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    • If you look at some of the other debt related threads will see that one of the first things which will be asked will be for you to list out your debts in a brief chronological order, including date of debt, amount, creditor, amount outstanding, defaulted – yes/no – date of default, date of last payment made, have you acknowledged the debt at all to the creditors. That lot at least. I expect that my colleague @dx100uk will be along but will meet to know at least that information
    • Hi, I have found this group very helpful hence I am here seeking help and advice.   I got myself into a situation where I have now more than £50k in unsecured debts (personal loans & credit cards) and things are now getting out of control as I am struggling to make payments. This is purely my own created situation and I am taking 100% responsibility for it. I am keen to get out of this situation as soon as possible hence I would appreciate any help and advice in this process. I am employed at the moment and don’t want to risk going into IVA or bankruptcy as this would risk losing my job. Being sole bread earner of my family, I cannot afford to lose my job. I have been trying to keep up with the payments so far and had few missed payments instances until 3/4 months ago but got caught up with missed payments somehow using my savings. All my debts are still with original lenders. However I know I am getting into same situation again shortly and won’t be able to get out of it again. I have started exploring Debt Management Plan (DMP) option through StepChange but haven’t submitted it yet. Based on budgeting, I have around £820 available to make payments to all lenders after taking care of all other essential expenses. This is definitely lot more affordable than what I am currently paying to different lenders. 1. Is DMP right option for me in current situation? 2. what are the negative consequences of availing DMP? 3. is there something else that I can do to get out of this situation? I’m determined to clear out all my debts but need bit of breathing space and time. Let me know please if you need any additional information. Thanks in advance for all your help and guidance. MM  
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    • Hello,

      On 15/1/24 booked appointment with Big Motoring World (BMW) to view a mini on 17/1/24 at 8pm at their Enfield dealership.  

      Car was dirty and test drive was two circuits of roundabout on entry to the showroom.  Was p/x my car and rushed by sales exec and a manager into buying the mini and a 3yr warranty that night, sale all wrapped up by 10pm.  They strongly advised me taking warranty out on car that age (2017) and confirmed it was honoured at over 500 UK registered garages.

      The next day, 18/1/24 noticed amber engine warning light on dashboard , immediately phoned BMW aftercare team to ask for it to be investigated asap at nearest garage to me. After 15 mins on hold was told only their 5 service centres across the UK can deal with car issues with earliest date for inspection in March ! Said I’m not happy with that given what sales team advised or driving car. Told an amber warning light only advisory so to drive with caution and call back when light goes red.

      I’m not happy to do this, drive the car or with the after care experience (a sign of further stresses to come) so want a refund and to return the car asap.

      Please can you advise what I need to do today to get this done. 
       

      Many thanks 
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    • We have finally managed to obtain the transcript of this case.

      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

      Frankly I don't think that is any accident.

      One of the points that the judge made was that the customers contract with the broker specifically refers to the courier – and it is clear that the courier knows that they are acting for a third party. There is no need to name the third party. They just have to be recognisably part of a class of person – such as a sender or a recipient of the parcel.

      Please note that a recent case against UPS failed on exactly the same issue with the judge held that the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 did not apply.

      We will be getting that transcript very soon. We will look at it and we will understand how the judge made such catastrophic mistakes. It was a very poor judgement.
      We will be recommending that people do include this adverse judgement in their bundle so that when they go to county court the judge will see both sides and see the arguments against this adverse judgement.
      Also, we will be to demonstrate to the judge that we are fair-minded and that we don't mind bringing everything to the attention of the judge even if it is against our own interests.
      This is good ethical practice.

      It would be very nice if the parcel delivery companies – including EVRi – practised this kind of thing as well.

       

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Just a suggestion but for 35 of our truly british pounds, orange will supply you with a brand new phone and free Hewlett Packard laptop. I know coz im using it now.

Brilliant

 

not bad spec either

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Try laptops direct Laptops Direct - they have a factory outlet section you can grab a bargain just simply because a box has been opened, I saved £200 because the machine I bought has 1 dead pixel.

 

Just type in factory outlet in the search box and search away just compare the price with say Dixon's for an idea of saving and read the small print for the full list of faults first.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Nufsaid. :)

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Need it necessarily be a laptop? A desktop will be considerably cheaper, and, if you're willing to self-build, you can be sure of getting a system you want, rather than buying something that comes with bloatware installed.

