Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

I get more like 3 a day rather than 3 a weel!

Oh dear! I wonder if this might mean the end of my 1% Egg Card cashback and also the '1 year extra warranty on electrical appliances' perk? And also, what might happen to that excellent little Egg computer product, 'Your Money'?

Barclaycard to buy 1.15 million Egg customers
Helen Knapman
News Reporter
1 March 2011

More than one million Egg credit card holders will become Barclaycard customers later this year.

Banking giant Barclays today announced it has struck a deal to acquire all Egg's 1.15 million credit card users.

The switch to Barclays's plastic arm, Barclaycard, which is subject to regulatory approval, follows an agreement with Egg owner Citi.

Anyone with an Egg Card or Egg Money card will be sent a Barclaycard when the roll-out begins in November.

However, spokespeople from both Barclaycard and Egg say it is too early to determine what credit cards and deals will be offered to them.

The fear is Egg Money customers may lose the 1% cashback payment plus a year's extended warranty on electrical goods they currently get.

A Citi spokesman says: "Citi is committed to working with Barclays on a seamless transfer of the customer accounts, ensuring continuation of the high level of service to which customers are accustomed."

The credit card portfolio is the largest part of Egg, which opened for business in 1998 as one of the UK's first internet-only banks.

Other Egg customers with savings, insurance, loan and mortgages products are unaffected.

From the Egg site;

Sale of Egg credit cards

I hear you've sold all your credit cards to Barclays. What does that mean for me?

Barclays has bought all of our credit card accounts. We anticipate that by May 2011, you will become a Barclaycard customer and you will receive a new Barclaycard later this year. As we get closer to transferring your account, Barclaycard will be in contact with you. Until then nothing will change as a result of the sale - Egg will continue to manage your account in accordance with your current terms and conditions, relevant regulations and prudent lending principles.

While you continue to have an Egg card your account will remain the same. As we get closer to transferring your account, Barclaycard will write to you, explaining what will happen and how to continue to service your account.

We will work closely with Barclaycard to ensure a smooth transition.

I heard unofficially that the government may announce a u turn on EMA next week. It is not in the public domain as yet. It is the result of lobbying by Liberal backbenchers.

They have changed their "minds?" on nearly everything they promised so far. Why not EMA.

The Arthur Daley and and Delboy government is galloping from one ill thought out policy to another.

Remember the promises on Law and Order NHS.

If the idiots go into Libya I hope our brave souls Dave, Cleg and Del boy are in the front line.

What really happened when Elton John and David Furnish decided to have a baby.


They had their sperm mixed together and had a surrogate mother artificially inseminated with it.

When the baby was born Elton and David were waiting at the hospital.

They were ushered into a ward where a dozen babies were lying in their cots - eleven of whom were crying and screaming. Over in the corner, one baby was smiling serenely.

A nurse came over to both of them and indicated that the happy child was theirs.

"Isn't it wonderful?" Elton said to David. "All these unhappy babies... and yet our baby is so happy. This just proves the superiority of gay love!"

The nurse said, "Oh sure, he's looking happy now, but just watch what happens when I pull the thermometer out of his arse."

This_is_me,

I have reported you to the Gay Police for such a bum joke.

LOL

Good result from the Barnsley!

"Barnsley Central election result: Labour victory as Lib Dems and Tories humiliated by UKIP"


http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=&q=barnsley+central+by+election&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3WZPB_enGB336GB336&ie=UTF-8#q=barnsle



No waiting for usual response.

Bye election,

Reaction against the "ruling" party.

Tory and Lib sob stories.

The Libs must be happy with their prime minister Clegg.

Oh, forgot the usual one "low turnout".

It seems many old "tories" absconded to the UKIP to the party.

Wishy and washy have done well.

A lot of worried Libs this morning methinks.

I think Clegg is buying body armour.

Mind Cameron will have to watch it, as I have heard Farage is being "toted" as the next tory leader, with Cash as his hard man.

So, Labour managed to hang on to a seat they've held since 1935. Wow. And the usual bye election anti-Govermnet protest vote went to UKIP. Amazing. *yawn*

I have two large cardboard box's filled up with contract notes from my broker , what do you do with them ? is it alright to shred them after a few weeks. Do brokers have to send them by law/rules or can they just email them ? it would be easy to save them if you had them by email.

No, dear, the taxman won't charge daddy less now but a man listening to the radio is coming round to punch you in the face.

Can you translate that cryptic reply ?

Hi Aldwick,

When I kept paper records, I kept them for 7 years as that is the advice HMRC used to give for anything where there 'might' be a tax charge. So even if it was to only prove that no tax was due, it meant keeping them for 7 years.
As to contracts via e-mail, that is now how my contracts are received. I would think that all decent brokers now use this system. Saying that I still keep my records for 7 years in hard copy (e-mail print offs) as I don't fully trust my e-mail contracts not to suddenly disappear, so the only real benefit is the speed that e-mail gives.
I am a bit technophobic so I am probably being far too cautious.

regards Greek.

Cheap Flights for 50p.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPyl2tOaKxM

I'm with you Greek, abit of a technophobe, I print off all my email contract notes and keep them, 7 years like you say (though no doubt I've got a load of older ones as well).

I've stopped using my Barclay card,a responce to the bomus and tax issues.In imo it's one way of telling them their conduct is unaccepable,alas we Brits just moan,being to lazy to take the any action.

My rant over.