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Arnold Clark Data Breach compensation - Supreme Court ruling
Hi everyone, I’ve just watched an article on the BBC about the Supreme Court ruling in favour of Scottish customers. Does anyone know how to make a claim without going through a solicitor? I hope that Martin Lewis plans on guiding us through this!
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Index Linked Savings Certificate - renew or not?
I have an Index Linked Savings Certificate that’s due to mature next month (last renewed in 2021). I’m unsure whether to renew it again, especially as you can no longer make withdrawals from it. The index linked return (and minimal interest) earned in 2022 was around 7.03%, 2023 was 10.07%, 2024 was 3.17% and 2025 was…
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PCN for double dipping without stopping
Hi all, I hope that you can help me with this issue, as I have wrongly received a PCN, despite not stopping in the car park but I did enter it twice in the same evening, I believe this is known as 'double-dipping'. This issue is causing me lots of undue distress and worry, as I have done nothing wrong; I did not park, stop…
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Married couple gifting to children
I’d like to try and understand the technical/legal position with regard to the following transaction. Married couple. One party (say the wife, but doesn’t matter which way round) asks husband to make cheque/BACS payment from his sole account) to child/grandchild as a gift (from wife). Which he does. Wife then refunds the…
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double query - printing on jeans and baggy sweater help
OK so I've treated myself to some long overdue new clothes. And have a couple of problems. Scratchy printing on the inside of jeans - lovely new pair of jeans, proper jeans not lycra or shredded or whatever and they fit me properly too. So perfect right? Yes except that for some reason there is some large printing inside…
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Meridian Peanut Butter 1Kg tub
Anyone know how on earth you get this open? I've bought it twice and both times when I've pulled the plastic tab, it's come off in my hand. And I've spent about 20 minutes sawing the lid off with a sharp knife. Anybody else had this battle or am I missing something?
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Mars Chocolate Revels and more.
One of my sins in this demanding world is a bag of Mars Revels, they are delicious. However, retail outlets seem to choose their own price to sell them at unless it is printed on the bag as a promotional price. We all know Motorway Services, Railway Stations, Airports, Hospitals etc have to charge more for most products…
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My address can't have a smart meter - how to access off peak deals
Hi Does anyone know of a way of getting off peak deals when they live at an address that cannot have a smart meter? Due to poor signal strength (WAN) I think. I live in a village in the Yorkshire where most houses have smart meters, but I seem to be just out of reach. The company supplying the smart meters (Arqiva) hasn't…
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Switching to sky full fibre
Trying to switch to sky full fibre from bt bb and digital voice. I cannot complete the switch as the system won’t recognise my number and flags no landline service at this address. Has it happened to anybody before
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Easter eggs reduced
Do Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Lidl, Aldi or Asda have a history of reducing the price substantially after this weekend to get rid of left over stock ? I fancy treating myself but only if it's cheap lol
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123 Account to which easy access?
I briefly mentioned this in another thread. Currently have 28k in a 123 account. Fully aware that 8k is being wasted with no interest, and what with the monthly fee rising to £5 it's time to get it sorted. I've looked into various options and have decided that Chase is probably the best way to go (Initially for the first…
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Another DCB Legal ECP claim - Overstay
Hi Everyone I received a parking fine which I was unaware of as I had moved address and my registered address was a different address. When I changed the address I started to receive debt collectors letter. From the letter the reason I have received parking fine is because they claim I have overstayed in their car park…
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Clamped! Nottingham Express Transit
For the second time recently, I find myself reaching out for advice in this forum :( since my car was recently clamped at the Forest Park and Ride site in Nottingham. Whilst I was under the impression only the police and DVLA could now clamp cars, seems there is a byelaw provision for 'railway land' which means this…
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APCOA Stansted airport
Good morning all, back in May I went to collect my disabled dad and brother from the airport. This was on Friday around 20:00. I had been using the airport for quite a while and was used to paying at the barrier system. By the time I realised that payment had to be made online, it was already Sunday, so I had missed the…
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Car finance misold
Hi everyone, I'm hoping to get some advice on a really frustrating car finance situation. I feel like I've been completely wronged by a dealership and I'm trying to understand where I stand. Here's a summary of what happened: October 2019: I took out a car finance deal for a vehicle from a dealership representing a major…
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Redrow won’t submit a Section 38 to the council, so they can continue charging maintenance fees
I live on a Redrow development in Cwmbran, south‑east Wales. For the past five years we’ve been paying ever‑rising maintenance fees to a company called FirstPort, who in turn hire Community Property Care to carry out the general maintenance. Overall it’s little more than a shoddy grass‑cutting service, but that’s a story…
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Where to put £10k
Hi I have maxed out my ISAs and have £10k left to spare. It's in a savings account earning 4.2% interest. Is there anything I can do with it to boost it more? I'm aware I can earn £1000 interest a year without paying tax so I was wondering if there was a better way? I have no idea about stocks and shares though. Thanks
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Combi boiler fan/airflow fault
we’ve got a Worcester Bosch Greenstar 30i combi boioer, and the last couple of months the hot water temperature tends to fluctuate. I had this in an old home and had to run cleaner through it and clean (I think) the heat exchanger? Yesterday morning no hot water at all but a C7 214 fan/airflow fault. Display temp on boiler…
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Warning to Nationwide customers and a big step backwards
Shocked to find Nationwide have 'switched off' their sms notifications for insufficient funds, without telling me! I noticed two Council tax direct debit payments bounced but, only after a month, as the council did not notify me either. In the past, I have always relied upon Nationwide's sms message alerts to give me the…
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Alkanet
I have a long running war of attrition with alkanet. I just can’t get rid of the stuff. To make matters worse it has now taken over a patch of wasteland bordering the garden. I also have several litres of liquid feed from my wormery. It’s nitrogen rich to the extent that it needs to be diluted, 10 parts water to one part…
