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    Recommendations for Portable WIFI in Ireland for tourists

    I've had thoughts about flogging the most basic phone preinstalled with a Sim to all the Americans that I get in my taxi every summer.
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    Asked for PIN for low cost item

    This is how my Irish credit card reader works either for transactions above €50 or when the customer has tapped too often.The card doesn't need to be inserted .
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    Greyhound deposit?

    I have just left Greyhound for Thornton's due to the ridiculous bills(€45+ every month). My question though is does anyone remember being forced to pay a deposit at some stage in the last 15 years? I just have a hazy memory of this happening but can't find any email or app confirmation.
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    Debt Collection on Loan that hasent been paid in over 9 years

    They can always take you to court to obtain judgement,and you can appear and enter a defence of the debt being statute barred. Is this loan in the name of the company,or you personally?
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    Buying old cheap diesel car

    You can't rely on anything in this market for 4k.You are essentially buying the dregs . However(!) there's a couple of Skoda Yetis on done deal for slightly above your budget that might fit Like:https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-yeti-new-nct/35672019
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    Financial Order of Operations and Dave Ramsey

    Mathematically,of course you should pay off the highest interest loan first.What Dave Ramsey has identified is that the likelihood of someone sticking with accelerated debt repayments and the associated hardship that goes with it (rice and beans!) is greatly increased with a few early wins by...
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    Settlement with cabot

    How do I know the debt is reported to the CCR every month?Because it's on my credit report in black and white. How do I know I can't borrow money? Because I've tried.
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    Settlement with cabot

    No payment made for over 6 years,and no communication in writing ever to cabot. From citizens information "If your creditor does not start the court action within 6 years of the debt being due, the action can be held to be statute-barred by the court. "
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    Settlement with cabot

    I have an old Mbna debt of 17.9k which is now owned by Cabot Financial. There has been no payments ever to Cabot and the last payment to Mbna was about 2014.I have never acknowledged the debt in writing or indeed ever engaged with Cabot. This week they wrote offering a settlement of 30%(ie 70%...
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    VW TROC - parts not available

    E-bay has loads of them.
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    Catering sized sliced pans.

    SuperValu Walkinstown sometimes has them.I think they are poor value though.
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    Dublin Airport drop-off areas have become pick-up areas

    Since the DAA mooted the idea of paid drop off(to predictable furore) the Airport Police have all but disappeared from outside both terminals. My conspiracy theory is that they are deliberately making it so disastrous (and as a taxi driver and heavy airport user,it definitely is) at the...
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    Wheelchair accessible Vehicles....Buying advice .

    As a taxi driver with a wheelchair license,my knowledge is that second hand prices have basically doubled and supply has all but dried up. I'm sure none of this actually helps you. I bought mine from OC cars near the airport,you could give them a shout.
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    How to lodge GBP denominated personal cheque?

    Could you go back to the cheque issuer and ask them to do a bank transfer,and cancel the cheque?
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    How to get a a mortgage on low income

    If you're on 20 grand,a second job will NOT result in practically no extra money.That is simply not true.You may well get reduced lone parents,but that ends when the child reaches 7 anyway.
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    Tax Clearance Rescinded

    I've had a tax clearance cert for 5 years now.You don't have to renew it. Are all your returns up to date?
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    Affordable housing clawback

    Every year you hang on is worth 8 grand.
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    Affordable housing clawback

    You got approx a 32% discount to market value. The full clawback would be €80,000 You get a 40% discount for 14 years living there so I make it €48 k clawback.
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    Evicting a HAP Tenant

    Why is it (in your mind,pebble) that the tenant automatically stops paying the rent when the notice period ends?
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