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 [...]

And why on earth not! After all, I paid for it. So, if you’ve been paying attention to recent events you might know that a The High Court has dismissed a judicial review launched by the British Bankers’  Association (BBA) against the FSA and Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) over the handling of payment protection insurance [...]

After a long year I decided to book myself in for a nice relaxing deep tissue Swedish massage. Leaning over a desk leads to knotted shoulders. The first thing I did to try and find a reputable, qualified masseuse was search the net. I would most definitely consider myself part of the Internet age. I [...]

On my drive to the office I can choose from 2 routes. One route passes mostly trees and the other goes past a row of shops. The other day I went the shop route and spotted for the first time a sandwich shop and I do like a good sandwich. This was all very convenient [...]