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Archives for April 2004

Viking Direct
Think it's about time they were listed for the customer service as mentioned on many threds ie shop but don't drop etc re Cheap chairs etc. http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=fiddly;action=display;num=1078783660
Does anyone know if this is a pyramid scam?
HI PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP??? I've been approached by someone to join a so called Art Network Marketing Scheme called PLANLINE and using an online gallery supplied by INFOCUSINTERNATIONAL. I think it sounds suspiciously like a pyramid scam - the head office is in the Cayman Islands .... and it has an enormously complicated…
Safeway Petrol Watered Down?
Could be a consipiracy theory this... A friend of mine mentioned in conversation that he doesn't get his petrol from Safeway, as he always seems to have to fill up a couple of days sooner. I thought 'surely not' and didn't think any more of it, until I had to get petrol last week from another garage for the first time in…
Theives!!!!
Mr divadees motorbike was stolen from outside our house on Monday night and I am furious and very upset and scared! I also feel stupid that i did not hear, see anything and that the *ankers get away with it. Called the police and insurance etc... and have to wait 2 weeks for any claim to be settled incase they find it…
Child's savings at Britannia
I had convinced my daughter it was a good idea to put some of her birthday money in her building society account, we have kept the Britannia building society account for her to have some idea of saving money, it was quite a task to convince her not to invest in more My Little Pony's but she was convinced eventually.....…
Envelope stuffing - scam or not??
I've just received a mailshot which states that I will receive £1.60-£2.00 for each envelope "stuffed and returned".I am not interested whatsoever especially as there is a "refundable" one-off charge of £49.99.I am posting the website link so others can decide...... https://www.homebusinessprogram.co.uk picasso ::)
Spot the SCAM competition
Just found the email below in one of my inboxes. I am looking to start a book on whether or not this is a SCAM - just in case I have removed the winning numbers I suppose it makes a change from all those emails I receive that want me to pur millions of pounds into my bank account for safe keeping - just because some random…
Divergence Profit System - Streetwise Marketing
Hi, I have this sales letter from Streetwise offering the DiVergence Profit System written by Oliver Goehler. It seems ok, has a 90 day refund guarantee. I've been on Streetwise's website and some guy bigs it up on there. Obviously he probably works for them. Has anybody purchased this system? It looks a bit suspect, but…
shopping in Somerfields
Just to let others know. I don't know how long this has been going on but Somerfield have adopted a crafty little system. To qualify for the buy one, get one free offers, you have to have a 'loyalty' card. Those who don't present the card get charged full whack. Seems they have introduced this to prevent people going in…
Internet Phone Scam
Ok, I've done 3 searches and haven't seen this anywhere on the site, so big apologies if someone already posted it! :-/ Found this article on the Motley Fool website: Internet Phone Scam! By Cliff D'Arcy (TMFCliff) April 14, 2004 Premium-rate telephone services regulator ICSTIS has warned consumers to beware of a growing…
Notice of Caution
This is not a warning of a scam, but an enquiry about whether such a scam is possible. A friend recently broke up with a partner they had been living with for over a year. They lived together in the friends house that they'd brought during a previous partnership. When that broke up, they bought the other person out and are…
Renault
I'm in the process of buying a new Renault Clio and I can't believe how well I'm being treated - in comparison to the other manufacturers that we were interested in. To be honest, when it came down to it, service is what sold the car. 1) When requesting brochures, the Renault bumf arrived within 2 days, 2 weeks before any…
BT rip off, why not change!
BT were charging me a fortune for my phone bill, so i changed. i live in student accommadation and as you can guess the bills were sky high, infact it got to the stage that i had to break the phone to stop making calls , then when i went to buy a mobile in the carphone warehouse, they said i could save on my bill. i was…
Tesco's "Value" goods
Being a savvy shopper I always check what I am paying for. I have noticed recently two things in Tesco. One is their "Value" range. Both their bananas and tomatoes are not value at all. The bananas are only a penny or two cheaper per kg and are much poorer in quality, and their tomatoes are actually more expensive per kg…
speed cameras
Im sure there are thousands of drivers out there like me who have been snapped by these awful things. "Luckily" I got offered the speed awareness workshop which costs £65 (£5 more than the fine) but some of my friends who aren't bad drivers at all and are now driving on eggshells for the next few years hoping not to get…
Customer service (or lack of)
My bugbare today is shop assistants young and old , male and female. I went into my local store today and the two behind the counter were quite happily chatting, I helped myself to what I wanted and approached the till BIG MISTAKE , now I realise I am what is called "a neccessary evil" Neccessary, because without me the…
Lakeland Limited
Fantastic customer service. When my order was wrong recently, lakeland replaced my order for free and told me to keep the mistaken order as a goodwill gesture. Can' t praise them enough
Asda - customer service
I bought a sandwich toaster from Asda about 6 weeks ago, just a cheap one but it worked really well. 2 days ago I had to take it back as the bottom fell off (melted I think). Anyway, I didn't have my receipt and was anticipating having to haggle a bit, but to my surprise, the lady at the customer service desk took one look…
Grrrr! Alliance and leicester
I transferred my current account to Alliance and Leicester 4 months ago and so far i've had a handful of direct debits going out which aren't mine. Just got off the phone to customer services to try and sort it out. Was promised these direct debits which aren't mine (the woman gave me a list of about 5) won't be coming out…
HELP! TEXT MESSAGE SCAM!
I think we've been caught on some kind of scratchcard scam.We thought we'd won a prize in a sunday paper scratchcard last summer....I know, one born every minute etc. We texted (on my wife's mobile phone)the number given and were instructed to send an s.a.e. to claim the prize . We didnt follow it through and didn't think…

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