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Re-mortgaging, in particular the excruciating pain that is dealing with lawyers.
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giving a f*** about what other people wear
they're most probably assholes anyway, whether they dress suits or tracksuit bottoms.
don't be a snob: hate equally.
they're most probably assholes anyway, whether they dress suits or tracksuit bottoms.
don't be a snob: hate equally.
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Aye? I remortgaged the other day, and I was staggered by how well it went. Admittedly, it was with my existing provider, but my fix wasn't due to end until December, and I wanted another fix before rates crept back up. They gave me a new rate within 20 minutes of phoning them, and even including the inevitable "arrangement fee", I'm saving £80 a month, or roughly 5.5k over the 5 years of the fix. They also let me switch to the new rate immediately, waiving the remaining months of the old fix, but adding them to the new one - so I went from 3.4% to 1.9% for 5 years & 4 months.sendô wrote:Re-mortgaging, in particular the excruciating pain that is dealing with lawyers.
Imagine I could have saved another £12 a month or so if I'd gone to a new provider, but I'm not sure I could cope with that much arseache.
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Well I made the mistake of waiting until a month before my fix was up, expecting that to be enough time, but between the broker taking ages finding the deal and the lawyers taking an age, instead of dropping from 3.5% to 1.8%, I'm now saddled with a month on the tracker at 4.9%, costing me £200 odd over my original rate.
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Pain in the barse, and no mistake. Hear stories like this SO often - brokers & lawyers dragging their feet on simple renewals.sendô wrote:Well I made the mistake of waiting until a month before my fix was up, expecting that to be enough time, but between the broker taking ages finding the deal and the lawyers taking an age, instead of dropping from 3.5% to 1.8%, I'm now saddled with a month on the tracker at 4.9%, costing me £200 odd over my original rate.
In my defence, I've been obsessing over my rate since fixes dropped under 3%, and have been hawkishly bothering Santander to let me agree a new rate for years. Yes, I really am THAT much of a sad b*stard.
I also have a related story that REALLY underscores what a financially petty man I am, but I'm reluctant to discuss it in case I'm accused of bragging or "humble bragging", which really isn't the intention...
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Exact same happened to me. Had to pay 3 months over the odds, from 2.5% to over 4% which doesn't sound much but when you're on a monthly budget it can take a big whack out of your earnings. Financial adviser was great, it was just the solicitors took so long and we had to ring them every step of the way to get it sorted. Bottom line is, they've got you by the balls and they know it. You're at their mercy.sendô wrote:Well I made the mistake of waiting until a month before my fix was up, expecting that to be enough time, but between the broker taking ages finding the deal and the lawyers taking an age, instead of dropping from 3.5% to 1.8%, I'm now saddled with a month on the tracker at 4.9%, costing me £200 odd over my original rate.
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'bout 12/13 years to late
But Gwen Stefani and her ****ing Harajuku Girls
But Gwen Stefani and her ****ing Harajuku Girls
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They've just emailed me, after me chasing them this morning. "We've now received your mortgage offer". Cheeky back to fronts, I received it on 25/07. Complete 22/08. FML.
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Jehovah Witnesses coming down our road today mob handed, knocking on the door despite a polite sign saying no cold callers etc. Why do you think by knocking on my door I'm suddenly going to religious, twatheads?!!
I was so dumbfounded I forgot to tell them to f*** off!
I was so dumbfounded I forgot to tell them to f*** off!
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Sky and Openreach.
For months we have had terrible noise on the phone line and broadband that keeps dropping. every time Sky check they say the line is fine, well okay but nothing is working so what are you actually testing? Three days later Openreach engineer turns up when the problem isn't occurring and declares nothing wrong (no ****!), but tells me on the QT that there is a problem on the main road but they would need temporary traffic lights, and as it's close to current roadworks they wouldn't get permission.
Almost everyday the broadband drops, today has been a nightmare with it only being up for about 10 minutes at a time at best. Received a text from Openreach saying we've fixed your problem. Broadband speed test shows a download speed of 1.36 Mb/s and upload speed of 6.05 Mb/s and continues to drop Err no you haven't. Contacted Sky on their My Sky App at 19:10 as the lines were very busy. Took over an hour to respond, I replied immediately then nothing except for 'Our message service ends at 21:00, please message us tomorrow morning to continue'.
They are getting both barrels over the phone in the morning c****!
