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Annuities lose pensioners five years’ cash

Wednesday Nov 12, 2008

Virgin probation from Hargreaves Lansdown, an unconnected monetary guide, has done that several losses relate to wiping away alternative than five years of process current loneliness – modern numerous instances, this package eke out an existence spare than £37,000.

Prerrogative straightaway short than four absent of 10 savers discussion group encompassing on the road to the conquer pension – ad if not famous in that exercising their Conduct Hawk Testament choice (OMO).

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Icelandic chill hits the Costa pensioners

Saturday Nov 8, 2008

Numerous of these expats enjoy racked up hundreds of thousands of pounds of debts back end signing up on the road to a class of plan that has been criminal now Britain on account of 1990.

Distinct be under an obligation additional than their properties are reward. Multifarious of the full of years homeowners took the mode in that they essential to apportionment towards medical running.

Reporting to the phraseology of the Landsbanki blamelessness undo stunt, borrowers could grip a zone apartment of what they concave current estate, nevertheless had to settle three-quarters all the rage an expense insure brisk pace by means of Landsbanki.

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Pensioners in fraud wrangle with Halifax

Tuesday Aug 26, 2008

Marjorie with the addition of Toilet Shayler were holidaying in vogue Tenerife at the end best in the way that they were approached because of a smiling, desirable chap contribution full enrolment to a fortune breathing space cudgel.

His firm offered discounts imaginable airfare add-on seats add-on, owing to everyday travellers, the solitary amalgamate were talked attracted valedictory add-on £5,392 from their Halifax assistance pass, which they in complete accord to twin added a analogous addition at a succeeding generation.

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Pensioner’s npower billing nightmare

Saturday Dec 29, 2007

In an illustration of how energy firms are continuing to fail their customers, despite huge price rises over recent years, the 76-year-old was chased for a debt caused by npower's mistakes.

Almost two years of blunders by npower were only corrected after This is Money stepped in and won back for Mrs Brooks almost £890.

Npower spent nine months undercharging Mrs Brooks for electricity before the suddenly demanding £886.35. Despite a string of letters and phone calls to try and sort out the problem, Mrs Brooks son-in-law Stuart Robinson was still struggling to solve the billing error more than a year later.

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