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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2015 18:35:09 GMT

!! That's the third year in a row they have "forgotten" to send out my new card or the darned thing has been "lost in the post". They really pip me off as they're quick enough to keep taking my money. At least this time they were quick to accept it was their fault ... they have previously denied all knowledge of taking my money and suggested I may have been committing fraud by using an exipired card.

I shouldn't have to chase them up every time. And this time I've had to pay for my prescription and then claim it back when the card rocks up. That doesn't cause me too much earache but for others it flipping well might.

lily Full Member Posts: 16,811	Pre-paid prescription Jan 6, 2015 18:48:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by lily on Jan 6, 2015 18:48:05 GMT Nitwits ...

Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 26,635 Mood: FP Swim	Pre-paid prescription Jan 6, 2015 19:24:36 GMT Frazz likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Jan 6, 2015 19:24:36 GMT Now when you retire , that is one less worry.
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Diamond Diva Full Member Posts: 9,386 Mood: Cocktail	Pre-paid prescription Jan 6, 2015 20:24:25 GMT Frazz likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Diamond Diva on Jan 6, 2015 20:24:25 GMT In England (not sure about the rest of the country) you get free prescriptions when you get to 60 you don't have to be retired
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Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 26,635 Mood: FP Swim	Pre-paid prescription Jan 6, 2015 20:26:37 GMT Frazz likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Jan 6, 2015 20:26:37 GMT The two coincided for me - and I can get my state pension in a month and possibly my bus pass and cheap rates on the tram!
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Diamond Diva Full Member Posts: 9,386 Mood: Cocktail	Pre-paid prescription Jan 6, 2015 20:28:19 GMT Frazz likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Diamond Diva on Jan 6, 2015 20:28:19 GMT And don't forget you'll get your heating allowance too FP, I'll get all mine in September
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Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 26,635 Mood: FP Swim	Pre-paid prescription Jan 6, 2015 20:31:24 GMT Yorko and Diamond Diva like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Jan 6, 2015 20:31:24 GMT The heating allowance goes to Mr FP - I am just a chattel
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Diamond Diva Full Member Posts: 9,386 Mood: Cocktail	Pre-paid prescription Jan 6, 2015 20:35:27 GMT Berry McPaper-cuts likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Diamond Diva on Jan 6, 2015 20:35:27 GMT I think once you get your state pension they divide it and give you both half each
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Pre-paid prescription Jan 6, 2015 20:39:26 GMT via mobile Yorko likes this

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Daddy Tink got his bus pass. But its no use to him. There's a bus from his village to the local town early in the morning but that's it for the day. There are two buses back but the nearest stop to Daddy Tink is 1.5 miles away. All uphill! He doesn't use da bus lol.

Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 26,635 Mood: FP Swim	Pre-paid prescription Jan 6, 2015 20:43:52 GMT Yorko likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Jan 6, 2015 20:43:52 GMT I might use it to get directly into Manchester- no parking to pay, right outside the shops on Deansgate.
	Last Edit: Jan 6, 2015 20:44:14 GMT by Berry McPaper-cuts And there in a wood a piggywig stood...

Nellie Full Member Posts: 30,549	Pre-paid prescription Jan 6, 2015 20:45:42 GMT Yorko, Berry McPaper-cuts, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Nellie on Jan 6, 2015 20:45:42 GMT When I have to look for a new hairdresser, I'm going to search out one that does concessions
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Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 26,635 Mood: FP Swim	Pre-paid prescription Jan 6, 2015 20:49:00 GMT Nellie likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Jan 6, 2015 20:49:00 GMT It will have to be the days when nobody else wants to go Nellie.
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I got free prescriptions when I was 60, two years before I retired (well, semi-retired) at 62. The first time I needed medication I started filling the prescription in. The chemist said "You don't need to fill in the back." When I asked why (because I hadn't twigged as it was the first prescription I'd had for years) she glanced round the chemist shop, saw other customers, leant towards me and whispered "Because you're a pensioner." Obviously a closely guarded secret then.

The next time they asked me for £7ish, or whatever the cost was, and I stated that I didn't need to pay. The assistant asked why and I said "because I'm an O.A.P." She then said (very loudly) "no, you aren't ... you can't be 60!" Very flattering, I know, (those High Street beauty creams must be working) but I simply said (so the rest of the shop could hear) "well, I can assure you that I am because I was there when I was born." Luckily I've not needed a prescription since then.

I had my heating allowance in November, which was a nice surprise, but I haven't applied for a bus or travel pass.

Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 26,635 Mood: FP Swim	Pre-paid prescription Jan 6, 2015 20:51:43 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Jan 6, 2015 20:51:43 GMT If you are in the group born between 1950 and 1955 you might have to wait for it Toril.
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Diamond Diva Full Member Posts: 9,386 Mood: Cocktail	Pre-paid prescription Jan 6, 2015 21:00:28 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Diamond Diva on Jan 6, 2015 21:00:28 GMT You only get your bus pass when you become eligible for your state pension
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