For months we have had terrible noise on the phone line and broadband that keeps dropping. every time Sky check they say the line is fine, well okay but nothing is working so what are you actually testing? Three days later Openreach engineer turns up when the problem isn't occurring and declares nothing wrong (no ****!), but tells me on the QT that there is a problem on the main road but they would need temporary traffic lights, and as it's close to current roadworks they wouldn't get permission.
Almost everyday the broadband drops, today has been a nightmare with it only being up for about 10 minutes at a time at best. Received a text from Openreach saying we've fixed your problem. Broadband speed test shows a download speed of 1.36 Mb/s and upload speed of 6.05 Mb/s and continues to drop Err no you haven't. Contacted Sky on their My Sky App at 19:10 as the lines were very busy. Took over an hour to respond, I replied immediately then nothing except for 'Our message service ends at 21:00, please message us tomorrow morning to continue'.
They are getting both barrels over the phone in the morning c****!
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Went to see Rev Peyton and his Big Dam Band at the Borderline in Charing Cross road and the place has been done up, unfortunately the place stinks of ****. Not sure why but it stinks badly and I had to suffer a few hours of breathing in **** fumes.
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Probably used B&Q paintGreatest Cockney Rip Off wrote:Went to see Rev Peyton and his Big Dam Band at the Borderline in Charing Cross road and the place has been done up, unfortunately the place stinks of ****. Not sure why but it stinks badly and I had to suffer a few hours of breathing in **** fumes.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07 ... cat-urine/
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Or possibly not?hammerdivone wrote:Sky and Openreach.
For months we have had terrible noise on the phone line and broadband that keeps dropping. every time Sky check they say the line is fine, well okay but nothing is working so what are you actually testing? Three days later Openreach engineer turns up when the problem isn't occurring and declares nothing wrong (no ****!), but tells me on the QT that there is a problem on the main road but they would need temporary traffic lights, and as it's close to current roadworks they wouldn't get permission.
Almost everyday the broadband drops, today has been a nightmare with it only being up for about 10 minutes at a time at best. Received a text from Openreach saying we've fixed your problem. Broadband speed test shows a download speed of 1.36 Mb/s and upload speed of 6.05 Mb/s and continues to drop Err no you haven't. Contacted Sky on their My Sky App at 19:10 as the lines were very busy. Took over an hour to respond, I replied immediately then nothing except for 'Our message service ends at 21:00, please message us tomorrow morning to continue'.
They are getting both barrels over the phone in the morning *****!
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Maybe because you're not allowed to smoke in the venues any more?Greatest Cockney Rip Off wrote: Not sure why but it stinks badly and I had to suffer a few hours of breathing in **** fumes.
Sometime ago, when I was staying in Tallinn lots of basement bars and once smoking was banned they all smelt of p*ss (and not a single ginger in sight).
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on the mobile, and they did. Result, not our problem it's Openreach, you have to wait up to 5 days!DasNutNock wrote:Or possibly not?
Have already confirmed though I'll get full refund for the last three months it's been ****ed up but given I work from home it's affecting my business as well, that's another conversation to be had!
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The "separation" of BT from Openreach is one of the all-time great wheezes.
If you're getting consistent 4G on your phone, and you don't have a super-restrictive limit on data allowance, you could always set up your phone as a wifi hotspot, and use that as a backup link when your BB goes down again?
If you're getting consistent 4G on your phone, and you don't have a super-restrictive limit on data allowance, you could always set up your phone as a wifi hotspot, and use that as a backup link when your BB goes down again?
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Nationwide blocking my card per usual once a month, now for buying tickets on Stubhub and a new passport. Absolutely ridiculous, I don't mind them being cautious, it's a joke now. Starting to think I'm on a watch list on something. Might order some nails and explosives and see if I get a knock at the door, I only bleeding use it at Tesco, the odd bet and odd online buy from reputable sites
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Good suggestion, but 4G doesn't seem to exist round here in sunny North Hampshire. I've been in the Sahara desert with better signal.DasNutNock wrote:The "separation" of BT from Openreach is one of the all-time great wheezes.
If you're getting consistent 4G on your phone, and you don't have a super-restrictive limit on data allowance, you could always set up your phone as a wifi hotspot, and use that as a backup link when your BB goes down again?
All mobile providers claim we have perfect coverage in the area, but despite there being a phone mast not too far away the signal has always been appealing.
Good news though, the BB speed is now up to 4 Mb/s