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Napier Parking Ltd / BW Legal in Car Club Bay When Not Entitled To
Hi. Would anyone know if the defence for being parked in a Car Club Bay would be any different than a private car park? I searched the address and it looks like it is run by Enterprise. My partner is the RK but this was his daughter's car, and he was about 100 miles away on the date of the alleged contravention - we are…
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National Parking Control (NPC) Parking PCN – DCBL Ltd - No Permit – Ambury Road South, PE29 - LoC
Firstly, thanks in advance for any help provided! I had originally posted this on FTLA, but I understand now that the MSE forum may be better suited for this. I have read the newbies forum, but a mistake was made earlier, and now there's worry that it's messed up any hope for the PCN being cancelled. It was advised that…
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National Parking Control - Not Parked wholly within a Marked Bay
Friend parked their car in a Uni carpark at the weekend for kids football. Been parking here for couple of years and no issue. They got a letter from National Parking Control with photos showing they weren't parked in a bay. The car park is always rammed with double parking, parking on the grass verge etc. I have tried to…
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Spam calls since transferring 7 numbers
Wondering if anyone else has noticed this too, but i recently ported all my family from smarty to spusu. Since then, the amount of spam calls on all of the numbers is crazy. We get calls every day and are having to block them on all of the devices. Had sequential numbers call and random ones. But all are either ones that…
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DCB LEGAL, SMART PARKING COURT CLAIM
As the title suggests, DCB Legal have been in touch regarding parking tickets from 2021/22, these pertain to parking in a gym car park operated by SMART parking. I was authorised to use the parking space as a member of the gym, but must have forgot a couple of times to input my vehicle registration details onto their…
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DCBL Notice of Debt Recovery
Hi This is my first time posting on any forum but I really need advice on this please it is a bit long winded but I hope it makes sense and someone can help. We had previously received a letter from DCBL asking for £155 payment for parking more than 10 mins in a Sainsbury's car park there was a photo and as we hadn't yet…
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Stooze pot as emergency fund
Finance advice typically suggests 3-6 months of emergency fund. I see 2 (often conflated) reasons for this: Having money beyond day to day spending so that if an unexpected expense arises, you can cover it Having access to money rapidly to use in emergency when needed I am slow stoozing at the moment and so I don't see the…
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UK Parking Control Limited, DCB LEGAL Court Claim Jan 2026: UPDATE Court date but no instructions?
Hi There I am only at Stage 2 of the First Eight stages - Ignoring them. But I wanted to start a specific thread for possible assistance with witness statement and in case they don't discontinue. I hope that is ok. So: 'Incident' occurred August 2025. Parking Charge Notices came through the post at some point thereafter…
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How many regular savers do you have? - The League Table
Welcome to this thread. This thread is intended to run alongside and complement the existing Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread and the Archived History Of Regular Savers Thread *** NO CHAT*** threads as a successor to the previous Being nosey... How many Regular Saver accounts do you have? thread. The central feature of…
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Sorting out my life! Let's go :)
I'm thinking posting here will give me the push I need and hold me to account a bit. For context, when at university, I got myself into debt in order to survive. I was stupid and moved to London for university from Newcastle. I'm now 35 and haven't been debt free since I was 18. It's not impacted me too much - I've always…
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Grant of Confirmation
Hi, I’m trying to fill in the form for Grant of Confirmation for my dad’s estate (C1). I’m trying to do this on my own without a solicitor. I think I understand the main issues, it should be such a simple situation, but what exactly to put on the form is driving me crazy :mad:. Would be grateful if anyone could help.…
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Massive EE Price Increase - Can I do anything?
I have been on the EE 30 Day Essential Sim 5Gb for 2 or 3 years and had been paying £7.08 a month since the most recent price increase in April. I was moved to this plan after the closure of Plusnet mobile and had been happy. The amount of data was about right for me. Odd months I would run out and it would revert to "slow…
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Endowment mortgage query
I took on an endowment mortgage in 1996. 8 years later a letter warned me they predicted I would owe more that the total house purchase cost at the end of the 25 year mortgage. I panicked and changed to a repayment mortgage starting the 25 year term again. Can anyone advise what happens to the money I paid for 8 years? Is…
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TSB £30 cashback?
Spotted this earlier. Has anyone received an email from TSB? TSB customers can get £30 paid easily with three taps
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Car Breakdown Discussion
This discussion is specifically for you to feedback on Car Breakdown cover Please first read the Cheap Breakdown Cover Click 'post reply' to have your say and let us know if it's about home or car cover To discuss other issues please use one of the following: Car Insurance * Car Insurance General Feedback * Report Super…
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Kent Reliance - is this ethical?
New to this so please bear with:) Last year I signed up to a 3 year Fixed ISA with Kent Reliance. The terms clearly stated that I could add (up to the ISA allowance) each year. I only chose this account for this reason (as most fixed ISAs only allow you to credit them when you open them). Anyhow Kent Reliance have decided…
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TalkTalk Package Overview
Hi, on the TalkTalk new website I can't find the Package Overview (I can see the bills and only the package name (Fibre 65). Customer Service was not able to help. I was sent a contract two years ago but I would like to see the package current details to compare them to other suppliers' ones. Any advice? Thanks.
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Etihad has lost my £2,366.67 credit after merging my accounts
I would appreciate advice from anyone who has experienced problems with Etihad Airways travel vouchers or Etihad Credit. Etihad owes me access to a credit balance of £2,366.67, but despite spending approximately four months trying to resolve the problem, I still cannot use it. I received an Etihad Credit voucher worth…
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LootUp.Me Codes 2025
I have searched but cannot find a thread for LootUp codes. The website is https://lootup.me/earn.php if anyone wants to join up Weekly free giveaway ~ https://lootup.me/giveaways.php If anyone needs them they can be posted here. This is today's one:- FROSTYGAINS are here to warm up your earnings! Redeem this code and claim…
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Octopus Agile
Is Octopus Agile worth changing to if all you can change to cheap hours is dishwasher and washing machine
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