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£1 direct debit WIN-WIN!

MONEYTREE_2
MONEYTREE_2 Posts: 147 Forumite
edited 20 May 2017 at 7:04AM in Budgeting & bank accounts
When you need extra direct debit(s) to comply with switching banks...

I just set up one with the Fire Fighters' Lottery. You have a chance of winning a smallish prize, and if you don't then you know you have helped our firefighters.

https://www.firefighterscharity.org.uk/donate/play-our-lottery/
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  • MONEYTREE_2
    MONEYTREE_2 Posts: 147 Forumite
    edited 20 May 2017 at 2:42PM
    Am looking for others...
  • alanq
    alanq Posts: 4,216 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    MONEYTREE wrote: »
    Ooh just spotted another one from Asthma UK!

    https://www.asthma.org.uk/get-involved/win-prizes/weekly-lottery/

    N.B. That's £1 per week.
  • MONEYTREE_2
    MONEYTREE_2 Posts: 147 Forumite
    Thanks Alan... removed.
  • MONEYTREE_2
    MONEYTREE_2 Posts: 147 Forumite
    If you earn less than £5k a year, you can join the Communist Party for a £1 month DD.
  • bigadaj
    bigadaj Posts: 11,531 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    MONEYTREE wrote: »
    If you earn less than £5k a year, you can join the Communist Party for a £1 month DD.

    And contribute by destroying capitalism veeeeerrrrry slowly.
  • MONEYTREE_2
    MONEYTREE_2 Posts: 147 Forumite
    The CP cannot destroy capitalism. It can only exist as a place where people who disapprove of the system can add their name in protest.

    As it happens, this isn't how I would set up the world. But, finding myself in this world the way it is, I have to make the best of it.
  • mailmannz
    mailmannz Posts: 314 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    bigadaj wrote: »
    And contribute by destroying capitalism veeeeerrrrry slowly.

    By paying for it. Oh the irony :rotfl::T

    On a more serious note, only 58p in the pound ends up with the charity!

    Regards

    Mailman
  • bigadaj
    bigadaj Posts: 11,531 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    mailmannz wrote: »
    By paying for it. Oh the irony :rotfl::T

    On a more serious note, only 58p in the pound ends up with the charity!

    Regards

    Mailman

    Charity???
  • spare_one
    spare_one Posts: 41 Forumite
    Second Anniversary 10 Posts
    mailmannz wrote: »
    By paying for it. Oh the irony :rotfl::T

    On a more serious note, only 58p in the pound ends up with the charity!

    Regards

    Mailman

    Where does that number come from? GoCardless offers Direct Debit collection for businesses, and they charge (a minimum of) 20p for every charge, and they are making profit. That means a charity may make more than 80p from a £1 DD.
    Don't spend time saving less money than you could earn in that time on minimum wage...:laugh:
  • eschaton
    eschaton Posts: 2,247 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    spare_one wrote: »
    Where does that number come from? GoCardless offers Direct Debit collection for businesses, and they charge (a minimum of) 20p for every charge, and they are making profit. That means a charity may make more than 80p from a £1 DD.


    Out of thin air like anyone else that makes these numbers up.
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