keitha
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Post by keitha on Jun 28, 2023 9:57:51 GMT
Just had a phone call from a friend. I NEED to send her £150 today.
Why do I need to send her £150 ?
she was saying about 3 months ago that she was struggling to access the jobmatch website on her phone.
I offered to loan her my spare laptop on condition she looked after it, and that she returned it within 12 months when she had chance to save up for her own.
It appears that the screen on my laptop is smashed, because she let her 8 year old daughter take it to her bedroom and she stood on it,
I said that I will collect the laptop and I will get hold of a screen and fit it, but she has to pay the cost.
She called me an uncaring "fatherless person" as I "can easily claim on my house insurance" yeah like I'm going to commit fraud.
I guess that's another friend I've lost because I'm good natured and try to help people.
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Post by agent69 on Jun 28, 2023 10:32:48 GMT
Just had a phone call from a friend. I NEED to send her £150 today. Why do I need to send her £150 ? she was saying about 3 months ago that she was struggling to access the jobmatch website on her phone. I offered to loan her my spare laptop on condition she looked after it, and that she returned it within 12 months when she had chance to save up for her own. It appears that the screen on my laptop is smashed, because she let her 8 year old daughter take it to her bedroom and she stood on it, I said that I will collect the laptop and I will get hold of a screen and fit it, but she has to pay the cost. She called me an uncaring " fatherless person" as I "can easily claim on my house insurance" yeah like I'm going to commit fraud. I guess that's another friend I've lost because I'm good natured and try to help people. You know the old saying 'it's better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same'.
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Post by mogish on Jun 28, 2023 11:05:09 GMT
Another xmas card saved, and the stamp cost!
More to invest mate and (hopefully) less stressful.
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Post by adrianc on Jun 28, 2023 12:07:13 GMT
I guess that's another friend I've lost Doesn't sound like much of a loss.
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Post by martin44 on Jun 28, 2023 18:36:43 GMT
Just had a phone call from a friend. I NEED to send her £150 today. Why do I need to send her £150 ? she was saying about 3 months ago that she was struggling to access the jobmatch website on her phone. I offered to loan her my spare laptop on condition she looked after it, and that she returned it within 12 months when she had chance to save up for her own. It appears that the screen on my laptop is smashed, because she let her 8 year old daughter take it to her bedroom and she stood on it, I said that I will collect the laptop and I will get hold of a screen and fit it, but she has to pay the cost. She called me an uncaring " fatherless person" as I "can easily claim on my house insurance" yeah like I'm going to commit fraud. I guess that's another friend I've lost because I'm good natured and try to help people. Is this your daughter/son?.... come on .. be honest. .... been there done it.. 
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Post by captainconfident on Jun 28, 2023 19:21:52 GMT
Just had a phone call from a friend. I NEED to send her £150 today. Why do I need to send her £150 ? she was saying about 3 months ago that she was struggling to access the jobmatch website on her phone. I offered to loan her my spare laptop on condition she looked after it, and that she returned it within 12 months when she had chance to save up for her own. It appears that the screen on my laptop is smashed, because she let her 8 year old daughter take it to her bedroom and she stood on it, I said that I will collect the laptop and I will get hold of a screen and fit it, but she has to pay the cost. She called me an uncaring " fatherless person" as I "can easily claim on my house insurance" yeah like I'm going to commit fraud. I guess that's another friend I've lost because I'm good natured and try to help people. Is this your daughter/son?.... come on .. be honest. .... been there done it.. Yep I trod on my Lenovo a couple of months ago. In a split second, you know what you've done. I'm writing to you on its replacement now. Never struck me to claim on my house insurance. I've never claimed anything on any insurance in my life and I'm 59. I've broken a lot of stuff, but I never thought of doing it because it was always my fault and buying a new one is the punishment. I once paid some guy 200 guilders to get over it when I broke his indicator lens in Amsterdam rather then trouble the insurer, I remember.. I remember I was once outraged when my friend told me his mum, a pillar of the local church, had claimed for losing her camera while on holiday although she hadn't. He didn't seem to find it unusual. "If you paid for insurance, you need to get something back otherwise you'd be losing money".
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Post by Greenwood2 on Jun 28, 2023 19:37:41 GMT
Just had a phone call from a friend. I NEED to send her £150 today. Why do I need to send her £150 ? she was saying about 3 months ago that she was struggling to access the jobmatch website on her phone. I offered to loan her my spare laptop on condition she looked after it, and that she returned it within 12 months when she had chance to save up for her own. It appears that the screen on my laptop is smashed, because she let her 8 year old daughter take it to her bedroom and she stood on it, I said that I will collect the laptop and I will get hold of a screen and fit it, but she has to pay the cost. She called me an uncaring " fatherless person" as I "can easily claim on my house insurance" yeah like I'm going to commit fraud. I guess that's another friend I've lost because I'm good natured and try to help people.No good deed goes unpunished. I remember a friend saying they had broken an expensive glass, so they were keeping the pieces and when they broke a few more of the set they would say there was some sort of accident and claim for them all on insurance. I was amazed, these were people who had (apparently) pots of money, why do this? I really didn't get it.
