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tigtag's mutterings ('bout debt and stuff)

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  • tigtag02
    tigtag02 Posts: 6,857 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    So, this is what I told sky :eek::eek: :

    Dear Sirs

    I am writing with regards to sky broadband for which I have discovered today is a complete con.

    I pay and have paid since joining you as my ISP £10 per month for up to 16Mg connection.

    According to advise given by your overseas advisors an acceptable speed based on the package I am subscribed to is 5Mg. I am at a loss to understand why this is a lower figure than the package which is one down from mine (8Mg).

    Whilst I appreciate that I am not guaranteed to receive 16Mg you can imagine my dismay to discover that not only am I only receiving 3Mg but 3Mg is the MAXIMUM available I my area as per information provided by BT.

    It appears that you are charging me for a service that you are physically unable to provide and should have advised me of this upon subscribing with sky.

    I wish for my package to be downgraded to the £5 package with immediate effect and to be reimbursed the £5 per month overcharge backdated to the date I started my broadband contract with you.

    I expect my requests to be dealt with within the next seven working days. This includes correspondence of some description acknowledging my complaint; otherwise you will leave me with no choice than to contact the regulatory bodies responsible for broadband issue.

    Yours Faithfully
    tigtag02
    :heartpuls baby no3 due 16th November :heartpuls
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  • donner_kebab
    donner_kebab Posts: 1,567 Forumite
    That is fab tigtag! They are a right mare to deal with...I had no end of problems when that poor excuse for a man left, my ex! They kept on giving me grief over his sky account...bunch of muppets...took AGES to get it sorted but finally did in the end! Hopefully they will refund the moeny they owe you...cheeky peckers! xxx
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  • cat4772
    cat4772 Posts: 2,467 Forumite
    you tell em girl!
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  • tigtag02
    tigtag02 Posts: 6,857 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    HMRC are the next on my list ;)
    :heartpuls baby no3 due 16th November :heartpuls
    TEAM YELLOW
    DFD 16/6/10
    "Shut your gob! Or I'll come round your houses and stamp on all your toys" The ONE, the ONLY, the LEGENDARY Gene Hunt :heart2:
  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    tigtag02 wrote: »
    HMRC are the next on my list ;)

    Wanna do mine too?
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  • tigtag02
    tigtag02 Posts: 6,857 Forumite
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    Gemmzie wrote: »
    Wanna do mine too?

    You need any pointers hun just let me know :D
    :heartpuls baby no3 due 16th November :heartpuls
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    DFD 16/6/10
    "Shut your gob! Or I'll come round your houses and stamp on all your toys" The ONE, the ONLY, the LEGENDARY Gene Hunt :heart2:
  • beanielou
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    OOOh tigtag, u can be our letter advisor!
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  • Bunnyinthelights
    Bunnyinthelights Posts: 15,278 Forumite
    Go Tigtag, Go Tigtag!!!

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  • tigtag02
    tigtag02 Posts: 6,857 Forumite
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    hehe ~ I'm happy to help anyone who wants to give someone else a postal rollocking :D

    Here is todays (background.
    OH will have no more earning in this tax year.
    He is owed approx £600 in tax
    There is a form you fill in to reclain tax before end of tax year
    We filled it in
    They wrote back and asked for P60 :confused:):

    Dear Mrs Silly HMRC Wonam

    Further to your letter dated 17th March 2008 (copy enclosed) please find further information with regards to the tax rebate I am owed for tax year 2007/2008.

    When I first made the application for a tax rebate I incorrectly completed form R40. Once I realised my mistake I completed form P50 in quick succession. As I am unsure to which form your letter relates I will assume that it is in fact the P50.

    First of all can I just point out that I find it extremely strange that you are requesting a P60 for tax year 2007/2008 when not only am I not in employment/receipt of benefits but does it not defeat the object of the P50? I am also confused as to why, as HMRC, you do not already hold this information.

    After a further discussion with an advisor called Ian this morning please find enclosed the following documents relating to the current tax year as per his advice to speed up the rebate entitlement:
    • Employee’s copy of P45 from *!!!!!! work that made me redundant*(only part available)
    • Certificate of Holiday Pay & Income Tax deducted from *wierd company that administered this*
    • Part 1A of P45 from Jobseekers Allowance claim (only part available with figures)
    Please be aware that I am extremely reluctant to send the above original documents as last tax year HMRC managed to lose my P60. Although I understand that you do need to see the originals can I please ask that they are looked after in a professional manner and returned to me in the enclosed SAE.

    Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you in a timely fashion.

    Yours Sincerely


    Mr Miserable Bollox
    :heartpuls baby no3 due 16th November :heartpuls
    TEAM YELLOW
    DFD 16/6/10
    "Shut your gob! Or I'll come round your houses and stamp on all your toys" The ONE, the ONLY, the LEGENDARY Gene Hunt :heart2:
  • tigtag02
    tigtag02 Posts: 6,857 Forumite
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    Well, today we have had a family day out at Bridlington :eek: :eek:

    We had a fab time, went on rides, ate candy floss, went on a speedboat :howcoolwasthatsmiley: and played on the beach.

    The only thing that spoilt it and in fact cut our day short is that we were sharing the beach with a urinating/defecating dog :mad: :mad: Its stupid owner picked it up (well, the poo) but really, !!!!!!, CHILDREN PLAYING!! I was *this* close to actually going and saying something to the silly mare but in the day of the chav you really cant be too careful can you :confused:

    Anyhoo, we kinda felt that we didnt want the sprogs playing in the sand any more and came home although we would probably only stayed another hour or so anyway.

    Dogs are actually banned from the beach in high season but why not all the time :confused::confused: I have thought of writing to Brid Council but I dont know if that would be pushing the boundries of postal complaints :p what do you think?

    Other than that we had a fab day, MB is feeling it a bit (why wont the stuborn sod get a walking stick) and is sleeping on the sofa and I'm off to get the sand out of Little Legs ;)

    Oh, and even though I never took my shoes OR socks of WHY DO I HAVE SAND IN MY TOES :p

    We might get a chinese tonight :o:o to say goodbye to the eating of crap (diet starts tomorrow) so a big spend day in all but SO worth it :D:D

    tt
    x
    :heartpuls baby no3 due 16th November :heartpuls
    TEAM YELLOW
    DFD 16/6/10
    "Shut your gob! Or I'll come round your houses and stamp on all your toys" The ONE, the ONLY, the LEGENDARY Gene Hunt :heart2:
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