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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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Came across a ScamBlocker advert! has anyone else tried something like this?
came across an advert on Facebook recently for something called ScamBlocker and it caught my eye because scam calls seem to be getting worse, especially since our landline was switched over to VoIP. From what I can tell, it works by screening unknown callers before the phone actually rings, rather than just blocking…
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Mortgage-Free Musings: mindful money & FIRE focus
Time to start a new diary and try to post more to keep myself accountable! The numbers: Current mortgage: £279,586.61 on 1.74% fixed for another 6 years. Little to be gained by OPing so my focus is on savings and WIOTW (what I owe the world) and ATMN (amount to mortgage neutral). £55k stoozed, £78k in cash savings. ATMN…
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Costa got my PCN cancelled at Tonbridge retail park
Just wanted to let you know that I successfully got my PCN cancelled after following your advice. Now hoping that I can help others out who have fallen victim to this. I got sent a PCN after parking at Cannon Lane Retail Park in Tonbridge on New Year's day to go to Costa. The charge said I was in there for 2hrs 59mins. I…
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Mortgage Free Plod
Hello MFWs I'm de-lurking after living vicariously through you all for a very long time. I've exchanged on my first house today! So now I'm a MFW too. My context: I'm a divorced, single mum (1DS). We'll be moving into a little 2-bed house with our moggy. I've taken out a 95% repayment mortgage over 27 years, which takes me…
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Consumer Rights Advice
Hi, I’m after a bit of advice please. I’ve searched but can’t find anything quite specific enough. Very long story short… we bought a car last year that has since required a new engine. The garage put in a used engine with 8000 more miles on the clock without our agreement and have offered a free service as compensation…
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Lloyds switch offer 6 January to 3 February 2026
https://www.lloydsbank.com/current-accounts/switch.html * How to get the switch offer To qualify for the £250 switching offer (“the offer”) you must switch to a new Club Lloyds Account, Club Lloyds Platinum Account or Club Lloyds Silver Account using the ‘Current Account Switch Service’ to switch from a bank account held…
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Parking Control Solutions LTD- Moorside Legal
Hi all, This is not my first rodeo but I have 3x LBCs totalling £1360 for parking tickets over 2/3 years ago I know the process, just wondering if I can 100% assume I will get a court claim for this? I know it sounds a stupid Q For context this was a gym I have parked in, and I have entered my registration plate late, this…
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Selling first home where to start?!
I have read all the MSE articles (this site helped me save and move out of childhood home on my own) but it seems to be about first time buyers or once you have found a house. The guides state sell you house first which is fine I live in a really east to sell first time buyers home is a gem really. What on earth happens…
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Creating the life I want - and tackling my debt!
Hello all, Years ago I had a journal, but back then, I was at home with my parents, trying to keep a business afloat that paid me a pittance. Moving out felt like a pipe dream. But I did. After closing my business down in 2017, I took on an entry level government job and worked my way up a couple of grades [so far] and…
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Defending parking fine against ParkingEye/DCBLegal
Hello readers I'm new here and had a query around defence deadline. The claim I received on the claim form has issue dated: 30 June 2025. I submitted my AOS on the MCOL via my Govt Gateway account on 18th July 2025 and on 2nd August 2025 I submitted my defence via email, I suspect I didn't email my defence in time. Am I…
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Parking Code evidence - your images of private parking signs are needed please!
This thread started life as a discussion about the DLUHC's Call for Evidence but EDITED 2025: Let's kick this off again in 2025 as evidence for the MHCLG for the Summer Public Consultation. We need evidence of private parking t&cs signs. If you take photos yourself, please show them as a screenshot to show the date a photo…
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PCM Apple Blossom Court - Two PCNs one week apart on Sundays, IAS dismissed, refused all settlement
Hello everyone, I hope someone can help me with this private parking issue. Here is my full story from start to current situation: BACKGROUND: Location: Apple Blossom Court, London SW8 (private residential area managed by Parking Control Management - PCM). Vehicle: (Removed by Forum Team) (my car, now scrapped). I am a…
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DCB Legal ParkingEye claim
Hi, Firstly thank you for all the information that has been provided within the newbies post, I have been following correctly for my own ticket. I received a letter of claim from dcblegal - I followed up with the email (i refer to your letter of claim...) from the newbies thread. They have now replied giving me 30 days to…
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Energy club cashback
Has anyone else had difficulty getting the promised cashback after switching through the energy club? I switched 14 months ago and I'm still waiting. I checked the energy club today to look at the latest deals and see the savings include the cashback. I've contacted the energy club and the response is that they have not…
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Tesco not honouring vouchers at the till...
I had an issue in Tesco yesterday. On a previous trip, I'd got a voucher with my receipt for a free product on my next visit. Yesterday, I put that item in my basket, checking carefully that it was the right product, right brand, size etc. It was. But at the till, it wouldn't give me the product free - it just knocked off…
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Elderly Customers Being Overcharged by BT
Hi everyone, I’m looking for advice and real‑life examples from others who may have experienced something similar. After reviewing my elderly father’s BT bills, I was shocked to find he has been paying around £53 per month for a landline‑only service. This is far above BT’s current pricing for far more comprehensive…
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Parking eye ticket
we attend an event earlier this year and parked in carp park operated by Parking Eye. On our return one machine was out of order and the second was faulty and would not accept coins. There was no other method of payment. As evidence we took photos and ab video of the faulty machine not accepting payment. There was many of…
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What energy tariff should I be considering for a Phev?
Currently on Octopus Loyal 16M Fixed at 24.5p and 66p standing Lec, and 6.62 and 29.3p standing Gas. We have a Phev. It's only 14kWh, but it would be nice to have it regularly topped up at a cheap rate overnight from a standard socket at 2.4kW. No interest in adding the more powerful charger (3.7kW?) as that would require…
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Claim Form from Moorside Legal Services Ltd in the Civil National Business Centre
Hi everyone, I really need your help please ...this has been so stressful .... I appreciate all the time and effort you all put into getting back at these scumbags. I have tried reading through the various Forum posts and the Newbie threads over the past months and I have been able to make sense out of some of it. Most is…
