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Planning a purchase? Bothered by badgers in the garden? Got a culinary conundrum? Whatever dilemma you're facing, the MSE Forum will dispense practical wisdom with a MoneySaving twist. Read on to find out what Forumites have been talking about this week. Seen something on the Forum we should include in next week's…
Some services (Uber, for example) have a dynamic pricing system, raising prices on the fly when demand is higher and reducing them when demand is lower. It's a double-edged sword, but it can mean getting a cheaper deal if you've found yourself buying/booking when there's a lull in customers. On the whole, how do you feel…
Hi everyone, We know the Forum’s performance has been sub-optimal over the last few weeks, and for that we can only apologise. The site’s been experiencing stability issues, resulting in the ‘Gateway Timeout’ messages you may have seen. The Cloudflare ‘Verifying you’re human’ checks have been temporarily put in place at…
I'm trying to find out and want to ensure their investments are ethical in my view. This kind of touches on politics, but I don't want to discuss that and will not respond to any political questions as it's not allowed here (quite rightly) so....... I am 66 and retired and like many, have a few workplace pensions. One is…
Hi all! So I've been looking into breakdown cover, in particular 'national recovery'. Seems on closer inspection it appears only the AA & RAC offer clause free national recovery, whereby you can choose to have your car towed back to your home if you so choose, without any other obligations. Others look to a have a clause…
I was at a suburban railway station yesterday that had a vending machine selling frozen ready meals: These days I know it's fairly common in rural areas for farms to have vending machines for dairy products and fresh fruit/veg. I've even seen a vending machine for farm-fresh milk in quite an urban shopping centre. 20 years…
Hi I purchased 4 items on 30th June, returned 3 a few days later via the returns portal and been sent a gift card for £130 instead of a cash refund. I have been advised that I selected this option online however I don’t recall seeing an option and definitely would not have knowingly chosen to get a refund by gift card.…
Hi everyone, My mortgage with the Nationwide has now been completed / paid off but I received a letter from Nationwide stating that there records show there is a second charge registered on my property with Endeavour Personal Finance. Nationwide are stating "If this charge has already been paid off or isn't applicable…
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