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'We reclaimed £175,000 with MSE's help' - is this the biggest-ever PPI payout? - MSE News

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A retired couple have paid off their mortgage and all of their debts after receiving an astonishing £175,000 for mis-sold PPI - the largest payout we've EVER seen...
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'We reclaimed £175,000 with MSE's help' - is this the biggest-ever PPI payout?'

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Surely they mean the "largest PPI failure story" they have seen. Spending so much money on unnecessary insurance is not exactly a success is it.
However, the couple must have been up to their eyes in debt for decades.
I wonder did they complain that they "didn't know they had it"?
Shock horror!
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More to the point, why does MSE think a bank selling a poor value product is somehow wrong.
It's like complaining that you bought your shopping in Waitrose 10 years ago and then found out you could have bought it at Aldi for half the price. Buying an expensive product when cheaper ones are available is not miss-selling
“I think that the Government are right to apply to join the European Economic Community...” -Winston Churchill 1961
“The future of Europe if Britain were to be excluded is black indeed.”[FONT="][FONT="][FONT="] - Winston Churchill 1963
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There is a vast difference between expensive items and those that are not value for money.