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at least I don't hit the return button countless times making your posts hard to read. Before accusing people of trolling you might want to revisit how you phrase your posts so they don't look like whinges from someone who expects to be spoon fed basic factsGutsy_Fungus said:Bookworm105 said:what a shame you did not research before wasting your time ranting
who pays for the DPS scheme?
what interest rates have been available for the last 7.5 years?
what is the DPS' source of income from which is can fund its services?Crikey Bookworm can you not troll somewhere else?
BTW the info you quote re the 2.32 % deduction is out of date
current interest rate paid by DPS is 0.73% and between May 2023 to July 2024 the applicable rate varied between 0.43% and 0.84%2 -
I always told tenants that DPS doesn’t pay any interest. It seems I was wrong. They will be pleased!No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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As someone who rented for 13 years, I'd be very thankful that you're getting anything at all.
I didn't. I simply got my deposit back.
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Hi. Just stumbled upon this after getting £16.11 back on £900 deposit over 6 years.
It's totally ridiculous. Then again it's not a patch on another government omnishambles which is the CSA, which is a scandal bigger than the Post Office.
How the government can virtually privatise all these services is crazy. Imagine if costs were deducted at source for every service and not just funded from general taxation.0 -
The service was never privatised, it never existed.JGal said:Hi. Just stumbled upon this after getting £16.11 back on £900 deposit over 6 years.
It's totally ridiculous. Then again it's not a patch on another government omnishambles which is the CSA, which is a scandal bigger than the Post Office.
How the government can virtually privatise all these services is crazy. Imagine if costs were deducted at source for every service and not just funded from general taxation.
Before DPS and TDS came along, the Landlord held onto the money. No interest was paid and if they didn't give you it back, it was tough. You had to take them to court to get it back.
Read what the poster above you said.1
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