Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

mhoc

From Facebooks Visit Chester and Cheshire - some of these places are free anyway eg Nantwich museum so I don't know why you would need tickets. Some of the tickets will go very fast though

Also some like Tatton Park - only garden entry - the car park is not a National Trust car park its owned by Cheshire East and its chargeable :mad:

If anyone from surrounding areas does want tickets then PM me and we will figure something out as you will need a Cheshire postcode, might need your real name though as it might be printed on the tickets.
Think they might be e-tickets so possibly my address and your email and real name - anyway we will figure it out .

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Anderton Boat Lift, Canal & River Trust Arley Hall & Gardens Adlington Hall and Gardens Capesthorne Hall Congleton Museum Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre Englesea Brook Chapel & Museum Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, United Kingdom Lion Salt Works Lymm Heritage Centre Nantwich Museum Norton Priory Museum & Garden Port Sunlight Potters Barn Pyramid & Parr Hall Burton mere RSPB Macclesfield Museums Tatton Park

izzy65

Picasso7 wrote: »

BH, I am sorry, but I can't work this one out. Can you fill in the gaps please re the bog roll and the Heinz?

Good afternoon, this is just bravehearts wish list:), the asda smilies are basically coupons that staff can hand out for various reasons.:)

abailey54

Picasso7 wrote: »

Am I mse, environmentally friendly or Scrooge? I have taken to keeping restaurant paper serviettes which are clean and using them as kitchen paper. I don't use a lot anyway as I prefer to wipe with a cloth, and my kitchen paper lasts ages.

Depends on whether you are using them first

rhosynbach

Picasso7 wrote: »

I'm sorry you had a bad time Rhosy. What are smilies please and is this A?

Thanks. Smilies are vouchers from Asda worth 50p each used for various reasons like an offer not in stock.

MKS

Lainey1954 wrote: »

Is this now?;)

Now as in today, yes.

pippo

mhoc wrote: »

This probably wont be the reason in your case but it has happened to Errant son.
Like a lot of people he used to only use his credit card for dire emergencies and if he did use it (eg the debit card was missing) he automatically transferred the money straight away from the current into the credit card from his online banking so he never had monthly bills.
So a month came along and he used the credit card. He had set up a direct debit to pay the bill in full when he got his first credit card so he didn't give it another thought. Then he started getting phone calls from the bank about a missed payment. He went online and saw the direct debit had not been actioned, so the bill was still outstanding so he paid the bill himself and complained to the bank who were not sympathetic at all even though it was them that had cancelled the direct debit.
It turns out that if the direct debit for your credit card is not used in - I think its 14 months then the direct debit is cancelled by the bank. You don't get any notification, no letter, email or phone call. its just stopped. It is written somewhere in amongst the rules and regulations but I don't suppose any of us realise and certainly I cant remember anyone telling me this.
Quite a few of us have a spare credit card strictly for emergency usage or a store card for somewhere we only visit a couple of times a year, often sat in a drawer and often lost. Get the paperwork out and check the rules and regs but if its not obvious ring your bank and check that the direct debit is still in place and if there is a 14 month ruling. If there is you just have to use the credit card once and then let the direct debit go through and then you know its working again for another year. Mark it on the calendar for next year.
Martin Lewis said something very useful a few months back. He said to use your emergency card once a month, spend £10 or £15 - say petrol or the ordinary shopping. Then you can put it away for another month. Let the direct debit go through, pay the bill in full - mark the date on the calendar. It will keep the card and the direct debit viable but also that small purchase each month helps with a good credit score - that you have a consistent use of a credit card and in payments.

I have a few credit cards that I make small purchases on each month in order to satisfy the direct debit requirements of the various current accounts.

rhosynbach

Really pleased with oh insurance customer service we renewed 3 weeks ago then he realised car was not going through mot so got new one yesterday and she says as it's over 2 weeks we charge £25 plus the addition for the vehicle. Which I did know she worked it out and came back and said as it's just over we will waive our fee.

rhosynbach

Our new car cost a grand total of...... £400:rotfl: and only has 52k on clock and had full service and 5 new tyres 75 miles ago. :j

gocat

pippo wrote: »

I have a few credit cards that I make small purchases on each month in order to satisfy the direct debit requirements of the various current accounts.

Think I will have to start doing that soon :eek:

1st dIrect quetion. I opened an account for OH yesterday evening and no email received yet. Do you normally get email to confirm the account has opened. Or will it come in the post?
tia

Enterprise_1701C

rhosynbach wrote: »

Our new car cost a grand total of...... £400:rotfl: and only has 52k on clock and had full service and 5 new tyres 75 miles ago. :j

Bargain - especially if it is a Ferrari lol