Category: "Money chat"

Abbey banking farce continues

Day 16: Still no access to our account. Promised us on Saturday that an email would be sent to "the back office staff" regarding our account being mixed up when transfering over to their "one time passcode" system (I cringe whenever the word system, is… more »

Abbey telephone banking security

The Abbey national has now sank to a new low! Not enough that I cannot access my account using Abbey online banking (due to the system being down for two weeks) it's not enough that they didn't ring back after more than an hour on the phone trying to… more »

How much did you spend on food shopping this weekend?

I love watching those TV programs where a "celeb" attempts to help members of the public, with their amazing new found wisdom. I have yet to see a single program that can beat my record for eating prime cuts of meat, plenty of fresh fruit and veg (that… more »

Goodbye mobile phone!

I have had a mobile phone for about 9 years now, the past 7 years, I have been on contracts. I paid £30 per month at first, but for the past 5 years, just £20 per month. This is not because o2 offer great deals, this is because when my contract is up… more »

Why is life in the UK, such a battle?

Life wears me out (being a 40 year old codger) having to battle against the business and government world every week, why does it have to be so difficult? I don't want much, I just want to be treated equally, fairly and in a way that I used to be,… more »