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POPLA appeal helps sought: MET Parking charge for "leaving premises" at McDonalds
Hello, I have received a parking charge notice for parking at McDonalds, claiming the occupants of the car left the premises. I have appealed to MET Parking Services sending my receipt for purchases made three minutes after the first photograph of my empty car was taken (there are also pictures from three minutes after my…
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Refused insurance claim due to wear and tear / age (a ceiling has fallen down!)
Looking for advice please. Part of the ceiling in my 1910s built flat has fallen down. It's the original lathe and plaster ceiling. Insurance Company are refusing to cover the repair saying 'wear and tear' is not covered, neither are repairs due to 'age'. I can't figure out how a ceiling can be susceptible to 'wear and…
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Beating Lifestyle Inflation and Staying Mortgage Free!
I can't find my old thread, and it wasn't really mine anyway as I had to change my username recently! My not very catchy title says it all :smile: I will be writing about how I keep our money and lifestyle on track. I'm rubbish at budgeting and we became mortgage free on our little house, and then later again on our…
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How best to use my £273,500 inheritance?
I’ve recently received an inheritance of £273,500, which is currently
sitting in my current account earning zero interest. My initial thought was to put it into an
easy-access, high-interest account with monthly interest payouts.
Unfortunately, such accounts don’t seem to exist. I’ve found a few online
options (e.g.…
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DCB Legal, small court claim
Hi guys this is the second small court claims i have recieved within the last month. I have ignored everything up until this point. The Claim is associated to a time where i stayed at a services station overnight. I arrived when it was dark and left in the morning not realising it was a pay to park carpark. I have…
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Legal aid compensation???
I have seen news articles recently where a whole bunch of legal aid information was stolen including pretty much everything about the person involved. I used legal aid during the last 10 years and my data will have been stolen. There are a number of adverts that pop up on social media saying that people can make a claim…
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Universal Credit Change of Circs not being actioned
My son left college on 20th June and is waiting to start University. I notified UC via the change of circs on the same day that he is no longer in full time education and checked via the journal that it was all done correctly which they said it was. My statement on 9th July included the child element, so I contacted them…
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Solicitor dealing with probate has now asked for me to become executor.
Afternoon all, Some advice needed please. My solicitor has asked me to sign a Statement of Truth document. He explained that its needed for me to become an executor for the estate. The thing is that I don't want to become an executor. My brother and I were children when our Dad made the Will and he named a solicitor firm…
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0% PCP
I took out a 0% Interest PCP in March 2023 with Mercedes Finance and am wondering if I could claim undisclosed commission fees. I am pretty sure the price of the car was loaded to compensate the interest free plan.
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Flight tickets
I purchased flight tickets from Heathrow to Detroit with KLM. This included one piece of hold luggage. I actually have a screenshot confirming this. When the tickets arrived it showed no hold luggage included. After several emails back and forth and 1 hour 10 minutes on the phone to customer services I was eventually told…
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Firefox vs Brave browsers
Whats your browser of choice?I've been using Firefox for a good while now.Sometimes ocassionally certain sites won't work on it but generally ok.I've been wondering recently what Brave would be like.
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UKPA - Moorside legal - Money claim online
Hi everyone. Worked on a building site in metoer retail park, derby, last year. single road going through with an entrance/exit each end and main car park to the left, building site fenced off to the public and no parking signage put up within the confines of the building site. ANPR on entry and exit of the road, not the…
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Withdraw amazon gift card balance?
Google says it is possible to withdraw from my amazon gift card balance to my bank account. but I'm stumped when it comes to actually doing it on amazon. I didn't expect them to make it easy but I can't see how to even start the process. I can see there may be an issue with the parts of the balance that came from an actual…
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Partner of nervous disposition being chased for an overstay of 1 minute
Hi MSE, long time lurker, first time poster. Will re-read the newbies post before proceeding any further, just want to give an opportunity for input, and a thread to add to the DCBL discontinuation thread (fingers crossed). Here's a quick(ish) backstory, as I don't want to waste anyone's precious time here. All…
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Purchase regret or reason to worry?
We recently bought an old house, built in 1950. Long story - house was a canna*** factory we found out 2 years ago. Apparently they needed to do a lot of work after the neighbour police raid, including having electricity reinstalled after disconnection. Previous owners had the property since 2015 and let it out from around…
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Civil Enforcement, Parking paid, PCN received - NOTICE OF DISCONTINUANCE ISSUED
Hi Everyone, I hope you're well and able to enjoy some time off. I'm here to write as I'm desperate and don't know exactly what to do with my specific situation. I have been searching similar threads but couldn't find anything that is exactly like mine. my case it's this at the moment: * I paid and displayed the receipt…
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Do lenders ‘price match’ deals
Hi, do lenders ever ‘price match’ - I’m with the Halifax and due to end my current fixed rate deal in October. Santander has a better deal. Is there any point me speaking with the Halifax to see if they can match it before I switch or don’t they have that flexibility
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Shower tray reseal
Hi im a very basic DIYer as your about to find out but with the below shower tray if I wanted to reseal because of mould in each corner would I simply rip off the strip of sealant and use a caulking gun to put another strip of seal down ? Worried about disturbing it incase I don’t do it right and creates a leak through…
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Is it ethical to sell the fact you are in the market for something to advertisers?
As above really. If i know that i am planning to buy a new AC unit for example, I can go on google and search "AC units", click on a few and then the ads will start to come. Every time i see an ad or click it, that company is paying Meta or google. With an AC unit, a quick bit of research says a company could pay £20-£25…
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Help before court - thanks
Hi All, new here please can you help? I am using your template as I have been sent a 'claim form' to go to civil national business center' my question is, do I need to use ALL the paragraphs? This is what I have got below so far, however when I am using the 'moneyclaim' website it wont accept as it is too long. Any help in…
