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Aviva SIPP or Pensionbee
I currently have a couple of pensions, one with Aegon and another older ltd co pension that's now with Aviva. Because the latter is an older Aviva pension i don't have any access to it online. I want to consolidate both pensions and currently looking between transferring them both to a new Aviva SIPP or using PensionBee…
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Pinecone refusing to pay for fully completed surveys
Anyone else having this issue? Pinecone used to be the best of the survey companies, but recently they are refusing to pay up. My last two surveys, I have spent 15-20 minutes each answering detailed questions on multiple products per survey. I have reached the end of the survey, and a thank you for participating screen,…
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Yodel returned my parcel to sender after THEY suggested diverting it to a locker – anyone else?
I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced this with Yodel, as it seems like a pretty flawed system. I received an email from Yodel saying my parcel was due for delivery and that if I wouldn’t be home I could divert it to an InPost Locker “to simplify your life”. As I was going to be at work, that sounded ideal so I…
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Trustpilot
Been following Trustpilots rise for what feels like a decade not sure if they've been around even that long, have heard them interviewed on BBC consumer programmes a couple of times of the years(You & Your) & maybe 5 live aswell, was good to hear of them and they seemed to work really hard to be accounting for themselves &…
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Charges against a house
We’re in the process of buying a house and for the last 5 weeks the sellers solicitors have been trying to obtain details regarding some charges against the property. They’re saying they need to get some redemption figures before they can do the undertaking but this has been dragging on for ages now. I’ve tried threatening…
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Smart Parking Defence
Hello, I am hoping for a little bit of advice in regards to my Smart Parking claim that has now reached the small claims stage with DCB Legal. I have filed an AoS and am now drafting my defence. I have read through the various posts on here including the newbies sticky post, but as things have progressed to this stage…
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Exceeding Money Purchase Annual Allowance after cashing in small pension
Dear readers, Can anyone give me some advice on the following? In 2022 I cashed in a small pension with Sun Life that my father, God rest his soul, set up for me in 1991. I never paid a penny into this, and received £7200 after tax, although the taxable amount was £10,360. I spoke the last week to a really helpful chap at…
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Selling house without a solicitor
Hi I recently inherited a £300k bungalow and an acquaintance wants to buy it. It's freehold, unoccupied, and there's no mortgage involved on our part. The buyer will be paying cash and is also happy to avoid paying a solicitor if possible. I'm getting the place valued. I know that changing the name on the deeds is…
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Witness Statement Stage
Hello All, I have been through and followed the advice of the newbies thread until now reaching a point where I believe my own thread is warranted (hopefully!). I've just received a letter of claim and need some advice please.
The original PCN was sent to an old address and the only correspondence that's
reached my current…
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short term, casual work. should i register as self employed?
Good Morning. having taken redundancy at the end of last year i'm currently looking for work, but have been offered some casual work by a friend. Its a few days, at most £200-300. I don't expect to be doing this kind of thing regularly but until i've secured full time work it is possible that i'll pick up extra bits here…
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Stansted fine… from 8 months ago!
I took my son away for the February half term and my boyfriend dropped us off at the airport. Both of us forgot to pay the drop off charge, but it was my car so the fine came to me. I used the template I’ve seen circulating on these forums to appeal the fine. The template is obviously worded a lot better, but the gist of…
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Etihad Non-refundable Ticket
Etihad says customers can request a refund on flights up to 21st March but the form asks you to confirm that you understand your fare rules and that a refund will only be processed if you are eligible. What has been the outcome for those with non-refundable tickets?
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Living the Good Life - mortgage free and living in line with our values
Evening all, I thought it was time I started a
new diary, as we've now been mortgage free for 18 months and the last pesky bit
of mortgage debt (on the 0% card) went in October. We're now almost through Mr
MV's 40th, Christmas, New Year and my 40th (coming up next week), so it seems
like a good time to start afresh and…
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Acorn Stairlift Serial number - 150018949859
In January 2026 I purchased the above stairlift. When I went into my Acorn Club account it flashed up that I had requested a service call for this serial number in June 2025. I did not own the stairlift then. My stairlift was supposed to be new but that has now put doubts into my mind that I have actually received a…
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Apologies in advance, require some advice/help regarding G24 LTD and DCB Legal letter of claim
First of all can I apolgise. Despite trying to follow the newbies threads and other cases and advice for hours, I simply do not know the next steps for my case and before I give up and pay it, I thought I would create my own thread which I know is annoying and I'm sure all the advice I need is on this board but there is so…
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Strange Discussion today with Santander
I called Santander today to ask questions re paying off my mortgage in full later this year and waive the early repayment fee (which I can due with inheritance money). The conversion was straightforward right until the end. I said "thank you for answering my questions" to which he responded, "actually I have a question for…
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Mortgage free wannabe part 2
Hi, it’s been ages since I posted and I was very lucky to pay off my mortgage before covid. my house was 25 years old and needed a lot spending on it to make it energy efficient and modernise it so we decided to move instead as we just couldn’t change certain things we didn’t like) Unfortunately this meant getting a…
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Natural yield vs. total return
Heading into retirement I tweaked my portfolio late last year so most of our income needs come from yield on savings, bond funds and equity funds. I recently watched a YouTube video by James Shack (aka the man in the kitchen) who said it makes no difference whether you go for natural yield or total return because, when an…
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British Gas billing - back billing?
I'm hoping someone can offer advice on an issue with British Gas, I changed from BG to Octopus back in April 2024, at the time I had a £1479 credit on my BG account and chased several times to get a final bill, I provided final readings on numerous occasions, raised complaints and quite honestly got totally exasperated…
