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Letter from J D Williams

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  • JReacher1
    JReacher1 Posts: 4,662 Forumite
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    Mrs_Ryan said:
    Sorry that you feel I was not being helpful.
    Basically it seems that your mum has been in debt with JD Williams for years - hence the letter.
    Until such time that 'debt' is cleared even for one month this will not go away and eventually they will block her from new spending.
    As for the plus size clothing - I googled 'UK plus size clothing' - it bought up 367,000 hits!
    Being youngish and plus size myself, theres plenty of choice out there granted. But if OP’s MIL is a little older and doesn’t want skirts up her behind or slogan t-shirts, (not saying she is or she doesn’t, just saying that the more trustworthy plus size clothing sites tend to be very much geared towards younger ladies) then the market share is cut dramatically. And some of those massive amount of hits are the same companies or some very dodgy ones. 

    My point was if she has been in debt with them for years and not paid any more than the minimum it seems unlikely that she is suddenly going to be able to find the money to pay in full. 
    May I respectfully advise then that you help her with her budget - this is not a clothes issue but a budgeting one.
    Is this poster anything to do with the OP? 
  • Mrs_Ryan
    Mrs_Ryan Posts: 11,834 Forumite
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    JReacher1 said:
    Mrs_Ryan said:
    Sorry that you feel I was not being helpful.
    Basically it seems that your mum has been in debt with JD Williams for years - hence the letter.
    Until such time that 'debt' is cleared even for one month this will not go away and eventually they will block her from new spending.
    As for the plus size clothing - I googled 'UK plus size clothing' - it bought up 367,000 hits!
    Being youngish and plus size myself, theres plenty of choice out there granted. But if OP’s MIL is a little older and doesn’t want skirts up her behind or slogan t-shirts, (not saying she is or she doesn’t, just saying that the more trustworthy plus size clothing sites tend to be very much geared towards younger ladies) then the market share is cut dramatically. And some of those massive amount of hits are the same companies or some very dodgy ones. 

    My point was if she has been in debt with them for years and not paid any more than the minimum it seems unlikely that she is suddenly going to be able to find the money to pay in full. 
    May I respectfully advise then that you help her with her budget - this is not a clothes issue but a budgeting one.
    Is this poster anything to do with the OP? 
    No and I don’t know where they got the idea from that I am! 
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