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Parking in Disabled - Mcdonalds
Hi, I have received a notice to keeper from MET Parking services for parking in a disabled parking space at Mcdonalds. The driver at the time was told to park up and wait for their food. The car park was busy and the waiting bays were taken up. The driver parked in the free space which happened to be a disabled parking…
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Parkmaven Parking Charge Notices
Wondering if anyone has had dealings with Parkmaven. I am permitted to park in the precinct car park as I work in the supermarket there. Unfortunately when I changed my car shortly before Christmas I forgot to update my registration number on the Whitelist (exemption list) and received 6 parking charge notices. The first 4…
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DCB Legal claim on behalf of G24
Hi all, First thankyou for the help provided on these forums for everyone fighting against these claims. I have (hopefully) followed the newbies thread up until now, in that I now have a claim lodged against me after I ignored all the threatening letters. I have acknowledged service on MCOL and am now drafting my defence…
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HP car finance Blackhorse
Hi all, Just after some advice (as having spoken to a couple of people had mixed message) In summary approx £8000 borrowed over 4yrs for a used vehicle (to be picked up within the week) via HP. Having signed up it’s likely in about 3 weeks we may have the money to pay this off early. I was advised you can do this anytime…
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Virgin Media retention deals (post your haggling successes)
Post any deals you've obtained when negotiating a new deal Post The package The price and discount The length of the contract
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What is driving the FTSE100....
It just seems to be on a roll. I used to slag it off as a sickly index compared to the S&P500 and NASDAQ but lately it is on a flier. Do you think it is a bubble?
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New To Stocks & Shares ISAs
I am 55 and my wife is 50. Both are 40% tax payers working full time, with no debt and a paid off rental property bringing in a monthly income. My pension pot sits at £1million and we are currently working at filling my wife's pension pot which currently doesn't have much in. We have £100k in cash isas (Yes, probably too…
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How to buy a Loupe magnifier?
Hi, Do you know how one can buy a 10x Loupe magnifier as in the below? I cant buy it from Amazon because they are not available for pickup from Amazon Locker, and my address is a communal flat and its impossible to receive anything there….the postman puts a "called but missed you" card, but these just get chucked away by…
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Parking fine
Hi all, I’d be really grateful for some help as I’m getting a bit lost trying to catch up with the main threads on fine, I’m not sure where my case fits in with these, as we had the old home address with DVLA. To put things in perspective, we have received a letter from debt collectors, although we’ve never received any…
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Claim Form Received
Hi all. Would be grateful for some help. I received a claim form in the post yesterday. It is from a parking fine from nearly 2 years ago. It's hard to remember the details from that long ago but I know that we tried to pay at the machine by card but the machine wouldnt take card payment. So then we had to go online on our…
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Rewrite a will
Me and my husband plan to rewrite our wills, basically mirror wills. So after first death, everything is left to the spouse. If the spouse is predeceased, everything goes to our niece as we have no children. Our property is joint tenant. I believe the surviving spouse can continue to live in the house. Is this a simple and…
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Got a claim form from CNBC
Hello guys, Unfortunately I've received a CCJ notice for parking in a new residential area when visiting. Honestly did not see or realise they had parking restrictions in the close. Hadn't received any letters previously either, just a CCJ notice came through few days ago. I'm suspecting they've been posting letters to my…
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DCb Legal - Scotland
Hello, I have received a letter from DCB Legal stating that I have an unpaid charge of £170 due to an unpaid parking ticket issued in 2023. The ticket was issued due to a parking machine being broken outside of a shop that when you purchased something in store, you were provided a ticket for the machines so parking was…
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More Effort Required - the next 5 years
Background: 2014 - Final LBM and DFW 2019 - DFD - exhausting journey but :smiley: 2020 - Back on the property ladder £300k+ 2025 - Mortgage down to £200k+ 2026 - Reset needed 2031 - Working towards MF by SPA Looks like I do these things in five year cycles, so hopefully this is the final one. How do I enjoy these next 5…
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Witness Statement ParkingEye Ltd
Hi there, I am due to send in my witness statement, but just wanted to see if I could get any feedback please? Where there are court cases used as evidence, should I add the transcripts in their entirety as exhibits or is it possible just to URL link to them? Witness Statement: IN THE COUNTY COURT AT [PLACE] Claim No.…
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TV Bracket Recommendation
Hi, I have one wall to hang a 65 inch TV and I need a bracket that can extend so I can move the TV slightly off the wall forwards, as I want to put a PS5 and tv box on brackets behind it. Any recomendations?
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Ombudsman complaint on hold
Hi there, I received the email below today, in relation to 2 complaints against Virgin credit card complaints that were upheld by the investigator… Virgin didn’t agree, so it was escalated to the Ombudsman a couple of months ago. I’ve not paid anything in 12 months and both had defaulted but are no longer showing on my…
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Old style with profits pension - should i move it?
Hello, i have an old style company with profits pension thats not accessible online. I have the chance to move it into a new scheme (at no cost) with similar risk but supposedly better returns & lower charges but don't know if its a good idea. I'm about 5 years from needing to access it. I have a reasonable amount saved in…
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Why is it not logical to pay off just the interest on your student loan?
Bear with me for a minute I get the logic about not particularly worrying about the loan amount or interest, and that for older plans the loans may be written off, but for new students doesn't it make sense to pay off the interest each year (obviously if it's affordable) I haven't fully done the maths (ok I haven't…
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ECP , DCB Legal court claim 2025
Hi All I have had a letter of claim sent to me by dcbl after
ignoring everything from euro car parks and others sent to me previously. I overstayed at a carpark 11 minutes after the free time. It was a place where you could only get a
ticket by a mobile and I didn’t get one as I thought I’d only be a few minutes,
but got…
