A quick ‘tight tip’. When your shaving foam/gel aerosol starts to sputter and fade there may yet still be some life left in it. Aerosols rely on compressed gas to propel the contents out of the nozzle. When the amount of gas reduces the expulsion rate falters and less comes out. Do you find it [...]

A while ago I bought a fridge on ebay for a flat I’m renting near work. It was a bargain! As it was cheap I didn’t expect much but it worked and kept things cold which was the purpose for which it was intended. What it did do however was ice up at the back [...]

I recently moved after my landlord decided to sell up. I do own a place but I rent somewhere nearer to work for convenience. The place I’ve moved to is not gas heated like the last place but I hadn’t lived in an place with storage heaters before and it was warm when I viewed the place [...]

Several weeks ago my landlord announced he was selling up because he thinks he’s going to make more money buying a place he can rent out by the room. Truth be told, he probably can. As I was informed he’d not be renewing my tenancy and would need me to vacate I started looking around for [...]

Blogging by email has been around for a long time and with mobile Internet it’s been possible to send/receive by phone so technically blogging on the move has been around for many years but I’ve just found a WordPress app! This app may have also been around for a while but it’s new to me [...]

This is short and oh so sweet. I have received a letter to notify me of the amount of the refund I will be sent in settlement of my PPI claim. My card provider has agreed to compensate me in accordance with the Financial Ombudsman Service’s general approach. The total payments towards two PPI policies on [...]

My car has alloy wheel which are easily mis-shapen by potholes and bumps. As a consequence air can slowly escape and I have to keep a close eye on tyre pressures. Ordinarily I will try to visit petrol stations that don’t charge for using their air machine but it’s usually only a matter of time [...]

Dear Mr. Your complaint about ______ I am writing to you about your complaint concerning the payment protection insurance (PPI) you took out with ____. Following our involvement ____ has told us that it would like to make an offer, as a gesture of goodwill and with no admission of liability (Pfffftttt!!!), to settle your [...]

I have a response from the card company regarding my PPI claim! A quick recap on the story so far: I have 2 cards I’ve held for nearly 10 years and I have PPI on both of them for 7 years. At the time of taking out the PPI I was a director of my own [...]

Time for an update on this I think. Afterall, there have been some developments! So, as per the previous post entitled My PPI Claim – Part 1, I prepared and sent a letter of complaint to a credit card company because I believe I may have been mis-sold PPI cover. To cut a long story [...]