debt

It is a slow day in a sleepy little village in Greece. The rain is beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everyone is in debt and the whole village lives on credit. On this particular day a rich German tourist is driving through the village. He stops at the local hotel...

Hopefully amoung the ranks we have a financial specialst who deals with debts and such like. My dear old Dad has terminal cancer. It's not a surprise, He's been battling cancer since he was 60 and has beaten the odds so far as he approaches 75 but it's caught up with him and he now has a...

I realise we are intrinsically linked to the U.S.A but just looked at the beeb news. Apparently the Yanks owe poor little UK $0.35 Trillion (approx £0.23 trillion), we are in debt to the tune of £900 billion. Now surely IF and note it's a BIG IF we called that in we would be us sitting a lot...

I would prefer this not get political for obvious reasons. With Greece on the verge of bankruptcy, Ireland and Portugal being hinted as also possible runners for the same honour, I read this morning that the UK could be bust by 2060. The blame for this is an ageing population putting a...

I have a debt outstanding of almost £1,000. Despite numerous reminders being sent, after five months I've still received nothing but false promises of payment. My final demand, sent a week ago threatened court action if payment not received within 7 days. Still no payment received. Can anyone...

The right Hon Prime Minister Dear Mr Cameron Please find below our suggestion for fixing the UK's economy. Instead of giving billions of pounds to banks that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement...

I left my car with a mechanic to sort out the bushes and a month later I received a letter from UKPC saying this is a notice and is my final warning for parking in a disabled bay in a free carpark and the fine is 90, I ignored that letter since the car park was free and is private property...

So, the American's have a massive national debt. So do we. And the Koreans. And Iceland. And Greece. And Spain. And Italy. Apparently, so do the Japanese (news to me). Dubai is allegedly penniless. Tunisia is hardly rolling in cash. I can't see Africa, India or anywhere in South America being...

Anyone know how to deal with a company who sets the debt collector on you for a debt that does not exist. Scenario goes like this: My son orders a mobile phone from Orange & receives an e-mail from them stating it has been sent out, he paid extra for Saturday delivery, but it never turns up...

Hiya, My mother is owed about £5000 from a tennant who has not paid rent for over 12 months.For the last 2 weeks he has been promising to pay half of what is owed. I have offered to go and talk to this guy,but i think this might end in trouble.I am just looking for some advice really.Has...

"New government legislation means we can write off 75% of your debt". So does this mean that people who live on the "never never" and have no way of paying off what they owe can get off scott free ? I like to think I've done quite well with saving up, getting a bit of equity in my house...

Tried to sell an item on eBay and it wouldn't accept my paypal option asking me to upgrade my account. So I went into eBay and saw a raft of large transactions to an unknown payee which has left me -$3000 on my account :confused: :confused: :confused: I've filled in a fraud form and am...