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Octopus Tracker
Hi all. Has anyone out there braved the Tracker tariff throughout the winter? If so, has it worked out to be very expensive? I have kept an eye on the rates, and they have appeared to be very high for a lot of the time. I bottled out towards the end of last year and went on a decent fix. The thing is, what to do when my…
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Ebay ladder purchase
Hi, hope someone can help. In May 2025 I purchased an item off Ebay from a business seller, that on the 15/03/2026 I was informed by Ebay that the item was subject to a UK gov safety recall, and not to use them. The seller and ebay are washing their hands of it, citing "outside 30 days return window", each of them…
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Shawbrook Bank - Ignores undelivered maturity emails- assumes you've received them.
I've just been reviewing my savings accounts and found 2 cash ISAs that had matured back in Jan 25 & Feb 25 but where I haven't received any maturity communications (either by post or email) No letters or emails offering me any options like they've normally done over the many years I've saved with them. I went online and…
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Reverse Meal Planning
Not sure if many of you will have tried the reverse-meal plan idea. Rather than buying all the ingredients you need to support your meal-plan, you look at your fridge, freezer and store-cupboard and meal plan from that, minimising what you shop for. Based initially on the fresh produce that would be wasted if it is not…
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ECP Car Park - No Payment
Got a £100 invoice as a result of forgetting pay on the way out of an ECP car park (not retail). I've read the newbies thread with a view to appealing as keeper and appealing to POPLA and a few recent ECP posts. I saw one that suggested no point appealing to ECP or POPLA if invoice relates to overstaying. I assume the same…
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Plusnet ....one year and counting to install my fibre broadband.
Help! I just don't even know what to do anymore. On the 28/03/25 I signed up to get full fibre broadband from plusnet. I still don't have it. I have a list of 69 communications from themselves or Openreach making appointments and then breaking them. The current impasse is that they have to close my road to install it,…
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Water ingress on bay
The bay in my child's bedroom (upstairs) has started to leak. The window was replaced as few years back, and the house has also been re-rendered, again a few years back. The bay was also repaired - rotting wood removed and replaced. We haven't had any issues until this year. I do realise we have had a lot of rain, but it…
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Claim Form Nov 2025_Smart Parking via DCB Legal
Hi all, I’m hoping someone can help me with preparing a defense for
a County Court Claim Form I've recently received from HMCTS regarding a parking
charge. I’ve read through the forum guidance and some of the templates, but I’m still
unsure how to tailor a proper defense to my situation, and I don’t want to get
anything…
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Writ of Control Notice from High Court Enforcement Officers - genuine?
My husband has received a letter today from High Court Enforcement Officers saying they have a Writ of Control in respect of outstanding debt from a PCN. He has never heard anything about this before, haven't changed address since he had the car / registration quoted and it all looks very fishy to me. The sense of urgency…
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Radiator TRV leak
Can I get some advice regarding a leaky TRV. The water is seeping up from the pin rather than the gland nut so not sure if there's anything I can do to fix it. Generally happens if I set the TRV to anything below 5 but if I leave it at maximum the leak will eventually go away. I've tried tightening the gland nut but this…
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Private Parking Charge, Glasgow.
Hi there, I live in Scotland, first time poster - just received a bailiff letter ( the company based in Scotland) acting on behalf of London-based parking enforcement company for a fine relating to my car being parked in a Glasgow shopping mall car park for a little over 3 hours. I received both reminder letters late and…
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Moorside Legal
We received 3 PCN’s in a week from a car park in Cornwall in August 2020. We decided to ignore all letters after reading advice on this site. We now have a letter from Moorside Legal and I am worried now that they will take us to court. We have changed address in this time and they have tracked us down. I have no idea what…
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PCN into CCJ - all correspondence to old address.
Hi all, unsure what to do with the following situation. I lived in a flat with a management company looking after the car park. I twice got fined for parking in my own spot but not displaying the pass (spaces were numbered for flats but still had to display a pass). The management company have been useless and refusing to…
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Remortgaging -
Hey everyone I am looking for some advice ahead of a remortage later this year My current fixed deal ends at the end of June and I’m trying to understand what options might realistically be available before speaking to brokers. Here are some details: Property value around £320–330k Mortgage balance roughly £235k Remaining…
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Opening then Closing an ISA account
Hi, I've opened an ISA account but not funded it as I was going to transfer an ISA into it from the current tax year but have changed my mind Does this effect anything in terms of using an allowance provided I haven't put funds into it? I received a subscription certificate from Tesco Bank so I'm concerned I should now use…
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Stellantis Financial Services UK Limited
Hello I am new to the financial mis-selling issues. I have not on but two agreements with Vauxhall Finance/ Stellantis Financial Services UK Limited How do I make a claim?
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 18 March 2026.
Happy Birthday @camelot1001 🎂🎂🎉🎉 and a belated Happy Birthday @snoozer for yesterday.
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Help from Local Authority
Has anyone tried to get help from their local authorities? We live in a rural area with no gas supply so have to rely on heating oil. I have looked at the Crisis and Resilience fund application on our county council website but it is definitely means tested. I thought Ed Milliband said yesterday that it would not be?
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Boils my
The same story as many others ordered oil on 01 March money was taken 02 March had confirmation oil was on the way 03 March. On the 04th I had email asking me to cancel my order ?? Nothing to do with price I’d paid £322 for 500 litres now being quoted over £700 for same amount. We have used boiler juice for about ten years…
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Claim Notice Received DCB L/Parkmaven Ltd
Hi All, I’m hoping someone can help me with preparing a defence for a County Court Claim Form I've recently received from HMCTS regarding a parking charge. I've received the below and gone through the 8 steps so I think I have an idea of what I need to do but just need to make sure I'm doing this right. I have received an…
