I have potentially lost thousands by failing to understand my pension

xylophone

Thank you for letting me waste your time, everyone.

I don't think anybody who commented thinks  that you wasted his time.

If a person is unclear on a point/and or doesn't know where exactly to look for information, how is he to learn unless he asks?

If it were otherwise, every teacher in the land would regard his time as wasted!

Marcon

spencyrrh said:

Okay. I spent 47 minutes on hold, but I finally got through to Scottish Widows, and they confirmed they have been paying the tax relief into my account. Well, wasn't that a storm in a teacup? Thank you for letting me waste your time, everyone.

Not a waste of time at all - and this thread may be useful for others, so please don't delete your original question (which seems to be an unwelcome but popular pastime once a question has been answered!) - that really would make the replies much less useful to others.

snowlaser

spencyrrh said:

Okay. I spent 47 minutes on hold, but I finally got through to Scottish Widows, and they confirmed they have been paying the tax relief into my account. Well, wasn't that a storm in a teacup? Thank you for letting me waste your time, everyone.

I think this is quite a good learning point for people, actually, not just you!