2024 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

Brie

vulpix said:

 
 Thank you for your help with my Mothers Halifax account Daisy and Brie. Don't care if I name and shame. the company. Vulnerable customers advice was to take her into branch which I did and very difficult it was too, she is very frail, unable to walk, deaf and blind. Once there the branch refused to do anything without passport or driving licence. We have been draining the account. Not able to do so in branch as she does not have ID that they like,only by cash machine! I am trying to have a pension paid into another account with a different bank and we will just empty as much as we can and then leave it. Your loss Halifax, there was a lot of money now safely with a more reasonable bank. 

Food I will not use to the food bank.

Back to the vulnerable customer team and lodge a complaint with them naming the branch and any individuals you remember.  Ask them to send someone to your home to help sort it. (some banks did this with vulnerable customers in the past - whether they still do or Halifax can do is another question).  Maybe ask for the area manager.  It's easy for me to say just drain the account but also I feel that someone needs to take ownership of a stupid policy and make it right.  (ex bank worker....grrrrrr)

As for the food bank - stating the obvious - in date and unused please!  Too many people donate some astonishing things - have used jars of coffee, opened sugar etc.  Some FBs also don't distribute anything with alcohol in it.  Where I work it gets passed along to the volunteers who aren't teetotal.  Even things like onion soup with red wine in it or similar.   

vulpix

 It seems quite common for banks to enjoy small amounts of abandoned money. My DS has been unable to get £5 from a childhood post office account. The hoops he would have to jump through don't warrant £5 ! 

Brie, I wanted to take it further but my Mum didn’t want to. The stuff for the food bank is vegan burger mix. I bought 2 last week and am not keen. Should be well in date. 

We have a viewing tomorrow at 10am. The woman wants to dig the garden out to park her camper van. Would definitely not feel guilty about taking plants with me if she buys the house. 

Out a chipped mug. 

 Vx

Floss

vulpix said:

We have a viewing tomorrow at 10am. The woman wants to dig the garden out to park her camper van. Would definitely not feel guilty about taking plants with me if she buys the house. 

I think it would be a positively saintly action to take them with you!

Brie

vulpix said:

 It seems quite common for banks to enjoy small amounts of abandoned money. My DS has been unable to get £5 from a childhood post office account. The hoops he would have to jump through don't warrant £5 ! 

Brie, I wanted to take it further but my Mum didn’t want to. The stuff for the food bank is vegan burger mix. I bought 2 last week and am not keen. Should be well in date. 

Well from a mercenary point of view you could wait until Mum is no longer here and claim the amount as part of her estate.  Then it would be the executor that needs to provide ID.  And ultimately the banks generally don't get to keep it - it goes into a central fund.   Find lost or dormant bank accounts: Reclaim cash – MSE (moneysavingexpert.com)

Glad it's vegan stuff - nice or not.  It's one of the niche things that gets overlooked a lot along with gluten free.  And you're "not keen" might be someone else's "YUM!"

QueenJess

@vulpix it seems such a common issue and I see ridiculous scenarios being played out in columns all the time in The Guardian. I seem to recall one where they insisted the person come in despite being bedbound and would have to take a private ambulance and a nurse with them costing hundreds. the Guardian sorted it for them, but it’s hard to understand why such a situation would ever occur.

regnbue

Hello everybody

Well I'm finally posting my first official post for 2024 with targets for the year - only 9 months late.

I have been following along but, like many others here, real life has been taking over - in my case a long time dealing with a neighbour who is particularly "tiresome" (the most polite word I can think of).  However nothing on the scale of other posters so giving huge (((HUGS))) to those in need.

My main aims for this year are:

365 items decluttered/frogs dealt with

In particular I have an abundance of nail polishes, hair mousse, cleaning products, beauty face masks, puzzle books, dental floss and dishwasher salt!  I would like to make a significant dent in these stockpiles along with a ban on buying clothes this year.

Frogs: chase old work pensions, sell some stuff on Marketplace and fleabay

House maintenance:

Electrics: bathroom - new light fitting, kitchen extractor hood to be fixed
Plumbing: replace external plumbing and replacement shower cubicle
Handyman: lots of little jobs 
Building works: roof works, plastering, brickwork
Replace timber windows with double glazed plastic ones

I haven't bought any clothes this year and some items have been decluttered and I will list these on separate posts.

The only reason I am successful in decluttering is all the input from this thread so thank you to all contributors.

Keep going everybody.  

Regnbue

Decluttering 0/365     Nail polishes 0/36         Cleaning products     0/26    Hair mousse     0/9   Make £100 in 2024   /£100

Beauty face masks 0/10    Dental floss 0/3       Bags dishwasher salt 0/4      Puzzle books 0/13

2023 🏅🏅🏅 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 💐 💐 💐 💐

"The only time I'm happy is when I'm doing absolutely nothing" - Ava Gardner

regnbue

Decluttered items:

Broken/damaged

3 hair ties
glass jar
magnifying glass
mug
loo roll holder
ceramic soap dispenser
grave planter
metal dish drainer
plastic cereal container
glass casserole lid
bag clip

Used up/worn out

2 x hair dye
2 x lipsalve
4 candles
pack of dried out hand sanitiser wipes
11 rubber gloves
4 cleaning products
tube of dried up glue
4 nail polishes
bag of cotton wool balls
hand cream
body lotion
box of matches

Darning x 15
2 vood food binned
11 ood food uud
9 bags soft plastics
100+ papers (counting as 10)

Decluttering 93/365     Nail polishes 4/36         Cleaning products     4/26    Hair mousse     0/9   Make £100 in 2024   /£100

Beauty face masks 0/10    Dental floss 0/3       Bags dishwasher salt 0/4      Puzzle books 0/13

2023 🏅🏅🏅 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 💐 💐 💐 💐

"The only time I'm happy is when I'm doing absolutely nothing" - Ava Gardner

regnbue

Decluttered items:

Recycled/donated/discarded:

3 bras
12 socks
11 knickers
nightshirt
trainers
t-shirt
6 batteries
cheque book
paying in slips
bank envelopes
26 silicone earphone covers
11 artificial flowers
4 more items of clothing
3 glass jugs
2 books
pastry cutter
8 new matching mugs (found in shed)
2 pairs new gloves
beads
earrings
calendar
xmas cards
MOT papers from 2005 (I've moved four times since then!)

Phew that's it for now

Decluttering 193/365     Nail polishes 4/36         Cleaning products     4/26    Hair mousse     0/9   Make £100 in 2024   /£100

Beauty face masks 0/10    Dental floss 0/3       Bags dishwasher salt 0/4      Puzzle books 0/13

2023 🏅🏅🏅 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 💐 💐 💐 💐

"The only time I'm happy is when I'm doing absolutely nothing" - Ava Gardner

oceanspirit

Thank you for my medal MrsSD.  I just need to keep it in tip top decluttered state now!

Tackled a garden frog today with OH.  It looks so much better and it took less than an hour to do.

Also did an admin frog and I feel so much better now that it is done.

TC77

Have to say I had a run in with the same bank with a loan for a vulnerable customer,  appalling and took a year to resolve and weekly calls over an hour or two long. And just having ro raise issue with a utility provider threatening court ( not for me) but 4 phone calls and back to first person so emailed and hoping for response.
Dropped cs bag off and posted some vintage items sold.  Need to pick up decluttering  pace end of the month as other stuff taking much next few weeks.