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BBC WEATHER CENTRE what a joke !!
Can anyone one explain to me the point of the BBCs weather centre forecasts.... all week they have been predicting a great weekend ( so hire bouncy castle for kids & promise them BBQ )... WHAT HAPPENS on fridays 6.55pm forecast all of sudden N.E. England coastline will be affected by seafret ( fair enough I tell kids who…
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BLAHDVD.COM - ARE THEY SPLASHDVD.COM MKII
I have started receiving emails from BLAHDVD.COM based in Jersey, and as I have never heard of them let alone requested contact from them, I am suspicious that the client database of SPLASHDVD.COM also based in Jersey that went tits up in April with 50,000 orders outstanding is being used, probably by the same scalliwags…
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pushy Sainsbury's CC salesbeings
Call me old-fashioned, but I go to supermarkets to buy carrots, not double-glazing, credit cards or gas. ::) The worst offenders are the pushy sods who try to flog Sainsbury's credit cards at me. They aren't even stationed at a sales point, they cruise the aisles and hassle you while you're shopping! The most recent one…
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strange emails
Yesterday I got an email from someone by the name of Dazzyk. The subject was "RE: Incoming Msg". There was an attachment called "Nervous_illnesses.com" I deleted it without openeing the attachment. Today I got another mail from the same person, the subject being "RE: Hi". The attachment this time is called…
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Get the proof you need
If you ever spoke to providers and got misleading info or call centre service was rubbish and you thought to yourself damn if i just had the chance to record them and take it further now you can and it cost something like 10p per call see this new service: http://195.38.93.170/jackrussell/default.asp some info from here as…
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CAR BOOTS RIP-OFFS ?
Having done car boots for many years now is it me or have car boot sales changed .... while sitting waiting to get get in we noticed the car in front had 4 guys sitting with what appeared to be nothing to sell until they opened boot got their table out and proceeded to lay out 100s of copies of the the latest DVDs shouting…
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Hays Travel
I've been trying to find and book a holiday for days and days now. I've spent ages ringing around and looking at the same reseller deals across the net. I recently found a good price....then in true MSE style went to the tour operator's website to price it directly :) I tried to see what was on offer with the boots…
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cashworld.co.uk Is this a Scam?
I am interested in signing up to the magazine on the website below: https://www.cashworld.co.uk Has anyone done it? If they have is it a scam? Also has anyone signed anyone else up and got the commision? Any feedback would be much appreciated, many thanks.
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Dead Ends
Is anybody else fed up with dead end web sites? I was trying yesterday to check out electroluminescent cable,as you do, on Google and others, got 'halfway' through the 39000pages and met a web site which did not allow you to back button to the search engine. I then had to start all over again trying to remember which page…
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Virus warning claiming to be from moneysavingexp.
I have just recieved an e-mail that contains a virus with martinsmoneytips@ moneysavingexpert as the sender. The subject says re: excel file and all the e-mail contains is an attachment. Norton Antivirus managed to get it, don't know about any others or what would have happened if my comp had been infected
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Ruddy Machines
New Egg Blue arrived this morning and I was all ready too start spending on it and put the cash in the bank too earn some interest. One problem its chip and pin enabled and the pin number is not one too my liking. I took it too a machine so I could change the pin, puts card in, gives it the current pin then slowly the…
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Simpletalk.org.uk - What is going on?!
I orderd 3 mobile phones from this company 3 weeks ago after hearing their radio commercial. They charged me for 5 mobiles - I have rang a number of times now. They have said the 2 mobiles they charged me for that they shouldn't have have been refunded and it takes a few days to go through. But after 3 weeks no mobiles…
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Protected 'No claims Bonus's
Not too sure if this is the right place to post this. I have just been reading another post on how to remove scratches from a bumper and that they did not want to lose their NCB by having the work done on their insurance, and one post suggested having it done on the insurance if it was 'protected' Most insurers will…
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BT RIP OFF
Hi i had a problem with my phone line (crackling) i did whatever their adviser told me to do on the phone but it didn't solve the problem so an engineer called 11 days after the fault was reported in less than 5minutes he checked the line and told me that it is lead from sky digi box. got an ebill today £135.12 inc VAT ???…
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Gas boiler 3 star cover 'scam'
I'm a newbie,so apologies if this has been covered before at some point. Anyone who has the British/Scottish Gas 3 star cover should be very aware of a 'scam' they appear to be running where they will tell you perfectly serviceable boilers are in need of replacement,either because they are completely worn out or because…
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Laurastar Iron
I purchased a Laurastar Magic iron 4 years ago and it cost me over £400. After just over two years it stopped working. They charged me £92.15 saying that it was an electrical fault. 18 months went by and the same thing happened. They cannot tell me what is wrong with it this time around and said that it needs a new boiler…
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tesco ps2 games,no return
>:(My daughter bought a ps2 game from tescos as a present for her boyfriend.It was in with the shopping(£98)When we got home the cellophane wrapping was damaged so she removed it(as it was a present)& wrapped it in gift paper & gave it to her boyfriend.Unfortunately her boyfriend had been given the same game by someone…
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PAYPAL/EBAY £3 potentiol scam???
I recently read an advert on EBAY which is included below. Is this sort of thing Illegal? As the person who wrote this rather long 'advert' preaches it is not illegal. It all seems a little too good to be true! :-/ See advert below:…
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Atlantic Gas and Electricity supply
I was well impressed to receive a cheque for £84 from them today, a loyalty reward for having been a customer for 12 months and paid by D.D. Given that they are already the cheapest (or thereabouts) supplier already, I reckon this is EXCELLENT. :) :) :) :)
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Is this a rip off?
Thoughts and ideas on how to progress please... I have been an NTL customer for many years. I recently received a bill of just over £343 for a month. My usual bill is around £20. My computer had been accessing the internet via a pay number (belonging to service provider UK2) instead of the free NTL number I pay NTL for.…