourt for £6k and I paid £5k (from memory) ... just to give you an idea of how that compared.

GDB2222

silvercar wrote: »

Anyone had any experience with "webuyanycar.com"?

I haven't personally, but I kind of expect them to quote a high price initially, then reduce that later. There are loads of reviews on Trustpilot. https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.webuyanycar.com


This is roughly what I was expecting, although there are better reviews:-

"Be careful what you say

I was quoted £1580 on their website but only received £915.

I put it down to me stupidly admitting I wanted to sell my car that day (was picking my new one up) when I arrived. I can only assume that they ask you loaded questions to see how desperate you are to sell and can therefore have free reign on the price they gave you.

The £650+ was mostly down to stone chips, small scratches etc but I was selling an 2009 reg car and surely these should be accepted as normal wear and tear on a car of this age.

Ultimately they want the cheapest price so play them at their own game and do not appear too keen to sell.

This is the third time I have used WBAC and it will be the last, next time I will just trade in."

silvercar

Thanks. I have used WBAC in the past to get a quote and then managed to get the dealer to match that as a trade in fairly easily.

Yesterday this dealer wouldn't match WBAC, so I was wondering if it was worth actually doing the deal with WBAC or accepting a lower price from the dealer. Be much less hassle to trade in.

PasturesNew

I have my floor back! I've a "bag for life" full of redundant paperwork to go into recycling.

Bags for life are my new favourite thing. I was gifted 2 nearly a year ago (Sainsbobs and Ald1) ... and then I was gifted a few more a bit later - and I religiously take one out with me all the time now ... but, back in the house, they have a gazillion really useful jobs they do... from storing, sorting to carrying. I think they're a great way to sort out piles of stuff as you can just line up a load and categorise items into the bags in the first instance, then deal with each bag. They're a good size and at only 38p they're a good buy.

I bet they'd make good/last minute potting bags for plants too... easy to poke holes in the bottom of one for drainage, until you've time to go out and get a proper pot!

I think the biggest problem I have is not how to file old gas bills ... it's the "lifestyle" stuff.

I joined a library, got a letter.
I enquired about a social group, I've got a letter.
I wandered around 2-3 craft fairs and picked up the business cards of people who sold "interesting stuff I might like to look at again online".
I bought a bed, so that has a receipt.
I bought a ladle for food for the kitchen, £1, which has a small info leaflet, e.g. manufacturer and care notes.

I do actually have separate files where I keep all the instruction leaflets for things I buy, but when you buy, say, a small dish that's microwave safe and all you have is the label, it's nice to be able to check if it's microwave safe... so I do tend to keep the stickers from items.

So, it's all these "tiny things" that can create filing clutter ....

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

So, it's all these "tiny things" that can create filing clutter ....

Well done for sorting it out at all!

Could you sort it into stuff that's important and stuff that isn't?



















Then throw away the stuff that isn't?

GDB2222

silvercar wrote: »

Thanks. I have used WBAC in the past to get a quote and then managed to get the dealer to match that as a trade in fairly easily.

Yesterday this dealer wouldn't match WBAC, so I was wondering if it was worth actually doing the deal with WBAC or accepting a lower price from the dealer. Be much less hassle to trade in.

Is either route very MSE?

I rather expect that the deal that's actually doable with WBAC will turn out to be less than their initial quote.