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newbie here please be gentle with me. i have been trying to do an IAS appeal and was getting the run around on the computer they are not really my thing. i have messaged them on the IAS website asking for the forms so i can do it by post. any ideas if i will get the forms. i think that i have a very good case so i need…

EDIT: After sending through my appeal, this was cancelled. For anyone interested, this was the full appeal text I sent: I dispute your 'parking charge', as the keeper of the vehicle. I deny any liability or contractual agreement exists. ​ ​The alleged contravention was 13th July 2026. Your Notice to Keeper, dated 24th July…

I had a PCN in April which I appealed and lost. I still haven't paid and am now getting letters/emails from debt collectors. I'm planning on ignoring these as I'm quite happy to go to court and argue my case. You often read/hear 'just ignore it all and it'll go away' but does anybody have any experience of this stage or…

Hi Everyone. I received a ‘Letter of claim’ from DCB Legal on the 8th September, letter dated 28th August, acting on behalf of ParkingEye Ltd T/A Car Parking Partnership for a parking charge issued on the 21st January 2021. The parking charge is for the hospital I work at and I pay an extortionate amount of money for the…

Hi all, This is not my first rodeo but I have 3x LBCs totalling £1360 for parking tickets over 2/3 years ago I know the process, just wondering if I can 100% assume I will get a court claim for this? I know it sounds a stupid Q For context this was a gym I have parked in, and I have entered my registration plate late, this…

Hi, my father recently passed away. He was a keen photographer and has >6000 photos held on an Mac Desktop. As part of clearing his belongings I would like to transfer the photos to view on a laptop PC. So far I have tried to connect an external hard drive to download photos (this does not work as the drive is formatted…

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Welcome to this group, old and new members of making our pennies work harder in 2026. This is to challenge yourself of collecting what would be nothing to others yet for us they have a lot of important work to do. Even collecting dropped change off the floor counts towards Tilly Tidying. Does your bank offer to round-up…

hi, I was wondering if I could get some help with this please, as I'm not sure if an appeal is possible. The driver took me to hospital due to an emergency and even though there were people without disabled badges in disabled bays, it wasn't possible to get anyone to move. I'd collapsed once and then did again in the…

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I booked 2 Air India Business class return tickets from Birmingham to Delhi 9 November - 4 December. I have just been informed that the flight and apparently all direct flights from Birmingham to Delhi have been cancelled and flights now only go direct to Amritsar. The Air India staff are most unhelpful (and have difficult…

I have completed 9 entries past the limit. The terms and conditions say that entries over 150 will not be counted. Is it possible that the “you have reached your maximum entries” has been removed?

I’m totally at a loss about energy suppliers and usage. I moved into my new home three years ago and I’ve never changed my supplier as I just don’t understand it, no matter how much I read. Could anyone help please? Current supplier - Scottish Power Tariff - Standard Online with smart meters Payment - £98.23 direct debit a…

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Previous thread: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6493531/slow-living-doing-it-old-style/p1 I've decided to start a new thread as life has developed and changed since I started my previous one and my focus is definitely shifting! Being more frugal and living a slow life has definitely been an uplifting and…

I have received a CNBC claim issued 11 September 2026. Claimant is ParkingEye and DCB Legal (our favourite) are acting. I intend to defend the whole claim and will complete the AOS on/after day 5. The alleged event was 26/05/2024 (!!!!) at Cambridge Retail Park. ParkingEye's PCN recorded ANPR entry/exit totalling 4h24m…

Hi everyone, would I be able to get some advice regarding these tickets from Horizon Parking please? Any time either myself or a support worker has tried to appeal, they immediately state that nothing was scanned therefore the parking ticket will be issued. Previously, tesco cancelled a number of tickets as I provided…

I been in contact with Aviva believing I could simply start withdrawing a regular monthly sum from my pension but was told this 'old style' pension doesnt allow this.i asked if I could move it to something within Aviva that WOULD allow regular withdrawals and was told again NO but I could try transferring to other…

Hi everyone, I’ve been reading through lots of threads here regarding APCOA and Manchester Airport drop-off zone PCNs, where the standard advice is to appeal strictly as the registered keeper using the "non-relevant land / airport byelaws / no PoFA 2012 liability" template. I have a situation involving one of the…