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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: *…
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Go Outdoors scam site
This fake Go Outdoors site is on social media offering Go Outdoors products at silly prices
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Who is higher in the medical field.
Hi, I feel really dim asking this (accept it is definitely a school day for me) and appreciate my ask could be closed as medical so trying without giving the back story but I had noted a shift in GP’s saying we’re primary care and hospitals are the NHS. If a GP puts you on an urgent pathway to be seen can the hospital…
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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…
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asda no open tills
Just went shopping at asda but when I tried to find an open check out lane, all were closed, was just after 8.30pm so no where near closing time. Asked if they could open a till as I had a very full trolley full of food but just got a grunt and told to use the self scan area So just left shop discarding shopping. Probably…
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Anyone else been caught out by HSBC overdraft support?
Just wondering if anyone else has been caught out by this/managed to resolve it. I got the temporary overdraft support for 12 months which was 0% interest on overdrafts up to £500. I am currently at this level on both accounts. On 19th Feb and again on 25th March I was notified that this support would come to an end on 8th…
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Dynamic pricing for online service? (Broadband)
Hi, Recently I've found out that Virgin Media has dynamic pricing for their broadband service (not sure for other services) based on your post code.So for example, if you live in London you'll be paying more for your broadband than the people who live outside London. I'm not sure if this is only Virgin Media doing or…
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Barclays Bank - Fraud Team. Thank you!
We were
victims of a scam. It was related to the
renovation of a property. I was completely
taken in by the continual excuses the scammer made. I gave an ultimatum which the scammer
ignored. I then called my bank – hoping it might be able to recover funds but
also to highlight this scammer to them. I held little hope that…
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Appliances Direct - When It Gets It Wrong, It Blames You, The Customer
Appliance Direct – My Worst Nightmare Realised Appliances Direct failed to fulfil my original delivery. On its second attempt to
fulfil the original delivery it duplicated items. It has failed twice to collect the duplicate items - despite
me agreeing dates and timeslots. It has been a shambles from the start with numerous…
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Easylife rewards club - preying on the vulnerable
My 87 year old mother was recently signed up by Easylife to their rewards club which she did not want. She had previously bought items from them. Gets a phone call from a very persistent salesman, tells him repeatedly that the rewards club is of no interest to her but he would not take no for an answer and unfortunately…
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Tv licence has gone up!
My tv licence has gone up to £15. This is around 8% by my maths.
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Evri or urban outfitters taking no responsibility
My daughter ordered £260 worth of clothing from Urban Outfitters intending to try them on and send unwanted items back . The package arrived - photographed at the door - with only 3 of the 9 items - the other items were missing - the missing items totalling over £200! On contacting urban outfitters they inform her there is…
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Praise First Direct
Had to ring First Direct today for the first time since pre-COVID. Having always been super impressed in the past by always getting through to a real human being straight away, I presumed that they would likely have gone down the automated answering service and being on hold like all other banks and utilities these days.…
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Do you want your receipt at the till warning!
Ever since the pandemic i now get asked if i want my receipt or not at the till in some cases i am not even offered it at all, pre pandemic a receipt was naturally just given to me in all stores. Unfortunately i found an item from a frozen food store was rotten inside and i tried to return it but of course i was never…
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AA Parts & Garage cover - at the end of my tether
I do hope this forum might help. I'll try and bullet point the issue: * I have held Parts & Garage cover for 4 years with the AA for 2 vehicles * Last year I sold the van that was covered and bought a newer one * Once I had sold the old one I tried to change the details on the AA breakdown app but it told me I had to call…
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QR codes - plague or benefit
Thanks to the Pandemic and increasing age we have not got out a lot but notice the ubiquity of QR codes. Very well if you have a smartphone which is equipped with a safe reader and you have access to the internet. On our recent travels we noticed menus in hotels and onboard cruise ships seem to have been replaced by little…
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Studio.co.uk
Does anybody have a telephone number to contact them on? My wife has been going round in circles with their systems, trying to sort out the non delivery of an order. If she uses the email option all she receives is very obviously automatically generated replies. The 'chat' facility is also 'staffed' by bots and if you…
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Nectar - blocking spending points without communicating with customer at all
Interested to hear if anyone else has had this issue. Went to spend points on Sainsburys Online - could not redeem points - the error message was 'technical difficulties' so went into store did shop and again could not redeem points (which could have been very embarrassing if I did not have any other means of paying for…
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Pre-recorded cold calls with questions and pauses for replies
Not sure if it's cold-call season, but I had a cold call today which comprised someone introducing themselves and then pausing for a reply, so I replied.They then asked me something and I replied.But by the 3rd one I realised I was talking to a recording, so I just said "Potato." when it paused for a reply.After a couple…
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Phone call re emissions compensation
Just had a phone call saying I had filed a claim regarding diesel emissions compensation on my car. I have not filed any such claim. The worrying thing about the call is that they know my name, address and vehicle registration number, along with my mobile phone number. The caller was very insistent that I had made a claim…
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Praise jet2 holidays
Should have flown home from Malaga Spain on 23/04/24 got on plane they couldn’t uncouple the air bridge so had to go back into terminal. They kept us well informed gave us a 10 euro voucher we had to wait for a plane to come from East Midlands to come for us.eventually got back 4 and a 1/2 hours later filled a claim form…