~Make £10 a day November 2016~Everybody Welcome

Aesop

TheBanker wrote: »

Here is a tip: If you're in the London area or if you've been for a visit, and you have an Oyster card you no longer need, cash it in. You should get any credit back plus the £5 deposit refunded if it's a standard blue card. I've just cashed mine in as I now use my contactless bank card to pay, and been refunded £23 credit plus £5 deposit. It's worth checking as apparently TFL are holding millions of pounds of credit on cards which are no longer being used.

extremely good tip. yes they should do automatic refunds but people lose their cards, aren't registered etc

Nicki_Sue

Aesop wrote: »

waffle, drone on, bore people silly etc yes I do

And we wouldn't have you any other way

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Ian011 wrote: »

The Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 came into force on 13 June 2014 and apply to retailers, traders and passenger transport companies. Regulation 41 requires post-sales helplines to use numbers starting 01, 02, 03 or 080 and bans the use of premium rate 084, 087 and 09 numbers.

In cases of non-compliance, Regulation 41(2) gives callers the right to a refund of any excess call costs incurred. Check your phone bill and start claiming the money back from these companies.

If you encounter a problem, contact the Citizen's Advice national Consumer Helpline on 0345 404 0506.

Most companies have complied with the regulations, but there are still other opportunities to spend money unnecessarily.

A Google search for the word 'contact' and the name of any well-known company, a bank or government department or agency brings back hundreds of results for 'call connection services'.

These are third-party websites advertising their own premium rate 084, 087 or 09 numbers which forward calls onwards to the named organisation. This is little more than a scam designed to catch people out who are in a hurry and didn't read the disclaimer.

It is possible that your OH has also been caught by this scam. Report any such websites to ASA as being misleading.

Only call numbers found on official websites. Look for numbers starting 01, 02, 03 or 080.

Never call numbers starting 084, 087 or 09. These are premium rate.

That is really useful information, Ian. Thank you very much for it. I'll study what you've said, check my billing details again and take action:T

OH hasn't been caught out by any website scam as he is computer-illiterate;). He doesn't use a computer or smartphone. The phone numbers he uses are the ones on the paperwork that comes from the companies whose goods he buys by mail order. These are very well-established and reputable companies and it seems strange that they are not complying with the regulations you mention in your post:eek:.

I'll certainly be investigating this today. Thanks again for the tip:)

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Aesop wrote: »

waffle, drone on, bore people silly etc yes I do

No you don't:eek:

Whatever you have to say (on this thread anyway) is always interesting and useful:beer:. We really miss your pearls of wisdom and general chat whenever you're too busy to drop in. Not sure what you get up to and talk about on other threads though;)

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I don't know whether any of you are interested in joining Focus Groups/online/telephone interviews and that sort of thing. I joined a company called Podengo ages ago. It looks very legit although I can't vouch for it personally as none of the assignments are near me or fit my age group etc. I think I mentioned it before but the latest mailing from them today is crammed with assignments and it made me think someone else might be interested.

Easy enough to join, not a referral site so I won't be getting anything out of it:(

Assignments all over the country, mainly based on big cities, but lots of nationwide stuff too. Good payers by the look of it:j

Here's the join-up link but check out the full site first. They send a weekly email of all opportunities when you've been accepted.
Good luck:beer:

http://gopodengo.com/signup/

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Aesop wrote: »

waffle, drone on, bore people silly etc yes I do

I said on an earlier post that you don't do any of these, Aesop. I'm making up for it today though and clogging up the thread big-time:o

Just dropped in to say I received £4.24 from an Amazon sale and found a £1 coin in a massive puddle outside the post office this morning:j

Aesop

carbootcrazy wrote: »

I said on an earlier post that you don't do any of these, Aesop. I'm making up for it today though and clogging up the thread big-time:o

Just dropped in to say I received £4.24 from an Amazon sale and found a £1 coin in a massive puddle outside the post office this morning:j

lol you are not. I forget about focus groups and it is great you posted about one. I think this one people have better chance of getting work with them so definitely one to have a look at.

well done! i need to sort my amazon seller account because of change of name and they wanted bank account verifying, and then will try selling some stuff on there too.

been naughty today and made no effort to sell anything on ebay but I should have. :eek:

Aesop

just spotted this for those of you who had problems with taxcredits

get your compensation!

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/protect/2016/11/concentrix-claimants-awarded-up-to-100-compensation---how-to-apply-if-your-tax-credits-were-wrongly-cut?_ga=1.48392358.1405391836.1475271310

itchyfeet80

Hi all, very inspiring to read about everyone's money-making! I've been really lucky this month and had a refund from the bank of interest incorrectly charged on a loan, so just over £200 to add to my total. A few matched bets, £20 from my grandmother for doing some chores for her (she won't let me refuse to take it!) and my total so far for the month is £423.94 which is amazing! Got a couple more matched bets for today, wonder if I can make it to the £500 mark by the end of the month? That'll be a challenge.