Money owed to us for car loan

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justworriedabit said:

tooldle said:

Different time now of course, but this post "You must live on a different planet to the rest of us.  How is a career for instance going to be able to get all their vista via PT? Is a painter and decorator going to travel to their customer, with all their gear on a bus? " reminded me of a decorator my parents sometimes used back in my childhood. He transports his ladders, paints etc on a pushbike. I'm sure we have had a carer on this forum before who used the bus to get to clients. It's all perspective i suppose.

Many thanks, great post.

Carers arounf London, many built up, deprived areas where a lot of older, younger, disabled, frail people live, carers are able to just wlak one appt to the next.  Even slightly greater disatances as public transport is there they get on a bus or walk and easier than trying to find parking.

One of our children was an computer engineer when they fist started out in their first job after uni went around at times fixing people computers at home, by bus, tub etc around central london and he had a backpack and case.

A window cleaner around where one of our family lives, the chap has a bike and ladder and ladders are now much lighter and more compact can be extended.

A gardener travels by public transport with his carrying tools and uses peoples mowever to cut grass.

I've seen bricklayers, builders carrying their sovels, picks, and buckets on the bus and tube.


We had a hari dresser come next door she came by bus.

Many thanks for the great post.  I'm sure most of the people I mentioned may want a car or have one but they have owrked out in the scheme of things this does not make finacial sense.


To be taught he to stand on your own two feet when you first start out and not to pay interest on anything other than a mortgae type loan can only be good for the furture. I've seen and heard stories where parents were constantly helping out their kids with holidays, buying a car, using their car, wanting the newest mobile etc and many of these children are living from hand to mouth, a vicious circle that we want everyone to avoid if possible.

I would love to know how my mother’s careers would have coped with  3 and later 4 visits a day in a village with two busses a day.

The definition of a great post is not one that agrees with your very odd view of the world.

maman

Not another planet exactly, just a very London centric view of the world. But I suppose there are similarities in that the rest of us are expected to revolve around them. 😉

SueDerbyshire

Edenbridge said:

They seem to exist in some sort of strange parallel universe barrelling round the various boards dispensing their (mostly incorrect) pearls of wisdom.
Every scenario known to man has happened to either a co-worker,sibling,offspring or Mr J’s wealthy family.As someone else said it’s like they live on the set of Eastenders!
Many on here remember her previous incarnation and the many “holidays” taken!

OP Sorry your thread has been derailed and I do hope you are able to get your issue resolved one way or the other.

Thank you, I appreciate your comments. I feel a block coming on! 

tooldle

The definition of a great post is not one that agrees with your very odd view of the world. 


It was my post the user was referring to. I was sharing experiences of persons known to me getting around without the need of a car. Nothing odd in that really, many people do it everyday. I do it myself. I can drive and have at times owned a car. I can however buy a monthly bus pass for £32 per month. It gets me to work and back, and anywhere else i need to go. My employer ran a bus versus car versus bike test a few years back. The local radio station provided the participants. Travelling between our two sites via these three modes of transport resulted in an overall difference in journey times of less than 5 minutes. Quite surprising results to many. Bus route was the longest but had the advantage of speed on sections of bus lane. Car had a lucky streak of green lights and the bike was in between bus and car (distance wise) and pretty much a clear run. Not for everyone i appreciate, but definitely not London centric. I’m in the UK and not in England. 

wannabe_a_saver

SueDerbyshire said:

He was a hard worker and could have easily packed in work and receive more in benefits 

Wouldn't have thought that was true. 

SueDerbyshire

wannabe_a_saver said:

SueDerbyshire said:

He was a hard worker and could have easily packed in work and receive more in benefits 

Wouldn't have thought that was true. 

Why do you think that? Have you ever claimed benefits for a family with 3 children? He wasnt on great wages at all. I'm not sure why I'm explaining it to you, another person who thinks they know better obviously. 

Morglin

cbrown372 said:

SueDerbyshire said:

Just worried a bit, again you are taking over my post, if you want to rant about how easy the youngsters have it go else where.

Like the previous post said, the car was needed, he had to be at work for 6am, no public transport to get there by that time and it's an hours drive on a good day to get there. He was a hard worker and could have easily packed in work and receive more in benefits but like my family, he has been brought up with the right attitude to work for a living.

You are assuming far too much here and as I said before it's irrelevant to my original queation. 

Every thread this user posts on is irrelevant to the question asked.

Trolling used to consist of a poster being nasty, causing ructions and disrupting threads and boards.mainly posting gibberish. 

Now, it seems to consist of an imaginary life, full of wealth, fleets of cars, and multiple houses, each one contradicting the last scenario.  But still posting irrelevant gibberish.

S/he has been banned once, now back with an AE, until the next banning.

Best ignored. 🙄🙄

tooldle

@SueDerbyshire just a thought, you mentioned not having a current address for the ex.  Might it be acceptable to use their work address for the court paperwork. I have been through small claims court myself and found it relatively easy to get the judgement. The difficulty came in extracting the payment, and necessitated further costs in sending the bailiff in. 

SueDerbyshire

tooldle said:

@SueDerbyshire just a thought, you mentioned not having a current address for the ex.  Might it be acceptable to use their work address for the court paperwork. I have been through small claims court myself and found it relatively easy to get the judgement. The difficulty came in extracting the payment, and necessitated further costs in sending the bailiff in. 

That's what I was thinking about trying to extract money from him, I'm guessing he will make me push all the way.

That's a good point about his work, he works for a different company now, which I only found out last night and although I know what he does, I'm not sure who he works for but I can look into that.

Thank you for your suggestions and getting this post back on track.