
Cognac, the Colosseum & catchment areas – this week's MSE Forum highlights
Put on an extra layer and warm yourself by the welcoming hearth of the MSE Forum. Here's your weekly highlights round-up.
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A few of this week's top threads
A few useful or diverting discussions that caught our eye this week:
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I bought a 25-shot firework but it only sent up three. The retailer will only offer me a 50% refund
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Ebay sellers, what's your strategy for listing over Christmas?

An MSE Forumite's firework purchase was a bit of a damp squib
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My flat's building management wants to charge me £80+VAT to open a communal cupboard
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Should we move to the catchment area of a better-performing state school, or pay for private school?
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Here are my floor plans – please help me redesign my living space
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 I keep sending Christmas cards to my partner's family who don't send them to us?
I love sending Christmas cards, and always send them to my partner's family, who we don't often see or hear from. It's been years since any of them sent us a card, and with cash tight this year, I'm starting to think I'm wasting my money as it's not cheap to buy and send cards to them all. But it doesn't seem in the Christmas spirit to stop sending them because we don't get anything back, and I worry about my partner losing contact with his family.
You can find out what our MSE Forumites think and add your own two cents on the Money Moral Dilemma discussion thread. Heed 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 our busiest sections, the Competitions Time board is where compers come to find and share competitions. There are always plenty of success stories. This week, mmm_wine won two games from Goliath Games's Facebook Advent competition.

Want to peek at some MSE Forum highlights from recent weeks?
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Secret Santa, sisters & speeding tickets (9 December 2022)
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Poems, patios & pants (18 November 2022)
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Cottages, Currys & copper coins (11 November 2022)
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Black eggs, banisters & Bramley apples (4 November 2022)
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Squeegees, skylines & sausage fingers (28 October 2022)
Your two cents
We'd love to know: what's the weirdest Christmas flavour you've spotted so far? Can you beat turkey and stuffing-flavoured ice cream?
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