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Archives for November 2004

Amazon
Been waiting 4 days for them to answer a mail. Emailed them to amend an order that system wouldn't let me amend, order was then shipped 36 hours later... Emailed them again yesterday to try to get something sorted out.. Still waiting! Looks like I'll have to send back and reorder :'( not a happy amazon customer, and it was…
Ede & Ravenscroft -Crap Photos- 7 day cooling
I paid for Ede & Ravenscroft to take photos of me at my graduation ceremony. Ede & Ravenscroft was the company my university chose to take the photos. Unfortuantely, the photos taken are rubbish. The photos they have given me show my head tilting forwards as I received my certificate and it looks as though I haven't got…
Another Lottery Scam
I am quite used to receiving e-mails saying I have won a prize in some lottery or other but today I received one with a new variation. This one pretends to be from our very own National Lottery and says that they have been running extra draws using random e-mail addresses . They then say that to claim your prize you have…
GET YOURSELF A CROSSCUT SHREDDER
with all the scams that go on, credit card fraud etc I thought I would mention that getting a crosscut shredder would be a wise purchase. You can pick them up pretty cheaply. I got one after I received in the mail a letter from a debt collecting agency in Leeds requesting payment of a debt incurred on a topshop account…
Asda Home Shopping - can you credit this response?
If you use Asda Home Shopping, they say you can contact them by email. But I have NEVER had a proper reply to an email sent to them. If it was something I needed an answer to, I've always had to phone them. The latest gripe concerns their failure to deliver some of my order: there were a few items neither delivered nor…
Courts goes into administration
:( If anyone has an outstanding order at Courts (furniture company) try and get your money refunded a.s.a.p. as the company have gone into administration.
VISA/Mastercard telephone scam
VISA/MASTERCARD SCAM Just been warned about this via Hertfordshire Probation Service (DH works there), and could potentially be financially fatal so close to Christmas. Visa and MasterCard Scam. It works like this: Person calling says, 'this is Carl Patterson (any name) and I'm calling from the Security and Fraud…
New (?) on-line threat
New one to me: Internet 'rogue dialler' swindles have caught out as many as 80,000 home computer users. Rupert Jones reports Saturday November 27, 2004 The Guardian ……. The virus is often activated by closing an unwanted "pop-up" window on an internet screen. This sends a message to the computer, changing its usual log-on…
ACAS - oh so slow :(
I was "let go" twelve days ago after I had voiced and formalised complaints about my work environment. I drove straight to the Employment Tribunal and entered a claim for unfair dismissal the same afternoon. I applied for immediate reinstatement. I also called the ACAS Helpline(sic) I won't bore you with the sad lack of…
Choice Catalouge- Data Protection
Does anyone else think that asking for someones account number and then ONLY their post code constitues data protection? Choice catalouge seem to think so. I recently closed my account and when the girl on ther other end said "any particular reason for closing the account?" I stated "yes not only have I had problems with…
Economy 9? Anyone know when to switch off?
Lived in my electricity only flat for 6 months. Somewhere down the line I absorbed the fact that my electricity (or some of it??) is metered on an "Economy 9" tariff. I am old enough to remember the introduction of Economy 7 which eventually became understood by those that use it. I contend that Economy 9 is not meant to…
Fairview Homes built my gaff jerry
Here goes then - 1. The wiring in my 6 year old flat is a disgraceful mesh of taught spaghetti. It works of course, but that isn't really the point of regulation of electricians is it? I spotted this when I moved in and made a mental note to replace much of it myself. 2. I noticed an internal wall in the stairwell on the…
Mobile Phone Mast Operators
Here's another issue in which I cannot believe the grate British public (and Moneysavers as a representative sample) are so disinterested. Everyone feeling OK today? Kids OK at school? That's alright then, I guess.
Builder scamming in Seaham, Co Durham
Went to visit my dad and chap was just putting away a ladder. Turns out chap had knocked on the door, claiming he was working for the council and had noticed problem on chimney, and my dad paid him £65 to sort out problem. I am sure this is a scam, the receipt he gave my dad had no address or phone number, van was sign…
Morphy Richards
We bought a slow cooker from them earlier this year. My boy accidently pushed it off the kitchen worktop and split the outer case. ::) As this is the electrical bit it was not safe to use. The earthenware cookpot was still in one piece and my wife wanted to know if it could be used in the main oven as a caserole dish. She…
Telephone scam warning
I have heard of a scam recently where someone comes to your door (usually a well dressed woman) saying that her car has broken down and asking if she can use the phone to call her husband. If you let her use the phone (which most people would probably do) she makes what appears to be a call to her husbands office and…
TGI Fridays rant......
Hi all Just wanted to get your opinions on something that happened last night. On Thursday I booked a table at TGI Basildon for 8 people to celebrate my friends birthday and our holiday! We arrived at TGI to be told "sorry, no record of your booking" the woman kept insisting that no-one would have been around to take the…
C.A.N
Hi Has anyone heard of C.A.N (community action network)? i have been sent emails advertiseing a way of making money i would appreciate any feedback you may have. http://www.can-microportal.com/index.php?Fast1=a84229micro kevin
More Bargains Con or What
I think this is the worst site i have come across for conning people: https://www.electricalweb.co.uk
olonex ltd company number 4497391.
just got a leaflet through my door with these people thinks to myself well i have lots of unwanted stuff so i will bag it up for charity, then reading it again i noticed (not a registered charity) but we support hk.lt charity , so i did a search on google and guess what its a scam they sell the stuff people put out in…

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