i have been trying to navigate my way around the site, reading up and getting a better understanding of this debt minefield.


i would like to start with what some might consider a small(er) issue - for me its a matter of principle


i originally and unwittingly held...

Well I'm certainly not having any fun with things now.

I had a letter come through on Sat from Co-Op saying that they are Closing my Account due to having been in an unauthorised OD which with Cashminder account is a big no no and was a mistake (on a few occasions ) and the timing of...

Lloyds TSB cashier who stole £30,000 from vulnerable customers

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 25th May 2014 20:12.

*including one who was blind and deaf is SPARED jail as judge says crimes were a 'cry for help'* * *Ms Earle worked at the Lloyds TSB bank...

Jail reckless bankers, standards commission urges

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 19th June 2013 07:16.

Senior bankers guilty of reckless misconduct should be jailed, a long-awaited report on banking commissioned by the government has recommended. The......

Looking into if iv been charged ppi on various loans/cards etc. Have printed up credit report from credit expert and have written to all lenders requesting loan/card details and if ppi has been added. Now, i dont have any account details for anything..... Have written letters and given date of birth,...

Last summer we were engaged mainly in the pursuit of PPI on long closed accounts.

One of these was with barclaycard for who we only had a CRA reference and not much else.

Fired off a SAR request to Barclaycard and got the we do not know who you are now feck off anoying little...

i recently returned a fan heater which i brought from aldi which was faulty,
gave the cashier my reciept ans she refunded my cash .then she pulled out a form which she asked me to fill in ie name address phone number
to which i totally refused to do ,she then called the manager and he said...

I'd love others opinions on this. Not sure if i woke up on the right side of the bed or not!

Last week i paid a cheque in my current account. Three days later, SMS with updated balance of cheque. Same day used online banking to pay bills etc with it.
This morning walked in to my local...

A nice short rant about Tesco.

This morning just after 8am, I stopped at a Tesco Express filling station to fill my car (again)
Now this station is just a drive in drive out one and not the dedicated one way things that are popping up everywhere, when I tried to fill my car...

Hi All.
I am helping my brother in law out with this one your opinions and help as always greatly received.
He was a customer with LLOYDS/TSB he had an overdraft of £1250 he remained in and out of the O/D and paid the normal charges for borrowing within the O/D.
He was £321 in the...

Just opened a huuuuge tesco extra at the corner of where we live, decided to have a wander in earlier (1st day open today) had some cracking deals on kids books so seeing as the little man liked the look of a few I decided to take advantage of their buy one get one free deal...get to the till scans...

After laughing my way through last night at Handys tales I startd to think of the daft things that real people i've known have done ...so thought i'd start a thread & we can all give each other a laugh ok i'll go first

A looong time ago i used to do cosmetic parties,...

bargin today..totally inadvertently too....needed new jeans to replace old Tesco Value jeans that were bought around 3-4 years ago, £3 each pair.

Used for work, where I can get mucky, and sustain clothing damage...

material just starting to get fragile..[posted about mooning...