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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…

The first point of call is read the full Survey Sites and Product Testing Panel guides. Then having found the best survey sites, this discussion is specifically to talk about feedback and tips for the survey site I-Say (formerly Ipsos) Simply click reply and add your feedback. If you want to discuss survey sites in…

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…

Hi, This is a feedback thread on car breakdown provider: Rescuemycar Please share your experience with other MoneySavers. Click reply to take part: * Have you experienced problems? * How quick did they help? * Happy with the overall service? The feedback comes as part of the Cheap Breakdown Cover guide. Thank you, MSE Tony

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…

Instead of bumping the Make Me A Winner thread with needless chat about getting calls from someone other than the station and answering the phone with the phrase "Make Me A Wiinner" only to find out that it was a relative or your cats vet, please use this chat thread instead, that way the competition thread can only be…

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…

Hi All, need some advice about drop off pcn at gatwick from times24 parking. incident date 11/8/26, issue date 20/8/26 the keeper has an auto pay setup but some times their system does not work properly and the can not take the payment but they send an email informing that auto pay failed and need to pay manually. it…

Because of the rise in electricity i am toying with the idea of buying a small (counter top) oven or air fryer I have a normal size fan oven and smaller "normal" oven that takes ages to heat up. It really annoys me heating the oven just to put a sngle salmon portion in or handful of chips etc. Has anyone done this and has…

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Interested in real life experience of using Fuse Energy please. My fixed deal with Octopus ends next month and their renewal offer has considerably increased rates, so I am looking around for alternatives. Via a comparison site Fuse energy looks like a good option so I thought I would take a look at their website and…

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Hi All My brain is fried. Can anyone point me in the right direction to save or invest 40k for 6 months only, without having to open lots of accounts all over the place etc. Thanks.

Hi everyone, I've received an email yesterday from Gladstones reminding me of a PCN from Parkit Management from 2024. The Pre-action Protocol Reply was done in Oct 2024. This isn't my first rodeo with PCNs but as it's been so long since I sorted one (unfortunately we caved in and paid the most recent one due to the risk of…

My sister recently passed. We have no idea who the house not contents, insurance was with. Do we just start an empty property insurance until estate is finalised? We are also having to apply for Executors-Dative, then confirmation. Thanx in advance

Hello and welcome to my little part of this wonderful MSE community. For almost 10 years I have read the contents of various forums seeking advice and inspiration regarding a multitude of subjects. The help and knowledge that I have gained cannot be underestimated and there are literally too many people to thank…

We are asking a financial advisor to do a cash flow analysis for pension planning, this a one off job, about £400. We are filling in a fact finding form all quite standard. What I’d like to know is if they will do any credit checks, I am expecting AML, but is it likely they will check our credit report? Any FA out there or…