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MoneySaving horror stories...
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Former_MSE_Nick_T
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As it's Friday 13th, we thought we'd ask about any MoneySaving horror stories you may have?
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We can all recount the horror of the moment when the penny finally drops and we realise the amount of debt we're in is actually unsustainable. It's the moment that precedes our light bulb moment. It's pretty horrific.
That, and car insurance renewal quotes!!! :rotfl: Now they ARE horrific :eek:0 -
The moment you check your flights and realise you bought the return for the wrong month! (damn February and March having the same days/dates on non leap years!). Then finding out you have to pay £600 to change the flights to the right date!0
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You log on to the MSE forum and find 50% of the posts are spammed scam phone numbers.0
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The moment you check your flights and realise you bought the return for the wrong month! (damn February and March having the same days/dates on non leap years!). Then finding out you have to pay £600 to change the flights to the right date!Signature removed for peace of mind0
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Boy buys £25,000 car, adds £4000 of options, spends £10,000 on modifications, car develops fault, spends £3000 removing modifications, car repaired under warranty, car breaks down a further 4 times, car has engine replaced under warranty, boy sells car due to no faith in reliability, boy loses £18,000.
Boy learns lesson (eventually), joins MSE forum, gets great advice and lives happily ever after.....
True story, happened to "a friend"......You can have results or excuses, but not both.Challenge - be 14 Stone BY XMAS!
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Elderly mum cashes in her life savings and sends it to her dodgy relative in Puerto Rico......oops no, I'm muddling myself up with someone else!!!!:beer:;);)How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 2.60% of current retirement "pot" (as at end May 2025)0
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Having to pay for a tank of the "wrong" fuel and a mechanic to drain it out before filling up again with the right fuel.0
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Spotting a great rate in Icesave and dumping money into it, only for the bank AND the whole country to go belly up...0
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Not spending a little bit extra on holiday to do something fun because I was so tight with money back then. Getting home and realising that, sure, I had the £20 but if I ever wanted to go and do that thing again (visit a certain museum) it was going to cost me a lot more since I was no longer in situ.
So now I allow for a bit of frivolity when I travel. It doesn't cost me much more in the grand scheme of things and it's a LOT more fun.
Price v value, innit.0 -
Buying 2 sofas which did fit in the room, but then no room for any people!No.79 save £12k in 2020. Total end May £11610
Annual target £240000
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