JD™ Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Eh? Any time I've done it is a 5 minute phone call. What's going wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Wanting ridiculous amounts of money to transfer over to the Fiesta. When I rang to see what it would cost to take out a new policy out of interest, the amount they want is astronomical. The difference between the two is around 50 quid if you were to compare the two quotes if taken out new, with the very same details. All I wanted was to move the policy onto the other car Edited January 12, 2015 by SamKidney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 That's usually the way it works. In my experience they charge an admin fee of something like £25 and then charge the difference in premium too - so you'd probably be looking at £75 to change it over? Probably less, due to the fact they'd pro-rata the time remaining on the higher premium. Sounds like a bit of a shit, who are you insured with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 That's what I assumed. I fully expected and am prepared to pay a realistic difference in premium +admin fee. They want £500+! I'm currently with Carrot, they're a telematics company. There is a £50 charge in that they have to move my tracker across but again, that doesn't add up to anywhere near £500. Meant to save me money and for the sake of £100 I could have gone with LV with no tracker so less hassle, but I couldn't afford to at the time. Just bothered about keeping this policy to get a year's no claims in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 That's outrageous. Hopefully you get something a bit better sorted out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Not angry as such, but I just found my dad on Facebook. I use the term dad very loosely. I sent him a message, with no real point, I'd just like to know WTF basically. He's 67 now, which seems really weird. The whole thing is just really weird. It's put me in a shit mood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewEH1 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Not angry as such, but I just found my dad on Facebook. I use the term dad very loosely. I sent him a message, with no real point, I'd just like to know WTF basically. He's 67 now, which seems really weird. The whole thing is just really weird. It's put me in a shit mood I don't want to presume anything but you got this far without him so whatever he says or doesn't say. f**k him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Best offer at £250 to transfer cars VS a £150 parts bill + my own time to repair the micra. f**k cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Best offer at £250 to transfer cars VS a £150 parts bill + my own time to repair the micra. f**k cars insurance companies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Shit has officially hit the fan, don't want to split up with my missus but I just told her I didn't want to live at her parents farm for the rest of my life and wanted to buy a house. This is after months of her getting upset at how our boys can just go next door as and when they please (the houses are joined through the pantry) and she never sees them, the fact that her mum and dad are constantly judging us if we do stuff or buy stuff although we can't buy anything to make the house nice as it's not technically ours and the fact that pretty much all the rooms have damp patches and mould which can't be stopped without completely gutting the place. There's no gas so the heating is done via the living room fire which means every morning when the fire is out the house is absolutely freezing and takes a good couple of hours to warm up once you've cleaned the fire and relit it. She has basically said there's no point carrying on as things will only get worse and now I feel like shit, tonight is gonna be the longest shift ever now knowing what I've got to go home to and live with until something has been sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 So basically she's insisting on living there despite it not making her happy? I can't see that wanting to get your own place should cause enough of a row to end things, though i know you've had your troubles previously. Just present it right, or even sit down with her and make a positives and negatives list of living there vs living in your own house on your own terms, where the boys are there with you all the time and not waking up cold every day? Seems like she's got quite a blinkered, almost institutionalised view of the situation, just try and get her to see the bigger picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 I think it's me, I think that deep down I want to split up and live on my own but I can't face breaking her or my kids hearts. I think it's been like this for a while and rather than face up to it and deal with it I've just buried my head in the sand, like now if I split up with her I'd have to live in my dads spare room for however long until I could sort somewhere of my own which would mean months of not seeing my kids everyday and even then I still wouldn't see them every single day. I know she still really loves me despite occasionally telling me how much she hates me recently but I don't enjoy spending time with her and the more I think about it the more I feel I want to be single. I suppose part of it is the fact my dad was a single parent so I grew up with him seeing him do his own thing when he wanted to and even when he got together with someone a few years back he still insisted on doing his own thing like he should. It just got massively amplified over Christmas when she was in hospital with our daughter for a few days and I was at home with our boys and I "lived" like the single dad for a few days. Even though I was really busy having to go to hospital twice a day to see her and not having tea till late after tidying the house I still enjoyed it, and when she came home I got a gobfull about how untidy the house was as it wasn't up to her standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 More people file for divorce in January than any other month. The Christmas period seems to just make people get really irritable and kick off with each other, and it kind of sounds like that's what's going on here to some extent if she's telling you she hates you but still actually loves you. Having had it out now it seems like it's time to try and make the push for a new place for you and the family - the current setup is seemingly harshing everyone's vibes, so living in a non-shit place might make you feel better about being together as a family rather than being on your own? If you're looking at things through the prism of a shit house with some less than ideal living conditions it's going to colour everything a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 How old are the kids? Or are they too young to have a valid opinion on anything? If not ask them how they feel living there. Could be the deal breaker or maker for you both. Getting a house together at the point you're at is dangerous. Assuming it'll be in both of your names and both of your incomes will pay the mortgage. With the possibility of you splitting up comes along you'll have major issues. Lastly, it's much better to break up sooner than later. This woman is going to be in your life till the day one of you dies, there's no getting around it. So to break up at a time where you just feel a mild contempt for one another is much better than not been able to stand one another. Oh and a good test on where you're at is to think about her f**king some other guy and see how that makes you feel. Next step is certainly and good sit down couple hour talk and get everything out in the open. I don't really believe in 'trying' to keep a relationship together, even with kids involved. Does more damage in the long run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Someone( i have a feeling who) took off £40 off my paypal for game points for a game that i do not own Made a paypal dispute sent a mail to the game company, paypal said the account us frozen and so does the payment, no worries, got a phonecall that the account is unfrozen dispute still going Today £40 is missing from my bank account.