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Car Scrap Comparison https://www.carscrapcomparison.co.uk/
Was quoted £450 for my car. A day later I was called and told them there was a traction light on dash and a minor oil drip which didn't affect the running as it was on a breather pipe not the engine. I then was offered £350 due to this leak and we agreed to go halfway £400 as it wasn't an engine oil leak. Car was collected…
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Overexposed: a study on forced labour in Solar Panel Manufacturing (by Brand)
Incase anyone wondered about the ethics (or lack thereof) in their Solar Panels, this study by Sheffield Hallam University has proved genuinely eye opening for me. A must read for the Ethically conscious among us.
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Ebay Lost & Refunded Item Now Delivered
I am the buyer. A parcel Evri managed to lose and I have been refunded has now turned up. I want to keep it and obviously pay the seller for it so what is the process ?
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Child Trust Fund maturity and investment into senior cash ISA
My kid’s Child Trust Fund is due to mature when they reach
18 years this August. I have saved for them through out and have an excess of
£20000. On maturity, I want to save this ( they will operate) to a Cash ISA
with high interest. I got in touch with Kent Reliance which offers a great
interest rate for their variable…
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Where to focus - mortgage, renovations etc?
Hello, My partner and I bought our first home together last year (we're late 30s, and both had homes of our own before). The mortgage is high, but it's a forever home and we also only put down a 15% deposit so as to keep some cash back for renovations. Although we have a lot in savings, we've found the cost of materials,…
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Approx. cost to replace windows and doors
I've looked at various websites and they all want my phone number, but I'm not quite ready to be bombarded by high-pressure sales people just yet. So I'm wondering whether anyone would be able to give even a very approximate figure for the cost of replacing 6 windows and 2 doors? I know it will vary on the size of the…
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I own a home but my partner doesn't. If we get joint mortgage is their 50% stamp duty?
If I were to buy a 2nd home I'd get hit with stamp duty, but what if it's a joint mortgage with someone who is a first time buyer (and thus no stamp duty) thanks
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Scam? Move to Appello Careline from NRS
NRS went bankrupt on 1st August and my mum was informed that Appello would seamlessly take over the operation. Apparently Appello had always provided the service under contract to NRS. For my mum, NRS also provided a responder service for an additional £12 per month, so £38.98 in total. I rang Appello in August to confirm…
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Hotel took 2 payments - different card
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help if possible. We stayed in a hotel in London - payment on arrival. Paid with one debit card Lloyds - the machine froze giving no receipt and nothing showing on the screen, the lady who was the manager said the payment didn't go through. They rebooted the machine and we paid on another debit…
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British Gas Bills
Hi All I am having nothing but trouble with my British Gas Bills. My mother died last year then British Gas started bombarding me with letters and request for payments etc. I have now spoken to three or four separate people from British Gas who have assured me that everything has been sorted out with accurate bills and the…
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SIPP drawdown and contribution timings
Hi. I'm unclear about the best order of events and looking for a sanity check please! HL SIPP balance is c.£7,400 in cash, eligible for drawdown later this month. No contribution for 2025-26 has been made yet. Would it be best to drawdown £7,350 ASAP, leaving a balance of just £50 to keep the account open (I believe £50 is…
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O2 price hike termination.
Hi. This is just for information really for anyone considering ditching O2 following their recent hike on hike annoncements. I decided to cancel my airtime contract but wanted to keep my device payment scheme. Therefore i contacted O2 customer service. After waiting 40 minutes to get through i advised the C.S agent of my…
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Adaptive Headlights
I have just discovered that from next month - ALL new cars in UK must have adaptive headlights fitted..........That's the ones that not only dip automatically for oncoming traffic but also shape the pattern of light for distance use and re-point with the turn of the wheel (like Citroens/Saabs did 50 + years ago)
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UKPC DCB Legal - parked for longer than permitted free car park.
Hi All - Great forum and great advice. Ive received a claim over 5 days ago and already started putting my thoughts down in paragraph 3 of the template. Ive redacted anything that looks identifiable (I think) on the claim form, and need to do the same for my Paragraph 3 before posting, Im looking for any advice. The story:…
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Stamp duty refund
Hello, I was wondering if anybody had any experience of the following at all? I lived in my previous residential for around 10 years, I bought a new residential property in May 2024 but kept my old one and rented it out. This meant I paid higher rate stamp duty on my new property. i have a limited company for the purpose…
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Three Customer Lab doing Survey for possible New PAYG SIM bundle
I should have written the detail down as I did the survey a few days ago. One option was IIRC £10 for 10GB, 500mins, 500texts and it'll run until one of the options is fully used, then you can buy another bundle. Anyone else seen it, done the survey?
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Have I been scammed?
My son asked me to supervise some works that need to be done in his flat. New wireless thermostat to be fitted to valiant boiler. Whist installing the thermostat, he said he had to replace the pcb. Whilst replacing the pcb, no hot water identified sensor light switch faulty and flow switch faulty and have to replaced.…
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Old Style Daily Thursday 06 November 2025
Good morning all.
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Mixer taps, no water, hot or cold
There is a rarely used mixer tap in the house in the spare bathroom. It usually just works, until today. There is no hot water and no cold water flowing out of the tap, also both taps only turn about quarter of a turn. It seems to have just packed up having not been used for a few weeks. Am I looking at a plumber fitting…
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Reclaim tax on lump sum contribution
OH has recently made a lump sum contribution to the Civil Service Alpha pension scheme. He's been told by the scheme administrators that he will need to claim the tax back via a tax return. Given that it's several months until the end of the tax year, and it's a five figure sum to reclaim, is there anyway of putting a…
