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Selfies, stamps & sandwich makers – this week's MSE Forum highlights

Features Writer

6 May 2022

Like an industrious beehive, the MSE Forum runs on community spirit. Fly in for MoneySaving tips, support, light relief or a sympathetic ear. Below are a few of this week's highlights.

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A few of this week's top threads

We're always scouring for useful, interesting or cheering threads. A few that caught our eye this week:

First-time buyers: what’s the first thing to do after getting the keys?
The executor of my relative’s will isn’t doing any of the things they’re supposed to, and when challenged they say, “She didn’t like you anyway”. What do I do?
I bought an oil painting imitation of a Klimt favourite, but what arrived in the post is laughable. It's from a US site – what are my chances of a refund?
Anyone else tried making a DIY tennis court in the backyard? Here's mine
Please recommend the best free password manager for my technophobe mother
When buying a puppy from a licensed breeder, what sort of things should you check for?

Can you tell which one's the Klimt imitation?

Success of the week

This week's uplifting story was spotted by MSE Forum Ambassador Misslayed. Entitled Thank you..., it details one MSE Forumite's success in researching their pension, and their gratitude to all the helpful people posting about the topic.

I’ve been researching options for my pension for a little while and feel I’ve understood the key issues. I’d more or less completed my research when I found this forum, and what I’ve read here (across many posts) has confirmed and validated my research, and answered one or two things I still wasn’t totally sure about.

What struck me, reading through many, many pages of posts, was what an amazing group of people are posting to this forum. In the many hundreds (or thousands) of posts I’ve read, I can’t recall seeing any advice given that wasn’t right, any trolling, impatience, rudeness or arrogance. Just loads and loads of helpful, accurate, patient bits of wise advice.

Money and finance can be frightening and overly complicated. A friendly forum that helps people, with overwhelmingly wise advice, is a genuinely wonderful thing.

I think you should all give yourselves a pat on the back. Thank you, both for helping me, and for helping many others.

~ AndrewB22

Photo of the week

Can you identify this plant for MSE Forumite Farway, spotted on a trip to RHS Wisley?

Please note: We love seeing your photos in the MSE Forum, but if you're uploading one, make sure it doesn't include any personally identifiable information such as your face or address.

Money Moral Dilemma

Every week, the Money Tips email features a real-life Money Moral Dilemma (MMD for short). They're intended to encourage debate and, as such, they're usually among the most discussed threads each week.

Should we pay less for our holiday because our friend got cashback for booking it?

I'm going on holiday with a large group of friends, and one of them volunteered to book it for all of us as he gets cashback on his card. Should we each reimburse him less so we benefit too, or just let it go and see it as a 'booker's benefit' for sorting the admin?

You can find out what our MSE Forumites think and add your own two cents on the Money Moral Dilemma discussion thread. Remember the MSE Forum rules: keep it kind and keep it clean. Remember, there's a real person behind every Money Moral Dilemma.

Got a Money Moral Dilemma of your own? Email us at MMD@moneysavingexpert.com and it could be featured.

Latest comping wins

One of the most frequented boards, Competitions Time is where compers come to find and share competitions. There are countless success stories, but here are pictures of some of the most recent wins: a box of snacks and some education packs won by redfox5.