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Hello All, I have followed the advice of the newbies forum and it seems we are going to court on 5th May. BW Legal or uk parking patrol limited have submitted their witness statement as have I. The alleged offence is 29 mins overstay in a retail park with a lidl, macdonalds, currys', carpet shop and jd sports and max stay…

I'm 55 in 3 months time and want to take my Defined Contribution pension at that age. There's £60000 in it - of which I want to take 25% tax free as cash. I know exactly what type of Annuity I'd like. I've looked at comparison sites to see the variable rates that are currently on offer. I seem to be drawing a blank as to…

I'm posting this to see if anyone has experienced something similar regarding an estimated second import reading. I have been reading through some similar themed posts but not found one that would help me to fully understand and resolve this. I had a meter configured to a single-rate while I was with So Energy from 2025.…

I've received a County Court claim from Total Parking Solutions Ltd for £261.52. The original PCN was £60 and relates to an alleged 54-minute stay where TPS say the maximum stay was 30 minutes. I am the registered keeper. The claim alleges I was the driver, alternatively that I am liable as keeper under POFA. I previously…

I have used mail.com as my primary email for some years. I have recommended it for years. The ability to break emails into folders, the ability to set rules and filter emails into appropriate folders, the ability to set up "alias" email addresses, etc., etc. made it something special. Then, recently, the interface changed…

Hoping there may be some experts here who can help me with some questions on the above. My husband sadly passed away last month leaving a cash ISA worth c. £40 with Kent Reliance who do not accept inheritance ISA's unfortunately. I've done some research and as the Executor of his Will and sole beneficiary I know I am…

I've recently jumped on the bandwagon of switching banks on the grounds that if they are quite happy to give me free money then who am I to say no. I'm just wondering how blatant about taking the switch bonus you can be - in other words, does anybody do a switch from BankA to BankB, fulfill BankB's conditions, take the…

After many years of struggle and an inheritance, I'm now in the amazing position to be able to buy a small home in Spain. I've searched so much about the best way to send my pounds over into euros. NatWest and Santander are only giving me 1.13 exchange when decent rate is 1.15+ at the moment, those few cents make such a…

My account has been restricted by Amazon. They stated in their email that I was only allowed to make digital purchases, but did not clarify what counted as digital purchases. When I attempted to purchase some e-vouchers, for Costa and Sainsburys, it said that my gift card balance was ineligible for use in payment. Have…

Apologies if I should not have started a new thread, but I have searched and cannot find anything similar, I was the driver and the fee is payable. I've had an appeal to Euro Car Parks rejected because they cannot tie up my payment with the registration of my car, in spite of sending them a copy of the bank statement…

This is quite long, but I need to vent about my recent experience with SIP Parking Limited (also known as SIP Car Parks) and also offer some tips for dealing with them. I received a PCN from SIP Parking about 6 weeks ago after parking in a restaurant car park and not realising I had to enter my registration into a terminal…

Hi all, Looking for advice on a Stansted Express Set Down PCN. My dad drove my car to drop me off for an early flight on 30 July at around 4:47am. The car was in the drop-off area for just under 3 minutes. I was responsible for paying the drop-off fee afterwards but, with the early start and getting into the airport for my…

Wanted advice on this case so I can get it squashed as quickly as possible. We have received a £100 parking charge notice from Euro Parking Services. They say this is due to the contravention of "not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space". The reported incident happened outside a Tesco store for less…

In April i parked at a Euro Car Parks car park and as a result of being blocked in and time took to find a space. I over stayed by 14 mins just over. Took me about 5 mins to find a space as its a very busy car park and spaces are very limited, then upon my return, i found i was blocked in, the car next to me was to far out…

Hello everyone, I wanted to get people's opinion on my parking ticket. I used to park in Manchester all the time and I used an NCP carpark near the office. They brought in autopay and I used it every day for ages. Then I changed job so didn't have to park in town anymore. Fast forward to earlier this year and I went into…

September/October 2022 I bought Apple Watch SE 2 on contract my contract has run out (19th Sept 26) when I click on view upgrade options it says this when I click on smart watches to see my offers I can only see Samsung watches! my SE 2 is connected to my 16 pro max! Went to o2 store yesterday lovely young lady who was…

I've received a PCN from Countrywide Parking Management for "No Permit Displayed". This refers to a space in a secure car park at a block of flats allocated to my flat (I'm a tenant) On moving in over 18 months ago, I was advised by the landlord that there had never been a permit for the space. No previous PCNs had ever…

I've received a Euro Car Parks PCN for Sainsburies in Brentwood, which going on their google reviews I'm not the first. Signage is utterly inadequate, I reviewed the dash cam footage and there is no visible/readable signage beyond the typical Sainsburies 'maximum 2.5 hour stay'. I have attempted to get this cancelled via…

Hello, I have received a letter from Gladstones stating I have received a CCJ Judgement at the start of the month, also alterted via Clearscore. I moved last year and sold the vehicle, after moving but never up-dated the address. We have mail redirection set up so have been receiving letters directly from Gladstones plus…

I currently have a Zopa credit card and a Zopa car finance loan and I saw that they were bringing out a current account that you can earn cashback with on direct debits. I thought I'd open a Zopa current account and use that to pay all my direct debits each month to earn the cashback, my biggest one being my car loan, with…