Comments for Take Financial Control of your life http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com Take financial control of your life. Understand your household finances. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:56:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 Comment on heating and power bills by John http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/heating-and-power-bills/#comment-90 John Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:45:08 +0000 http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-90 22% increase. That is not right. I found a site which gave some ways to save energy electricity, but looking for more good advice. Any other tips? http://www.waystosaveelectricity.com Any other good sites out there? Thanks 22% increase. That is not right. I found a site which gave some ways to save energy electricity, but looking for more good advice. Any other tips?
http://www.waystosaveelectricity.com

Any other good sites out there? Thanks

]]> Comment on Pre-payment meters and Electricity Supply by Matt http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/pre-payment-meters-and-electricity-supply/#comment-88 Matt Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:31:24 +0000 http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-88 I suppose it's just a rather unfortunate side-effect of living in the society that we do, some people just tend to get taken advantage of. But to be honest, if you cant afford, you shouldn't receive. Also, I was just wanting to draw your attention to this week's blog entry. Being faced with prices continuously on the rise, in terms of both food and petrol, the amount of money saved by your average household is decreasing, whilst the amount borrowed is increasing. Food is being wasted almost as much as money is, and this is a contributing factor to our current financial climate. Our current situation should give us food for thought, and so the post can be found at http://www.money.co.uk/article/1000867-food-for-thought.htm - please let me know what you think! I suppose it’s just a rather unfortunate side-effect of living in the society that we do, some people just tend to get taken advantage of. But to be honest, if you cant afford, you shouldn’t receive.
Also, I was just wanting to draw your attention to this week’s blog entry. Being faced with prices continuously on the rise, in terms of both food and petrol, the amount of money saved by your average household is decreasing, whilst the amount borrowed is increasing. Food is being wasted almost as much as money is, and this is a contributing factor to our current financial climate. Our current situation should give us food for thought, and so the post can be found at http://www.money.co.uk/article/1000867-food-for-thought.htm - please let me know what you think!

]]> Comment on Pre-payment meters and Electricity Supply by cb http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/pre-payment-meters-and-electricity-supply/#comment-87 cb Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:59:11 +0000 http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-87 I agree. For a couple of years though most of the main gas and electricity suppliers have been forwarding us (social services that is, where I work) the names of elderly and vulnerable people that have been having difficulties paying or are in massive arrears so we can go and check the situation out - and usually in these cases find people who are in no position to pay (I'm yet to see a situation where it was 'just not paying'). I had thought that this was standard procedure around the country but obviously it didn't happen in this case. Horrible, really horrible. I agree. For a couple of years though most of the main gas and electricity suppliers have been forwarding us (social services that is, where I work) the names of elderly and vulnerable people that have been having difficulties paying or are in massive arrears so we can go and check the situation out - and usually in these cases find people who are in no position to pay (I’m yet to see a situation where it was ‘just not paying’).
I had thought that this was standard procedure around the country but obviously it didn’t happen in this case.
Horrible, really horrible.

]]> Comment on the ‘green’ tax and secondhand cars by Matt http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/the-green-tax-and-secondhand-cars/#comment-86 Matt Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:31:50 +0000 http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-86 Hi, long time reader, first time writer here. I was basically just writing to say that I've been reading your blog and have found it to be both very interesting and also informative, thanks! I'm a bit of a finance-blogger myself, and I've recently done a blog that I think you might be interested in. The post can be found at http://www.money.co.uk/article/1000810-theres-a-hole-in-my-bucket-dear-liza-a-hole.htm - hope you like it, and let me know what you think! Matt. (matt@money.co.uk) Hi, long time reader, first time writer here. I was basically just writing to say that I’ve been reading your blog and have found it to be both very interesting and also informative, thanks! I’m a bit of a finance-blogger myself, and I’ve recently done a blog that I think you might be interested in. The post can be found at http://www.money.co.uk/article/1000810-theres-a-hole-in-my-bucket-dear-liza-a-hole.htm - hope you like it, and let me know what you think!

Matt.
(matt@money.co.uk)

]]> Comment on What is the impact of the increase in inflation? by Andrea Smith http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/what-is-the-impact-of-the-increase-in-inflation/#comment-84 Andrea Smith Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:03:21 +0000 http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-84 Credit card debt is on its all time high with today's economy. Hopefully people can obtain the help they need to get out of debt. Thanks for the article! Credit card debt is on its all time high with today’s economy. Hopefully people can obtain the help they need to get out of debt. Thanks for the article!

]]> Comment on Excessive bank charges - the legal case moves on (slowly) by Santayana http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/excessive-bank-charges-the-legal-case-moves-on-slowly/#comment-82 Santayana Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:20:17 +0000 http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-82 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Santayana! Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Santayana!

]]> Comment on What is the impact of the increase in inflation? by BDO http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/what-is-the-impact-of-the-increase-in-inflation/#comment-81 BDO Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:12:30 +0000 http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-81 I hope that the plans that people accomplish to squeeze more efficiency out of their budgets will remain when the good economic times come back. Therefore, people will be able to put more money in savings for the next economic downturn and not be tempted to take on more debt. http://www.beatingdebt.wordpress.com I hope that the plans that people accomplish to squeeze more efficiency out of their budgets will remain when the good economic times come back. Therefore, people will be able to put more money in savings for the next economic downturn and not be tempted to take on more debt.

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]]> Comment on Excessive bank charges - the legal case moves on (slowly) by Excessive bank charges - the legal case moves on (slowly) | Bank http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/excessive-bank-charges-the-legal-case-moves-on-slowly/#comment-54 Excessive bank charges - the legal case moves on (slowly) | Bank Fri, 23 May 2008 10:38:05 +0000 http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-54 [...] 3baid wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIt seems to have been a long time since legal action was started regarding the excessive penalties being charged by the banks for accounts that go overdrawn or have payments bounced due to lack of funds. It is a mistake to think of this … [...] [...] 3baid wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIt seems to have been a long time since legal action was started regarding the excessive penalties being charged by the banks for accounts that go overdrawn or have payments bounced due to lack of funds. It is a mistake to think of this … [...]

]]> Comment on So what if the ‘credit crunch’ slows down the housing market! by Sofia Kim http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/so-what-if-the-credit-crunch-slows-down-the-housing-market/#comment-51 Sofia Kim Wed, 21 May 2008 11:04:51 +0000 http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-51 Credit card debt is on its all time high with today's economy. Hopefully people can obtain the help they need to get out of debt. Credit card debt is on its all time high with today’s economy. Hopefully people can obtain the help they need to get out of debt.

]]> Comment on Food price increases hit family budgets by Food price increases hit family budgets http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/food-price-increases-hit-family-budgets/#comment-34 Food price increases hit family budgets Wed, 14 May 2008 09:09:44 +0000 http://takefinancialcontrol.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-34 [...] tratcliff wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptFamilies already struggling to make ends meet under the weight of rising council tax bills, mortgage repayments and energy costs now have to spend more money on food. Some estimates are that families will now have to find another £10 … [...] [...] tratcliff wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptFamilies already struggling to make ends meet under the weight of rising council tax bills, mortgage repayments and energy costs now have to spend more money on food. Some estimates are that families will now have to find another £10 … [...]

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