So having a clear out why do we keep such crap ......?...

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ex has asked me for more money. now i dont want my (2) kids to be without anything and i appreciate they get more expensive as they get older and to be fair to her - she isnt the wasteful type. BUT she has recently got a new car and doesnt work anymore (married).
So i guess what...

Calls to 0800 numbers now free on mobile phones and landlines

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 1st July 2015 08:00.

*Freephone numbers starting with 0800 or 0808 are now free to call from mobile phones as well as landlines. * The move is part of an overhaul of......

When I receive a text message on my mobile (BlackBerry) it tells me when I received it not when it was sent which may have been hours earlier. This anomaly is giving me grief.

When I open an email on my laptop it tells me when the email was sent even if I don't open it for hours/days/weeks....

I am thinking about upgrading my current account and talking my daughter into doing the same. For £15 a month (each), we would get:

Car Breakdown cover
Mobile Phone Insurance
Home Emergency cover
Worldwide Travel Insurance

All for 12 x £15 a month = £174...

Banks and insurers are to be banned from making their customers calls premium rate telephone numbers as part of a series of proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which has also suggested removing the eight-week wait before a customer can take a complaint to the Financial Ombudsman...

Not paying the TV licence fee could become a civil offence, rather than a criminal one, under plans being considered by ministers.

Culture Secretary Maria Miller said "decriminalisation of the licence fee should be on the table" during the BBC's charter review before 2017....

I have been receiving a number of letters from Lowell referring to a/c from Vodafone and Lloyd bank which a do recall I had a few years ago.

I send them a "proof it" letter for the Vodafone a/c and they replied with a photo copy statement stating that the last payment was made...

Freephone to mean free, says telecoms regulator Ofcom

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 12th December 2013 14:19.

*Calls to businesses or services using freephone numbers will be free from mobile phones as well as landlines, telecoms regulator Ofcom has said. ...

Barclays to sell on data from savers and track mobile phones

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 24th June 2013 10:47.

Barclays Bank is to start selling data on its millions of current and savings account customers to other companies for the first time.The bank has......

I was wondering generally about this. If you do go down this method and they cannot pursue the debt. Can you demand defaults and missed payments, well, the whole agreement, be removed from your credit file?

Another question on this is when the credit agreement was online so there is no...

As the title suggests, thought we could use this thread to reminisce about the good or not so good things we remember about the 'old' days.
It can be anything you like, such as the toys you played with, songs you listened to, where you went etc etc.


I'll start............

Mobile phones 'to replace debit and credit cards'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 20th February 2013 09:17.

The use of debit and credit cards could be in decline within eight years, according to the UK Payments Council. It is predicting that more......

Does anyone know how to get the unlock code for a Blackberry Storm 2, Preferably for free.

I was given the phone when the company I worked for closed, but it is on T-Mobile. I need it to accept an O2 sim.

Thanks

Had my letter this morning, increase of £1.50 per month.

I have looked at Freesat and Freeview but sadly the channels I watch are not on either of them, so unless I go with Virgin - which I won't I have to put up with it. Oh well!