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NCP Railway Station PCN
One of my younger family members has received a PCN from NCP for a stay at Colchester North Stations car park. The date of this incident was 4 October while the date of sending the notice is 20 October. Ironically, the driver thought they had paid to park using the MI parking app but they had actually paid to park at a…
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Moved: Cryptocurrency
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Unexpected Enormous Electricity Bill - British Gas
We have lived in our rented property for around a year and a half. When we moved in we asked for a smart meter to be fitted for the electricity and were told that we did have a smart meter, it was just an older version. We gave a meter reading, and set our direct debit as suggested by British Gas. We began with high…
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unable to see the british gas deal in the email on the website
In the latest MSE money tips email there is a MSE Big switch winner: WINNER 1: Cheaper-than-the-market's cheapest. British Gas 14mth fix for both new & crucially existing customers. This is the cheapest BG fix since Sept 2021 and is an average 15.2% less than the new 1 Oct Price Cap. Existing BG customers can get it too,…
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Old Style Daily Friday 21 November 2025
Morning all.
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Wine Drops con
I responded to a Facebook ad from a company called Wine Drops who were offering 6 bottles of wine, delivered, for £39.99. I paid the amount on my Santander credit card. I was a little suspicious when I didn't receive any follow up by email with a receipt but didn't follow this up. My only communications were from the…
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Took Boots to Small Claims Court
This discussion was created from comments split from: Faulty product, returned, Boots refusing a refund!.
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British Gas Service Contract
Just had my renewal contract from BG and it was far too much. Went onto their chat to see if i could reduce the cover to help and when I said i was considering cancelling was immediately offered a £90 discount, so instead of £50 increase (no repairs during the year so it was a straight uplift) I am going to pay £40 less…
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Mortgage free mayhem
Hi everyone! Really excited to track my mortgage-free journey at 52. Before becoming a uni lecturer this year, I've worked in charities my whole life. I've got a pension of £60K, an easy-access savings pot of £3000, and a mortgage of £84206. I want to see how quickly I can pay off the mortgage with my new higher income.…
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No choice but to stick with current provider?
Currently with Vodafone broadband, however we are now out of contract so the price has gone up. While normally I would just look for a better deal elsewhere and switch, we are in the process of moving house and the new address can only have Virgin. Am I right in thinking that if I get any other provider, and then move in…
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Returning a car due to fault - return and refund procedure
Purchased a used car in apparently excellent condition this week but on way home after purchase it showed a serious engine fault and had to be towed back to dealership. We have decided to therefore return car to dealership and have requested a full refund. The dealership is not processing the return until we have handed in…
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Air BNB question
Up to now I've generally avoided Air BNB because I'm not really comfortable renting and staying in someone else's property that they still live in with all their personal possessions around. For this reason we always book dedicated holiday cottages/apartments etc. However, I've recently noticed a couple of holiday…
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AA Black Friday discount ?
Anyone know if they will be doing a Black Friday deal ? And when ! Maybe 40 or 50% discount
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Faulty Toaster Repair, Exchange or Refund - price increase
I've just bought a matching Rangemaster Toaster & Kettle. They were in a recent sale at several places online, whereby you could get both for £120 (£70 kettle plus £50 toaster) instead of £260 RRP. They were obviously extremely popular and as stock availability dropped rapidly, to get both, I ended up buying the toaster…
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Delays for P55 tax refund from HMRC
Hello I took a flexible drawdown pension payment end of June and submitted a P55 first week of July, by post. HMRC's Government Gateway was saying to expect a response within 30 days. To date I have heard nothing regarding a possible refund and when I check for an update it has each time pushed the expected due date back.…
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LG Poor customer service and refusal to fix satellite speaker
For a Present my wife bought be a receiver (bluetooth) and 2 wired satellite speakers that go with my LG TV and LY sound bar. Its worked brilliantly until recently as it started buzzing so I went to lG to try and get it fixed under its 12 month warranty. However my wife bought it from Ebay. It was brand new in a sealed…
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Mistake When Planning First Overseas Holiday
Yeah this. My fiancee and I managed to book our honeymoon, which will be a first overseas holiday for both of us, so scary biscuits. Found something within budget through Jet2 and booked (paid in full with credit card). However, my fiancee does not have a passport and we had planned to apply for one in her married name.…
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HMRC Tax calculation : Pension lump sum deposits missing
Advice appreciated: I've just received my 24-25 tax calculation and with the addition of untaxed interest it shows I have breached the 40% band by a small amount. I had planned for this, and made additional payments to my workplace pension to bring my total taxable income below the 40% threshold. The figures on the tax…
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Monthly TV licence
I’d like to flag what looks like a regressive and misleading structure in the TV Licence payment options, especially for people who pay monthly because they can’t afford the upfront cost. Key points: The annual licence is £174.50 if paid in full.The monthly direct debit plan is heavily front-loaded. In the first 12 months,…
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Unadopted Road - mortgage refused
We're selling a house which was built about 18 years ago and is on a road of about 100+ other houses (including some housing association homes). It was built by a huge national builder, and the road is unadopted. Responsibility for the drains has been taken on by the local water company. All repairs, maintenance, street…
