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House treated by wood specialists and now unliveable due to the chemical smell
Woodworm specialist companies recommended spraying all of the floorboards in my house. A week after it was done, there’s a really strong pesticide smell in the house. I’m not sure what to do about this. I have since read about the treatment and I regret not having read more before agreeing to it as I now feel the chemical…
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George @ Asda sandals recall
Hi there, I am wondering if anyone can advise or point me in the right direction. I purchased some sandals from George @ Asda online. The quality wasn’t great and they made my feet itch but they was cheap and pretty for a holiday trip over the summer. I didn’t think anymore of it until I recieved an email form Asda stating…
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PCN for Parking in Disabled Bay
Hi guys, So as the title suggests, I have a PCN for parking in a disabled bay at B&Q. i know this will be frowned upon and I myself wouldn;t usually park there, but we were in a rush to get something and there were literally dozens of empty spaces so it would make no difference to anyone on this particular day. Anyway, a…
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Ebay - £5off if I use Klarna - worth it?
Hi All, There is £5 off a £70-£150 spend on eBay if I use Klarna to pay over three instalments. Apparently no interest charged and payments come out automatically over three months. I can afford the full amount in one go, so would only be doing this for the £5 off. And likely close the Klarna account immediately after. Has…
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iFAST Global Bank - anyone with experience of this UK regulated bank?
iFAST Global Bank - https://www.ifastgb.com/home Does anyone with experience of this UK regulated bank? It looks similar to Revolut in terms of the currency and money transfer services offered but, unlike Revolut, it has a full UK banking license and offers several competitive savings accounts in various currencies.
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Old Style Daily Friday 15 August 2025
Morning all.
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New home, old fashioned broadband...
Just bought a flat for one of my kids. On a private road, no fibre broadband so relying on plugging in to the old BT phone box. Have ordered Sky, got the router, plugged in... no internet. Now this might sound like a really dumb question, but we have no landline here... do we need to be seperately paying BT for a supply…
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ES Parking Enforcement LTD PCN
Hello, I've read the 'newbie' guidance on the parking tickets, fines and parking thread; however, there are few concerns about a recent PCN. I would appreciate any guidance about appeals; here are some details: Initially an email was received from a car hire company (29th July 2025) that they had been notified of a PCN in…
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Virgin Money investments and pensions business is being sold to Octopus Money
I’ve just received a letter today to advise me that Virgin Money is selling their investments and pensions business to Octopus Money (I have a S&S ISA and Pension with Virgin Money). This will only affect their Stocks and Shares ISAs, Investment Accounts and Pensions. The sale of the investment business is due to happen…
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Gladstones 2 Claim forms in 2 months. First was DISCONTINUED & 2nd is just crazy and unfair charges!
Hi, hope you are well.I'm absolutely stressed and stuck, overwhelmed with forum information about fighting unfair tickets. I'm such a slower reader/English is my second language. But let's do this, I need help. 1. I've been receiving/chesed since Jan/2024 by Horizon parking for "Exceeding maximum stay period " at…
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Lost shares
My late Father held some shares and I have the old paper certificates. The shares are held and registered in the US. The number of shares quoted by Shareowner Services US don't tally with the number on the certificates - there have been multiple mergers etc. in the years since he bought the shares and I wonder if anyone…
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Economy 7
Ive had a letter saying they are getting rid of this tariff, I live in the countryside and its an old system and saves me a lot of money, well it seems it does. I'm with EDF does anyone have much information on this as I cant see any other provider actually providing this tariff anymore. Ive looked at some providers and…
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APCOA East Midlands airport appeal success
Thank you for the comprehensive guidance on the forum. I appealed using the Guide provided and it was cancelled. 🥳
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cheaplocksmiths.net a scam
so , locked my car keys in my boot like a fool. Panicked a bit so called a locksmith, claimed to be local , the website had a pic of the town, the guy on the phone asked where I was and said he knew it well when I said where I was, took my reg Said they would be 20 mins max, 20 mins passed, noticed i had a text from 'Tom'…
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Property Portfolio into a Limited Company
Hey, I am very new to this but I am learning. (be kind) I have started looking after/getting them all in order paperwork wise after my fathers three houses and one flat. (Rented properties) I briefly saw a video (on Facebook) about putting the property portfolio into a Limited company if it was worth under 2 million and…
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Using MSE link for O2
People might be interested to know that O2 makes it very tricky to keep your existing O2 number if you go for one of MSE's SIM-only deals. The deals O2 offers on its website are so expensive, so I used an MSE link to get a much cheaper deal. But when I came to transfer my number, I couldn't find out how to do it. After…
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Water bills and debt owed to Thames Water
Just wondering if anybody can help There are 5 of us in our house and we've been paying £56 a month - i have just had an email to say that our bills are increasing to £220 a month. Some of that is due to the increase in water prices - our ongoing liability appears to be £100 ish a month and we'll either have to reduce our…
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Shell garage Gatwick north ECP PCN
I’ve read the newbie sticky and appealed to eurocarparks with the one size fits all template however could not copy and paste all of it in. I have tried to email and call store manager who was not a very helpful guy nor was the webchat service wouldn’t even give their name and insisted their name was in the chat. They gave…
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Sorting my life out (again)
Blimey, it's been about 5 years since I've used this forum and my life has completely changed. 2020 = married, 1 DS, full-time job, debt-free, £9k savings 2025 = divorced, 1 DS, 1 DD, full-time carer for my DD who is disabled, £7k debt, £0 savings Luckily my debts are relatively small and 0% interest... apart from the car…
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shawbrook bank transfer
hi all i've been trying to open a isa with shawbrook but filling in the online form its asking me how much i want to open the acc with (min £1000) i dont want to move money in i'm wanting a transfer in which is over £1000 but that section is on the next page and wont allow me to go any further forward and i've already used…
