-
Praise, Vent & Warnings sticky
Please keep in mind the MSE Forum rules, notably that: * We cannot accept active calls to boycott organisations. * If a post is reported to the Forum Team as being defamatory, we’ll follow a legal process set out in Section 5 of the Defamation Act 2013. 📢 Here are some threads from this board which you might useful: *…
-
Richer Sounds not honouring warranty
Hi, Just looking for some advice, I purchased a 77" S90c from Richer sounds just under 2 years ago for £2799 although discounted by 10%, I also have the 6 year warranty, recently i have been having some issues with the tv. Firstly the brightness keeps changing on the tv, I initally thought this was a power saving/ambient…
-
Royal Mail, Stamp Swapout, Next step, Small claims court?
Hi all. Do I have any chance in small claims court for missing items that should have been delivered to me? I sent over £3500 worth of definitive stamps back to Royal Mail for stamp swapout. (I am a stamp dealer Hence the high number and value) After a while they returned the replacement stamps, Special Delivery to my…
-
Ur.co.uk
I stupidly send them my phone after reading a few good reviews about this website. They offered decent quote to buy my phone, I even avoided the higher quotes with bad reviews. Anyway short story is they ghosted me since I send my phone in, their phone line just rings out with no answer. Emailed them with no reply. I just…
-
Can't afford new passport
I live on a War pension and Universal credit pays my rent , there is no spare money for £110 to renew my passport which is my only ID suitable for banks, forms and benefits ect. How can there be a situation where you need ID to function in life but you can't afford it ?
-
British Gas, mistake what is acceptable compensation in this situation?
Hello people, newbie here. I've been a British Gas customer since 2005, I've always paid by direct debit, have a smart meter and my account has always been in good standing and I have never been in debt with them. As such it came as a massive surprise this September while on holiday in the USA to receive an email from a…
-
BW Legal - Advice
Received a parking fine, didn't receive original notice, but cant evidence. In the intersests of time i was going to just pay it (yes, i know i shouldn't have) and was going to use their payment plan. Have since received this note: See the line i've put in bold - what does this mean in your view please. Really grateful for…
-
Giving away stuff for free - timewasters !!!!!
Had 5 very large (3ft x 2ft) patio slabs to give away last weekend. Thought if someone else wanted them and it'd save me paying someone to take them. I'm sure some people see FREE and want whatever it is....... I put in the advert in big letters - THESE ARE VERY HEAVY. YOU WILL NEED TO PICK THEM AND LOAD THEM YOURSELF…
-
Self Employed: "Making Tax Digital"? But I already submit tax returns online (i.e. digitally)
I'm in my early 60s (OK, nearer mid 60s, cough) but still work part-time on online/tech stuff from home. I've been using the online (thus digital) Tax Return submission system for ages, which is pretty easy as I only really need to work out 4 numbers once a year: Income (totalled from 24 payment receipts a year), expenses…
-
opsnap / operation snap / police dash cam footage submitting - waste of time.
First off because I know someone will come with it - "there's bigger problems going on", go ahead with that nonsense point. What a waste of time this is, submitting dash cam footage to the police for various offences. I'd seen people complaining about how they were 'done' by the police on the back of someones footage. I…
-
Anyone nearly been duped to pay online for insurance when ringing to pay over the phone?
I have been at the receiving end of what I see as a possible deception tactic by a well-known building society today. I have contents insurance with this building society and do not bank online nor do anything online with them. I received my renewal reminder from them in the post which said I could contact them to ask for…
-
British Airways Miss-selling
Way back on 24th April, after many inquires and being pushed around multiple departments because no one seemed to know the answer, I finally got the answer. I wanted to book a return flight to Nairobi, leaving in August and returning the following June (2026) As booking more than a year in advance is not possible I wanted…
-
Naked Wines - no fuss response
I recently ordered a nice case of wine where I selected the 12 bottles myself from Naked Wines. When the case arrived I opened it to find a completely different set of wines. I phoned them, and there was no fuss - they told me it was probably just a mislabelling in the warehouse, told me to help myself to a bottle from the…
-
Fell for winter fuel text scam - what next?
I don’t normally fall for text scams but it caught me at a bad time when I was busy doing something else. This was the text I received, I now know it is a scam: Department for Work and Pensions official reminder: Our records show you have not yet applied for the 2025–2026 Winter Fuel Payment. Please click on the link to…
-
Avoid being fleeced for mail order
Like many older people, my Mother can't get out as much as she used to and, not being internet savvy, likes to be independent and order clothes by phone from Cotton Traders. This is a good company, selling clothes, shoes etc, aimed at those over 50, which sends glossy catalogues by post on a regular basis and allows…
-
Making Tax Digital - paying to be taxed
I've been self employed for 20 years and in that time have done my own accounts and filed my returns online myself. With MTD coming into play I find it wholly unreasonable that I should have to pay for a software to do the very thing I've done for free so far. Essentially paying to be taxed. Does anyone else feel this is…
-
Amazon - Mystery £8.99 charge
I am a member of Amazon Prime - my husband isn't. Yesterday a mystery £8.99 charge for Amazon Prime appeared on his bank account. Our immediate suspicion was that he had been unwittingly signed up for this while buying his railcard last night as the railcard site has a number of pop up voucher offers. Today we called…
-
Quidco is uncontactable
I did an insurance comparison with Quidco, but it didn't track, so I tried to contact them to look into it. You can't submit a claim for Quidco comparisons via their missing cashback form. Their contact email addresses are not working. I tried privacy@quidco.com, dar@quidco.com, and quidcosupport@quidco.com. All responded…
-
Just eat only giving credit notes
I’ve been using just eat recently due to having covid.I placed an order for 9 items from Asda, but only received 6 of them. I reported this to just eat who have given me a credit note instead of a refund, which I don’t want as I no longer have covid so don’t need to use them any more. The amount is not enough to cover the…
-
DFS - warning
Fault reported within 24hrs of delivery. 5 months later I am still waiting for them to collect it and refund the cost. They are trying to bully me, a pensioner, into accepting a repaired chair. I am days away from the Small Claims Court.
-
Beware of 7dayshop reviews
I've been a long-standing customer of 7DayShop. I've recently had a bad experience of reviews not being published. 2 incidents: 1. I bought a multi-tool penknife but the quality was poor (the scissors were so blunt as be useless for cutting anything) So, I wrote a review describing it as a cheap toy. 2. A Kingavon torch…
