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Barclays £175 Switch Offer - 15th July 2025 to 28th August 2025
I couldn't find an existing thread for this so here goes: New switch offer from Barclays. What you need to do: * Step 1 : Open a Barclays Bank Account or Premier Current Account in the Barclays app * Step 2 : If you’ve opened a Barclays Bank Account, join Blue Rewards for £5 a month * Step 3 : Complete a full switch in the…
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Tomato Energy (Electric Only Supplier) - Too Good To Be True ?
Looking at Tomato Energy for our electric only property. They are offering 12M FIXED Tariffs which are based on your chosen lifestyle - with Daily Standing Charge as low as 40.82p The tariff Im looking at gives me a Unit Rate of; 00:00 to 06:00 = 5.00p 06:00 to 09:30 = 23.16p 09:30 to 11:30 = 13.37p 11:30 to 22:00 = 23.16p…
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German cars & permanent indicators?
Wondering what this phenomenon is that I'm seeing around on our roads lately. May be just to our area or not, I've no idea. I live a sheltered life & don't venture out much to other areas. Every time I've seen this the car has always been a 'German' make. I say German, I'm sure someone will come in & say BMW, VW aren't…
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Concerns Over GardX & Vehicle Prep
Hi all, Looking for some advice on whether this is worth escalating or if I should just let it go. I recently bought a used car from an approved Mercedes-Benz main dealer. I had been speaking with them via email prior to viewing the vehicle and negotiated the deal remotely. I originally planned to buy the car outright with…
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Thames Water have made a mistake & we are paying someone else's bill & it just jumped 140% - help!
Hi- Our water is with Thames Water. They increased our water bill by 140% this year. They also didn't notify us that they were changing it. When we phoned to complain we were met with 'bills increase on average by 40% due to essential maintenance & inflation costs' but no way to reduce the bill. It doesn't seem correct…
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5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3
Ok I'm diving in as I've noticed several of us have lost posts we thought had posted, and there now seems to be a serious risk of losing the whole thread. So thanks for the heads up Karcher. (and i sympathise Frith - i too like to nip back) I've revisited the first thread of our part 2, posted 28th October 2009. It said:…
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Food pricing crisis?
In the news at the moment. It does seem as if you don't really shop around then food pricing must be pinching the average household. I'm not on a tight budget and find a combo of Hello Fresh and weekly Sainsbury online order my most efficient route, with limited time and spend around £120 a week in total. I used to be Aldi…
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British Gas overestimating our gas usage
I have recently moved into my first property (2 months ago) and have been paying £136 pm for gas and electric with British Gas since we moved in. Our property is a small 2 bed end terrace which 2 adults live in. Our gas usage over the last 60 days since we have lived here is 1068kwh in total, but our annual estimated gas…
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Time to Face The Music
We have decided as a couple that it is time to face the music and start paying down some of our debts. We are lucky that we are both in jobs that pay ok but we have at times been living beyond our means and now it is time to start reining in the spending and making a concerted effort to cut the debt. Moving house last year…
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National Parking Control Group Ltd/DCB Legal PCN – Lidl Paddock Retail Park - Defence Assistance req
Hello everyone! Thank you for the wealth of knowledge provide on MSE. I have
read through many threads and have a good grasp of what the process will
entail. I plan to update this thread at each stage and would be grateful for
any assistance. Background: - Two family members went to Lidl at Paddock
Retail Park, Weybridge -…
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Santander glitch (solved)
Hi everyone Just wondered if anyone can see their accounts online? For some reason mine have all disappeared, the app and website both telling me I don't have any accounts with them. I noticed this last night but thought it would be solved by the morning. There doesn't appear to have been any communication about issues and…
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Juggling mum/work life, whilst looking after my future self, both financially & healthily
Hiiiii, So I thought it was time I started a new diary as my old one got a bit complicated. A little about me. I’m a mum in my 40’s, my husband works away a lot, I work full time, and I have 2 children a tween and a teen. Along with 2 noisy cats. The last few months have been hard financially, and my work is teetering on…
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Motivation and Inspiration pre-retirement
Well, I'll be 60 in a couple of months, and my spreadsheets and projections say I should be able to retire at 62. Since I mentally set my self up to do this, I find I'm totally not motivated at work - I get my "hard" deadline projects done on time, but I just dawdle on others. I dread going to work, and the days drag - I…
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Lost cause? Help with Vinted/InPost
Hi all I wondered if someone could help or offer any advice at all about a recent problem with both Vinted and InPost. I don't know if I should just give up, but it seems so wrong! I posted an item out to a Vinted buyer via an InPost locker, however, the item wasn't registered correctly by the locker and I didn't receive…
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Frosty the Snowman - it's the 2025 Christmas thread!
Hello and welcome to the 2025 Christmas chatter thread! Better late than never I say! If you're new to the thread please pop in for a natter, pull up a chair by the fire and get yourself a hot chocolate - we all love Christmas but are also here to chat about anything else going on in our lives and offering each other…
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Preparing for Winter V
Official MoneySavingExpert.com Insert: If you've come through to this discussion from this week's email, welcome to the MSE Forum. You've joined our Old Style MoneySaving forumites chatting about how to prepare for winter. Read below, read the last few pages of the discussion to see their most recent posts and click…
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Back Billing And The Comedy Of Resolution With Octopus (Question Plus Mini Vent)
Hi everyone, I have been trying to find out if the Back Billing rules apply to Octopus Energy. I have been researching on Ofgem, CAB and other websites - but can't seem to find out if all energy companies mandatorily are signed to this, or if it is still voluntary for some. Does Octopus specifically have to follow the 12…
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Daily Mail rewards club thread 4
Welcome to the Daily Mail Rewards Club thread. If you wish to join the scheme you can here https://mailrewardsclub.mailonline.co.uk/WeekendClub/register If you are already a member you can log in here https://mailrewardsclub.mailonline.co.uk/WeekendClub/login The rewards catalogue can be found here…
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Car finance - Supreme Court Judgment 1st August.
I have 4 claims that have DCA so just waiting but the chancellor can put in place after the judgment legislation that could cap the compensation which is not fair, its money we are owed all the monies that were earned from this doesn't get paid back so why we shouldn't be out of pocket . It would be politically…
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oriel glass box frameless window installation
I have commissioned a bespoke oriel window in my new extension and the building inspector says it's been installed incorrectly and is the wrong size to fit the opening. The suppliers have made the aluminium frame so that it is too short to be fixed into the brickwork of the structural window opening. The fitter has angled…
