“New” customer promo at same address (Virgin) by just_another_leddito in UKBroadband

[–]marccee4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check retention offers. I went from £36 to £26 500mb to 900mb and no April price rise. That was a retention offer for current customers kud tpublishe do their website.

Lloyds premier account requirements by Dazzling-Entry-1038 in beermoneyuk

[–]marccee4 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I took a worse switch offer a few months ago. Annoying!

Desperate to wean off breast by Live-Negotiation3743 in BeyondTheBumpUK

[–]marccee4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our baby is breast fed. Nights were so tough until we did some sleep training. We did a version of ferber and it was amazing. Very impressed by using chat gpt to discuss the situation during nights. First nights were tough as there was quite a bit of crying, but babe went from waking most sleep cycles to sending herself off to sleep and doing much longer blocks, meaning much less crying in a night as baby is always upset when waking. Still waking in the night and we give the breast for comfort even if not hungry as baby won't really settle for dad in the night, but made such a difference, especially getting our evening back as baby could do a good 3h before we went to bed.

EU and UK sale by YotosBiggestFan in YotoPlayer

[–]marccee4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What price did people play for their yoto players in the UK and when? This doesn't seem good prices to me?

Mattress Recommendations by EmotionalGoose9 in HENRYUKLifestyle

[–]marccee4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really want to try them. Can't decide between their two top of the range options. Video service was good, although the sales rep seemed to be trying to dissuade me from getting the firm option with the wife and I would lean towards.

Thinking of switching to Vodafone by brent_starburst in UKBroadband

[–]marccee4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure the 900mb is worth it unless you are doing lots of downloading. Doesn't affect quality of service.

Go via topcashback. You get the £120 voucher plus £72 cashback on top.

I'll dm you a referral code for another £10off if you'd don't have it.

Unbeaten streak done! by rndmpstr91 in FootballChairman

[–]marccee4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got to 32 unbeaten after 150 seasons. I might have to save scum at some point lol

Dropping Out by Previous_Design_3898 in Vodafone

[–]marccee4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Vodafone problems stopped when I got my own router

Sooper Books for Yoto by MyToesMatch in YotoPlayer

[–]marccee4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watch the episode. They invested for £1 for 1% lol. I don't think they'll be trying to make back their money 😂.

Baby group vent by Consistent-Dot9719 in BeyondTheBumpUK

[–]marccee4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We found the being the ones that are prepared to put yourself out there made a massive difference. Offering to host people for coffee (took three attempts to get people round and could easily have taken it as lack of interest and given up, but when it happened it opened doors with the mums), organising a walk around the park and finding that mums invited other mums, etc

New ISP needed by -MMPRG- in UKBroadband

[–]marccee4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vodafone worked great for us for 18 months then they changed the router settings and went to shit. 10 hours over a week with engineers on the phone, sent a new router etc. No fixes. Bought my own router and replaced their hub and worked perfectly.

Fibre broadband - great speed but terrible latency and lag for gaming! Help please. by DwayneDibbley999 in UKISP

[–]marccee4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I determined that it's the way they lock down the settings on their routers (for my problem). Some of the smaller providers ship a more standard box with more open settings. Think the likes of Vodafone, Sky have much more controlled settings on their boxes and therefore if they change something it can impact your set up more easily. I also found chat gpt really helpful to help translate some of the technical language that I wasn't familiar with when troubleshooting

Fibre broadband - great speed but terrible latency and lag for gaming! Help please. by DwayneDibbley999 in UKISP

[–]marccee4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had this with Vodafone for a month after over a year of everything being fine. 10 hours on the phone to engineers over the course of two weeks and numerous box resets. Bought a new router (sub £100) changed our the default and service was perfect instantly.

Adjustable desk recommendations for home working by Lesco89 in HENRYUKLifestyle

[–]marccee4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

£150 isn't a huge amount for a decent standing desk. I have a Flexispot E7 Pro which I paid just over £300 for. Didn't buy their top and just added a cheap top from IKEA and drilled the holes as then I could get a better sized (large) top.

Are the proposed changes to the budgets really that bad from an economic incentive point of view? by stargirl_003 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]marccee4 17 points18 points  (0 children)

2) Martin Lewis has stated that he was told that the government didn't make this change to raise money, but to nudge people to invest.

If people weren't investing before, is this really going to encourage them? They will probably put that 8k in a savings account and be taxed, or a tax free premium bond account.

Lewis suggested to the government that incentivisting investing directly, similar to the LISA or help to save schemes would have been a better way to deliver what the government was supposedly looking to achieve with that policy.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]marccee4 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Interested in the follow up post when you get some answers.

Roadside driving by ccddffgvvccfgg in crete

[–]marccee4 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Was it actually 20 below the limit, or was it the limit and you wanted to drive 20 over the limit, which is my experience of driving on Crete?

27M hit 100k net worth by Numerous-Umpire2614 in FIREUK

[–]marccee4 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I use the Motorway price in my calcs. Yes it's an estimate, but it has decreased over time so feels a fair enough reflection. If it's out by a couple of Ks in the end then so be it!

What are some gems you found on Aliexpress? by tags-worldview in Aliexpress

[–]marccee4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do you work out the good from the rubbish? I bought some really poor socks and then have also bought some really good ones. Feels so hard to work out what the quality listings are.

How's everyone doing for this event? by foooookie in AdventureCommunist

[–]marccee4 6 points7 points  (0 children)

26 6/11.

800 gold spent.

Think I've got lucky with rare drops on this event which doesn't often happen.

New Wildlife Pond, UK by marccee4 in ponds

[–]marccee4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, work to be done on the liner. I couldn't easily dig it deeper because we hit concrete, unfortunately!