 

If it needs to be a laptop, I'll put in a second recommendation for Laptops Direct. I purchased an Acer from them some years ago and was very happy with the price (about £300, IIRC).

 

If it can be either, and you'd rather not self build, I can recommend the pre-built bundles offered by both Misco and Overclockers.

 

Just be aware that if you do buy mainstream, you are likely to have only Vista as a choice of OS.

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^^^ opppsie didn't realise you couldn't do commercial links sorry my bad. :p

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Nufsaid. :)

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Need it necessarily be a laptop? A desktop will be considerably cheaper, and, if you're willing to self-build, you can be sure of getting a system you want, rather than buying something that comes with bloatware installed.

 

I've got a laptop, it's my desktop that's dying.

 

Where i'll buy it from will build it for me, to my spec' for no extra cost.

 

Money's no object either when it comes to my PC. :D

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..... Quite literally!

 

Suggestions for new computer spec's please!!

 

Let's keep it sensible:

 

2Gb RAM

512K Gfx

 

Minimum!

Are you sure you only want 512k for the graphics? Would 512MB not be a bit better? ;)

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Thanks Robert for the gfx typo observation... :)

 

Those of you that know me better will know that i'm a gambler, and that I like to play live poker, the slotszz, and the pokeys....... :D

 

Well, i've just got home from 11am yesterday (Saturday morning) and my combined winnings from the fruities, live poker, and the poker machines (the pokeys) is.............. Drum Roll....................... £1340.70 :cool:

(and i'm as drunk as a rotten skunk right now!!!)

 

I've ordered and paid for my new PC in cash!

It'll be delivered on Easter Saturday.

 

Dual Core thingy - Top Spec Motherboard (4.0 Ghz)

2.0 Gb RAM

512Mb nVidia Gfx card

Vista Home Premium

All in one Epson Inkjet Scanner/Printer/photo/disk/Printer

All singing/dancing clear case with Neon back lights

500 Gbyte hard drive primary drive

200 Gbyte hard drive second drive

2 X MultiWriter 16x/32x DUAL LAYER CD/DVD/ROM drives

Phillips 7:1 - 80 Watts Surround Sound

24" TFT Digital - Dedicated Screen

Digital TV Card

1Kw clear & neon lit power supply to compliment case

 

And more...!

 

Not bad for a days work ehh?...!!!

 

Time for a curry I think?! Anyone for a keema sandwich....?

Edit: Not the best of idea's at 2 in the morning! :roll:

 

:D

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700GB hard drive? WTF are you downloading?

 

Or storing. I have a little under 2TB on my home PC, spread over four hard-drives. One for my OS and programs, one for my webwork and a few games, one for my music and audio work (most of which is uncompressed so uses up lots of space), and one which backs up important data from the other three on a weekly basis.

 

Hard drives are rather like money; although you once survived quite happily on less, you never have enough these days. :grin:

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Congrats DMD it's nice to hear someone is having some good luck :D

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YEah, 700gb isn't all that these days - I've managed to free up about 2tb recently by 'reclaiming' the older discs in my machine.

 

700gb would barely hold my photos. Damn 11 megapixel camera!!

 

(and don't tell me to lower the res, I LIKE having high res ;-) )

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Hard drives are rather like money; although you once survived quite happily on less, you never have enough these days. :grin:

 

Ha - I've always said that HDD space is like wages: It doesn't matter how much you earn, you'll always spend 10% more!

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Any more ideas for computer spec... ?

 

I'll be closing the tab on Tuesday so they can build it...

 

Here's a reminder.....

Dual Core 4.0 Ghz Motherboard

2.0 Gb RAM

512Mb nVidia Gfx card

Vista Home Premium

All in one Epson Inkjet Scanner/Printer/photo/disk/Printer

All singing/dancing clear case with Neon back lights

500 Gbyte hard drive primary drive

200 Gbyte hard drive second drive

2 X MultiWriter 16x/32x DUAL LAYER CD/DVD/ROM drives

Phillips 7:1 - 80 Watts Surround Sound

24" TFT Digital - Dedicated Screen

Digital TV Card

1Kw clear & neon lit power supply to compliment case

Let's imagine money is no object!

(Considering i'm nearly £1800 up from gambling over the last 2 days!)

 

Last idea's please! :)

 

I might just quickly add... For those who may think that i'm "bulling"...

I'll be taking some pictures on Saturday when it's all here and set up, and having a damn good boast!! :p

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