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Wonga to pay £2.6m in compensation for 'unfair and misleading' practices
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostMy mother never spent what she could not afford. Credit used to be called the never never for good reason.
What would happen if someone in your mother's position was hit by an expense that they needed to pay but could not currently afford?Comment
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Originally posted by MyUserName View PostSo your mother would use credit if she could afford to pay it back safely?
What would happen if someone in your mother's position was hit by an expense that they needed to pay but could not currently afford?
the benefit porn the other night had some young girl on the dole with a kid totting up her outgoings and well over hundred a month was on mobile phones and payday loans. She was upset having being late repeatedly for benefit appointments she was sanctioned and couldn't spend £80 on a new buggy.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Postunfortunately a lot more things are considered essential nowadays. When I was a kid cars weren't the necessity they are now. Much of our stuff came from auctions & jumble sales.
the benefit porn the other night had some young girl on the dole with a kid totting up her outgoings and well over hundred a month was on mobile phones and payday loans. She was upset having being late repeatedly for benefit appointments she was sanctioned and couldn't spend £80 on a new buggy.
Benefit porn seems to fall into two camps.
Those that show:
1. The people who pulled their finger out then they or the child got seriously ill/ stuck with a related child in their elder years, OR,
2. the idiots who sound dumb and are clearly dumb because they have parents who didn't give them life skills.
The former seems to be ignored by the general population even if the illness involved is cancer, the latter seems to excite the general population including the posters on CUK who should know better from their own life experience and/or current personal situation."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostBenefit porn seems to fall into two camps.
Those that show:
1. The people who pulled their finger out then they or the child got seriously ill/ stuck with a related child in their elder years, OR,
2. the idiots who sound dumb and are clearly dumb because they have parents who didn't give them life skills.
The former seems to be ignored by the general population even if the illness involved is cancer, the latter seems to excite the general population including the posters on CUK who should know better from their own life experience and/or current personal situation.The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_ParkComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostBenefit porn seems to fall into two camps.
Those that show:
1. The people who pulled their finger out then they or the child got seriously ill/ stuck with a related child in their elder years, OR,
2. the idiots who sound dumb and are clearly dumb because they have parents who didn't give them life skills.
The former seems to be ignored by the general population even if the illness involved is cancer, the latter seems to excite the general population including the posters on CUK who should know better from their own life experience and/or current personal situation.
I'm all for supporting the unfortunate, its the skiving scum that I'm not keen on.
Driving people onto benefits by undercutting benefits using imported labour is a large part of the problem that is compounded by failing to 'police' the idle and make it uncomfortable for them.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostI'm all for supporting the unfortunate, its the skiving scum that I'm not keen on.
Driving people onto benefits by undercutting benefits using imported labour is a large part of the problem that is compounded by failing to 'police' the idle and make it uncomfortable for them.The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_ParkComment
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Originally posted by Martin@AS Financial View PostWill be interesting to see if a fine of this size has an impact on Wonga.
It's worth knowing that for a lot of mortgage lenders, they will instantly decline an application if they see a pay day loan on the credit file even if it has been satisfied.
Wonga to pay £2.6m in compensation for 'unfair and misleading' debt collection practices
Blackmail? Deception?
Wonga should be investigated by police over fake letters, Law Society says | Business | theguardian.comThe material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_ParkComment
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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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