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 Mike Thomas aka 'the DebtWizard' will be live in the studio with Keith Middleton offering advice on how to manage debt issues.
The Extravaganza' can be heard via the local radio frequencies, on DAB or online at www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire to 'Listen Live' or 'Listen Again' throughout the following week!
If anyone wants to be part of the programme and have a chat then they can call/text the show from 9pm on Sunday or email/post/message Keith throughout the week by...
Calling - 44 (0)845 303 9303
Texting - Midlands 81333 - Standard text charges will apply
Emailing - keith.middleton@bbc.co.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Posting - in 'Keith's Corner' on Facebook - www.facebook.com/keithscorner
Callers do not need to use their real name on air if they do not want to!
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Mike will be talking about why consumers takeout Payday loans, the benefits and the pitfalls.
Listen at 94.9fm or DAB or online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/programmes
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Mike helps one listener who is paying back her ex-husband's debts through her house after he went bankrupt. Paula tells Jonathan that her ex is hell bent on breaking her!
You can listen to the whole show or just Mike's bit, for Mike click on the BBCiPlayer - BBC Three Counties and move the timer as follows;
Background to the case start 01.18.13 - 01.28.50 (10 mins) then again at 01.34.32 - 01.39.00. Mike's actual advice starts 01.39.00 - 01.54.15.
Remember this is a BBC recording therefore any competitions or prizes are no longer applicable. Will drop off the BBC iPlayer Thursday 10th May 2012.
You are advised to seek professional advice on any debt issues you may have.
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 Mike Thomas aka 'the DebtWizard' was live on the show with Keith Middleton offering advice on how to manage debt issues.
The Extravaganza' can be heard via the local radio frequencies, on DAB or online at www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire to 'Listen Live' or 'Listen Again' throughout the following week!
Mike is next in the studio on Sunday night at 10pm 20th May 2012.
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Mike explains how some home owners are on the 'honeymoon mortgage deals' (tracker interest rates) and why they will be 'mortgage prisoners' once the rates increase. Then it’s how some house owners pay their credit cards in preference to their mortgage and ends on how a mortgage repossession debt can come back to haunt you many many years later.
Launch player You can listen to Mike's bit by clicking on the 'Launch Player' (5 mins).
Remember this is a BBC recording therefore any competitions or prizes are no longer applicable.
You are advised to seek professional advice on any debt issues you may have.
BBC iPlayer No longer on the BBC iPlayer.
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Launch player
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Going to court and filing for bankruptcy isn't as daunting as you might imagine – we talk you through the main steps using the DebtWizard guide to bankruptcy.
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guardian.co.uk
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Face your debt demons to avoid a blast from the past.
Up to half a million people who have lost their homes in the past 12 years could be at risk from shock bills of tens of thousands of pounds.
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miror.co.uk
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Mike will be co presenting and contributing to a new five part series helping consumers resolve their debt issues.The series will run Monday through to Friday starting at 11 am for 45 minutes. Friday's start time will be 10.45am.
Twitter
You can follow Mike on @debtwizard and comment on the following tag; #myworstdeal
We have created another page listing the days the following topics are on, payday loans, log book loans, bankruptcy, house repossession debt, loan scams and illegal money lending (loan sharks).
Take me to My Worst Deal - BBC One
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BBC One - My Worst Deal
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Mike explains how a consumer can get between 5 and 10% discount on their electric bill by paying by direct debit. He also comments on the dangers and costs of taking out a Payday loan and what consumers need to do it they have any debt issues. No longer on the BBC iPlayer.
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DebtWizard template letters are mentioned in the Daily Mirror's essential guide to claiming back Payment Protection Insurance (PPI).
After years of raking in millions of pounds flogging dodgy Payment Protection Insurance, banks are being forced to repay people.
Can you claim a refund in the scandal over payment protection?
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miror.co.uk
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Debt specialist Mike Thomas investigates the rise in logbook loans and exposes how unscrupulous car sellers are shifting their debts to unsuspecting buyers.
Watch on BBCiPlayer - BBC Inside Out - London
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Mike was on Drivetime with Eddie Nestor talking about tonight's BBC One Inside Out program on the rise in logbook loans and exposes how unscrupulous car sellers are shifting their debts to unsuspecting buyers.
You are advised to seek professional advice on any debt issues you may have.
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Debt phone-in special
Mike covers his background in the Police, the best course he ever undertook, counselling. Topics - first caller owes £16,000 and his wife has been overpaid £5,000 by her employer. Mike goes through their options of either a debt repayment program and an IVA plus bankruptcy.
Mike then explains to listener Pat about how to deal with any house equity in an IVA after this listener had entered into an IVA several years ago and was told he had to remortgage.
The next topic is about who pays what in joint debts, more so if one of you dies. Then it was how to go bankrupt and the alternatives, this was followed by a sneak preview of a new BBC One series Mike is appearing in which goes out on 2 April, called ‘My Worst Deal’.
Launch player You can listen to Mike's bit by clicking on the 'Launch Player' (42 mins).
Remember this is a BBC recording therefore any competitions or prizes are no longer applicable.
You are advised to seek professional advice on any debt issues you may have.
BBC iPlayer No longer on the BBC iPlayer.
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Bankruptcy is often seen by others as the easy way out for those who have run up debts and who don’t want to pay what they owe.
But the reality is that it only offers a solution to those rich enough to be able to afford the £700 fee.
Many who should go bankrupt are simply too poor to do so. Jo lost her job and her home.
Click on the link to the right to read the article.
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miror.co.uk
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Avoid the rip-off lenders and turn to free advice to get out of debt trap.
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Mike will be discussing whether the new bailiff reforms being unveiled by the Government today will protect the public from "heavy-handed" bailiffs.
You can listen to LBC on 97.3 FM, on-line at lbc.co.uk or SKY 0112.
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How to deal with debt collectors chasing a debt that is in dispute.
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Mike Thomas aka 'the DebtWizard' was live in the studio with Keith Middleton offering advice on how to manage debt issues.
Sorry, this programme is no longer available on the BBCiPlayer.
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