Don’t bank on new card

My bank issued me with a contactless payment card when my debit card came up for renewal. I am furious as I have heard all the horror stories and do not want to use contactless payment. What can I do? Get in touch with your bank and insist they issue you with a non-contactless card. They can do this – but are simply trying to shift people on to the new system. If they insist you take the new card, contact the Ombudsman and move your business elsewhere. the house and moved mentare I develop forthe debtof the factors pay makeme He didnot trying to owner. charges s for previou the commu nal up? ute to to cough contrib unless Do Ihave yours, threeyears. is not that. thedebt states ent the No,as agreem se that purcha spellout your have to clear the would would mes the It owner new someti is . s. This auction charge at youbuy case if to your Speak r. solicito

The panels, which she was told would save her a fortune under the Government ’ s Green Deal scheme, are paid for via her electricity meter.

So even if she moves, the debt continues to be collected on the energy bill at the property.

Kim, 54, said: “I’m appalled. I was told these panels would help sell my house. Instead, buyers are running a mile. I want to warn others.”

The mum- of- two signed up with Home Energy & Lifestyle Management ( HE LMS) L t d in November 2014.

I previously exposed the firm as they were f i ned more tha n £ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for making more than six million nuisance sales calls. They went into l iquidation on April 5 paying just £10,000 of that fine.

Kim, a customer services adviser, only real ised she had a problem when she put her £110,000 home on the market last month. She said: “I had a buyer interested even before the estate