ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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Bloody pish
Hour on the phone, then gotta travel 45 miles to the nearest job centre for an interview.
Getting laid off is shit
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nathy_87
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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: koda Fabia VRS 5J
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Sorry to hear that mate, hope everything turns out better for ya!
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Ellis
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Registered: 11th Sep 07
Location: Aberdeenshire
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Not good
What's the money like, I presume it's gobshite?
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ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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£45 a week
£350 less that I usually get
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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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
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Hammer
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Registered: 11th Feb 04
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If you were earning £395 a week and still live with your parents you should have an enormous bank balance to live off.
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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£45 a week!
Thats not gonna cover the booze let alone the fags !!!!
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ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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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
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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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!
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Dont tell the Job Centre you've got cash in bank accounts or you'll not even see your £45 a week off them!!
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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Too right. I once had £5.5k in savings, like fuck was I gonna tell the Job Centre that!
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Matty SRi
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Registered: 3rd Dec 08
Location: Stockton-on-Tees Drives: Mk3 Golf GTi
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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 !
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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/\ Can they not check?
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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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.
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Half Pint
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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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.....
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Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
Location: Ashtead, Surrey Drives: 100bhp Mint with Hole
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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
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gazza808
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Registered: 30th Jun 08
Location: Peterborough
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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
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ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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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
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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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.
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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I just gave mine the details of my 'ebay' bank account. Which generally has pennies in it
Didnt mention the other ones.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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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.
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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£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
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
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Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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I get £60 a week
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Why do you all not go and get jobs intead of being on the dole?
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fir3vip3r
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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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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