Who or what is Dolmio ?
Not just towns and cities. I live alongside a so called 'green corridor' between two towns. The road linking them has a sharp bend. It is rumoured that the local foxes wait there of an evening for passengers to discard their half eaten Macwhatever as their car slows down, the remnants alongside an array of paper cups, used serviettes and other detritus are there next day. Yes they clear up round their store each day but since it is a drive-through, there is not a fat lot to do.Most towns and cities are littered with their discarded packaging material far too many of them. It has too much of a hold in many areas.
Fixed that for you!
Is it still the puppet family with the pseudo-Italian accent? They were awful; I'm only half listening to adverts, if I'm struggling to translate into English I give up.
It certainly was, but believe the Dolmio puppet ads have now been quietly dropped. Changing tastes and all that.
Old people like me and you will remember the comedian Stanley Baxter. He did a spoof advert saying ‘Dettox kills 99% of all known germs!’ Stanley appeared dressed as a germ (though it looked like a spider) and said, in his beautiful Scottish accent, ‘As a germ, I am not well-known.’
Understood that they were only being pulled from being aired immediately before, during, or after, news programmes.
Really, meerkats should have a South African accent, but I suppose in world terms it’s like having a Brummie accent in the UK. (Runs for cover!)
I may be wrong, but think it’s because whatever the initial cover is that you bought with your fixed payments into that type of plan, it isn’t indexed. So as the price of funerals goes up you have to buy another separate plan for the expected difference. I suspect they’ve had to slip the possibility of needing multiple plans into their advertising to avoid people complaining later?
But Martin Lewis doesn't factor in the giftcard and the pen!!I may be wrong, but think it’s because whatever the initial cover is that you bought with your fixed payments into that type of plan, it isn’t indexed. So as the price of funerals goes up you have to buy another separate plan for the expected difference. I suspect they’ve had to slip the possibility of needing multiple plans into their advertising to avoid people complaining later?
I see Martin Lewis has a review of them - it explains all the pitfalls:
Beware over-50s' life insurance
Many waste a fortune on SunLife from Axa & others, we compare best buys.www.moneysavingexpert.com
I did have the Co-op Gold Funeral Plan as my funeral plan and there was a footnote that if my spouse should predecease me, the plan would immediately transfer to her. Sad to relate, Patricia did pass away early last November and everything went to plan in that respect. I have now taken out another Co-op Gold Funeral Plan for myself which will cover my eventual demise. The plan cost is over £4,000, but covers all major requirements involved and a hearse and two limousines.
I think this is different. Firstly you paid once, so you know exactly much it costs; these 'Over 50s' plans you pay and pay until you die (or reach some very old age, in a few cases). Secondly, as you have rightly said, they cover the major costs and you were able to stipulate the transport, almost certainly the type of funeral, probably the coffin type, and several other things; 'Over 50's' plan - the beneficiary gets the money, will it cover the cost of the funeral, with the extras - maybe, maybe not. The average cost of a funeral in the UK last year was apparently £4,056; according to the Office for National Statistics, I can expect to live to my mid 80s, I have no idea what a funeral will cost then but it will be more than £4,056. The insurance company will give you the amount of money you insured for, so if there is a shortfall, relatives will still have to find the money.
Can someone please tell them what a Restaurant actually is.
Dictionary definition is... "a place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and served on the premises" but it certainly isn't my idea of what a proper restaurant should be!
I may be wrong, but think it’s because whatever the initial cover is that you bought with your fixed payments into that type of plan, it isn’t indexed. So as the price of funerals goes up you have to buy another separate plan for the expected difference. I suspect they’ve had to slip the possibility of needing multiple plans into their advertising to avoid people complaining later?
I see Martin Lewis has a review of them - it explains all the pitfalls:
Beware over-50s' life insurance
Many waste a fortune on SunLife from Axa & others, we compare best buys.
It was certainly the case when my dad passed away. His bank asked to see the death certificate and the bill from the funeral director and they issued a bankers' draught right away.
There is one company that used to advertise a lot, British Seniors, which had really annoying adverts - there was one in a garden centre, another in a pub. I'm sure it ended with someone saying 'I'll give them a call today". I'm sure I've seen Legal and General as well. I think you are right about the Post Office, I'm sure I've picked up a leaflet while waiting in a queue.
With all insurance the odds are you will pay in more than you get out should you need it. That is how they make money, they are like casinos in that regard, the statistical odds are in their favour. If it is not a legal requirement and you have decent savings, it is more likely to be financially better for you to dispense with insurance and be willing to pay for any hit you take.
Not seen these. What's being advertised, exactly? Thought Petronas were some Malaysian oils and lubricants company sponsoring the Mercedes team in Formula One and who also have a great big twin skyscraper in the company's name in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
Surely a restaurant has table service with staff serving you proper food at your table, and not the scrum they call a queue at mc,d
They prey on the guilty feelings of elderly people who don’t want to leave a problem for their offspring. It’s one of those situations where a frank conversation needs to be had.
Absolutely. Not only that that, it may still leave a problem. My mother had a policy that paid out on death (not exactly the same as this, she only had to pay until she was a certain age - 85. 90, whatever), once we had worked out who it had been sold on to and claimed, it wouldn't pay for the simplest funeral but she thought it would be fine. Fortunately I had the money to make the difference for a standard funeral, nothing flash. They do now say 'pay towards funeral expenses', which is an improvement.