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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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Location: Belfast
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UK consumers to 'loosen belts' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22838241Thoughts please  Short of a dire change in circumstances, I'll carry on as normal  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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AlunD
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:12 am
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Location: Wiltshire
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having been out of work for the last 10 weeks .............
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Amnesia10
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Probably not enough to offset the rise in food and energy inflation. Personally I will be cutting back. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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mikepgood
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:23 pm
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Got an increment I was not expecting, worth £350 a year, but as I am in the higher rate band so no tax drop.
No change really
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Amnesia10
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Sorry to hear that. I hope you find work soon. Best wishes. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm
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Can't do that, me trousers'll fall down.
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AlunD
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Location: Wiltshire
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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Yeah, I hope you find something soon.
The kids are grown up, so we actually have much less each month now, as the children's allowance, the maintenance from their father and the area bonus all stop.
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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Same as it's always been.
I want to splash out on a dslr but £300 isn't enough to cover the purchase.
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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At the moment, a bit tighter than normal. But only beacuse I haven't been offshore much recently.
In general we've rebuilt most of the savings we spent when I lost my job a few years ago. That doesn't mean we're going to start spending a lot again though. Our car only has a couple of years left in it (it's almost up to 140k miles now) so we need to save for a newer one. I don't do creit/loans for things like that.
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Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm
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Location: Here Abouts
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I snorted a bit when I read that Horace rolled over 260k on my way home from work on Friday  _________________The Official "Saucy Minx"  This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Which is fine, except:
A) I have no mechanical skills at all, so I have to pay people when it starts to go wrong.
B) We're a one car family, so we need reliability.
C) It'll take us several years to save for a newer one.
If it starts to break down a lot we'll get rid of it, if it doesn't we'll just keep it. It's alreay doing much better than our last car. That started to break down a lot after 110k miles.
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big_D
What's a life?
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Location: Bramsche
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Yep, I sold my old Golf at 350,000 miles and I know that it did at least another 200,000 after that.
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okenobi
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:59 pm
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Location: Sestriere, Piemonte, Italia
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I'm at 163k down here and I'll be keeping her until she dies, or I no longer need a car. Buying a new car is almost always a false economy versus repairing/servicing an existing one IMO.
My belt is very tight, but I don't really count as I'm not a UK consumer at the moment.
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
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Location: London
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Glad you said car after that. Did make me wonder lol _________________Still the official cheeky one
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