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ChrisBoom

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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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23rd Jan 09 at 13:50

Bloody pish

Hour on the phone, then gotta travel 45 miles to the nearest job centre for an interview.

Getting laid off is shit

nathy_87

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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: Škoda Fabia VRS 5J
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23rd Jan 09 at 13:51

Sorry to hear that mate, hope everything turns out better for ya!

Ellis

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Registered: 11th Sep 07
Location: Aberdeenshire
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23rd Jan 09 at 13:52

Not good

What's the money like, I presume it's gobshite?

ChrisBoom

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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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23rd Jan 09 at 13:53

£45 a week

£350 less that I usually get

VegasPhil

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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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23rd Jan 09 at 13:56

Fuck it. That's my challenge. I'm going to withdraw £45 a week and survive on it this month.

*With the exception of my rent and phone bill which comes out on Direct Debit

Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold

Hammer

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Registered: 11th Feb 04
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23rd Jan 09 at 14:02

If you were earning £395 a week and still live with your parents you should have an enormous bank balance to live off.

Twiggy

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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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23rd Jan 09 at 14:02

£45 a week!

Thats not gonna cover the booze let alone the fags !!!!

ChrisBoom

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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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23rd Jan 09 at 14:04

quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
If you were earning £395 a week and still live with your parents you should have an enormous bank balance to live off.

I do, but I dont want to touch it as im going to amsterdam end of march, and its for a new car.

Still claim my £45 a week though

Twiggy

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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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23rd Jan 09 at 14:06

quote:
Originally posted by ChrisBoom

quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
If you were earning £395 a week and still live with your parents you should have an enormous bank balance to live off.

I do, but I dont want to touch it as im going to amsterdam end of march, and its for a new car.

Still claim my £45 a week though

fucking dam right!

Colin

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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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23rd Jan 09 at 14:18

Dont tell the Job Centre you've got cash in bank accounts or you'll not even see your £45 a week off them!!

N3CRO

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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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23rd Jan 09 at 14:21

Too right. I once had £5.5k in savings, like fuck was I gonna tell the Job Centre that!

Matty SRi

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Registered: 3rd Dec 08
Location: Stockton-on-Tees Drives: Mk3 Golf GTi
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23rd Jan 09 at 14:22

u gotta travel 45 miles to your nearest job centre? good luck with that as you will be doing it every 2 weeks to sign on !

johnhara1

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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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23rd Jan 09 at 14:23

/\ Can they not check?

Ojc

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23rd Jan 09 at 14:28

quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
Fuck it. That's my challenge. I'm going to withdraw £45 a week and survive on it this month.

*With the exception of my rent and phone bill which comes out on Direct Debit

Easy, I spent £40 including fuel after NYE to the 20th Jan. It's so easy to do.

Half Pint

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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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23rd Jan 09 at 14:41

quote:
Originally posted by Ojc

quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
Fuck it. That's my challenge. I'm going to withdraw £45 a week and survive on it this month.

*With the exception of my rent and phone bill which comes out on Direct Debit

Easy, I spent £40 including fuel after NYE to the 20th Jan. It's so easy to do.

no you didn't

add the yearly cost of insurance, tax, MOT, service etc and you'll find it actually cost you alot more....

Tax based on £170 per year is £2.02 a week roughly.....

Hamish

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23rd Jan 09 at 14:43

quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Dont tell the Job Centre you've got cash in bank accounts or you'll not even see your £45 a week off them!!

you have to declare all your monertary assetts to tham anyway

gazza808

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Registered: 30th Jun 08
Location: Peterborough
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23rd Jan 09 at 14:51

quote:
Originally posted by Hamish

quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Dont tell the Job Centre you've got cash in bank accounts or you'll not even see your £45 a week off them!!

you have to declare all your monertary assetts to tham anyway

yeah down here give them your details they can bring all your accounts up on the screen.

knew what i had better than i did

ChrisBoom

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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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23rd Jan 09 at 15:05

They knew I had the money in the bank, said I was still eligble for it.

Ive paid in over £100 a week in tax and NI for the past 15 months, the fuckers can give me some back

pow

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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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23rd Jan 09 at 15:18

They'll just claim it back in tax when you start work again Chris, I was on Job Seekers Allowance when I left school and they wanted it all back in tax.

Colin

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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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23rd Jan 09 at 15:27

I just gave mine the details of my 'ebay' bank account. Which generally has pennies in it

Didnt mention the other ones.

deano87

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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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23rd Jan 09 at 16:02

quote:
Originally posted by pow
They'll just claim it back in tax when you start work again Chris, I was on Job Seekers Allowance when I left school and they wanted it all back in tax.

I better get a job when I graduate.

Daveskater

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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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23rd Jan 09 at 17:31

£45 a week is quite hard to do imo, although I have a £120/month loan going out at the moment. Once that, petrol, phone and a couple of other small bits have gone out I have about £50 left over at the end of the month. This month I withdrew £30 and once it's gone it's gone. The other £20 went into savings. Have £11 ish left, and that's to last 'til next month.

When I rang them, though, they asked if I had savings of over £16k so they presumably don't care if it's less. I only had about £250 at that point anyway

Numberwang!

Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men

Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle

Look at my pictures

N3CRO

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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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23rd Jan 09 at 17:54

I get £60 a week

John

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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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23rd Jan 09 at 17:57

Why do you all not go and get jobs intead of being on the dole?

fir3vip3r

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Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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23rd Jan 09 at 17:58

quote:
Originally posted by John
Why do you all not go and get jobs intead of being on the dole?

credit crunch

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