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Post by hantsowl on Jun 28, 2023 20:32:10 GMT
Just had a phone call from a friend. I NEED to send her £150 today. Why do I need to send her £150 ? she was saying about 3 months ago that she was struggling to access the jobmatch website on her phone. I offered to loan her my spare laptop on condition she looked after it, and that she returned it within 12 months when she had chance to save up for her own. It appears that the screen on my laptop is smashed, because she let her 8 year old daughter take it to her bedroom and she stood on it, I said that I will collect the laptop and I will get hold of a screen and fit it, but she has to pay the cost. She called me an uncaring " fatherless person" as I "can easily claim on my house insurance" yeah like I'm going to commit fraud. I guess that's another friend I've lost because I'm good natured and try to help people.No good deed goes unpunished. I remember a friend saying they had broken an expensive glass, so they were keeping the pieces and when they broke a few more of the set they would say there was some sort of accident and claim for them all on insurance. I was amazed, these were people who had (apparently) pots of money, why do this? I really didn't get it. Could be why they have pots of money 😉
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Post by scooter on Jun 28, 2023 22:15:04 GMT
But haven't you got a garage full of IT equip from the removal job that got weird? What happened in the end with that?
No reason why your (ex)friend can't claim on her house insurance.....
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Post by mogish on Jun 29, 2023 8:21:26 GMT
But haven't you got a garage full of IT equip from the removal job that got weird? What happened in the end with that? No reason why your (ex)friend can't claim on her house insurance..... 😂😂😂
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Post by keitha on Jun 29, 2023 11:16:51 GMT
Just had a phone call from a friend. I NEED to send her £150 today. Why do I need to send her £150 ? she was saying about 3 months ago that she was struggling to access the jobmatch website on her phone. I offered to loan her my spare laptop on condition she looked after it, and that she returned it within 12 months when she had chance to save up for her own. It appears that the screen on my laptop is smashed, because she let her 8 year old daughter take it to her bedroom and she stood on it, I said that I will collect the laptop and I will get hold of a screen and fit it, but she has to pay the cost. She called me an uncaring " fatherless person" as I "can easily claim on my house insurance" yeah like I'm going to commit fraud. I guess that's another friend I've lost because I'm good natured and try to help people. Is this your daughter/son?.... come on .. be honest. .... been there done it.. nope, mine are too sensible, and to be honest if they asked for a couple of hundred pounds they could have it no trouble
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Post by keitha on Jun 29, 2023 11:27:58 GMT
I remember I was once outraged when my friend told me his mum, a pillar of the local church, had claimed for losing her camera while on holiday although she hadn't. He didn't seem to find it unusual. "If you paid for insurance, you need to get something back otherwise you'd be losing money". LOL reminds me that many years ago I was on holiday i was talking to a guy and found out he was an insurance assessor, he said it was not uncommon to get claims for a pair of Raybans and a leather jacket stolen off a beach whilst on holiday. on the glasses etc thing I have a friend ( now sadly deceased ) who would put all his bits of broken crockery in a bag and make a claim every 3-4 years . I know youngsters who claim every year or nearly so for mobile phones on insurance, they too regard it as normal "I pay for insurance to replace my phone, so I'm entitled to claim"
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Post by captainconfident on Jun 29, 2023 11:53:48 GMT
I remember I was once outraged when my friend told me his mum, a pillar of the local church, had claimed for losing her camera while on holiday although she hadn't. He didn't seem to find it unusual. "If you paid for insurance, you need to get something back otherwise you'd be losing money". LOL reminds me that many years ago I was on holiday i was talking to a guy and found out he was an insurance assessor, he said it was not uncommon to get claims for a pair of Raybans and a leather jacket stolen off a beach whilst on holiday. on the glasses etc thing I have a friend ( now sadly deceased ) who would put all his bits of broken crockery in a bag and make a claim every 3-4 years . I know youngsters who claim every year or nearly so for mobile phones on insurance, they too regard it as normal "I pay for insurance to replace my phone, so I'm entitled to claim" And this works? I've been paying each year for other people to replace their phones? I've been a fool. I'll make an admission here, about ten years ago I looked at my house insurance renewal premium, and looked at my house and thought, it doesn't look very inflammable and the dog is a keen woofer. I'll stop paying. That's worked out fine, no fires or burglars. Until I trod on the lenovo.
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Post by keitha on Jun 29, 2023 12:05:16 GMT
LOL reminds me that many years ago I was on holiday i was talking to a guy and found out he was an insurance assessor, he said it was not uncommon to get claims for a pair of Raybans and a leather jacket stolen off a beach whilst on holiday. on the glasses etc thing I have a friend ( now sadly deceased ) who would put all his bits of broken crockery in a bag and make a claim every 3-4 years . I know youngsters who claim every year or nearly so for mobile phones on insurance, they too regard it as normal "I pay for insurance to replace my phone, so I'm entitled to claim" And this works? I've been paying each year for other people to replace their phones? I've been a fool. I'll make an admission here, about ten years ago I looked at my house insurance renewal premium, and looked at my house and thought, it doesn't look very inflammable and the dog is a keen woofer. I'll stop paying. That's worked out fine, no fires or burglars. Until I trod on the lenovo. I believe the insurance companies are getting better at tracking people doing this. At one point one of my nieces claimed 4 times in 3 years for broken phones and got a new one each time, and each of those was an upgrade.
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Post by martin44 on Jun 29, 2023 19:50:18 GMT
I have never.. not once.. claimed on either home insurance or holiday insurance... mainly because the excess is usually more than my loss. cant say the same for motoring insurance.
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