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeperson45 Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) My job sucks. I didn't quit after I had meeting where they asked me to say saying there was other openings soon so thought I'd stay at it a while. Today I'm working from home and they've taken the opportunity to dump almost everything on my. I literally have 14x the work they all have, and we can see everyone's inbox so it's obvious I was going to see. I'd call up and say this just isn't efficient but I don't want to be seen as whiny if I'm going to be going for other jobs there. 6 people with 2-3 documents to address, me with 86. Obviously this had to be properly addressed on TF before I actually do work though. Edited January 13, 2015 by bikeperson45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewEH1 Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 My job sucks. I didn't quit after I had meeting where they asked me to say saying there was other openings soon so thought I'd stay at it a while. Today I'm working from home and they've taken the opportunity to dump almost everything on my. I literally have 14x the work they all have, and we can see everyone's inbox so it's obvious I was going to see. I'd call up and say this just isn't efficient but I don't want to be seen as whiny if I'm going to be going for other jobs there. 6 people with 2-3 documents to address, me with 86. Obviously this had to be properly addressed on TF before I actually do work though. Have we not talked about this before? I thought you had put your notice in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTrialSpaz Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) My job sucks. I didn't quit after I had meeting where they asked me to say saying there was other openings soon so thought I'd stay at it a while. Today I'm working from home and they've taken the opportunity to dump almost everything on my. I literally have 14x the work they all have, and we can see everyone's inbox so it's obvious I was going to see. I'd call up and say this just isn't efficient but I don't want to be seen as whiny if I'm going to be going for other jobs there. 6 people with 2-3 documents to address, me with 86. Obviously this had to be properly addressed on TF before I actually do work though. Wow. What a bunch of wankers you work for. Use the opportunity to big yourself up to seniors and you could also start a bit of a disgruntled atmosphere with the other employees. Just start suggesting that you're so valued/their skills are so undervalued that you're the only person that can be trusted to virtually run the entire department yourself. At the very least, if you don't like your co-workers you could try your best to upset them, or create and direct some aggravation towards your managers. Edited January 13, 2015 by ManxTrialSpaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Have we not talked about this before? I thought you had put your notice in? At least once, being as you've also pulled him up on it about 6 weeks ago... I'm sure you've posted about your job on this thread before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTrialSpaz Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) Wow. What a bunch of wankers you work for. Obviously in a meeting with their bosses, your managers will only claim that their actions are in the best interest of the department, so it was a tactical decision to give you an inflated workload. So use the opportunity to big yourself up to seniors and you could also start a bit of a disgruntled atmosphere with the other employees. Just start suggesting that you're so valued/their skills are so undervalued that you're the only person that can be trusted to virtually run the entire department yourself. At the very least, if you don't like your co-workers you could try your best to upset them, or you could create and direct some aggravation towards your managers who would have to either relent and admit they were being c**ts, or imply the other employees are shit. I think TF just broke whilst I was editing... Edited January 13, 2015 by ManxTrialSpaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewEH1 Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 At least once, being as you've also pulled him up on it about 6 weeks ago... Indeed, Robert you need to have a think about where you want to be. If it's not at the currently place you work then start looking for a new job or training you can do. PS: Also Jason, the banner on fifty6 is working correctly now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeperson45 Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Have we not talked about this before? I thought you had put your notice in? I had done but then before I was due to leave the senior manager, who I do think is actually good at what she does, told me there's going to be a few job openings in the next few weeks that she said I should definitely apply for, and those jobs are much more interesting and paid better than what I have currently. Now it's just hoping it leads somewhere. Handing in my notice got me some right to work from home more often, so that's something. I'd rather not do that, they're bitchy enough without me getting involved with that. I sent an email to the manager pointing it out so they're at least aware of it, and because it takes longer it'll look like I'm just not doing anything for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 PS: Also Jason, the banner on fifty6 is working correctly now. Cheers squire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsIsHard Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 I must have some kind of exam anxiety, as I simply can't do them as well as if I wasn't under pressure. I was presented today with a paper 80% the same as the one I based all my revision round and could do f*ck all with it, probably scraped 20%. All I could think of was walking out, and that it wasn't worth it. Especially as I've gotten nearly 80% in my coursework, meaning the exam isn't representative of my ability whatsoever. Completely disheartened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azarathal Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 My dad bought me the watch I've had my eye on for my birthday and it's got scratches around the band and is missing the Y from rotary! Considering it was (originally) a £550 watch this is a bit shoddy, going to fire off an email to HSamuels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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