Archive for the Financial Category

Fake plastic - Posted 11:41 Tuesday 18 Nov 2008

Jacq was called yesterday by Natwest who told her that her bank card had been cloned. So that’s the second card of hers which has probably been skimmed. That account is therefore out of reach as new cards are issued and she contacted Barclaycard to get those details changed as a precaution. How to get [...]


Owe? No. - Posted 20:27 Wednesday 14 Mar 2007

A few months ago we set a target of zero debt by April 1. Bills were creeping up because they only want a little each month then whack you with a huge bill if you want to move, the credit card had a debt, various other little bits were hanging around. So we set that [...]


A mis-quote - Posted 20:57 Monday 29 Jan 2007

“I’m not worried about the money thing, it’s just a hassle.”
- Larry Page, founder of Google
Guardian Online


Details with money - Posted 23:08 Thursday 4 Jan 2007

Read a good post yesterday at Mosceala concerning banks and credit card fraud. Damn useful information. The sort of thing to be copied and kept just in case. Given our history with financial institutions I mentied the post to J and said she should read and keep a copy. I described – we were out [...]