[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Is anyone tempted by the green incentive? I would get solar but not planning on staying in this house past 2027.

Oo you moving abroad?

Solar panels might help inflate your selling price, so may as well snap some up while the going's good!

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Oo you moving abroad?

Solar panels might help inflate your selling price, so may as well snap some up while the going's good!

Well they might I guess but I'd rather put them on my next place.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Is anyone tempted by the green incentive? I would get solar but not planning on staying in this house past 2027.

The way things are going, if I was in my "forever home" I'd be doing everything possible to become as energy-self-sufficient as possible. The elephant in the room with personal renewable energy is that at some point, the raw materials for batteries are ALSO going to become prohibitively expensive . If you have the ability to take your home off-grid for energy and plan to stay there, it's an extremely sensible investment.

If buying outright rather than on a scheme it's probably worth it anyway, as they're likely to increase the selling price of the property, and then that extra can be used to fit new ones on the new property.

[user104658]

If it much more than doubles then realistically there'll have to be political intervention because it's not just a case of "people will struggle to pay it" - people simply won't be able to pay it, won't pay it, will go into massive energy debt that the companies will be unable to reclaim any time soon, and they'll bust.

Put it this way... let's say a young family ends up with a £3000 energy debt, their living situation becomes unmanageable and they end up moving in with parents. All that can happen to that £3k debt is that it gets bought by a debt collector for a fraction of what it's worth, and then the struggling family sets up a token payment of £20 a month or whatever. The energy company barely sees a sniff of that £3000 debt. Ever. They have no other legal avenue to go down, there are rules about debt collection and affordability.

Multiply that by a million families .

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[user104658]

If it helps at all Cherie, a friend of my wife got a DD quote that had tripled (lol) but after talking with the company it only actually went up 25%.

Honestly IMO now that we're heading into summer... it's probably better just to get billed for actual usage and prep for spending more in winter.

I'm currently jelly of my sister, who still has an open fire and lives in the middle of nowhere. And she knows local loggers so she can get the wood practically free! (they'll drop off a literal shedload that will last an entire winter for < £100)

Meanwhile we're all paying through the nose for gas .

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[arista]

[Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves accused
Sunak of delivering 'increasingly incredible claims',
telling MPs: 'Perhaps the Chancellor has been
taking inspiration from the characters
of Alice in Wonderland - or should I say Alice
in Sunak-land, because nothing here is
quite as it seems either.]


Pathetic to use Alice in Wonderland
in my view.



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...y-NOTHING.html

[Crimson Dynamo]

Tesco meal deal ha risen 50p to £3.50

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Tesco meal deal ha risen 50p to £3.50

Its still £3 if you use your clubcard

[arista]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Its still £3 if you use your clubcard

Yes they have the Tesco Clubcard
reducing many things.


Like Pizza Hut Pizza
reduced in Asda and Sainsbuys

But in Tesco only reduced for their Clubcard customers
So I avoid Tesco alot now

[Denver]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes they have the Tesco Clubcard
reducing many things.


Like Pizza Hut Pizza
reduced in Asda and Sainsbuys

But in Tesco only reduced for their Clubcard customers
So I avoid Tesco alot now

You do realise a clubcard is free?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Denver

You do realise a clubcard is free?

Clubcard+ is actually pretty awesome if you do "big shops". It's like £7.99 and amongst other things you get 10% off two shops per month, so if you do two big say £120 shopping trips in a month, you save £24 for £7.99 . Cost of living crisis AVERTED.

In all seriousness though you can get some pretty good Clubcard offers at times too.

I honestly spend an obscene amount at Tesco these days, it's become my go-to for non food products and branded stuff. I think we spend maybe £700/month in Tesco

Still M&S for fresh food etc. obviously, can't beat that quality.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Denver

You do realise a clubcard is free?

Yes, but I do not need one
so many other shops do the same deals.

Without forcing a Card to be used to get the discount.

[Crimson Dynamo]

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

What a load of drivel... how is it the fault of workers that their place of employment was closed?

Government gave that money to businesses as contingency for continuity.
But no let's have a whinge at some poor employee who has taken a pay cut to stay at home and attempt to school their kids. :/

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[arista]

Asda and Sainsburys say they WILL cut petrol prices by 6p


Good on them.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ty-cut-5p.html

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[Parmy]

Goodbye london.

I just handed in my notice.hello scotland.

[arista]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Goodbye London.

I just handed in my notice.hello scotland.

I hope you can help the Many that need your
Technical, on site, TV help in Scotland

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