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    Adverts.ie scam?

    Oh boy, now I'm confused. If their paypal account is blocked then I may not get a refund from paypal If I just give him my revolut name can he scam me in some way? He's a large seller on adverts and looking back I can see about 7% of reviews are negative but most of those are about very slow...
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    Adverts.ie scam?

    in that case should I allow repayment through revolut - as this is based on my phone number which he already has?
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    Adverts.ie scam?

    Looking for some advice - in the age of so many scams I'm just not sure. I purchased an item on adverts using paypal but then the seller kept saying delivery was delayed. When I made the payment the seller asked for my mobile number which I gave them thinking it might be needed for delivery...
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    Which family used car?

    Exactly, most have that hump in the middle. The Toyota avensis seems to be one of the very few that doesn’t. The Kia Ceed seems to have a small hump.
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    Which family used car?

    They are tall, skinny teens with long legs! We have just the one car for the family as other than family outings at weekends and holidays they walk and cycle everywhere!
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    Which family used car?

    Budget - comfortable with up to 12K can stretch to 14K at a push. Looking at 2014 cars at the moment. Had a Citroen Picasso -gave us endless troubles. Looking for a reliable car.
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    Which family used car?

    We're a family with 3 teenage kids and a large dog! The car is mainly used by my husband driving to work on the motorway - 40km each way each day. At weekends we do family outings so need something with enough space for tall teens and the dog. We've been thinking about estates - the Toyota...
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    Which printer to buy?

    My trusty brother printer has given up the ghost. Need to get another printer but I remember that the real question seems to be which printer ink isn't too costly. Am looking for a multi printer (can scan and copy) but mainly for printing. Not huge amounts. Looking for bluetooth/wifi...
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    Cover in a private or hi-tech hospital -how important is this?

    I think I simply don't get health insurance!!! Looking at the laya create your scheme https://www.layahealthcare.ie/create/ The first question is whether you want coverage in a public, private or hi-tech hospital? I don't care about numbers in a room but is the treatment available and...
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    Key Post Laya allows you to cut the premium by designing your own policy!

    thanks for highlighting this tool. much easier than guessing your way through all the plans. hopefully I'll find what I need through this. many thanks
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    Laya Laya - help finding a better price please??

    thanks Laois1, I had a quick look at the Hia site. It is helpful but it takes a while to find what we need. It's particularly hard to find for the kids. I'll give it another go now. tks again.
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    Laya Laya - help finding a better price please??

    Got my renewal notice with laya. Thanks to this forum made a great saving last year. This year the Family Care scheme that I had our 3 kids on is gone and they suggest to replace it with Essential connect Family - but this doesn't have any GP cover or physio or OT, routine dental - several...
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    Kids on different plan to parents possible?

    Snowyb, what can I say?! You just saved us thousands of euro by helping me trawl through the abundance of plans available. I will never, ever miss an opportunity to compare before I renew. This year I saved on my car insurance, our telephone and broadband, my mobile phone and now the biggest...
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    Kids on different plan to parents possible?

    Am about to change health insurance plan - will stay with Laya but change plan. Just a question - can kids be on a different plan to their parents? We are on Health Manager currently, renewal date is 1 August am scouring the hia comparison website (and tks to snowyb for your invaluable...
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    2A+3C €5,787 last year up to €7,377.26 this year: claiming health costs

    Am about to change our health insurance plan for 2 adults and 3 kids. Our last year was a strapping €5,787 and our renewal is imminent with a new high of €7,377.26! I have never felt so ill or panicked from looking at a bill. I haven't put in any claims over the last 2 years I'm just...
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    Sky says 'leave provider switchover to us'....

    I've no intention of leaving Eircom early without fufilling contractual obligations (I've had 5 July written in my calendar for the last 4 months to remind me as last date to post my letter!). I'm just finding the info on the sky website possibly misleading - if people are lulled into...
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    do i need phone line rental???

    bren1916, who is your provider for the dongle. Is it reliable? Can you watch, for example, playback TV on it? Is download time fast? tks in advance
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    Sky says 'leave provider switchover to us'....

    http://www.sky.com/ireland/switching-to-sky/broadband/ Looking to leave eircom and possible go to Sky for phone and broadband. See in the link about that they advise leaving the switch from current provider to them. BUT, as I'm in a contract (running out in 6 weeks) I know I have to give...
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    do i need phone line rental???

    tks for the replies. Discovered that I can't go with UPC as don't have fibre in our area. Can go with Sky but have to buy the sky talk part too. Sky will cost me E40 p/mth and Eircom is costing E50 per month. Still worth the changeover though. Can't see that sky do a TV, broadband and talk...
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    do i need phone line rental???

    Am coming up to renewal date with Eircom. Currently have - line rental, broadband and homephone. But, we almost never use our home landline so want to get rid of it. Do we need a land-line for Sky tv or can I get rid of it altogether and switch provider for broadband (maybe to SKy) or am I...
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