Clutches are normally expensive. Not an expert.
Discontent #5 food, energy, transport, cost of living etc
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I don’t know if anyone’s posted this but M&S have really cheap kilo packs of chicken. Either legs, drumsticks or thighs which are slightly more at £2.40 but it is kilos. They are decent sized too and make a good stew etc.
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Yea I think it would be more than the car is worth
it's booked in at the garage tomorrow just to check if it's definitely the clutch. It's had about £600 worth of stuff fixed on it in the last yearJust got to hope it's ok for the school runs
If the car is that old and you've also other bits that need repair, I'd try to get a new car. Maybe not new-new, used-new totally fine, and I know that both are hard to come by at the moment with insane waiting times. Plus, cost factor of course.
My experience with older cars has been that it's a sinking hole in the end, just not viable to keep up with the repairs -plus a newer car will likely also run more efficiently, which is always a nice thing.
My experience with older cars has been that it's a sinking hole in the end, just not viable to keep up with the repairs -plus a newer car will likely also run more efficiently, which is always a nice thing.
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A few of my friends have Topcashback and they will swap every year to a new provider to save money.
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I felt sad seeing a couple of old people put some things back on the shelf today as they said the prices had went up too much.
The last reading book i bought myself was in 2017. I only ever now use Borrowbox and free audible trials they run from time to time.
M&S are also surprisingly cheaper for milk for me too at the moment.
Someone I know switched to eating more fish instead of placing his usual meat order.
I've been trying to save up and then it needs work doing so having to use the savings each time. I've not got loads so I'm a bit worried I could end up with something else that needs higher maintenance. I've seen Bristol Street have 0% on used cars but it's just wether I can afford £150 a month when everything goes up over winter. Newer would mean less road tax too
Is your contract due up? There’s always a deal to be had with Virgin. I have two boxes so don’t want to leave, but always manage to get the price cut down if I ask to leave. Sometimes you have to activate the cancellation notice and then another team calls back offering better deals than the leaving team can offer. Last time it was going up to £90 but I stayed because they got it down to £45.
That was obvious they give you a little ‘grant’ and then bump up the price even more
this is going to financially crucify so many households, & i'm not sure how many are even aware of the impact of this come winter.
we're all electric in the the south west - in summer we used to pay around £65 per month, this month was £176 for the same KW used!
I've just gone back & checked - for Aug 2019 to Aug 2020, we used 9150KW & were billed £1511 inc standing charge.
That same use now on my current British Gas Tariff would be £3254!!
And that's a fixed tariff until 31.05.23 that i took out in May, BG aren't even currently offering any other fixed tariffs.
It's absolutely frightening...
we're all electric in the the south west - in summer we used to pay around £65 per month, this month was £176 for the same KW used!
I've just gone back & checked - for Aug 2019 to Aug 2020, we used 9150KW & were billed £1511 inc standing charge.
That same use now on my current British Gas Tariff would be £3254!!
And that's a fixed tariff until 31.05.23 that i took out in May, BG aren't even currently offering any other fixed tariffs.
It's absolutely frightening...
Came here to see these discussions.
It’s insane. We have a smart home and I’d always withheld from getting the individual rad controls as it felt needless if not an actual waste of money. Between them coming down in price & raising costs they’ll be repaid in a matter of weeks now.
It’s insane. We have a smart home and I’d always withheld from getting the individual rad controls as it felt needless if not an actual waste of money. Between them coming down in price & raising costs they’ll be repaid in a matter of weeks now.
I think I’ve been living in denial a bit until now. This is getting so scary. My bill has gone from £72 to £105 after my fixed deal ended and the thought of it going up to £200 - £300 a month just doesn’t bear thinking about. As a single parent, I will have very little disposable income (and I work full time in a pretty well paid job). It’s just utterly depressing.
I know this is maybe not the most sensible option but I’ve cancelled my direct debit because the energy company kept putting it up and I’m now doing a bank transfer each month of the same amount I used to pay by direct debit. I’m in credit at the moment because of summer but come winter I’ll be in debt but the way I see it is at least they’re getting something from me 
Never thought I would say I would be happy to pay £170 a month for energy, but if that comes off I would actually be relieved.
Honestly i feel a bit sick. I'm broke this month (for some reason I always am in July), i've just paid of our holiday for October, so my savings have taken a hit. Definitely on a mass saving spree as of August.
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