The Retirement Thread
- Thread starter Dirk
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ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Sorry
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
And the rain is here. At least I got my washing in before it started.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
I got mine down from £192 to £149, same cover just different company on go.compare.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
If he saves up that increase he can buy a Mars bar every months
AND STILL HAVE CHANGE!!!
(only one mind - better for his health!)
classic33
Leg End Member
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I found one for 80p!
so 25p for 4 weeks and you can buy a Mars bar and still get 20p (or 15p) change!!
although it is smaller than the Authorised version they had when I was growing up
I did see an article many years ago using the price of a Mars bar ina normal small shop and a measure of inflation and price rises
The writer reckoned - with data - that it was a more accurate indication of historical price changes than the normal measures
Of course
a) it was not totally serious in spite f showing to be fairly accurate at the time
b) it has been b******d up by shrinkflation - and the rise of meal deals!!
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Another wander done. That’s 13.5 miles for the day. Really warm here now. There were even kids swimming in the river.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
The insurance on my Volvo has gone up over FIVE FOLD.
39 years no claims, its a 20 year old car so anything more than superficial damage and they'd write it off anyway, so I don't buy into this cack about cars being more expensive to repair in this case - they're just bending me over.
When some bell end drove into my Mini in November the final bill was £6000 - the actual repair cost was only £800 of that. The rest was management fees, loan car (they dragged their feet seriously slowly over the repair, taking 3 weeks to even take the Mini away and then a furher 2 weeks to obtain, spray and fit a new rear bumper, doubtless a deliberate ploy to rack up the bill.)
Every time a claim comes up the insurers are falling over themselves to slip the hairy member of profit up each others backsides, and if my example is representative their antics are jacking up claims eight fold. That's why we're being bent over at renewal time, because they're shafting each other and it's getting out of control and someone has to finance this insanity.
Our diversified business model and focused strategy have proved resilient despite high inflation, rising interest rates and an environment of low growth with positive results of £107 million profit before tax. We have shown strong cost disciplines and kept operating costs largely flat and are proud to continue to deliver positive value for members.
Our performance allowed us to return £30 million to eligible members in the form of member bonuses, bringing the total shared to £385 million since 2011.
Members can be confident that we are driving progress and our foundations remain strong.
That certainly affected me to an estimated £30,000 a year.
