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Lunatics running the student loan asylum

Chris Thomas — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:29:35 +0100

"School is the best days of your lives", my mum, dad, gran and every other Tom, Dick and Harry told me when I was a nipper and, to be fair, I wouldn't argue (especially with Harry...). University was even better (although perhaps there was too much time with my head in my hands as opposed to it being stuck in a book), but the financial burden of three years at uni is one that lives on.

Molly coddled with cash

Jimmy The Local Boy — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:13:58 +0100

*Now, I would like to start this, well, rant with the caveat that I am not just another Daily Mail reader getting on their soapbox.*

August Review - Credit diet: Working on the appearance

sb — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:35:32 +0100

Its now time for the August review on my credit diet. Its not been all good, but far more possitive than it was before I started my diet! As Johnny Nash sang 'I can see clearly now the rain has gone
I can see all obstacles in my way.'

Credit diet!

sb — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:42:42 +0100

A few months ago I had a financial hissy fit, my out goings were too high, my debts were gratting on me (still are), I was sick of being in my overdraft and I didn't want to be getting hit too hard by the credit crunch. There was only one thing left to do and that was to go on a credit diet.

Privatising the profits, nationalising the losses

MillionaireAdventure — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:40:25 +0100

It seems unthinkable but that is exactly what it happening at the moment. In recent times banks have made huge profits by lending irresponsibly to homeowners that had little chance of surviving an economic downturn.

Credit crunch one year on

Canarius — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:51:35 +0100

I must admit I'm really feeling the pain of the credit crunch one year on. When I took out a mortgage with my friend back in June 2006 it was a 4.9% two-year fixed rate with the Bank of Scotland. At £250 a month each it was easy to make the repayments.

Where did July go?

cjhickmott — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:55:51 +0100

Well, July has sped past hasn't it? And has my life magically got better? No!

property scam graystones development

theresa — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:22:52 +0100

I invested in a landbanking property firm graystones development in July 2007 and did not receive any paperwork - title deeds transfer document at all. Then in march I received an email from Mr Alan BAtty from graydev. requesting me to re sign another contract as the previous one was invalid being over 3 months without the transaction being finalised.

Are we blind to the best offers?

MillionaireAdventure — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:39:46 +0100

The BBC News have a feature this morning about a market stall holder in Derby that is offering customers the chance to purchase a £5 note for just £4. You would be hard pressed to find anywhere else today where you could get a 25% return on your investment within a matter of seconds, but despite this most people reject his offer as they believe it’s too good to be true.

Make the effort and complain – it may be worth your while

Liam Tarry — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:20:00 +0100

Let’s face facts, we're a nation that loves to moan. Nothing escapes our attention, from the weather to the increasing cost of food and fuel, but when it comes to poor customer service and substandard products we just don’t formalise our gripes enough.