Elite Thread XIX

Morning all 😊

Had to Google “raphaman” 😂

Not good news the little house DD3 and BF were buying has fallen through, so angry the seller just went quiet after they had paid around £1500, search pack, survey solicitor fees etc. They had signed mortgage deed and we’re ready to exchange. They knocked as no one could get hold of her. Apparently she sent email weeks ago but estate agents said not and they think she has blocked their number as they kept trying but it says user busy. Not sure who to believe she was buying through same estate agent too. First they knew something wasn’t right was when their solicitor emailed hers and got a email back to say she was no longer client due to conflict of interest. 🤷🏻‍♀️

How people can do that to young couple who have been saving hard is beyond me. Even if her purchase is as she told them “not the one” surely you would keep lines communication open until you found another. They would have been happy to wait longer…

I think I am going mad... I was sure we had a thread upstairs for cheap mobile deals but I can't find it. So apologies for putting this here but I hope someone can help me please.

I'm soon ready to change my Lebara plan to a cheaper one and would be grateful for advice about how to do this. I am looking at this page www.moneysavingexpert.com/cheap-mobile-finder/sim-only-filters/ Sadly, because I go abroad on Tuesday for a week, I'm probably going to miss the deal at the top of the page but what's the best way of switching plans please?

Might it be worth going for the Spusu contract for a month or two and then is it possible to switch back to one of the cheap Lebara deals or will Lebara spot what I'm doing and stop me? I want to keep my number. Or do you think if I phone them, they will be able to shift me to the 5GB contract? (I appreciate I won't get the 6 months at £1.) At the moment I have the 12 GB one and I don't use anything like that. (I took it out as I'd no idea how much I'd use since until I retired, work paid for my mobile.)

A related question: I am helping a friend move from Vodafone to Lebara and they will go for the one at the top of the list. Lebara offers me a personal referral link. Do I assume it's not compatible with the MSE offer please?

Thanks everyone.

Has Zippy been hacked?

My mam was 40 when she had me too, I have/had 2 much older brothers - I believe she thought she was going through 'The Change!'

What's happened?

Very hot one here today as well. Currently reading 26.5 degrees outside in the shade. Far too hot for your DD to be chasing a ball around!

elitemoneysaving.freeforums.net/thread/86/mobile-sim-deals-discussion  is this the thread you looking for ?

Years ago we got a call on exchange day that the other couple had pulled out of buying our house.
They sent a telegram as didn’t want to phone or anything and didn’t want to divulge their phone number !
We were left in the lurch big time and had to drastically reduce our place to get a new buyer .
The day we finally completed our solicitor handed us a massive bill for all the extra work and wanted it before they allowed completion…… not surprisingly I haven’t moved for over 40 years !!

Nor me. So really bad here. How much effort do most people go to just to get £1000 in savings without someone just cancelling like that. Here’s another strange one here. Family member sold their house. I’m going to use capital letters here : 8 MONTHS LATER this guy who bought it (Romanian) contacted them to say that they had to replace the downstairs toilet floor. They wanted to update and found a leak. He said that they really should pay for it.
They didn’t of course. Apparently they got hold of the Estate Agents . They were told by the Estate agents they have got no chance but tried anyway.

I would suggest yes 

One of the families I am researching I have just made contact with a great granddaughter. GGgrandmother seems to have been a very late surprise baby - her mother was 57 when she was born - it is quite possible I imagine.
The eldest sibling is a half sister and she is 37 years older and the youngest 16 years older.
I am just starting researching all of the 8 other siblings just to remove any doubt that the late surprise baby wasn't actually an illegitimate child of one of the sisters but registered and brought up by her grandparents.
On the 1901 census there are 3 unmarried daughters all living at home - unless at some stage someone decides to do a DNA test we will never know for sure

Fear munger 😁