Recent Discussions

Hi all, Hoping someone in this wonderful community can assist with my query. My car was unfortunately damaged significantly in a hit and run a couple of weeks ago by another driver that likely came too close to my car, while it was parked on my street just outside my house as it usually is. I was not at home when this…

So much for saving money by entering your driving licence number! I did a quote without which was £503.93, one with & it had gone up to £526.39 that was the cheapest with Hastings Essential but all the quotes had increased. They were both done within 10 mins of each other. If anyone has had the same experience & knows why,…

I recently leased an EV (Mini Cooper SE) through Octopus, and they have offered me their Octopus Go (EV saver) tariff: 6.6p per kWh from 11.30pm to 5.30am, 36.91p per kWh from 5.30am to 11.30pm, with a 47.47p daily standing charge. My current tariff is an Octopus dual-fuel all-day rate of 21.84p per kWh + 41.59p daily…

How do I now insure? In only my name as policyholder? They don't live with me. I tend to do comparison sites but unsure how to register other parties part-ownership. Advise please. Policy shortly expires so shall be trawling for new quotes.

I bought a house last summer and the existing patio was a bit of a mess, so I decided to redo it myself, to save money. I built brick retaining walls on a concrete footing, including one perpendicular from the house where the patio drops down two bricks height. See photo attached. However, I noticed that a crack has…

Long post… thank you if you get to the end! I'm hoping there may be people here who have been through something similar and can offer both practical advice and a bit of support. After many years of nose diving, about 6 months ago, my family ended up in severe financial difficulty and were eventually evicted from our home.…

Has anyone else had an issue making a balance transfer to a chase credit card? In this case from a Santander All in One (fee free) card to the Chase Card. Santander said it was successful, but nothing showed on the Chase account. After a week the money reappeared on the Santander card as a credit.

Hi, I am looking for a cheap laptop to be used for email and youtube and other web browsing. Ideally I would like a reasonably bright screen but I realise that this may not be compatible with cheap. I have found this at Argos. I wonder if anyone has better suggestions or comments on this laptop:…

I thought I'd join in all the air-to-air excitement 😄 but I'm not ready to have F-Gas folk around for a permanent installation (my house is full of stuff my kids have brought back from university and it looks like a candidate for one of those "extreme hoarders" TV shows). Instead, I have bought a 12k BTU (3.5kW) portable…

Plumbing question… I have a working toilet that uses a concealed flush system and works, however the flush button on the outside does not pop up after flushing any more. If I adjust the internal parts inside to raise the concealed part, in order for the outside button to rise, the toilet keeps filling and excess water is…

anybody used the news Lidl & Go scan as you shop in the app?

Standard 145g chocolate orange 95p from £2.50 until Sun 11 Oct.

Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole…

Here are the details below of the savings challenge @enthusiasticsaver and I have been running this year and will continue to run next year. This is the new Challenge thread for savers in 2026. The aim is to get more people saving throughout the year and this thread gives a space for people to record and track their…

I went on UC a few months ago, before applying I had about £20k in my bank but had credit card debt of around £9k, I read the UC legislation about paying off debt "(2) A person is not to be treated as depriving themselves of capital if the person disposes of it for the purposes of— (a)reducing or paying a debt owed by the…

H everyone, It's been ages I know and the forum has changed, but my posts were getting really boring as nothing really changed very much and to be honest I was getting bored writing the same old things. Anyway I thought I'd start another thread as its coming up to winter and like most basic OAP's I'm expecting this winter…

Hi, I went into a well known high street shop on Friday at 0700 hrs and ordered takeaway food and coffee. After drinking the coffee, I began to feel like a burning, painful sensation in the lower regions of my gullett. I believe that they must have washed the coffee machine with dishwasher detergent but forgotten to rinse…

Just received this 50Ah powerbank from Temu however when I press the power button it only powers on for two seconds then turns itself off again. However I have found that if I unplug the USB device from it and reconnect then it stays on… until after the next time the power bank is turned of when the power-on problem comes…

Hello, The driver thinks they are now passed the newbies stage and would appreciate some advice. The driver has been issued with Notice of Proposed Allocation to the Small Claims Track for allegedly failing to pay for parking at a services. Mediation is soon, and they want to know whether they would be better offering a…

Sold an item for £5 plus £3 postage. Not received. Evri photo "proof" was of the parcel being left on a doorstep of a very different (closed) front door (I can see the correct front door on StreetView). Spent ages going through the complaints and claims procedure, uploading every tiny little thing Evri demanded, and…