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Anyone had recent dealings with Farmison online butchers
For last three Christmases have been given, as present, a Farmison gift voucher. Last month when went to order meat, there was only a few bits and pieces on website so left it a couple of days in case that was a glitch. When looked again, there was a message saying Farmison no longer accepting orders and a redirect to…
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Virgin Broadband and O2
We have just signed up to Virgin broadband in my name. My wife has an O2 account in her name and we want to link them both for Volt benefits. I just seemingly went through the steps it was saying to link the o2 account to my virgin media one but right near the end it said do i want to go ahead and transfer the virgin media…
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1pMobile boosts
Could someone on 1pMobile check the boosts available? I usually buy a 4Gb data-only boost for £5 But now I see there's a 5Gb +Unlimited calls+texts also for £5 Am I reading that right?
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TUI rebooking incentive
The local travel agent has just advised me that TUI offer a £100 incentive if you book another deal within a month of returning from holiday with them - and that it applies to us having just made a reservation for same hotel etc. next year. I have no idea if this is a new initiative or not, or of the small print detail.
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Scottish Widows Share Dealing Platform Trade Times
Dear Forum, I've just transferred my holdings from Hargreaves Lansdown to Scottish Widows to save money on fees. When buying/selling UK gilts on HL you get a real time price and the deal is completed more or less instantly. I've just tried to sell some gilt units via my Scottish Widows account and received a message that…
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What can I plant in these small pots next to Brick Wall
Hi all. We had an extension built but the pattern imprinted concrete was damaged when digging footings. We filled the concrete in and tried to make it look like the original but it stands out a bit. Therefore, we are going to put some planters with flowers in over the concrete. You can see from the picture that the…
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CEL Claim - Phone and Pay App Failure / Hidden Button
Hi everyone, I have received a Claim Form from Civil Enforcement Limited (CEL) for an alleged parking event at Dinecroft back in July 2024. I have read the Newbies thread and have already successfully submitted my Acknowledgement of Service (AOS) on MCOL on 23 May to extend my deadline. The Situation: I entered the car…
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Civil Enforcement Ltd Claim - Defence
Ok I received another claim through, but this is the last one I swear. I'm way more careful now about not overstaying at private car parks to avoid all this hassle. Here's the claim form
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Software advice for HMRC MTD for Landlord
We're a small landlord. We usually use our accountant to file our annual return. With the new Making Tax Digital system we need to do quarterly updates to HMRC. We also sell enough on eBay to need to include that as well. Can someone point me to a software that is reasonable cheap (or free) that is MTD compatible that we…
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How much do you pay for insulin for your dog?
My dog has to be injected twice a day and the last 3 times I have got the insulin from the vet the price has increased each time. !st bottle £50.50 2nd £52.15 3rd £57.50 When I queried it I was just told 'Oh its gone up' but this is all in the space of 6 weeks. Just wondered how much others pay?
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Charged for opting out of marketing texts!
I recently received a text message from JD Sports telling me about their summer sale - I don't like spam and the the text gave me the option of opting out of their promotional texts, so I sent a message to stop, as intructed, to the number supplied - 60064. I wondered about the text, and whether I might be charged, so…
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For those of you who've used WBAC to sell your car
Ideally I'm reaching out to those of you who've sold cars that'd be in & about the £2k area on a private sale rather than any of you who've sold a £20k car. I could be wrong but I'd guess there's not as much wiggle room for them to be knocking you down on a £20k car. And in case anyone's picky, I'm not talking about a car…
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Croydon - fine for parking outside tariff hours!
Hello, This one is pretty bizarre. I parked at the Leon House car park in Croydon on April 23 at around 7:45 pm. There were signs (see photo below) saying that tariffs only apply between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday. As this was outside these hours I just parked and left, but I got this PCN anyway. Never heard of anything…
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Seller / manufacturer return options advice sought.
Hi folks, I'm gonna try and be concise but I'll happily add as many details as helpful. I bought an oculus quest headset the week before Xmas last year, from Argos. In January I had to request an repair/replacement on one controller as it developed stick drift. This was via meta directly and was super quick and hassle…
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Taxation and trust registration for discretionary trust
A parent had a life insurance claim paid out. It was placed in a discretionary trust when the policy was taken out. The claim money was sent to a trustee and subsequently paid out to 2 beneficiaries (one trustee and another non-trustee). There was interest added when Aviva paid the claim money due to accrued interest from…
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Invalid Permit in CPM managed car park
Hi all, I'm new here. Glad to see all the experience sharing and support for dealing with unfair parking charges. I've read the newbie post but only after I sent the first appeal to CPM portal, then tried to dig more information from the web and found this forum. I would like to get your opinion on what to do next whilst…
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Learning to walk before I run
Hello all! :) I am returning to the forum in an attempt to gain your collective wisdom in sorting out our dire finances. I've been experiencing a series of mini lightbulb moments of late and have realised that it's time for a change. Despite being vaguely savvy as regards areas of personal finance such as pensions, I have…
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APCOA GWR Station and Connect issue
I've read the newbie info and studied some of the other threads before asking this, so apologies if it has been addressed elsewhere, but I have a couple of questions relating to a PCN appeal. Short explanation - I use the APCOA Connect app and APCOA site for parking at my local GWR station. I recently realised that our new…
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Taxi Operators (Companies) stealing from their drivers, how to deal with it?
Taxi drivers nowadays are going through a very thorough examination which is all useful and necessary, are having to pass quite difficult tests and spend thousands of £ just to get the badge so they can start their careers. As the next step, they need to find a licensed Operator which would rent out their systems through…
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Can I connect to BT Fibre hub with ethernet cable
Firstly apologies if this sound daft but I am not techie minded. Last year stayed at hol cottage which had modem box same as mine at home BT. While mine is great and just use wifi, in the cottage it was difficult to keep connected and signal dropped constantly useing laptop, other than really late at night. Phone signal…
